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† ˈsperage Obs. Also 7 spirage, sperrage, 8 spearage. [a. OF. sperage, var. of sparage sparage.] Asparagus.c 1440 Pallad. on Husb. iii. 558 Sperages seed..Is good to sowe hem with,..For cannes & sperage haue oon tylynge. 1545 Elyot, Asparagus, an herbe callyd of common Apotecaries Sparagus, in engli...
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sparage
† 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 ...
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Asparagus
The English word asparagus derives from classical Latin but the plant was once known in English as sperage, from the Medieval Latin sparagus.
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spirage
† spirage variant of sperage Obs.1647 Hexham i. (Herbs), Spirage, Spergel-kruydt. Wild Spirage, Wildt Spergel-kruydt.
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pricky
pricky, a. Now dial. (ˈprɪkɪ) [f. prick n. + -y.] Furnished with pricks or spines; prickly.1548 Pricky Sperage [see prick n. 12]. 1578 Lyte Dodoens iv. xxvii. 485 The whiche beareth rough and prickie buttons. 1601 Holland Pliny xix. iii. II. 9 A prickie stalke it [Madder] hath of the owne. Ibid. 10 ...
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asparagus
asparagus (əˈspærəgəs) Forms: α. 1, 6 (med.L.) sparagi. β. 6–8 sperage, 7 sperach, sparage, asparage. γ. 6– asparagus. δ. 7 sparagus, 7–8 sparagras, 7–9 sparrowgrass. [L., a. Gr. ἀσπάραγος, properly ἀσϕάραγος, of doubtful origin. In med.L. often sparagus, sparagi (OIt. sparagi, sparaci), found in En...
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burnt
burnt, burned, ppl. a. (bɜːrnt, bɜːnd) For forms see the vb. [f. burn v.1] 1. Set on fire, consumed with fire.1382 Wyclif Isa. xiii. 9 Brent faces [Vulg. facies combustæ]. 1535 Coverdale Jer. li. 25 A brente hill. a 1547 Surrey æneid ii. 1015 Reft from the brent Temples of Troy. 1591 Spenser Ruines ...
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bean
▪ I. bean, n. (biːn) Forms: 1–2 béan, 3–6 ben, 4–6 bene, been(e, (Sc. and north. bein, beyn), 6–7 beane, 6– bean. pl. beans; in 1 béana, 4 bene, benen, 4–6 benes, -ys. [Common Teut.: OE. béan (fem.) = OHG. bôna, mod.G. bohne, MDu. bone, Du. boon, ON. baun:—OTeut. *baunâ (str. fem.); conjectured by F...
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prick
▪ I. prick, n. (prɪk) Forms: 1 pric(c)a, price, (pryce), 2, 5–6 prike (5 pryke); 3–7 pricke, 4– prick (4–6 prikke, prik, 5 prykke, prikk, 5–7 pryck, -e, pryk). [OE. prica, pricca m., price f. = mod.Du. prik m. († prick Kilian) a sharp point or stick, prickle, etc.; LG. prik a dot, spot, point, prik,...
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garden
▪ I. garden, n. (ˈgɑːd(ə)n) Forms: 4 garthen, (6 -yne, -ynge), 4–7 gardin(e, -yn(e, (5–6 Sc. -ing, -yng), 4–6 gardain, -ayn(e, -ein(e, -eyn(e, (6 gardene, Sc. gairden, -ing), 6– garden. [a. ONF. gardin (Central F. jardin):—pop. L. *gardīn-um, f. *gard-um (OF. gard, gart, jart, garden) a. Teut. *gard...
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rede
▪ I. rede, n.1 Now arch. or poet. and dial. (riːd) Forms: 1–3 ræd, 3 reæd, ræid, (reað), 3–6, 9 read, 3–7 (9 Sc.) reade, 3 (4–6 Sc.) reid, (5 Sc. -e), 3–7 reed, (5–7 -e), 2–7 (8 Sc.), 9 rede; 1–5 (6 Sc.) red, 5 redde, 7 Sc. redd, 2–3 (7 Sc.) rad, 3–4 rade. [Common Teut.: OE. rǽd masc. = OFris. rêd, ...
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