一切經音義 74.92

74.92

虺蛻（上暉鬼反郭注爾雅虺身廣三寸頭大如人擘指今又呼腹虺是也說文從虫從兀下吐外反字林蟬虵解皮曰蛻也虫音許鬼反）。

虺蛻 (slough of a viper: the first character is pronounced 暉 + 鬼 fanqie; Guo's commentary to the Erya says, "The viper's body is three inches wide, its head as large as a man's thumb; now it is also called the belly-viper, which is this"; the Shuowen jiezi says it is derived from 虫 and 兀; the second character is pronounced 吐 + 外 fanqie; the Zilin says, "Cicadas and snakes shedding their skins is called 蛻"; 虫 is pronounced 許 + 鬼 fanqie).