Caustic

kaws'tik, adj.. burning: severe, cutting. — a substance that hums or wastes away the flesh. [L.—Gr. kauxtikos—kaib, kauso to burn.] fate, ftr me, hir mine Celebrate Causticity, kaws-tis'i-ti, «. quality of being caustic. Cauterisation, kaw-ter-iz-a shun, Cauter i am, kawler-izm, Cautery, kaw'ter-i, n. a burning with caustics or a hot iron. Cauterise, kaw't£r-Tz, v.t. to bum with a caustic or a hot iron. [Fr. cautlriser—Gr. kautlr, a hot iron—kaid, to burn.]