adustion

noun2

1. •
   (no longer used) The act of burning, or heating to dryness; the state of being thus heated or dried.

   • But if her death doe ensue thereupon, he shal render life for life, / eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foote for foote, / adustion for adustion, wound for wound, stripe for stripe. — 1609
2. •
   (no longer used) Cauterization.

   • Albucasis adviseth that neither incision nor adustion is to be made in the Neck or Throat; because of the many Vessels, as Arteries, Nerves and Veins, there every where planted — 1703