ventouse (plural ventouses)
(obsolete) A cupping glass.
(medicine) A suction cup like device used on a baby's head to assist in difficult childbirths
ventouse (third-person singular simple present ventouses, present participle ventousing, simple past and past participle ventoused)
(obsolete) To cup; to use a cupping glass.
• seven out
Source: Wiktionary
Ven"touse, n. Etym: [F.]
Definition: A cupping glass. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Ven"touse, v. t. & i.
Definition: To cup; to use a cupping glass. [Obs.] [Written also ventuse.] Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
26 December 2024
(noun) personal as opposed to real property; any tangible movable property (furniture or domestic animals or a car etc)
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
