† spinace Obs.
Also spynas, spyn(n)es.
Earlier form of pinnace.
| 1442 Rolls of Parlt. V. 59/2 There most be awaytyng and attendaunt opon hem iiii Spynes, in eche Spynes xxv men. Ibid. 60/1 The Shippes, Barges, Balingers and Spinaces. 1458 Paston Lett. I. 429 Then my Lord..manned fyve schippis of forecastell, and iij. carvells, and iiij. spynnes. 1466 Mann. & Househ. Exp. (Roxb.) 205 My mastyr paid..for a pompe, v. polyves, and odre aparaylle for the spynas. |