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pinswell Now dial.|ˈpɪnzwɪl|
Also 8 pinswill, 9 dial. penswell, -swoll, pinsweal, -swil, -sole, pinsel, -zel, pensil.
[Origin uncertain.]
‘A boil, an abscess, ulcer; a pimple; a large blister’. Now only s.w. dial.: see Eng. Dial. Dict.
1591Percivall Sp. Dict. s.v. Venenos, Pinswels in the handes, pustulæ. c1730J. Haynes Dorset Vocab. in N. & Q. 6th ser. VIII. 45/1 A pinswill, a boil. 1877Trans. Dev. Assoc. IX. 96 Creeping under an Arched Bramble..To cure blackheads, or pinsoles. |