Crossword clues for bougie
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Bougie \Bou*gie"\, n. [F. bougie wax candle, bougie, fr. Bougie, Bugia, a town of North Africa, from which these candles were first imported into Europe.]
(Surg.) A long, flexible instrument, that is introduced into the urethra, esophagus, etc., to remove obstructions, or for the other purposes. It was originally made of waxed linen rolled into cylindrical form.
(Pharm.) A long slender rod consisting of gelatin or some other substance that melts at the temperature of the body. It is impregnated with medicine, and designed for introduction into urethra, etc. [1913 Webster] ||
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"wax candle," 1755, from French bougie "wax candle," from Bugia, Algeria, (Arabic Bijiyah), a town with a long-established wax trade.
Wiktionary
Etymology 1 n. 1 (context medicine English) A tapered cylindrical instrument for introducing an object into a tubular anatomical structure, or to dilate such a structure, as with an esophageal bougie. 2 a wax candle Etymology 2
a. (context chiefly African American Vernacular English slang usually pejorative English) Acting as if one is of a higher social status than one is; suspicions regarding true roots and background are implied.
Wikipedia
Bougie is the city of Béjaïa, Algeria.
Bougie may also refer to:
- Bougie, a medical instrument, as used in an esophageal dilatation
- "Bougie", a pejorative slang term derived from bourgeoisie and referring to upper middle class persons or things
Usage examples of "bougie".
Il parut souffrir une peine insurmontable, et soudain se rompit, abandonnant ses mains sur la table et ne regardant plus Salomon en face de lui, mais seulement la flamme de la bougie qui tremblait.
She hustled him out of his pile of blankets and set him to sweeping floors, helping in the laundries, and cleaning the various ingenious instruments of lighting that had accumulated in this place over the yearsbrass candlesticks and chamber-sticks, candle-snuffers, wax-jacks, bougie boxes, wick-trimmers, douters, candle-boxes, and lamps.
Our surgeons have operated upon many hundreds of bad cases by a very ingenious and almost painless method, that requires no use of bougies in the after-treatment.
The worst and most dangerous cases of stricture with which we have met, in a long and extensive experience, were rendered thus by the careless or unskillful use of bougies, catheters, or sounds.
Emir of Bougie, who was favourable to our trade interests there, but all to no avail, every day our Arab friends were losing ground, these Almohads were already west of the Zurid Kingdom.
Vanilla-scented bougies stood on the sideboard, across the room, glimmering in glass chimneys, but Barty pointed instead to five squat red candles distributed through the centerpiece of pine sprays and white carnations.
She hustled him out of his pile of blankets and set him to sweeping floors, helping in the laundries, and cleaning the various ingenious instruments of lighting that had accumulated in this place over the years—brass candlesticks and chamber-sticks, candle-snuffers, wax-jacks, bougie boxes, wick-trimmers, douters, candle-boxes, and lamps.