Meaning of turning evil | Babel Free

Definitions

Sturdy; gid; turnsick.

obsolete, uncountable

Examples

“A rare Medicine for the Scab or Itch. 2. All Maggots whatever. 3 The worms in the Claw. 4. All wild fire. 5. the turning evil, ſheep tagged 6. Sheep belted. 7. the ſturdy in ſheep.”

“When Oxen, and ſuch like Cattle, are troubled with that Diſeaſe which makes them continually turn about in one place (and is therefore called the Turning Evil, or Sturdy) a common Remedy here in England, as Graſiers that make uſe of it inform me, is to caſt down and tye faſt the ſick Beaſt, […]”

“Let him bloud in the Eye-veins, Temple-veins, or through the Noſtrils, and rub the places with young Nettles bruiſed ; or give a ſpoonful of Treacle or Mithridate in Wine, good for the Morfound.”

“Bleed pretty well in the Temple-Veins, or through the Noſtrils,and rub the place with the Juyce of young, Nettles, and halt a pint of White-wine, give an Ounce of Methridate as hot as can conveniently be taken.”

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