a. rare. [f. as prec. + -ORY2.] = prec.
1741. C. Perry, Treat. Dis., I. III. vii. 276. Thus there are the transpiratory Glands; the perspiratory, and others, again, designed and fitted for the Discharge of a grosser Substance, called Sweat.
1761. J. Chandler, Treat. Dis. Cold, 24. Whereever there are cavities they have inward lineings, all equally full of transpiratory pores and secretory ducts.
1855. in H. Clarke, Eng. Dict. Hence 1860 in Worcester; and in later Dicts.
