Obs. rare. Also spannish-, spanys-. [f. OF. espaniss-, lengthened stem of espanir (mod.F. épanouir) to expand, spread out.] intr. Of a flower: To expand or open. So † Spanished ppl. a., † Spanishing vbl. sb.

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c. 1375.  Sc. Leg. Saints, xliii. (Cecilia), 138. Twa cronis mad wynnly of spanyst rose & quhyt lely.

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c. 1400.  Rom. Rose, 3633. I saugh that thurgh the leves grene The rose spredde to spannishyng.

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c. 1425.  Wyntoun, Cron., I. Prol. 127. I seke the sawowre of that ros That spanysys, spredys, and evyre spryngys In plesans of the Kyng of Kyngis.

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