单词 | blood-stopping |
释义 | blood-stoppingn. The action or practice of causing bleeding to stop, esp. (in later use) by supernatural means. Cf. blood-staunching n. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > surgery > stopping haemorrhage > [noun] stanchingc1400 blood-staunching?1541 blood-stopping1855 1855 M. Reid Forest Exiles xxi. 155 This down Guapo knew to be the best for blood stopping. 1906 J. Curtin tr. H. Sienkiewicz On Field of Glory iii. 78 On the table..was bread kneaded with spider-web, excellent for blood stopping. 1947 V. Randolph Ozark Superstitions vii. 124 An old gentleman who told a girl reporter the secret of blood stopping cautioned her never to write it down or publish it. 1997 T. A. Green Folklore I. 122 The practice of bloodstopping in Appalachia depends on reciting a verse from the Bible several times. 2005 Folklore Apr. 92 A collection of charms from Cornwall and Devon, for blood-stopping, nose bleeding, boils and scalds. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). blood-stoppingadj. 1. That stops (or is reputed to stop) bleeding. Cf. blood-staunching adj. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > surgery > stopping haemorrhage > [adjective] blood-stopping1562 blood-staunching1673 1562 W. Bullein Bk. Simples f. xxxv, in Bulwarke of Defence Thus I ende of Shepards Purse, or bloud stoppyng herbe. 1673 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 8 6078 The King having in his presence caused some considerable Experiments to be made with the new Blood-stopping liquor upon Brutes. 1708 C. Packe Medela Chymica 73 To this was added such Astringent and Blood stopping Electuaries, Linctus's and Syrups as two Learned Physitians prescrib'd him. 1892 Official Rep. National Assoc. Railway Surgeons ix. 152 If surgeons in selecting apparatus have not emphasized blood-stopping devices I beg to urge..the necessity of Esmarch's tourniquet in every accident case. 1920 L. Spence Encycl. Occultism 355/1 Blood-stopping charms are still regarded with great sanctity. 1954 Sci. News Let. 10 July 26/1 The surgeon..removes the blood-stopping clamps. 2011 San Jose (Calif.) Mercury News (Nexis) 6 Sept. You need a small jar of blood-stopping (‘styptic’) powder on hand. 2. Causing terror or horror; very frightening. ΚΠ 1901 W. O. Fuller What happened to Wigglesworth xxiv. 228 With a blood-stopping shriek, he vaulted from his chair. 1954 Sat. Rev. (U.S.) 25 Sept. 48/1 A series of screams..blood-stopping whistles, and stamping feet. 1987 R. Hall Kisses of Enemy (1990) ii. xxxvi. 184 Out where his father came from, you heard blood-stopping snarls at night. 2011 Kamloops (Brit. Columbia) Daily News (Nexis) 27 Sept. a5 She heard a blood-stopping cry for help. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1855adj.1562 |
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