† scia Obs. rare.
Also 5 scie. Cf. sciat.
[med.L., app. aphetic for the pl. ischia (see ischium) taken as sing.]
The hip.
| c 1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. ii. x. 176 Þe place of þe coniuncioun of þese boones is clepid þe scie. Ibid. 177 Þat oon veyne þerof is clepid sciatica, & þat oþere is clepid renalis, &..oon veyne serueþ for þe scie, & þat oþer for þe reynes. 1541 R. Copland Guydon's Quest. Chirurg. K iij b, The great fote lasteth fro the ioynt of the huckle called scia, vnto the ferdest parte of the toes. |