gangrened, ppl. a.
(ˈgæŋgriːnd)
Also 7 gangreen'd.
[f. gangrene v.: cf. F. gangrené.]
1. Affected with gangrene.
| 1611 Cotgr. s.v. Dieu, Vne Iambe de Dieu, soe doe the canting, and blasphemous rogues of France tearme a cankered, gangrened, or desperately-sore leg. 1682 Dryden & Lee Dk. of Guise v. i, In which, indeed, they assert the public good, And, like sworn surgeons, lop the gangrened limb. 1813 J. Thomson Lect. Inflam. 553 When a gangrened limb..is cut off in the dead part, no hemorrhage occurs. 1866 Alger Solit. Nat. & Man iv. 254 The disease which the surgeons laid bare in his gangrened vitals and brain. |
| fig. 1653 Jer. Taylor Serm. i. (1655) 272 These inclinations and evill forwardnesses, this dyscrasie and gangren'd disposition. 1799 J. Robertson Agric. Perth 554 These individuals..are the gangrened members of society. 1830 Edin. Rev. L. 467 The Sultan has lopped the gangrened limb. |
2. Belonging to gangrene.
| 1762 Falconer Shipwr. ii. 434 Thus when some limb is seized with gangren'd pains. |