单词 | pursick |
释义 | † pursickadj.n. Obsolete. A. adj. Esp. of a horse: suffering from difficulty in breathing, short of breath; pursive, pursy. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of horses > [adjective] > respiratory disorders pursick1303 pursivea1425 pursy1440 roaring1509 broken-winded?1523 wind-broken1603 crack-winded1680 thick-windeda1694 musical1831 bellows to mend1854 1303 in W. H. Hale & H. R. Ellacombe Acct. Executors Bishops London & Exeter (1874) 58 (MED) Et de xx s. de uno equo dicto Jullein pursyk vendito. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 23 And by þe stoppinge of þe woosen & weyes þat comeþ fro þe longen, as in hem þat haue þe pirre & stifles and ben pursike [v.r. pursyf; L. spasmaticis] & þicke breþid, and oþir suche. 1610 G. Markham Maister-peece i. xlviii. 99 Of the broken winded or Pursicke Horse. B. n. The condition of being pursick; pursiness. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of horses > [noun] > respiratory disorders wind?1523 pursick1566 pursickness1610 roaring1813 heaves1828 broken wind1831 thick wind1831 whistling1856 1566 T. Blundeville Order curing Horses Dis. lxx. f. 46v, in Fower Offices Horsemanshippe If it [sc. the dry coughe] continue, it wyll eyther grow to the Pursick, or else breake his winde altogether. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 376 Of the Pursicke. This is a shortnes of breath, and the horse that is so diseased is called of the Italians, Cauallo pulsiuo, or Bolso. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 151/2 The Shortness of Breath, of some termed pur-sick. Derivatives pursickness n. pursiness (in a horse). ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of horses > [noun] > respiratory disorders wind?1523 pursick1566 pursickness1610 roaring1813 heaves1828 broken wind1831 thick wind1831 whistling1856 1610 G. Markham Maister-peece ii. clxxiii. 490 Dry figges..are good for pursicknesse, coughes, and diseases of the lungs. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.n.1303 |
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