单词 | inviscate |
释义 | inviscatev. 1. transitive. To render viscid or sticky; to mix or cover with a sticky substance. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > viscosity > make viscous or thicken [verb (transitive)] engleima1387 inviscatec1400 treaclec1500 mud1593 incrassate1601 inspissate1626 glutinize1750 syrup1847 c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. (Add. MS.) 136 Ne þilke blod ys noȝt inviscat in þe substaunce of dure matris as þe matere ys in apostemys. 1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Pharmaceut. Shop ii, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. Nnnn2 Myreol..by its aromatical lentour, inviscates the fingers. 1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician vi. 220 When the matter of the Cough was inviscated and hardned. 1788 C. Blagden in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 78 289 The deposited salt, in very minute crystals,..inviscated and kept together with a little ice. 1822 J. M. Good Study Med. III. 642 Caustic alkalies inviscated in oil or lard to render them less acrid and corrosive. 2. To catch in some sticky substance. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > attachment > attach or affix [verb (transitive)] > adhere to > cause to adhere > catch in sticky substance inviscate1646 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iii. xxi. 158 It hath in the tongue a spongy and mucous extremity, whereby upon a sudden emission, it inviscates and tangleth those insects. View more context for this quotation 1776–96 W. Withering Brit. Plants (ed. 3) II. 433 A..clammy substance like tar, in which..insects are inviscated. Derivatives inˈviscating adj. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > viscosity > [adjective] > thickening incrassating1620 spissating1657 spissative1678 inviscating1822 1822 J. M. Good Study Med. I. 521 The difficulty of conceiving how a few drachms of bland oil or a few ounces of gum arabic, can be intermixed with many pounds of serosity, and still retain their sensible quality of inviscating sedatives. 1834 S. Cooper Good's Study Med. (ed. 4) II. 487 It would be our duty to..employ inviscating demulcents, both oils and mucilages. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < v.c1400 |
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