† ˈwaribreed Obs.
Forms: 1 wearᵹ(e)-, wearhbrǽde, 6 warrybrede, 8 waribreed.
[OE. wearhbrǽde wk. fem., f. *wearh- = ware n.6, pus, matter + -brǽde cogn. w. brǽd flesh.]
In OE. some kind of ulcer or eruption; in 16–18th c. = warble n.2 2.
| c 1000 ælfric Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 158/23 Impetigo, eaᵹan wenn, uel wearhbræde. c 1050 Voc., ibid. 457/6 Neuum, wearᵹebræde. c 1000 Sax. Leechd. I. 86 Ᵹif hwylcum wearᵹbræde [v.r. wearh-; L. ulcus] weaxe on þam nosum oððe on þam hleore. 1523–34 Fitzherb. Husb. §63 There be beastes that wyll haue warrybredes in dyuers partes of theyr body and legges. 1725 Bradley's Family Dict. s.v. Warnel-worm, This Disease in some Cattle runs into divers Parts of their Bodies, called by some the Wari-breed. |