vbl. sb. Obs. Incorrect form = BURSTING; rupture, hernia.
1607. Topsell, Four-f. Beasts, 504. Arnoldus commendeth a plaister made of a Rams skin for burstning.
1635. Swan, Spec. M. (1670), 220. Sulphur-wort … is used with good success against the ruptures and burstnings of young children.
