Meanings (ES + gloss)
sarampión
plural of measle: a red spot forming part of a rash, (now) particularly those caused by M. morbillivirus.
Others take a fether, and dippe it in the saide water, and therwith they annoynte all the Measells of the Face when they are come forth.
sarampión
plural of measle: any similar-looking red spot, particularly (printing) foxing.
Measles. When prints are imperfectly fixed, the appearance presented is very similar to that of the same disease in the human subject. Hence the name.
The stars, like measles, fade at last.
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