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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

'Ecraseur \['E]`cra`seur"\, n. [F., fr. ['e]craser to crush.] (Surg.) An instrument intended to replace the knife in many operations, the parts operated on being severed by the crushing effect produced by the gradual tightening of a steel chain, so that hemorrhage rarely follows. [1913 Webster]