styptic (stiptik)

and n. [Formerly also stiptic, stiptik; Take hede that slippery meats be not fyrste eaten, nor that stiptik nor restraining meates be taken at the begynning, as quynces, peares, and medlars. Sir T. Elyot , Castle of Health, fol. 45. 2. Having the quality of checking hemorrhage or bleeding; stanching. Then in his hands a bitter root he bru is'd; The wound he wash'd, the styptic juice inf us'd. Pope , Iliad, xi. 983. IMG:content-2337.png:[blocks in formation]