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incontinency (medicine)


incontinency


1. Incapacity to hold; hence, incapacity to hold back or restrain; the quality or state of being incontinent; want of continence; failure to restrain the passions or appetites; indulgence of lust; lewdness. "That Satan tempt you not for your incontinency." (1 Cor. Vii. 5) "From the rash hand of bold incontinence." (Milton)

2. <medicine> The inability of any of the animal organs to restrain the natural evacuations, so that the discharges are involuntary; as, incontinence of urine.

Origin: L. Incontinentia: cf. F. Incontinence.

Source: Websters Dictionary


bender (iou)



bender noun. L15.
[from BEND verb + -ER1.]
An instrument for bending; a pair of pliers. L15.
A person who bends. L16.
b. A homosexual. slang. derog. L20.
a. A hard drinker. Scot. E18-E19.
b. A bout of drinking; a riotous party. M19.
A sixpence. Cf. CRIPPLE noun 2a. slang. E19.
A leg, a knee. slang. Orig. US. M19.
A shelter made by covering a framework of bent branches with canvas or tarpaulin. slang. L20.