glossocomon
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Apparently from Ancient Greek γλωσσόκομον (glōssókomon, “a case for flute mouthpieces”).
Noun
[edit]glossocomon (plural glossocoma)
- (Ancient Greece) A kind of winch used to hoist patients.
References
[edit]- “glossocomon”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.