rare. [f. L. spīrāre to breathe.]
† 1. A breathing passage or tube. Obs.–1
1657. Tomlinson, Renou’s Disp., 550. Eclegms … potently incide … humours, impacted in the spirators.
2. (See quot. 1876.)
1875. Ure’s Dict. Arts (ed. 7), III. 877.
1876. Catal. Sci. App. S. Kens., 90. Spirator, an instrument designed to get a constant current and measureable volume of air driven or drawn over a body.
