† ventosing, vbl. n. Surg. Obs.
[f. ventose v.]
The operation of drawing blood by means of a cupping-glass; cupping. Also attrib.
| c 1386 Chaucer Knt.'s T. 1889 That neither veyne blood, ne ventusynge..may ben his helpynge. 1386 Almanak 52 Mynucyons to be made by blode-lattyng or ventosyng es ful profytabul. a 1425 tr. Arderne's Treat. Fistula, etc. 62 And þer be no blode-later redy, be þer made ventosyng with garsyng atuix þe buttokez. c 1440 MS. Linc. A. 1. 17 fol. 299 Of bolnyng or whelynge of garsynge or ventousynge. 1483 Cath. Angl. 400/2 A ventosynge boxe (A. a ventisynge box), guma. 1541 R. Copland Guydon's Quest. Chirurg. N iij, What is ventosyng?.. It is the puttynge of boxes vpon any membre for to expuls the mater betwene the skynne and the flesshe. |