i Register
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noun
A broken or bruised condition; brokenness; in the extract, a mass of bruises.
A rupture; a hernia.
The leaf bruised and laid to any green wound in the hands or legs, doth heal them quickly; and being bound to the throat, much helpeth the quinsy; it helpeth also ruptures and burstenness.