Bible Dictionaries
Cautery

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) A burning or searing, as of morbid flesh, with a hot iron, or by application of a caustic that will burn, corrode, or destroy animal tissue.

(2):

(n.) The iron of other agent in cauterizing.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Cautery'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​c/cautery.html. 1828.