Min. Obs. rare. [a. G. spat, also spath SPATH1.] = SPAR sb.2
1706. Phillips (ed. Kersey), Spat,… kind of Mineral Stone.
1762. trans. Busching’s Syst. Geog., I. 41. Spat, or Spar, the species of which are cubic, flaky, granular Spat, and transparent Spat;… glass spat, and field spat.
