† specaryadj.
Etymology: < medieval Latin *spicarius (usually spicatus), < Latin spīca spike.
Scottish.
Obsolete.
rare.
1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius (1858) III. 286 The quhilk with spycarie [= spicery] Anoyntit wes, and nardus specarie.
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