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Definition of Cauters
1. cauter [n] - See also: cauter
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cauters
Literary usage of Cauters
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Pre-Raphaelitism and the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood by William Holman Hunt (1905)
"The eyes are squinting cauters, the toes inarticulate knobs, while the very
dresses of the poor children in reality so full of charm and prettiness, ..."
2. Pre-Raphaelitism and the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood by William Holman Hunt (1905)
"The eyes are squinting cauters, the toes inarticulate knobs, while the very
dresses of the poor children in reality so full of charm and prettiness, ..."
3. Hakluytus posthumus: Contayning a History of the World in Sea Voyages and by Samuel Purchas (1906)
"Pots or cauters of fine liquid Amber d. Item, 200. burthens of Cacao, letter Z.
Item, 1600. round lumps like balls of Oly, which is a gumme of trees, ..."
4. Hakluytus Posthumus, Or, Purchas His Pilgrimes: Contayning a History of the by Samuel Purchas (1906)
"Pots or cauters of fine liquid Amber d. Item, 200. burthens of Cacao, letter Z.
Item, 1600. round lumps like balls of Oly, which is a gumme of trees, ..."
5. The Voyage of François Pyrard of Laval to the East Indies, the Maldives, the by François Pyrard (1887)
"The cure they use for this, as for all other kinds of inflammation or local pain,
is to apply large button-cauters to the swollen or painful part. ..."
6. The Quadroon: Or, A Lover's Adventures in Louisiana by Mayne Reid (1856)
"... ham and tongue, chicken salad, and lobsters, cut-glass de- cauters filled with
wine brandy and other liquors, garnished this table. ..."
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