たでる

ichidan verb, transitive verb

treat with medicinal steam; apply steam therapy

Traditional medical practice of steaming a body part, such as a swelling, with herbal or medicinal steam.

• 昔むかしの人ひとは腫はれ物ものをたでて治なおした。

  People in the old days treated swellings by steaming them.

ichidan verb, transitive verb

dry a ship's bottom; careen and dry

Nautical term for drying the bottom of a wooden ship, often by beaching or careening, to prevent insect damage or rot.

• 船ふな大だい工くは船せん底ていをたでて虫ちゅう害がいを防ふせいだ。

  The shipwright dried the bottom of the ship to prevent insect damage.