Obs. [f. TURNING vbl. sb. + EVIL sb.1 7.] = TURN-SICK sb. 2.
1614. Markham, Cheap Husb., 47. Of the diseases in the head, as the Sturdie, or turning-euill.
1663. Boyle, Usef. Exp. Nat. Philos., II. V. xii. 234. Oxen, and such-like Cattle, are troubled with that Disease … called The turning Evil, or Sturdy.
[1704. Dict. Rust., s.v.
1725. Family Dict., s.v.]
