Meaning of burstenness | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A broken or bruised condition; brokenness; in the extract, a mass of bruises.
   obsolete, uncountable
2. A rupture; a hernia.
   obsolete, uncountable

Examples

“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.”

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