† spakedadj.
Obsolete.
Moulded, blemished, decayed, rotten.
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the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [adjective] > mouldy or musty
fennyc1000
vinnyOE
mouleda1250
moulya1398
mouldena1400
spaked1438
vinniedc1450
mouldy1495
hoared1496
mustyc1503
foisty1519
mocha1522
hoary1530
hoar1544
mouldeda1552
mowsy1566
foistied1572
fustied1576
spaky1590
musted1632
mouldish1648
emucid1656
mucid1656
mungy1658
mouldly1678
foisted1688
mothery1697
vinnewya1722
rusty-fustya1790
musty-fusty1857
mucidous1866
blue-vinnied1880
blue-veined1898
the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > corruption or putridness > [adjective] > musty or mouldy
fennyc1000
vinnyOE
mouleda1250
moulya1398
mouldena1400
spaked1438
vinniedc1450
mouldy1495
hoared1496
mustyc1503
foisty1519
hoary1530
moskin1531
hoar1544
mouldeda1552
foistied1572
mustied1572
fustied1576
spaky1590
mildewed1605
musted1632
mucid1656
mungy1658
foisted1688
vinnewya1722
mochy1825
musty-smelling1852
musty-fusty1857
1438 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1869) I. 5 The frauchtis~men sall specifie in the frauchting of the schip and in the chartour pairtie that thair be na gude woll nor skynnis spakit no schorne, na hyddis kippit to be schorne vp.
1584 B. R. tr. Herodotus Famous Hyst. ii. f. 106 A man..may clearly perceiue, that their hands fel off for very age, by reason that the wood through long continuance of time was spaked and perished.
1615 T. Adams White Deuill (ed. 4) 118 What cares a good market-man how fayre the fleece, or the flesh looke, if the Liuer bee spak'd.
1688 J. Bunyan Saints' Privilege in Wks. (1855) I. 662 They looking upon it..do find it spaked and defective.
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