1539. in Vicary’s Anat. (1888), App. iii. 173. The surgeons … in whyte cotes, with their bendes of whyte & Grene bawdryke-wyse, & their splatters ouer the bende.
1563. T. Gale, Antidot., II. 27. Continuallye styrrynge it wyth a splatter vntyll it bee colde.
1612. Woodall, Surg. Mate, Wks. (1653), 9. Spatulaes or splatters … are most needful instruments to spread unguent, and emplaisters withal.
1639. T. de Gray, Compl. Horsem., 77. With your splatter spread it upon the place.
1656. Blount, Glossogr. (1660), Spat,… a little slice or Splatter wherewith Surgeons and Apothecaries use to spread their plaisters and salves.
