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bistoury|ˈbɪstərɪ, ˈbɪstʊrɪ|
Also 5 bystorye, 8–9 bistory, 9 bistouri.
[a. OF. bistorie (in sense 1), ad. mod.F. bistouri (in sense 2): origin uncertain: see Littré. (Said in some books to be from Pistorium, now Pistoja; but this is merely a conjecture from the similarity of the words.)]
†1. A mediæval weapon, a large knife or dagger.
1490Caxton Eneydos xvi. 65 Eneas had a bystorye or wepen crysolite, as it were a lityl swerde crosseles.
2. Surgery. A scalpel; made in three forms, the straight, the curved, and the probe-pointed (which is also curved).
1748Phil. Trans. XLV. 133 An Incision made with a Bistory. 1764Smellie Midwif. I. Introd. 31 He must..amputate with a bistory. 1804Abernethy Surg. Observ. 214 They were divided by the crooked bistoury. 1859F. Mahoney Rel. Father Prout ii. 546 The surgeon's bistouri. 1873Tristram Moab v. 92 Screwing my courage to use a bistory. |