Obs. [Alteration of spatour SPATURE.] A spatule.
1569. R. Androse, trans. Alexis’ Secr., IV. II. 40. Worke it with a spatter, vntill it be come vnto the heigth of waxe. Ibid., III. 25. Laboring them with the spatter. Ibid., 45. Working it alwayes with a spatter.
1590. Barrough, Meth. Phisick, VIII. (1639), 420. Stirre [the materials] … with a spatter untill they come together.
1668. Culpepper & Cole, Barthol. Anat., III. vi. 143. Having cut the pia Mater, open the sides thereof a little with a Spatter.
