Obs. Also 6 cyathe, ciath(e, cyat, ciat. [a. F. cyathe (in 15th c. ciate), ad. L. cyathus: see CYATHUS.] = CYATHUS 1.
1544. Phaër, Regim. Lyfe (1553), I iv b. The dose of it is one ciath or a little cup ful.
1601. Holland, Pliny, XXI. xxx. It must anon be swallowed down in a cyath of water.
1631. Massinger, Emp. of East, IV. iv. With a little cyath or quantity of my potable elixir.
