Sentence:  Q. "How will you diſtinguiſh the Maſculine" hic "from the <WSD>Epicene</WSD>" hic", and the Feminine" hæc "from the <WSD>Epicene</WSD>" hæc"?" / A. That word that hath "hic" before it, and is onely male, is the Maſculine gender: but if it be both male and female, then it is the <WSD>Epicene</WSD> Gender: and ſo "hæc" before a female, is feminine, but "hæc" before a word that contains under it both ſexes, is <WSD>Epicene</WSD>. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Of or relating to a class of Greek and Latin nouns that may refer to males or females but have a fixed grammatical gender (feminine, masculine, neuter, etc.).