Obs. [in med.L. and It. (Florio) cataputia.] (See quot.)
1688. R. Holme, Armoury, 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.
