† scurvinessn.
Obsolete.
The quality or condition of being ‘scurvy’.
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scurviness1548
scurvy1586
scorbute1597
scorbuch1598
scorbuticism1665
scorbutica1680
sea-scurvy1748
land-scurvy1790
scorbutus1866
1548 T. Cooper Bibliotheca Eliotæ (rev. ed.) Psorothalmia, a scuruinesse of the browes with an ytche.
1596 L. Mascall Bk. Cattell: Horses 138 The scratches is a long scuruines right behind the legge.
1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 83 Leprosies, botches, and scuruinesse of the skinne.
1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Schorftheydt, scurvynesse, Scabbinesse, or Manginesse.
1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Scurviness, Badness, Naughtiness, Sorriness.
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