Surg. To remove a layer of tissue or a membrane from (the inside of the cranium). …

Surg. The act of drawing blood or other matter by means of a cupping glass. …

Surg. (a) An instrument for drawing blood or other matter out of the body, a cupping glass; ventose box (b) a similar instrument used to apply suction to a body part without promoting bleeding; (c)……

Surg. (a) To treat a patient by drawing blood or other matter with a cupping glass (b) to apply a cupping glass to (a wound, boil, etc.); also, treat (a patient) by bloodletting with a cupping glass;……

(a) Surg. One who draws blood by means of a cupping glass; (b) as surname. …

Surg. The drawing of blood or other matter by means of a cupping glass, cupping; ?also, the application of suction to a body part without the promotion of bleeding; ventosing boiste (box), a cupping……

Surg. Of a fracture: at a right angle to the axis of the bone, transverse. …

(a) To empty (sth.) of its contents; clear (a house, country, etc.); also, rid (a land of a belief or sentiment); also fig. and in fig. context; ppl. voidede, emptied, cleared; of a river: drained……

(a) To be mindful, be aware; waren of, be knowledgeable concerning (sth.), be skilled in; ware him his fal is nexte his honde, let him be mindful his fall is at hand (b) to be mindful of (sth.),……

Surg. Fine line used for binding up or suturing. …

(a) The fibrous cord of cotton or flax that draws fuel to the flame of a candle, torch, or lamp, a wick;—also coll.; candel (torche) wek (b) in conventional comparisons and fig. contexts; (c) the……

(a) To act, behave, proceed; act (in a specified way), proceed (on the basis of sth., according to sth.), act (so as to do sth.), do (as one should, as sb. enjoins, according to sth., etc.); werken……

(a) An auger used in woodworking, a gimlet, wimble; also person.; axel-man wimble, a wheelwright’s wimble; frensh wimble, ?a specially adapted variety of wimble associated with French designs or……

(a) To depart from a place, move away, leave; refl. take oneself away, go away; absent oneself; ben withdrawen, be departed; also, be out of the way [quot. a1325] (b) freq. refl. to retreat from a……

(a) An injury to a person or an animal involving the piercing, cutting, or laceration of the skin or flesh, a wound; a puncture wound caused by a bee’s sting, an animal’s bite, etc.; also, a gash in……

(a) A wrenching or twisting motion, a twisting; also, a violent tug;—used fig.; (b) a bending of the knee [2nd quot. may belong to (a)]; (c) an ill turn, a trick. …