vbl. sb. Obs. [f. as CAUTERANT + -ING1.] = CAUTERIZING. (Also attrib. or ppl. a.)
1580. Hollyband, Treas. Fr. Tong., Cauterisation, the searing vp of a wounde, called by the Surgions Cautering.
1688. R. Holme, Armoury, III. 324/2. The second is termed a Cauting Iron, or a Cautering Iron, or Searing Iron.
