‖ sanies
(ˈseɪnɪiːz)
[L. saniēs. Cf. F. sanie.]
1. Path. A thin fetid pus mixed with serum or blood, secreted by a wound or ulcer.
| 1562 W. Bullein Bulwark, Soarnes & Chir. 27 Now sanies is nothyng els, but corrupted foode or nourishemente which natur was not able to digest. 1608 Topsell Serpents (1658) 789 For the stanching of bloud, the curation of ulcers, the hindering of sanies. 1650 Trapp Comm. Lev. xv. 4 Paul found it as noisom to his soul..as the sanies of a plague-sore to a rich robe. 1707 P. Blair Misc. Observ. (1718) 43 There flowed out a great deal of Sanies and Ichor, scarce any purulent Matter. 1804 Abernethy Surg. Obs. 220 A bloody sanies was discharged. 1897 M. Kingsley W. Africa 283 The whole hand was a mass of yellow pus, streaked with sanies. |
† b. fig. Obs.
| 1651 Jer. Taylor Serm. for Year ii. ii. (1653) 19 Gods heavie hand shall press the sanies..out from all our sins. |
† 2. Any watery fluid of animal origin. Obs.
| 1661 Lovell Hist. Anim. & Min. 54 The Sanies, or matter of a Goats liver rosted, helps the dimnesse of sight. 1792 J. Belknap Hist. New Hampsh. III. 184 Mr. Peck..has assured me, that ‘the sanies of many testaceous marine animals will give the same tint’. 1826 Kirby & Sp. Entomol. III. xxviii. 5 Those having..cold white sanies in the place of blood. 1834 Macgillivray Lives Zoologists 59 Every living creature has a humour, blood, or sanies the loss of which produces death. |