Provang
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Provang is a noun meaning A 17th century medical instrument for cleansing the stomach, consisting of a whale-bone rod, with a silk button on the end.
Meaning
A 17th century medical instrument for cleansing the stomach, consisting of a whale-bone rod, with a silk button on the end.
Example Sentences
How Rumsey's patients could enjoy coffee after an encounter with the provang is impossible to understand.
One Englishman named Walter Rumsey invented an "electuary" of coffee to be applied with an instrument called a provang.
In addition to using the provang, Rumsey proposed coffee and tobacco as effective remedies in creating a balanced humoural mixture in the stomach.
Word Forms
- provangs
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include probang, probe, poking-stick, prog, virgula, valinch.
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