† protractern.
Obsolete.
1. = protractor n. 2.
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the world > time > duration > [noun] > long duration or lasting through time > lengthening in duration or prolonging > one who draws out
prolonger1548
wire-drawer1566
lengthener?1577
protracter1611
protractor1611
the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > [noun] > one who delays
tarrier1382
delayer1509
postponer1533
prolonger1548
proroguer1551
deferrer1552
waiter upon God1592
procrastinator1607
temporizer1609
protracter1611
protractor1611
retarder1644
cunctator1654
adjourner1738
postponator1775
putter-off1803
tomorrower1810
offput1856
shelver1881
staller1937
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Prolongeur, a prolonger, protracter, wyre-drawer, delayer.
c1735 Visct. Bolingbroke in Wks. Lord Bolingbroke (1841) II. 312 I know not what part the protracters of the war, in the depth of their policy, intended to take.
1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Protracter, one who draws out any thing to tedious length.
1766 T. Amory Life John Buncle II. v. 144 Thou art the support of the other virtues, the preserver and restorer of health, and the protracter of life!
1804 J. Collins Scripscrapologia 96 The protracter of life, and preserver of ease, I have ever yet found in a Bottle!
2. Surgery. A kind of forceps used to extract foreign bodies; = protractor n. 3. rare.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > surgical instruments > [noun] > instruments for extracting foreign bodies
ground-drawer1598
upheaver1598
crow-bill1611
probang1657
stork's bill1671
goose-bill1676
alphonsine1688
protracter1726
protractor1728
bullet-drawer1752
parasol probang1882
coin-catcher1895
1726 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. (ed. 3) Protracter, an Instrument used by Surgeons to draw out any foreign or disagreeable Bodies from a Wound or Ulcer.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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