See Also: bolster(medicine)
bolster(1)(dictionary)
bolster(2)(dictionary)
bolster(dictionary)
bolster finger(medicine)
bolster 1, verb(dictionary)
bolster 2, noun(dictionary)

incurable (iou) and bolster(2) (iou)


incurable (iou)



incurable adjective & noun. ME.
[Old & mod. French, or late Latin incurabilis, formed as IN-3 + curabilis CURABLE.]
A. adjective. Unable to be cured (lit. & fig.). ME.
Ld Macaulay The faults of James's head and heart were incurable. R. Lowell He was dying of the incurable Hodgkin's disease.
b. noun. A person who cannot be cured. M17.
R. Kipling Heatherlegh, the Doctor, kept..a hospital..for Incurables.
incura'bility noun M17.
incurableness noun E17.
incurably adverb E16.

bolster(2) (iou)



bolster noun2. E20.
[Prob. alt. of BOASTER noun2.]
A heavy chisel used to cut bricks etc.