OBTURATES

Verb

obturates

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of obturate

Anagrams

• outbreast, tabourets

Source: Wiktionary


OBTURATE

Ob"tu*rate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Obturated; p. pr. & vb. n. Obturating.] [L. obturatus; p.p. of obturare.]

Definition: To stop or close, as an opening; specif., (Ordnance),

Definition: to stop (a gun breech) so as to prevent the escape of gas in firing.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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