bougien.
/ˈbuːʒi/, U.S. /ˈbu(d)ʒi/ 1. A wax-candle, a wax-light.
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the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > candle > [noun] > wax candle
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a1753 P. Drake Memoirs (1755) II. ii. 40 Supplied with..Bougies, otherwise Wax-lights, for their own Apartments.
1817 M. Edgeworth Harrington & Ormond I. xii. 277 Snatching up a bougie, the wick of which scattered fire behind him, he left the room.
c1865 H. Letheby in J. Wylde Circle of Sci. I. 97/1 Stearic candles will supersede every other description of bougie.
2. Medicine. A thin flexible surgical instrument made of waxed linen, india-rubber, metal, etc., for introduction into the passages of the body, for the purpose of exploration, dilatation, or medication.An armed or caustic bougie has a piece of caustic fixed within its extremity.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > equipment for applying medicaments > [noun] > thin flexible instrument
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1739 J. Sparrow tr. H. F. Le Dran Observ. Surg. lxvi. 233 Bougies, contrived of waxed Linnen rolled up.
1754–64 W. Smellie Treat. Midwifery III. 513 He introduced a large bougie which went up a great way.
1804 J. Abernethy Surg. Observ. 201 I introduced a small hollow bougie..into the œsophagus, and injected half a pint of milk and water.
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