a. and sb. Med. Obs. [ad. mod.L. stegnōticus, ad. Gr. στεγνωτικός, f. στεγνοῦν to render costive, to stop bleeding, f. στεγνός watertight, costive, f. στέγ-ειν to cover.] a. adj. Of a medicine: Adapted to arrest diarrhœa, flow of blood, or other discharges; astringent, styptic. b. sb. A ‘stegnotic’ medicine.
1674. Salmon, Lond. Disp. (1678), 47/1. Clematis, vinca pervinca…. Periwinkle, is Segnotick [sic] and Vulnerary, stops the Bloody Flux.
1684. trans. Bonet’s Merc. Compit., III. 78. Applying Lint dipt in a Stegnotick.
1710. Brit. Apollo, III. No. 21. 2/2. We bid you consider all matter, either as Lyptyntic, Segnotic [sic], or Balsamic. Now … the Segnotic is Styptic…. So that … Segnotics may be very proper in the Case.
1727. Bailey, vol. II., Stegnotick, binding, rendering costive.
