Bible Dictionaries
Caustic

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(a.) Alt. of Caustical

(2):

(a.) A caustic curve or caustic surface.

(3):

(a.) Any substance or means which, applied to animal or other organic tissue, burns, corrodes, or destroys it by chemical action; an escharotic.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Caustic'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​c/caustic.html. 1828.