rugine
/ɹuːˈʒiːn/
rugine noun: an instrument for scraping the periosteum from bones; a raspatory.
Noun
rugine (plural rugines)
- An instrument for scraping the periosteum from bones; a raspatory.
Verb
rugine (third-person singular simple present rugines, present participle rugining, simple past and past participle rugined)
- To scrape or rasp (a bone etc.); to scale.
- if you do not rugine that away, the Callus will be flow in thrusting out; and if you do rugine it, the deeper you enter into it, the browner and softer the Bone will be.1676, Richard Wiseman, Severall Chirurgicall Treatises, London: […] E. Flesher and J. Macock, for R[ichard] Royston […], and B[enjamin] Took, […], →OCLC
Forms of rugine
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | rugines |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | rugines |
| present participle | rugining |
| past participle | rugined |
| past | rugined |
Origin of rugine
French ruginer (“to scrape”).
Questions about rugine
- What does rugine mean?
- Rugine means an instrument for scraping the periosteum from bones; a raspatory.
- What part of speech is rugine?
- Rugine can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce rugine?
- Rugine is pronounced /ɹuːˈʒiːn/.
- What is the plural of rugine?
- The plural of rugine is rugines.
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