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irrigator|ˈɪrɪgeɪtə(r)|
[a. late L. irrigātor (Augustine), agent-n. from irrigāre to irrigate.]
1. One who or that which irrigates.
1829G. Stephens (title) Practical Irrigator and Drainer. 1846J. Baxter Libr. Pract. Agric. (ed. 4) II. 13 The irrigator should admit the water at the time and for the periods which experience points out as the best. 1885–6Spurgeon Treas. Dav. Ps. cxlvii. 8 God makes the..clouds the irrigators of the mountain meadows.
2. Med. A contrivance for irrigation (sense 2 b).
1887in Syd. Soc. Lex. 1894Lancet 3 Nov. 1032 Efficient washing out of all the peritoneum..with an aseptic solution by means of an irrigator or similar instrument. 1896Allbutt's Syst. Med. I. 451 Hypodermic syringe, irrigator..should be at hand. |