a. Obs. [ad. med.L. cultellāris of or belonging to a knife, f. cultellus knife: see -ARY.] Having the form of a knife.
[c. 1400. Lanfranc’s Cirurg., 200. Þou schalt make bitwixe þe fyngris cauteriis þat ben clepid cauterium cultellare. Ibid., 307. The .v. cauterie is maad in þis maner & is swiþe comoun & is clepid cultellare.]
1684. trans. Bonet’s Merc. Compit., XII. 388. The exulcerated and painful Wen … he cut … off with a cultellary Cautery.
