rimburstn.adj.

Brit.

/ˈrɪmbəːst/, U.S.

/ˈrɪmˌbərst/, Scottish English

/ˈrɪmbʌrst/

Forms:

α. Scottish pre-1700 rimbrust, pre-1700 rumbriest, pre-1700 rymbirst, pre-1700 rymburst, pre-1700 1700s– rimburst, 1900s– rumburst; U.S. regional 1900s– rimburst; Irish English (northern) 1900s– rumburst.

β. Scottish pre-1700 rambussen, pre-1700 rimbursten, pre-1700 rumbursin, pre-1700 rumburssan, pre-1700 rymbursin, 1800s rimbursin, 1900s– rimburstin'; English regional (northern and midlands) 1800s– rimbursin, 1900s– rimbrussen, 1900s– rimbrustin.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: rim n.², English burst , burst v.

Etymology: < rim n.² + burst, past participle of burst v. (see discussion of forms at that entry). Sc. National Dict. (at Rim n.³) records the noun (in form rimburst) as still in use in 1968 in Orkney, Caithness (obsolescent), Angus, and Perthshire.

Chiefly Scottish and English regional (northern and midlands).

A. n.

Hernia or rupture of the abdominal wall; an instance of this. Now rare.

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herniac1386

crepaturec1400

ramex?a1425

rupture?a1425

burstenness1483

rimburst1505

ruption?1541

mollification1543

bursting1544

burstness1552

film-bursting1578

bubonocele1597

rimburstennessc1600

burstning1607

gut-bursten1607

strangulated hernia1771

hypogastrocele1811

herniation1897

sliding hernia1910

incisional hernia1912

Morgagni hernia1958

1505 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1901) III. 156 The lech that helit frer Johne Litstair of rymbirst.

1568 J. Rowll Cursing l. 58 in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS (1928) II. 279 Rumbursin Rippilis or bellythra.

1600 in Misc. 3rd Spalding Club (1940) II. 53 He hes curit and heallit dyvers and sindrie persones of the rumbriest.

1709 Wedderburn's Vocabula 13 Hernia, a rim-burst.

1741 A. MacDonald Galick & Eng. Vocab. 27 A Rupture or Rimburst.

1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Rimbursin, a rupture of the abdominal muscles; in consequence of which the belly sometimes bursts.

1829 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words (new ed.) 248 It may be further stated, that rimbursin is a common term on the Borders of North. for a rupture of the abdominal muscles, to which horses and cows are subject.

1903 W. H. Gocher Tales Turf II. 307 It [sc. the blemish] was a large rim-burst on his [sc. the horse's] right side.

1923 G. Watson Roxburghshire Word-bk. 252 Rimburstin', rupture of the abdomen.

1995 J. M. Sims-Kimbrey Wodds & Doggerybaw: Lincs. Dial. Dict. 245/2 Rim brustin, Rim brussen, Rim bursin, a hernia.

†B. adj.

Suffering from a hernia or ruptured abdominal wall. Cf. burst adj. 2. Obsolete.

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hernious1398

limb-broken1398

film-brokea1400

burstenc1440

broken-lended1483

rimburst1558

burst1574

bursten-gutted1601

broken-bellied1634

gut-foundered1647

ruptured1723

hernial1738

herniary1753

herniated1879

1558 in R. Pitcairn Criminal Trials Scotl. (1833) I. 404 Allegis that he is nocht able of his body, and is rumbursin.

1597 P. Lowe Art Chirurg. (1634) 246 Portraiture of a man Rim-burst.

Derivatives

† rimburstenness n. (also rumbursnes) Obsolete the condition of having a hernia or ruptured abdominal wall.

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