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Rugine

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
  1. Rugine
    (Surg) An instrument for scraping the periosteum from bones; a raspatory.
  2. Rugine
    To scrape or rasp, as a bone; to scale.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  1. (n) rugine
    A surgeons' rasp.
  2. (n) rugine
    A nappy cloth.
  3. rugine
    To scrape with a rugine.
  4. rugine
    To wipe with a rugine or nappy cloth.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
  1. (n) Rugine
    rōō′jin a surgeon's rasp, a nappy cloth
  2. (v.t) Rugine
    to use a rugine
Etymology

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary F. ruginer, to scrape

Usage in literature

The upper part is surmounted by a rugine strongly curved, pointed at the tip and cutting on one edge. "Surgical Instruments in Greek and Roman Times" by John Stewart Milne