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pursive
pursive, a. arch. (ˈpɜːsɪv) Also 5–6 -syf(e, 6 -sife, -cyfe. [a. (?) AF. porsif, app. phonetic var. of OF. polsif, in Cotgr. poulsif, mod.F. poussif (L. type *pulsīv-um), f. OF. polser, F. pousser in sense ‘to breathe with labour or difficulty’:—L. pulsāre to drive or agitate violently, freq. of pel... Oxford English Dictionary
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pursick
† ˈpursick, a. and n. Obs. [f. pursive with suffix substitution: possibly influenced by sick.] A. adj. Of a horse: = pursive, pursy a.1 1.1610 Markham Masterp. i. xlviii. 99 Of the broken winded or Pursicke Horse. Ibid. ciii. 205 Looke he be not pursicke. B. n. Shortness of wind in a horse; pursines... Oxford English Dictionary
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pursy
▪ I. pursy, a.1 (ˈpɜːsɪ) Also 5 purcy, 6 poursye, porzy, 6–8 pursie, 7 purcie, 7–9 pursey. [Later form of pursif pursive, with the ending -if reduced to -i, -y as in hasty, jolly, tardy, etc.] 1. Short-winded, asthmatic, puffy; = pursive.c 1440 Promp. Parv. 416/2 Purcy, in wynd drawynge, cardiacus. ... Oxford English Dictionary
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broken-winded
broken-ˈwinded, a. [f. prec. + -ed.] 1. Farriery. Affected with the disease of a broken wind (see prec.); exhaling the air from the lungs with spasmodic efforts.1523 Fitzherb. Husb. §85 Broken wynded is an yll dysease, and cometh of rennynge or rydynge ouer moche..and wyll not be mended. 1580 Baret ... Oxford English Dictionary
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