Cau'ter, n.
n. [Fr. cautère, Pr. cauteri, Sp., Pg., & It. cauterio, Lat. cauterium, Gr. καυτήριον, a branding-iron, from καυτήρ, a burner, from καίειν, future καύσω, to burn.] A hot, searing iron. Minshew.
n. [Fr. cautère, Pr. cauteri, Sp., Pg., & It. cauterio, Lat. cauterium, Gr. καυτήριον, a branding-iron, from καυτήρ, a burner, from καίειν, future καύσω, to burn.] A hot, searing iron. Minshew.