2 entries under this word

Syringe

Sŷr'inge, n.

noun

n. [Fr. seringue, Pr. siringua, Sp. siringa, xeringa, It. sciringa, scilinga, from Gr. σύριγξ, a pipe or tube. Cf. supra.] An instrument consisting usually of a tube terminating in a small orifice, and filled, by the action of a piston, with a liquid, which is first drawn in and then expelled in a stream, as for injecting animal bodies, cleansing wounds, and the like.

Garden syringe, a large syringe used for throwing a liquid upon plants, trees, and the like.

Sŷr'inge, v. t.

verbtransitive

[imp. & p. p. SYRINGED; p. pr. & vb. n. SYRINGING.]

  1. To inject by means of a syringe.
  2. To wash and cleanse by injections from a syringe.