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† spaught Obs. rare.
Also 7 spaut, spowte.
[Of obscure origin.]
A youth, lad, or stripling.
1598R. Bernard tr. Terence, Eunuch iv. iv, That other came, being a spaught of sixteene yeeres old. 1641Best Farm. Bks. (Surtees) 133 Wee give usually to a spaught for holdinge of the oxe plough fower nobles or perhaps 30s. per annum. 1686G. Stuart Joco-ser. Disc. 42 Sir, here's a Spaught that came fra Taunton. 1691Ray N. Co. Words (ed. 2) 68 A Spaut or Spowte, a youth. |