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† ˈcrepature Obs.
[ad. L. crepātūra fissure, crack, f. crepāre to crack, creak: see -ure.]
1. Med.
a. A rupture, hernia;
b. A wound, crack, or chap in the skin.
c1400Lanfranc's Cirurg. 170 After þe tyme þat þe wounde were souded þere wolde leve a crepature. Ibid. 292 Cure cancris & festris & al maner crepaturis. 1582J. Hester Secr. Phiorav. ii. xxi. 100 To helpe the crepature or chappes make this Unguent.
2. (See quots. App. some error.)
[1706Phillips (ed. Kersey), Crepatura (Lat.), a Term used by Apothecaries, for the boiling of Barley or any other thing 'till it crack.] 1721Bailey, Crepature (in Physick) is when any thing is boiled till it cracks. |