† ustionn.
Obsolete.
1. The action of burning, or fact of being burnt.
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > [noun]
bruneOE
brandOE
burninga1300
ustion1567
exustion1583
combustiona1600
combusture1609
inustion?1630
ustulation1658
1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest f. 10 Likewise Incision..kepeth the place of vstion, free and cleare from yll smelling and rancoring.
1617 J. Woodall Surgions Mate Termes 348 Vstion is a preparation of things..by burning them in a crucible, or in the fire.
1673 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 8 6132 All these to be further examined by..Arefaction, Assation, Ustion, Calcination.
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) The Ustion of Minerals, is a more imperfect kind of Calcination.
1778 W. Pryce Mineralogia Cornubiensis 241 It may be worth enquiry, whether..Ores..may not be advanced in value by a previous ustion.
1802 Trans. Soc. Arts 20 209 Another [cause of the fetid smell]..is ustion or burning the [fish-] oil.
2.
a. The action of searing; cauterization.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > surgery > cauterizing > [noun]
searing1395
actual cauterya1400
adustion?a1425
brandingc1440
cauterification?1541
cauterizing?1541
cautery1575
cauterization1579
cautering1580
ustion1588
burninga1610
cauterism1640
inustion1684
moxibustion1833
1588 J. Read tr. F. Arcaeus Compend. Method f. 60 That imperfection..cannot bee holpen without vstion or burning.
1638 A. Read Treat. 1st Pt. Chirurg. ii. 14 Wee ought not, but upon great necessitie, to have recourse to ustion.
1651 N. Biggs Matæotechnia Medicinæ Praxeωs ⁋256 They..have stoutly played the Vulcans, and have appointed also Arabick ustions..for the sciatica.
1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician xix. 712 The ustion of the Ioynts that was grown out of use, has been restored.
1737 H. Bracken Farriery Improved xxxviii. 544 Ustion or Burning was the Remedy most used.
b. A place or surface presenting the appearance of being seared or cauterized.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > [noun] > burn or scald
scaldinga1398
fire burning?a1425
combustion?1541
burning1542
ambustion1590
burn1594
scald1601
ustion1607
scorch1611
powder burn1864
flash burn1946
1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 255 The roote of the greater Siler..cureth those cold vstions in the flesh or belly, when the place looketh blacke or looseth sence.
3. figurative. Concupiscence; libidinous desire. rare.
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society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > lasciviousness or lust > [noun]
lustc1000
goleheada1325
luxury1340
luxurec1374
concupiscencec1386
gigletrya1387
nicetya1387
flesh-lusta1400
lovereda1400
sensualities1477
lascivity1490
lubricitya1492
libidinosity1509
luxuriousness1542
veneriousness1547
rammishness1552
luxe1558
ustion1559
lustinessa1575
luxurity1576
lusting1580
by-lusting1583
lasciviousness1590
lusciousness1594
epithymy1600
concupiscency1608
libidinousness1611
lustfulness1611
concupiscentiality1612
rampancy1652
venereousness1659
ustulation1660
lasciviency1664
salaciousness1727
lech1796
lustihood1798
randinessc1890
1559 Reg. St. Andrews Kirk Session (S.H.S.) I. 18 Give thei be vexed and urnet with ustioun and urgent appetites of the flesche.
1624 R. Sanderson Serm. I. 228 Marriage,..the sole allowed remedy against..burning lusts; by the apostle..commanded in case of ustion to all men.
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