Obs. [ad. late L. clystēri-um, a. Gr. κλυστήριον, dim. of κλυστήρ.] A clyster.
1387. Trevisa, Higden (Rolls), IV. 393. Also he usede ofte clistories and spuynge. Ibid. (1398), Barth. De P. R., VII. lxvii. (1495), 285. By spewenge other byneth wyth a Clisterye.
c. 1440. Promp. Parv., 199/1. Glystery, or glystere, glisterium, glistere.
1599. A. M., trans. Gabelhouer’s Bk. Physicke, 36/1. Loosen his body with Clisteryes, or with Suppositoryes.
