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scarification|ˌskærɪfɪˈkeɪʃən|
Also 5 scarificacioun, 6 scaryfycacyon, skarificacion, 7 scarrification.
[ad. late L. scarīficātiōn-em, n. of action f. scarīficāre to scarify. Cf. F. scarification (1314 in Hatz.-Darm.).]
1. The action of scarifying; an instance of this.
c1400tr. Secreta Secret., Gov. Lordsh. 86 Latynge of blood, noght by openynge of veynes, but by scarificacioun of fflesch. 1533Elyot Cast. Helthe iii. viii. (1541) 61 In what member the bloud is gathered, the body being fyrst pourged by scarification, the grefe maye be cured. 1601Holland Pliny xvii. xxvii. I. 545, I cannot omit one manner of cure by way of Scarification. For when the bark is poore and leane [etc.]. 1672Wiseman Wounds i. x. 101 Also cupping with scarification of the Neck and Shoulders. 1758J. S. Le Dran's Observ. Surg. (1771) 47 These Scarifications procured..a Discharge of Serum. 1822Scott Nigel xxi, While his chin sustained from the razor literal scarification. 1899Allbutt's Syst. Med. VIII. 496 In massive swellings of the tongue and throat relief has been given by scarification.
fig.1881J. H. Ingram Poe's Wks. I. Mem. 34 He began that system of literary scarification—that crucial dissection of bookmaking mediocrities, which [etc.].
2. concr. A slight incision or a number of slight incisions made by scarifying.
1541R. Copland Guydon's Quest. Chirurg. O j b, Ye ought to make certayne scaryfycacyons very depe with the rasour. 1562W. Bullein Dial. Sorenes & Chir. 17 Laie upon the same skarificacion baie Salte. 1599A. M. tr. Gabelhouer's Bk. Physicke 363/2 Therby shall the scarifications be kept open. 1660F. Brooke tr. Le Blanc's Trav. 350 They..make incisions in their face, then laying gum on a fire, hold over their faces that smoak may colour the scarifications. 1782E. N. Blower Geo. Bateman II. 138 Whose..face was rendered more disagreeable..by deep scarifications of the small-pox. |