Also 6 brastnes; and see BURSTENNESS. [f. BURST ppl. a. + -NESS.] The state of being burst; rupture; hernia.
1552. Huloet, Brastnes, or rupture of a man.
1607. Topsell, Four-f. Beasts, 204. The Ointment … healeth burstness. Ibid. (1658), 64. The skin of the feet and nose of an Ox … helpeth … burstness very much.
1725. Bradley, Fam. Dict., II., Rupture … burstness; a distemper in a horse.
