† cautelayren.
Obsolete.
A knife-shaped instrument for cautery.
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cultellary?a1425
olivary?a1425
cultelere?c1425
branding-ironc1440
burning-iron1483
cautera1533
actual?1541
cautelayre?1541
searing-iron1541
cautery1543
actual cautery1575
cauterizing iron1575
olive cautery1598
back-cauter1611
cauting-iron1688
brand1692
gamma1809
thermo-cautery1879
?1541 R. Copland Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens iv. sig. Pj v They be applyed to ye lachrymalls to consume the superfluous flesh, and [it] is done with a small actuall cautelayre... Lykewise to ye temples with a cautelayre to close the veynes.
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