escharotic, a. and n.
(ɛskəˈrɒtɪk)
Also 7 escarotick, 7–8 escharotick.
[ad. late L. escharōtic-us, a. Gr. ἐσχαρωτικός, f. ἐσχάρα: see eschar. Cf. Fr. escharotique.]
A. adj. Fitted or tending to form an eschar, caustic.
| 1612 Woodall Surg. Mate Wks. (1653) 305 Put never one Caustick or Escarotick medicine after another too soone. 1655 Culpepper, etc. Riverius iv. vii. 119 Burnt Vitriol.. besides its Escharotick quality, is good to stanch blood. 1718 Quincy Compl. Disp. 80 Its hot escharotick Quality makes it very hurtful to Sheep. |
B. n. An escharotic drug; a powerful caustic.
| 1655 Culpepper, etc. Riverius iv. vii. 119 Escharoticks..by burning the mouths of the Veins, produce a Scab. 1791 Edin. New Disp. 118 Verdegris applied externally proves a gentle detergent and Escharotic. 1875 H. Walton Dis. Eye 139 An escharotic will suffice to remove all small warts. |
So † eschaˈrotical, a. Obs.
| 1651 Biggs New Disp. 173 An escharoticall caustick. |