Obs. Also 5 febrys, 6 febres. [a. L. febris fever.] A fever.
1483. Caxton, Gold. Leg., 230/3. Al that yere she was seke and laboured in the febrys.
1527. Andrew, Brunswyke’s Distyll. Waters, II. A ij. It [Sorell water] is good for the hote ague or febres.
1535. Stewart, Cron. Scot., II. 219.
| Vter that tyme, as my author did sa, | |
| Into the Walis seik in the febris la. |
