† cataputn.
Obsolete.
(See quot. 1688.)
ΚΠ
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 420/2 The Catheter of some termed a Cataput, and Cataputia; it is an Instrument long, narrow and round..it is to search a deep wound, and also..to pour or squirt in liquid Oyntments and Salves.
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