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provang

provang noun: a 17th century medical instrument for cleansing the stomach, consisting of a whale-bone rod, with a silk button on the end.

Noun

provang (plural provangs)

  1. A 17th century medical instrument for cleansing the stomach, consisting of a whale-bone rod, with a silk button on the end.
    • One Englishman named Walter Rumsey invented an "electuary" of coffee to be applied with an instrument called a provang.2013 October 15, Kenneth Davids, Coffee: A Guide to Buying, Brewing, and Enjoying, Fifth Edition, St. Martin's Press, page 226
    • In addition to using the provang, Rumsey proposed coffee and tobacco as effective remedies in creating a balanced humoural mixture in the stomach.2017 July 5, Markman Ellis, Eighteenth-Century Coffee-House Culture, vol 4, Routledge, page 12

Forms of provang

pluralprovangs

Questions about provang

What does provang mean?
Provang means a 17th century medical instrument for cleansing the stomach, consisting of a whale-bone rod, with a silk button on the end.
What part of speech is provang?
Provang is a noun.
What is the plural of provang?
The plural of provang is provangs.

Words near provang in the dictionary

  1. Provance
  2. Provances
  3. Provancher
  4. provand
  5. provands
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  7. provangs
  8. provannid
  9. provannids
  10. Provans
  11. provant

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