Hypertext Webster Gateway: "cauter"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Cauter \Cau"ter\, n. [F. caut[`e]re, L. cauterium, fr. Gr. ? a
branding iron, fr. ? to burn. Cf. {Caustic}, {Cautery}.]
A hot iron for searing or cauterizing. --Minsheu.
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