† cispeldadj.
Etymology: < cispel v., < alleged Latin cispellĕre, founded on cispellam, a false reading of dispellam, in Plaut. Am. III. iv. 1 7. Cooper's Thesaurus has cispello as Latin.
Obsolete.
rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
1623 H. Cockeram Cispeld, kept from entrance.
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