† spirkn.
Obsolete. rare.
A sprout or shoot.
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1565 A. Golding tr. Ovid Fyrst Fower Bks. Metamorphosis iv. f. 4v By little and by little dyd wyth growing toppe beegin A pretye spirke of Frankinsens aboue the Tumb too wyn.
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