(a) Of things, conditions, emotions, qualities: existing in fact, real; of actions: really done; (b) surg. real (as opposed to potential); actual cauterie, a cauterizing operation involving the……

(a) Treatment with heat or burning, calcination of a substance; (b) surg. cauterization; (c) phys. the corruption of bodily humors, ulcers, etc., by heat; the process by which humors, etc., become adu……

Surg. Pathologically hardened tissue. …

Surg. Of flesh, skin, etc.: hardened, pathologically hard. …

(a) A precious stone, any of the gems called carbuncles; esp., that carbuncle which shines in the dark; (b) a decorative material made of (or resembling) carbuncles; (c) something excellent or……

(a) A box, chest, casket, case; as a case, like a chest, as big as a chest; corporal case, corporas case, a case or container for a corporal cloth; (b) a quiver for arrows; a case for bows or bows and……

(a) The bed of a river or of the sea; (b) a navigable channel in the estuary of a river. …

(a) Attention, heed; nimen cure, to pay attention; taken cure, pay attention (to sth.), be interested (in sth.); I do no cure, I do not care, I am indifferent; (b) fondness, liking, partiality……

(a) A hanging downward; (b) deterioration, degeneration. …

Surg. Covering blemishes with cosmetics, beautification. …

Med. & surg. Designed to remove or cover up blemishes, beautifying. …

(a) Purpose, intention, or design; aim or object; final entencioun, ultimate purpose or goal; (b) of entencioun, on purpose, intentionally; of on entencioun, with fixed purpose; unanimously. …

(a) Hot, burning, fiery; fervent hete, burning heat; (b) fervent oil, hot oil; fervent water, scalding water; (c) fervent ground (lond). …

Surg. (a) A cut or crack; lesion, rupture; (b) an incision. …

Surg. A lancet used for letting blood. …

Surg. (a) A membranous husk sloughed off after a bone operation; (b) the sac surrounding an encysted abscess. …

Med. & surg. (a) Watering of the eyes; (b) the moistening of bodily tissues, production of moisture in tissues. …

(a) To initiate (sb. in the Christian faith), teach; imbeuen with; (b) med. & surg. to keep (sores) wet with humors or pus; ppl. imbeued, of a substance: soaked, saturated; of a liquid: having soaked……

(a) That which hinders or prevents; an obstacle, a difficulty, hindrance; also coll. obstacles; sauns impediment, without hindrance; withouten impediment of, unhindered by (sth.); don impediment unto……

(a) A tax, charge, duty, tribute; (b) the levying of a tax, charge, duty, or tribute. …

Surg. (a) The act of cutting into a bodily part; (b) a surgical operation; (c) a slash, cut; also, a cut made in surgery; (d) that which is cut off in circumcision, the prepuce. …

To entangle (something), tie up; surround (sth.), envelop. …

(a) Surg. Enlargement; (b) enhancement of fame, glory. …

(a) To attack (sb. or sth.), injure, wrong; -- also intrans.; malignen ayen(es, attack (sb. or sth.), injure, wrong; ppl. maligninge, harmful; false, infidel; (b) malignen ayen, to rail at maliciously……

(a) A hammer; usually, a heavy iron hammer used for driving posts, breaking rocks, etc.; a sledge hammer, a maul; (b) a kind of mace, a hammerlike club made of (or tipped with) iron or lead; (c) surg.……

(a) Of a craft or skill: having do with tools, mechanical; also, manual; craftes mechanic; (b) surg. instrument mechanic, a manually devised instrument. …

(a) Med. & surg. The menstrual flow, menstruation; -- also used in pl.; time of menstrue, a menstrual period; (b) alch. one of three subtle substances used in various alchemical processes. …

Med. & surg. (a) Soothing, lenitive; (b) as noun: a soothing preparation, palliative. …

Med. & surg. (a) Stinging, irritation, distress; (b) corrosiveness, causticity. …

(a) An opportunity for an action, sin, virtue, debate, etc.; an opportunity for trouble [quot.: (a1420)]; (b) opportunity personified; balled occasioun. …

(a) Work, deed(s, action(s; a military operation; also fig.; don operacioun(es, to perform (one's) deed(s, conduct (oneself), behave; (b) spiritual labor(s; (c) a scientific, alchemical, or magical……

Med. and surg. Obstruction or blockage in a wound, the gall bladder, etc.; an obstruction or obstructed condition of a nerve, etc.; opilacioun superficiale, an external obstruction. …

Anat. & surg. (a) The opening of a wound; (b) the aperture or cavity of an ulcer, fistula, or festering sore; (c) aperture(s(s in an organ, vein, or duct of the body; orifice of the emoroides, the……

(a) To break into or through (a fortification); (b) to dash oneself to pieces; (c) med. and surg. to fracture (limbs or other parts of the body); break open (a wound). …

(a) A natural or man-made depression in the ground, hole, pit, ditch; cave; also fig.; also, an open excavation from which some mineral product is obtained or in which some industrial process is……

(a) A statement of belief; proposition; bi grace of posicioun, for the sake of argument; (b) location; anat. and surg. with reference to a part of the body: location, positioning. …

(a) A commandment regulating human conduct, precept; esp. a divine command or injunction; one of the Ten Commandments; a precept as distinguished from a counsel [cp. counseil 5. (e)]; a rule of……

(a) A preliminary act or operation, a previous setting in order; also, a precautionary measure; (b) med. & surg. the action or process of preparing a wound, an injury, etc., for treatment; the action……

(a) Exertion of pressure, an act of pressing; -- used fig.; squeezing something into a tight space; also, pressure felt in an area of the body; (b) the pressing of wine; (c) suffering, distress……

In phrases: (a) primitif chirche, chirche primitif, the early Christian church; primitif chirche of engelond; (b) med. & surg. cause primitif, a non-corporeal cause of a disease. …

(a) Guilty of the sin of Pride; haughty, arrogant; also, obstinate, rebellious; (b) proudest of pride, supremely proud; proud as lucifer; proud herte, proud heart; -- also as surname or epithet; maken……

(a) Incitement, urging; (b) prayer for forgiveness, supplication; (c) med. & surg. the inducing of a bodily function; stimulation of the hemorrhoidal veins; (d) law an appeal, esp. to a higher court……

(a) To seek forgiveness of (God), supplicate; ppl. provoking, seeking or eliciting forgiveness; (b) law to appeal (a case to a higher authority). …

(a) To lead (sb., the mind) back to virtue or correctness; restore (sb., the soul) to God; (b) to bring (a part of the body) back to health; restore (a quality); reinstate (sb.) in the possession of a……

(a) To alleviate (wretchedness, pain, etc.), ease, mitigate; releven awei; (b) to give relief; afford (sb., oneself) comfort, recreation, relief, etc.; allow respite to (sb.); invigorate (a bodily……

(a) Relief from distress, trouble, pain, etc., help, alleviation; a remedy for a situation, means of relief; means of evading a difficulty, solution, recourse; alternative; bi remedi of, by means of……

Surg. To soften; soften(sth.), soak. …

Surg. Of a medicine: softening. …

Med. & surg.: (a) The breaking of a bodily swelling or bliser; (b) rupture of a vein, the cornea, etc.; (c) hernia, rupture; rupturedindimal (inguinale), hernia in the groin region; (d) a bone……

Surg. The making of shallow incisions in a part of the body as a means of letting blood, scarification. …

(a) Surg. To make shallow incisions in (a part of the body) in order to evacuate corrupt matter or to let blood, scarify; perform such a procedure on (sb.); also, ppl. scarified as adj.; (b) to cut……

(a) A severing, cutting apart, detaching; the act of cutting apart [2nd quot.]; avoidance [quot.: c1460]; also, physical circumcision [1st quot.]; maken separacioun, to make a separation; (b) med. a……

Surg. To saw off (part of the body), amputate. …

(a) A symbol; in significacioun, as a symbol, symbolizing; (b) symbolic meaning; also, interpretation [quots.: Lydg.Pilgr.]; (c) symbolization, representation; a gret significacioun, an important……

(a) An explanation, answer; also, a reason [quot.: ?a1425]; also, the act of answering a question [last quot.]; (b) an interpretation of a dream. …

Cook. An implement for stirring, a spatula; surg. an instrument used to apply ointments or to clean wounds; also, an instrument for cutting or lancing [quot. ?c1425]; (b) the shoulder bone of an……

Surg. (a) An instrument used to mix the ingredients of medicines, to apply or remove ointments, etc.; (b) an instrument used for cutting or lancing. …

(a) Pl. The refuse or coarser parts of flax or hemp, hards; stupe of tou; (b) pl. hards of flax or hemp prepared and used as the raw material for cloth, tow; (c) surg. a small piece of cloth made from……

(a) Exceeding what is necessary or normal; (b) useless, worthless, vain; also, immoderate, excessive; ?foolish [quot. a1450 St.Kath.(3)]; (c) of a person: extravagant; also, of a house: ?extravagantly……

A turn, rotation, or revolution about an axis or center; welkenes turn, the turning of the heavens. …

(a) Political or ecclesiastical unity; harmony, concord; also, a state of peace; (b) an agreement, accord; also, the settlement of a dispute, reconciliation; also, a reconciliation of God and man. …