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‖ volˈsella rare.
Also 7 vulsella.
[L. volsella, vulsella tweezers, forceps, f. vols-, vuls-, ppl. stem of vellĕre to pluck.]
(See quot. 1693 and next.)
1693tr. Blancard's Phys. Dict. (ed. 2), Volsella, or Vulsella, an Instrument to pull up Hairs with by the Root, Tweezers: Or a Chyrurgions little Tongs, which are of different shape according to the Diversity of their Use. [Hence in Harris, Phillips, etc.]1728Chambers Cycl., Acanthabolus, a Surgeon's Instrument; called also Volsella. 1889Duncan Clin. Lect. Dis. Women (ed. 4) ii. 5 A Volsella is fixed in the cervix. |