spat (1377)
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spat (1377)

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[gdw]

[FEW: ∅; Gdf: ∅; GdfC: ∅; TL: ∅; DEAF:  spat; DMF: ∅; TLF: ∅; OED:  spat n.1; MED: ∅; DMLBS: ∅]
 
M.E. (?)

The OED’s earliest English attestation is from 1667, and the origin of this word remains obscure.

s.

1ich.spat, spawn of oysters: 
( 1377 ) le feer grant et long du dit wondyrchoun voet si owelment et durement desur la terre ent peschant, q’il destruit la slym crascete et flurs de la terre desouz la eawe illeoqes, et auxint le spat des oistres, musklys et d'autres pessons  ii 369.50
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