Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A searing-iron.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A hot iron for searing or cauterizing.
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- noun A
hot iron forsearing orcauterizing .
Etymologies
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French cautère, Latin cauterium, from Ancient Greek καυτήρ (kautēr), variant of καυστήρ (kaustēr, "cauterizing apparatus"), from καίω (kaiō, "burn")). Compare caustic, cautery.
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