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sciniph (複数形 sciniphs)

1. (archaic, biblical) A kind of stinging or biting insect; a flea, gnat, sandfly, or the like.
   • 1609, The Holie Bible, […] (Douay–Rheims Bible), Doway: Lavrence Kellam, […], OCLC 1006139495, Exodvs 8:17, page 178:

     And they did ſo. And Aaron ſtreched fotth his hand, holding the rodde: and he ſtroke the duſt of the earth, and there were made ſciniphes on men and on beaſtes: al the duſt of the earth was turned into ſciniphes through the whole Land of Ægypt.

   • 1885, George R. Northgraves, Mistakes of Modern Infidels; or Evidences of Christianity […] , page 205:

     The sciniphs and flies are common in warm, and the sciniphs especially in marshy countries.

   • 1991 [c. 540], Cassiodorus, P. G. Walsh, transl., Cassiodorus: Explanation of the Psalms, volume 2, →ISBN, page 267:

     But it is worth noting that three of the plagues—blast, frost and fire—which he mentioned here do not appear at all in Exodus. […] In fact, in place of these three, there are recounted three others, sciniphs, boils, and darkness.

Further reading

• sciniph in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913