turning-evil

Noun

turning evil (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) Sturdy; gid; turnsick.
   • A rare Medicine for the Scab or Itch. 2. All Maggots whatever. 3 The worms in the Claw. 4. All wild fire. 5. the turning evil, ſheep tagged 6. Sheep belted. 7. the ſturdy in ſheep.1680, Nicholas Culpeper, The Engliſh-Phyſicians dayly Practiſe. Or, Culpeper's Faithful Physitian. Teaching every Man and Woman to be their own Doctor, […] J. Conyers, page 8