† ˈgarsing, vbl. n. Obs.
[f. garse v. + -ing1.]
The action of the verb garse.
| c 1440 Promp. Parv. 186/2 Garcynge, scarificacio, inscisio. a 1450 MS. Bodl. 423 lf. 208 a, By medicyn outher by bledynge Bledyng I say either by veyne or by garsyng. 1502 Arnolde Chron. (1811) 172 In that tyme [Winter] men shulde lete them bloode in ther bodys by garsinge. 1541 R. Copland Guydon's Quest, Chirurg. N iij a, Some [ventoses] be with garsynge and other without scaryfycacyon. |