† ˈsparage Obs.
[a. OF. sparage (= It. sparagio), ad. L. asparagus: cf. sperage.]
Asparagus. Also attrib.
| 1565 Cooper, Asparagus,..in English Sparage. Ibid., Corruda, an hearbe called wylde sparage. 1592 Nashe P. Penilesse Wks. (Grosart) II. 34 Yet am I not against it, that these men..should come to be sparage gentlemen & chuff⁓headed Burghomasters. 1607 Topsell Four-f. Beasts (1658) 399 Sea Onions, Scammony, wilde Sparage. 1612 Peacham Gentl. Exerc. iii. ix. (1634) 151 Sparage, Fennell, and white Ellebore. |