— syringeful , adj.
/seuh rinj", sir"inj/ , n. , v. , syringed, syringing .
n.
1. a small device consisting of a glass, metal, or hard rubber tube, narrowed at its outlet, and fitted with either a piston or a rubber bulb for drawing in a quantity of fluid or for ejecting fluid in a stream, for cleaning wounds, injecting fluids into the body, etc.
2. any similar device for pumping and spraying liquids through a small aperture.
v.t.
3. to cleanse, wash, inject, etc., by means of a syringe.
[ 1375-1425; new singular formed from LL syringes, pl. of SYRINX SYRINX; r. late ME syring syringa ]