subs. (old).—Syphilis. For synonyms, see LADIES’ FEVER.
1608. MIDDLETON, The Family of Love, B. 1. I had a receipt for the GRINCOMES in his own hand.
1635. JOHN JONES, Adrasta, or the Woman’s Spleen, c. 2. You must know, sir, in a nobleman ’tis abusive; no, in him the serpigo, in a knight the GRINCOMES, in a gentleman the Neapolitan scabb, and in a serving man or artificer the plaine pox.
1637. MASSINGER, The Guardian, iv. The comfort is, I am now secure from the GRINCOMES, I can lose nothing that way.
