Middle English Dictionary Entry
tēring(e ger.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | tēring(e ger.(2) |
| Etymology | From tēren v.(2). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) The tearing or ripping of skin; also, med. the breaking or tearing open of a swelling, rupture; (b) the fraying of something with wear.
Associated quotations
a
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)81/22 : Þat openynge is bettre þat is made by yren þan þat is made by terynge [*Ch.(1): rupture; alt. to: ruptory; L ruptorium].
- c1460(?c1400) Beryn (Nthld 55)644 : The warrok..cauȝt hym by the thy And bote hym..the Pardonere..held hym a square, by þat othir syde..for tereing of his hyde.
b
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)489 : Terynge [Win: Teryng], or werynge, or slytynge: Veteracio, inveteracio, consumpcio.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. tearing.