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forceps, n. sing. and pl.|ˈfɔːsɛps|
Also 8 sing. forcep, pl. 7–8 forcipes, 9 forcepses.
[a. L. forceps, pl. forcipes in same sense.]
1. An instrument of the pincers kind, used for seizing and holding objects, esp. in surgical and obstetric operations.
sing.1670Boyle Wks. (1772) III. 369 Motions..excited by our rousing her with a forceps. 1759Sterne Tr. Shandy II. xi. 70 Thou hast left thy tire tête,—thy new-invented forceps.. behind thee. 1822J. Imison Sc. & Art I. 279 A forceps, or pair of pliers, for taking up insects or other objects. 1832Babbage Econ. Manuf. xix. (ed. 3) 187 The forceps draws the wire on to a distance equal in length to one pin. 1855Ramsbotham Obstetr. Med. 292 One of the most valuable instruments employed in Obstetric Surgery..is the Long Forceps.
pl. 1634 T. Johnson Parey's Chirurg. xvii. xiii. (1678) 389 Then must the tooth be taken hold of with some of these toothed forcipes. 1685Lond. Gaz. No. 2054/4 A pair of Steel Forceps. 1823H. H. Wilson in Oriental Mag. I. 352 They were, therefore, pincers, nippers, or forcipes. 1875Buckland Log-bk. 140 By using a long pair of forceps.
2. Anat., Ent., and Zool. Some organ or part of the body that has the shape of, or may be used as, a forceps. † Also, one of the two branches of this.
sing.1661Lovell Hist. Anim. & Min. Introd., The Squillæ have a taile, but no forceps. 1759Goldsm. Bee No. 4 (Globe) 378/2 Furnished with a forceps above the mouth. 1765Univ. Mag. XXXVII. 9/1 The eggs at the origin of each forceps..would contain but one forcep. 1828Stark Elem. Nat. Hist. II. 153 P. corrugatus, Bosc..forceps serrated. 1871Darwin Desc. Man I. ix. 329 One of the two posterior legs..is converted into a forceps.
pl.1667E. King in Phil. Trans. II. 425 Never leaving to pinch them on the head with their Forceps or Claws. 1713Derham Phys. Theol. iv. xi. 190 Which is done by piercing their Prey with their Forcipes. 1859Darwin Orig. Spec. vii. (1873) 191 These forceps can seize firmly hold of any object. Ibid., Tridactyle forcepses..certainly exist on some star-fishes.
3. attrib. and Comb. (with reference to obstetric practice), as forceps-case, forceps-delivery, forceps-practice.
1879J. M. Duncan Lect. Dis. Women ii. (1889) 6 The result of injury, as by forceps-delivery. Ibid. vi. 26 Simply spoken of as forceps cases. Ibid. 27, I shall here make one remark in judging of the forceps-practice referred to. |
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