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ˈvervecine, a. rare.
[a. F. vervecine (Rabelais), or ad. L. vervēcīn-us, f. vervēc-is, vervex wether: see -ine1.]
Of or belonging to a sheep.
The first quot. merely follows the burlesque diction of the original text.
1653Urquhart Rabelais ii. vi, Goodly vervecine spatules perforaminated with petrosile. 1656[see prec.]. 1835Kirby Hab. & Inst. Anim. I. xi. 330 The vervecine and ovine hydatids, which penetrate into their [sc. sheep's] lungs and liver and occasion the rot. |