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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1682
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Suppository, n. [Late ME and e.m.E. suppositorie (c1400), suppositorye (? 1485), OF suppositoire (13th c. in Larousse), late L. suppositorium, f. suppositorius adj., f. as Suppos(e v.] A suppository. —1682 Lauder Observes App. iv 308.
A fifth (gerning the while), was for this, that it [sc. the dog] might take it [sc. the Test Act] though not … at his mouth by way of potion or bolus, yet fundamentaliter in at this bottome, by way of glister or suppository
