a. and sb. Also 7 escarotick, 7–8 escharotick. [ad. late L. escharōtic-us, a. Gr. ἐσχαρωτικός, f. ἐσχάρα: see ESCHAR. Cf. Fr. escharotique.]
A. adj. Fitted or tending to form an eschar, caustic.
1612. Woodall, Surg. Mate, Wks. (1655), 305. Put never one Caustick or Escarotick medicine after another too soone.
1655. Culpepper, etc. Riverius, IV. vii. 119. Burnt Vitriol … besides its Escharotick quality, is good to stanch blood.
1718. Quincy, Compl. Disp., 80. Its hot escharotick Quality makes it very hurtful to Sheep.
B. sb. An escharotic drug; a powerful caustic.
1655. Culpepper, etc. Riverius, IV. vii. 119. Escharoticks … by burning the mouths of the Veins, produce a Scab.
1791. Edin. New Disp., 118. Verdegris applied externally proves a gentle detergent and Escharotic.
1875. H. Walton, Dis. Eye, 139. An escharotic will suffice to remove all small warts.
So † Escharotical, a. Obs.
1651. Biggs, New Disp., 173. An escharoticall caustick.
