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The application of fire, or of a cautery. Dunglison.

The act of keeping fractured limbs cool by the use of a fan or some other contrivance. Dunglison.

Leaf of lard. "Pig's flare." Dunglison.

, as if to pick off flocks of wool; carphology; -- an alarming symptom in acute diseases. Dunglison.

An abnormal or excessive discharge of blood from the uterus. Dunglison.

atural or artifical cavity, which is felt when it is subjected to pressure or percussion. Dunglison.

A sensation resembling that made by the creeping of ants on the skin. Dunglison.

A wagonload; a load of any sort. [Obs.] Of dung full many a fother. Chaucer.

Herpes; tetter. Dunglison.

The dung of deer. B. Jonson.

The quality of that which is fungous; fungous excrescence. Dunglison.

Relating to Galen or to his principles and method of treating diseases. Dunglison. Galenic pharmacy, that branch of pharmacy which relates to the preparation of medicines by infusion, decoction, etc., as distinguished from those which are chemically prepared.

ct, or the hepatic duct. -- Gall sickness, a remitting bilious fever in the Netherlands. Dunglison. -- Gall of the earth (Bot.), an herbaceous composite plant with variously lobed and cleft leaves, usually the Prenanthes serpentaria.

The act or habit of eating earth. See Dirt eating, under Dirt. Dunglison.

on horseback, or in a carriage, without the exertion of his own powers; passive exercise. Dunglison.

A dung fly.

A grooved instrunent used in performing various operations; -- called also blunt gorget. Dunglison.

igestive organs. It may also attack internal organs, as the stomach, the intestines, etc. Dunglison.

An infusion of pigeon's dung used by tanners to neutralize the effects of lime and give flexibility to skins; -- called also grains and bate.

Pigeon's dung used in tanning. See Grainer. n., 1.