CAUTERY, noun A burning or searing, as of morbid flesh, by a hot iron or by caustic medicines that burn, corrode or destroy any solid part of an animal body. The burning by a hot iron is called actual cautery; that by caustic medicines, potential cautery
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.