spartn.¹

Brit.

/spɑːt/, U.S.

/spɑrt/

Forms: late Middle English 2000s– sparte, 1500s– spart.

Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Spanish. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Spanish esparto, Latin spartum.

Etymology: < Spanish esparto esparto n. or its etymon classical Latin spartum esparto, Spanish broom, a rope made of this. Compare sparto n. and spartum n.In quot. 1601 at main sense ship-sparts translates classical Latin navium sparta (Pliny), itself translating ancient Greek νεῶν σπάρτα (Homer Iliad 2. 135).

Any of several Mediterranean plants yielding fibres used to produce cords, coarse cloth, paper, etc.; spec. esparto, Stipa tenacissima and Lygeum spartum, and Spanish broom, Spartium junceum. Also: fibre produced by such a plant. Now rare.In quot. 1601 ship-sparts are simply ‘cables’.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > plants used in paper, glass, or pottery manufacture > [noun] > paper-plant or -tree > esparto grass

spart?1440

spartum1555

sparto1577

esparto1791

halfa1857

Spanish grass1867

atocha1869

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > yielding fibre, thatching, or basket material > [noun] > trees or shrubs yielding fibre, etc. > Spanish broom

Spanish broom1562

spart1854

tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) xii. l. 148 (MED) Vppon their [sc. peaches'] bowes spartea [L. spartea] do [read to] honge Is good for hem, or sparte [L. spartum] v[n]til hem bynde.

1585 A. Golding tr. P. Mela Worke of Cosmographer vi. 56 It is so plenteous and fruitfull of Men, Horsses, Iron, Leade, Brasse, Siluer and Golde, that if in any place it be fruitlesse and vnlike it selfe, for want of water, yet it beareth Flaxe and Spart.

1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxii. xx. 444 They found great store of Spart [L. sparti] (to make cables) provided and laid up there by Asdruball to serve the navie.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 188 I wot not well whether Homer meant it, when he said, that the ship-sparts were vntwisted and loose. For this is certain, that neither the spart of Africk, ne yet the Spanish spart was as yet in any vse.

1726 G. Leoni tr. L. B. Alberti Architecture I. 58 Under these we ought to lay Fern, or Spart, to keep the mortar from rotting the Timber.

1809 tr. A. L. J. de Laborde View of Spain I. 9 A plain..fertile in flax and spart, or sea-rush.

1854 Encycl. Americana (new ed.) II. 282/1 Spanish broom, or spart (spartium junceum), is an ornamental flowering shrub, common in English gardens, which has opposite round branches, that flower at the top, and spear-shaped leaves.

1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 1076/2 Spart, the Esparto.

2007 A. B. Stein Morocco 24 The dry, high plateaus of southern Morocco contain vast stretches of Esparto grass and sparte (Lygeum spartum).

Compounds

† spart broom n. Obsolete rare fibre produced from spart.

ΚΠ

1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 156 The Roper..suffereth an asse behind him to gnaw and eate a rope as fast as he twisteth it of the Spartbroome.

spart grass n. now rare fibre produced from spart.

ΚΠ

1873 Ann. Rep. Commerc. Relations U.S. & Foreign Nations 1872 518 (table) Spart-grass... 2, 000, 000 [pounds].

1909 Eng. Rev. Feb. 462 Discussing the while the olive harvest, the price of spart-grass and the chances of the bull-ring.

1975 Marine Fisheries Rev. (U.S. Dept. Commerce) Oct. 13/1 The ropes are either 0.5 inch nylon or 1-inch local spart grass.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

spartn.²

Brit.

/spɑːt/, U.S.

/spɑrt/, Scottish English

/spart/

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: sprat n.³

Etymology: Variant of sprat n.³, with metathesis.Compare note on metathesized forms at spret n.

Any of various coarse rushes or grasses. Also more fully spart grass.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > reedy or aquatic grasses > [noun] > rush and related plants

rusheOE

sharp rushc1050

seave14..

junk?a1425

candle-rushc1440

rush1562

sea-rush1562

camel's-straw1578

mat-rush1578

sprot1595

frog grass1597

matweed1597

rush grass1597

sprata1600

spart1614

bumble1633

toad-grass1640

moss-rush1670

thresha1689

spreta1700

bog rush1760

black grassa1763

goose-corn1762

toad-rush1776

wood-rush1776

stool-bent1777

scrub-grass1811

beak-rush1830

salt-weed1836

wiwi1840

thread rush1861

three-leaved rush1861

kill-cow1898

1614 in J. Barmby Memorials St. Giles's, Durham (1896) 44 For one thrave of spartes to the Bull house.

1792 Trans. Soc. Arts 10 127 Wild marshy grass, rushes, sparts, bents, brambles and brushwood.

1829 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words (new ed.) Spart, a dwarf rush; common on the Northern moors and wastes.

1913 N. L. Britton & A. Brown Illustr. Flora Northern U.S. (ed. 2) I. 224 Spartina stricta... Spart-grass, Twin Spike-grass, Low Creek-stuff.

1983 M. Y. Hough New Jersey Wild Plants 194 Juncus articulatus - Jointed Rush, Spart. Rush Family. Native, circumboreal. Scattered in the northwest Jersey uplands.

2000 K. Ackerman Dear Will 22 He spotted..a marsh hawk hovering above the wide expanse of spart grass.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	spart
释义	spartn.¹ Brit. /spɑːt/, U.S. /spɑrt/ Forms: late Middle English 2000s– sparte, 1500s– spart. Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Spanish. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Spanish esparto, Latin spartum. Etymology: < Spanish esparto esparto n. or its etymon classical Latin spartum esparto, Spanish broom, a rope made of this. Compare sparto n. and spartum n.In quot. 1601 at main sense ship-sparts translates classical Latin navium sparta (Pliny), itself translating ancient Greek νεῶν σπάρτα (Homer Iliad 2. 135). Any of several Mediterranean plants yielding fibres used to produce cords, coarse cloth, paper, etc.; spec. esparto, Stipa tenacissima and Lygeum spartum, and Spanish broom, Spartium junceum. Also: fibre produced by such a plant. Now rare.In quot. 1601 ship-sparts are simply ‘cables’. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > plants used in paper, glass, or pottery manufacture > [noun] > paper-plant or -tree > esparto grass spart?1440 spartum1555 sparto1577 esparto1791 halfa1857 Spanish grass1867 atocha1869 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > yielding fibre, thatching, or basket material > [noun] > trees or shrubs yielding fibre, etc. > Spanish broom Spanish broom1562 spart1854 tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) xii. l. 148 (MED) Vppon their [sc. peaches'] bowes spartea [L. spartea] do [read to] honge Is good for hem, or sparte [L. spartum] v[n]til hem bynde. 1585 A. Golding tr. P. Mela Worke of Cosmographer vi. 56 It is so plenteous and fruitfull of Men, Horsses, Iron, Leade, Brasse, Siluer and Golde, that if in any place it be fruitlesse and vnlike it selfe, for want of water, yet it beareth Flaxe and Spart. 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxii. xx. 444 They found great store of Spart [L. sparti] (to make cables) provided and laid up there by Asdruball to serve the navie. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 188 I wot not well whether Homer meant it, when he said, that the ship-sparts were vntwisted and loose. For this is certain, that neither the spart of Africk, ne yet the Spanish spart was as yet in any vse. 1726 G. Leoni tr. L. B. Alberti Architecture I. 58 Under these we ought to lay Fern, or Spart, to keep the mortar from rotting the Timber. 1809 tr. A. L. J. de Laborde View of Spain I. 9 A plain..fertile in flax and spart, or sea-rush. 1854 Encycl. Americana (new ed.) II. 282/1 Spanish broom, or spart (spartium junceum), is an ornamental flowering shrub, common in English gardens, which has opposite round branches, that flower at the top, and spear-shaped leaves. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 1076/2 Spart, the Esparto. 2007 A. B. Stein Morocco 24 The dry, high plateaus of southern Morocco contain vast stretches of Esparto grass and sparte (Lygeum spartum). Compounds † spart broom n. Obsolete rare fibre produced from spart. ΚΠ 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 156 The Roper..suffereth an asse behind him to gnaw and eate a rope as fast as he twisteth it of the Spartbroome. spart grass n. now rare fibre produced from spart. ΚΠ 1873 Ann. Rep. Commerc. Relations U.S. & Foreign Nations 1872 518 (table) Spart-grass... 2, 000, 000 [pounds]. 1909 Eng. Rev. Feb. 462 Discussing the while the olive harvest, the price of spart-grass and the chances of the bull-ring. 1975 Marine Fisheries Rev. (U.S. Dept. Commerce) Oct. 13/1 The ropes are either 0.5 inch nylon or 1-inch local spart grass. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). spartn.² Brit. /spɑːt/, U.S. /spɑrt/, Scottish English /spart/ Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: sprat n.³ Etymology: Variant of sprat n.³, with metathesis.Compare note on metathesized forms at spret n. Any of various coarse rushes or grasses. Also more fully spart grass. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > reedy or aquatic grasses > [noun] > rush and related plants rusheOE sharp rushc1050 seave14.. junk?a1425 candle-rushc1440 rush1562 sea-rush1562 camel's-straw1578 mat-rush1578 sprot1595 frog grass1597 matweed1597 rush grass1597 sprata1600 spart1614 bumble1633 toad-grass1640 moss-rush1670 thresha1689 spreta1700 bog rush1760 black grassa1763 goose-corn1762 toad-rush1776 wood-rush1776 stool-bent1777 scrub-grass1811 beak-rush1830 salt-weed1836 wiwi1840 thread rush1861 three-leaved rush1861 kill-cow1898 1614 in J. Barmby Memorials St. Giles's, Durham (1896) 44 For one thrave of spartes to the Bull house. 1792 Trans. Soc. Arts 10 127 Wild marshy grass, rushes, sparts, bents, brambles and brushwood. 1829 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words (new ed.) Spart, a dwarf rush; common on the Northern moors and wastes. 1913 N. L. Britton & A. Brown Illustr. Flora Northern U.S. (ed. 2) I. 224 Spartina stricta... Spart-grass, Twin Spike-grass, Low Creek-stuff. 1983 M. Y. Hough New Jersey Wild Plants 194 Juncus articulatus - Jointed Rush, Spart. Rush Family. Native, circumboreal. Scattered in the northwest Jersey uplands. 2000 K. Ackerman Dear Will 22 He spotted..a marsh hawk hovering above the wide expanse of spart grass. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹?1440n.²1614
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