tasta

tasta [ME, OF taste], instrument used for medical examination of part of the body, probe. immittatur in profundum cum pluma et cum ~a ad ejus mundificationem Gilb. III 144v. 1; removeatur ligatura leviter palpando cum ~a ex omni circumferencia Gad. 123. 1; debet poni ~um vel aliquid simile inter labia [vulneris] et subtus Ib. 124. 1; spatyl, instrument to clens with sorys ‥ ~a, -e PP.