† nascaln.
Medicine. Obsolete.
A pessary or vaginal suppository.
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1640 E. Chilmead tr. J. Ferrand Ερωτομανια 355 Women,..who may make use of..a Nascall or Pessary, composed of Castoreum mixed with Rue.
1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia 399 It is cured, in the paroxysme, by..nascals, discutients, rue [etc.].
1688 W. Salmon Doron Med. (ed. 2) i. xxviii. 392 Nascale, is a pessary made to be put up into the Womb.
1741 tr. H. D. Gaubius Compl. Extemporaneous Dispensatory 423 A Pessary (pessarium, talus) and a Nascale (penicillus) are a kind of suppositories, tents, or nodules for the uterus and vagina.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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