squinsy

“I would sooner sell you silence, though at a dearer rate; as Demosthenes formerly sold it by the means of his argentangina, or silver squinsy.”

Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel

“Vinegar brought up the rear to wash the mouth, and for fear of the squinsy; also toasts to scour the grinders.”

Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel

“Ha! A squinsy choke thee! we were too rich, were we?”

Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel

“A squinsy gripe the cod's-headed changelings at the swallow and eke at the cover-weasel; we shall make 'em -- But the deuce take 'em!”

Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 5

“A squinsy gripe the cod’s-headed changelings at the swallow and eke at the cover-weasel; we shall make”

Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel