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† ˈscorbut(e Path. Obs.
[a. F. scorbut, whence Sp. escorbuto, Pg. escorbut, scorbuto, It. scorbuto, mod.L. scorbūtus (whence G. scorbut).
The Fr. word is app. ad. MLG. schorbûk, early mod.Du. schorbuyck, scheurbuik (now scheurbuik), whence G. scharbock, Da. skørbug, MSw. skörbiug (Sw. skörbjugg), OIcel. (14th c.) skyrbjúg-r. If the word be orig. LG. or Du., and not an adoption from some foreign source, the etymological sense must be ‘disease that ruptures or lacerates the belly’ (MLG., MDu. schoren, Du. scheuren to break, lacerate, MLG. bûk, Du. buik belly). Cf. early mod.Du. scheurmond (mond = mouth) scurvy of the gums, scheurbeen (been = bone) scorbutic affection of the bones.]
= scurvy.
1597Gerarde Herbal ii. xvii. 201 Water Cresse..is verie good against the scuruie or scorbute. 1611in Birch Crt. & Times Jas. I (1848) I. 137 His disease proves..to be nothing but the scorbut, or, as we term it, the scurvy. 1634Sir T. Herbert Trav. 5 The Calenture, Scorbute or Scuruie, Feauers [etc.]. 1665J. Gadbury London's Deliv. vii. 24 His frivolous supposition of the Plague its taking beginning from the disease called the Scorbute.
attrib.1665E. Maynwaring Treat. Scurvy 65 The Scorbute Pills are efficacious against the defects and errors of digestion in the first, second and third Office. |