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Webster 1913 Edition

Syringe

Syr′inge

,
Noun.
[F.
seringue
(cf. Pr.
siringua
, Sp.
jeringa
, It.
sciringa
,
scilinga
), fg. Gr. [GREEK], [GREEK], a pipe or tube; cf. Skr.
svar
to sound, and E.
swarum
. Cf.
Syringa
.]
A kind of small hand-pump for throwing a stream of liquid, or for purposes of aspiration. It consists of a small cylindrical barrel and piston, or a bulb of soft elastic material, with or without valves, and with a nozzle which is sometimes at the end of a flexible tube; – used for injecting animal bodies, cleansing wounds, etc.
Garden syringe
.
See
Garden
.

Syr′inge

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Syringed
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Syringing
.]
1.
To inject by means of a syringe;
as, to
syringe
warm water into a vein
.
2.
To wash and clean by injection from a syringe.

Webster 1828 Edition

Syringe

SYRINGE

,
Noun.
syr'inj. [supra.] An instrument for injecting liquids into animal bodies, into wounds, &c.; or an instrument in the form of a pump, serving to imbibe any fluid, and then to expel it with force.

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