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† ˈbisulc, a. (and n.) Obs.
Also 7 bisulk(e.
[ad. L. bisulcus two-furrowed, two-cleft, f. bi- two + sulcus furrow.]
A. adj. Cleft in two; spec. having a cloven hoof.
B. quasi-n. A cloven-hoofed animal.
1650Bulwer Anthropomet. xiv. 142 The tongue of man is not double, or trisulke or bisulke. 1661Lovell Hist. Anim. & Min., Those that are horned, are commonly bisulks. 1693Phil. Trans. XVII. 850 The Cloven-hoof'd are either Bisulc..or Quadrisulc.
So biˈsulcate, biˈsulcated, biˈsulcous a., in same sense.
1833Lyell Elem. Geol. xvi. (1874) 256 Tracks of the Anoplotherium with its bisulcate hoof. 1839–47Todd Cycl. Anat. & Phys. III. 241/2 Feet bisulcate. 1657Tomlinson Renou's Disp. 468 A Scorpion hath..arms and fore-cleyes bisulcated. 1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. iii. xxv. §5. 175 The Swine..being bisulcous..is farrowed with open eyes as other bisulcous animals. |