† ventosingn.
Surgery. Obsolete.
The operation of drawing blood by means of a cupping-glass; cupping. Also attributive.
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ventosing1386
boxing?c1425
ventosityc1485
cupping1519
1386 Almanak 52 Mynucyons to be made by blode-lattyng or ventosyng es ful profytabul.
c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 1887 That neyther veyne blood, ne ventusynge..may been his helpynge.
a1425 tr. Arderne's Treat. Fistula 62 And þer be no blode-later redy, be þer made ventosyng with garsyng atuix þe buttokez.
c1440 MS. Linc. A. 1. 17 f. 299 Of bolnyng or whelynge of garsynge or ventousynge.
1483 Cath. Angl. 400/2 A ventosynge boxe (A. a ventisynge box), guma.
?1541 R. Copland Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens iv. sig. Niij What is ventosyng? Answere. It is the puttynge of boxes vpon any membre for to expuls the mater betwene the skynne and the flesshe.
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