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styptic
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Word definitions for styptic in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Styptic \Styp"tic\, n. (Med.) A styptic medicine.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1400, from Old French stiptique or directly from Latin stypticus "astringent," from Greek styptikos , from styphein "to constrict, draw together." As a noun, c.1400, from Late Latin stypticum . Related: Styptical .\n
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 Bringing about contraction of tissues; harsh, raw, austere. 2 Specifically, that stops bleeding. n. A substance used for styptic results.
Usage examples of styptic.
The water in which it was dipped operated as a styptic, as a febrifuge, and possessed other properties as a medical talisman.
Nearest to her were hanging displays of novelty key chains, fingernail clippers, pocket combs, styptic pencils, packets of moistened towelettes, eyeglass-cleaning papers, decks of playing cards, and disposable cigarette lighters.
I never met a writer who didn bleed at the slightest unfavorable comment, and no number of favorable or even ecstatic remarks will serve as a styptic pencil.
Depilatories, salves, foot powder, styptic pencils, mouthwash, cotton swabs for the ears, deodorants for the armpit, deodorants for the male and female crotch, acne cream medication, sinus remedies, denture cleansers, laxatives, com plasters.
She pulled the arrows out of him and tossed them aside, dipped into the pouch on her belt and smeared some styptic paste on the wounds to stop the bleeding.
About half a cc was enough to numb the part, then he snipped off the papilloma, applied some styptic and put the beagle on the floor.
Namese restock the medicine cabinets with the usual toiletries and sanitary supplies -- and packets of styptic powder for those gentlemen who still shaved with blades.
Depilatories, salves, foot powder, styptic pencils, mouthwash, cotton swabs for the ears, deodorants for the armpit, deodorants for the male and female crotch, acne cream medication, sinus remedies, denture cleansers, laxatives, corn plasters.
The Poet set off with a good provision of verses, enough to supply him for at least a year, however styptic he might seem.
Under the hedges grew foxgloves and tall spikes of woundwort—"A styptic, used to staunch the bleeding of injuries," observed Rohain—and white deadnettles, whose dry hollow stems she collected in a bunch.
From left to right: a can of foam, a mug containing a lather brush, a straight razor in a plastic safety case, a dispenser full of razor blades, a styptic pencil, a bottle of skin conditioner, and a bottle of after-shave lotion.
Though as a styptic, it has now gone out of use, as tinder it is still an article of commerce and in Northern Europe has been much used by smokers, manufactured also into fusees, and used to be found here in tobacconists' shops under the name of Amadou or German tinder.
Perhaps his point was that his explanation might be cryptic, yes, but at least it was a concept we could grasp and to which we could cling, a familiar idea that kept our sanity from draining away, just as the alum in a styptic pencil could stop the blood flowing from a shaving cut.
At the precise moment in question, the barber will be applying a styptic pencil to this insignificant wound.
Across the ring, Blanchard's trainer was swabbing his eyebrows with a styptic pencil and applying tiny adhesive bandages to the flaps of skin hanging loose.