English Explanatory Dictionary

rising of the lights

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An illness or obstructive condition of the larynx, trachea, or lungs, found as a cause of death on bills of mortality in the 16- and 1700s; possibly croup.

Word forms

rising of the lights

Etymology

From lights (“lungs”).

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