a. ? Obs. rare. [f. L. absters-, ppl. stem of abstergēre + -ORY.] Cleansing, purgative; abstersive.
1609. C. Butler, Fem. Mon., x. Being boiled it [honey] is … lesse laxatiue, also lesse sharpe and abstersory.
1622. Venner, Via Recta, 42. It hath also a very speciall abstersorie propertie.
