† spature Obs.
Also 4–5 spatour.
[ad. OF. spatule or L. spatula, with change of suffix. Cf. spatter n.1]
A spatula.
| 1348–9 Durh. Acc. Rolls (Surtees) 549 In factura unius spatour pro lectuariis..de pixidibus evellendis, vd. c 1400 MS. Sloane 2463 159 b in Lanfranc's Cirurg. 297 Loke thou stere hit euermore with a spature of tre till þat it be thikke as oynement. a 1425 tr. Arderne's Treat. Fistula, etc. 31 And so euermore mouyng strongly wiþ a spatour, seþe þam on a softe fyre. Ibid. 69 With þi fynger or with a spature impressyng it [wool]. 1597 Gerarde Herbal iii. cxxxi. 1335 A spature or a thing to stir with. |