† ˈburstenness Obs.
Also 5 brostynes, 6 burstiness, 7 bursunesse; see also burstness.
[f. bursten ppl. a. + -ness.]
Burst state or quality; spec. rupture, hernia.
| 1483 Cath. Angl. 45 A Brostynes, hernia. 1528 Paynell Salerne Regim. X iij, Specially when the burstennes cometh by ventosite. 1615 Markham Eng. Housew. ii. i. (1668) 29 For the rupture or burstennesse in men. |