† spittardn.
Obsolete.
= spitter n.1There is probably some connection with spyccard n., but the exact nature of this is not clear.
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pricketa1425
brockc1515
spittard1538
spitter1565
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1538 T. Elyot Dict. Subulo, an harte hauynge hornes without tynes, callyd as I suppose a spyttarde.
1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 122 When they [sc. harts] begin to haue hornes, which appeare in the second yeare of their age like Bodkins without braunches,..the Germans cal such an one Spirtzhirtz which, in English is called a Spittard.
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