rugine

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rugine - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Rugine \Ru"gine\, n. [F.] (Surg.)
     An instrument for scraping the periosteum from bones; a
     raspatory.
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  Rugine \Ru"gine\, v. t. [F. ruginer to scrape.]
     To scrape or rasp, as a bone; to scale. [R.] --Wiseman.
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