pose

Definition

Common cold, head cold; catarrh.

Etymology

From Middle English pose, from Old English ġeposu pl (“cold in the head; catarrh”, literally “(the) sneezes; (the) snorts”), from Old English pos, ġepos (“sneeze, snort”), from Proto-West Germanic *pos, from Proto-Germanic *pusą (“sneeze, snort”), from Proto-Germanic *pusōną, *pusjaną (“to snort, blow”), from *pus- (“to blow, breathe hard”), from Proto-Indo-European *bew- (“to blow, swell”). Compare Low German pusten (“to blow, puff”), German dialectal pfausen (“to sneeze, snort”), Norwegian dialectal pysa (“to blow”).

Example Sentences

• "Now […] have we many chimnies, and yet our tenderlings complain of rheums, catarrhs, and poses."
• "Megg yesterday was troubled with a pose, Which, this night hardned, sodders up her nose."
• "The Ague, Cough, the Pyony, the Pose. Aches within, and accidents without, [...]"