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▪ I. cauterizing, vbl. n.|ˈkɔːtəraɪzɪŋ|
[f. as prec. + -ing1.]
Burning with a hot iron or a caustic. (Now chiefly gerundial.)
1541R. Copland Guydon's Quest. Chirurg. (Baker 1579) 50 To be kept open after the cauterising. 1555Eden Decades W. Ind. ii. iv. (Arb.) 119 By cauterising with hotte Irens. 1607Shakes. Timon v. i. 136. c 1720 W. Gibson Farrier's Guide ii. lvi. (1738) 212 Cauterizing is performed by an Instrument made hot, or by corrosive or burning Medicines. 1835–6Todd Cycl. Anat. I. 435/2 No pain is excited by..cauterizing a bone.
b. attrib., as in cauterizing iron.
1575Turberv. Falconrie 261 With a cauterizing yron. 1727Bradley Fam. Dict. I. s.v. Cauterizing instr., A cauterizing Button, to burn and sear the Head. 1850W. Irving Mahomed's Success. xlii. (1853) 193 The sight of the fire and cauterising irons again deterred him.
▪ II. ˈcauterizing, ppl. a.
That cauterizes.
1626Bacon Sylva §729 No marvel though Cantharides have such a Corrosive and Cauterizing quality. |