SURBATING; a Diſtemper in a Horſe, vvho is ſaid to be ſurbated, vvhen the Sole is vvorn, bruiſed or ſpoiled by travelling vvithout Shoes, or vvith ill ſhoeing: […] take Frankincenſe, and rolling it in a little fine Cotton VVool or Bombaſt, vvith a hot Iron melt it into the Foot betvvixt the Shoe and the Toe, until the Orifice, vvhere the Blood vvas taken avvay, is fill'd up; […]
1725, [Noël] Chomel, “SURBATING”, in R[ichard] Bradley, editor, Dictionaire Oeconomique: Or, The Family Dictionary. […], volume II (I–Z), London: […] D[aniel] Midwinter, […], column 2