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To temporarily bind up a wound with split-shanked metal pins.
I can see someone's needing to cotterize a tear in sheet-metal or other fairly-tough-material paneling when making an emergency repair, but I would think that using a needle and thread would be a much more effective --- and safer --- method of choice when administering a field-dressing for a human or other living creature.
by QuacksO January 24, 2020
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Sep 12 Word of the Day
Anatidaephobia is defined as a pervasive, irrational fear that one is being watched by a duck. The anatidaephobic individual fears that no matter where they are or what they are doing, a duck watches.

Anatidaephobia is derived from the Greek word "anatidae", meaning ducks, geese or swans and "phobos" meaning fear.
A:dude, Anatidaephobia is the coolest phobia ever!
B:quack!
by blank babushka October 24, 2009
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