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.
