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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