v. Obs. rare. [ad. L. fervefacĕre, f. fervēre to boil: see -FY.] trans. To make boiling hot. Hence Fervefied ppl. a.
1599. A. M., trans. Gabelhouer’s Bk. Physicke, 27/2. Cause then your Armes, Shoulders, Necke, Handes, Feete, & legges, with a fervefyede clothe to be perfricatede, & rubbed, till such time the skinne waxe rubicunde. Ibid., 65/2. Take a Horseshoe, and fervefye the same, lay heeron a seede of an Onione, & put theron a little Vinegar, and let the suffumigatione heerof ascende through a Funnelle into thy Eares, & immediatly the Earewigge dyeth.
1657. Tomlinson, Renou’s Disp., 159*. To fervefy, or decoct.
