a. Obs. rare. Also spartarent, -ine. [a. obs. F. spa(r)tarent, ad. med.L. spatarent-icus (also spatarensis): see Mowat Alphita (1887) 159.] Spatarent soap, a kind of soap formerly in use.
1526. Grete Herbal, clvii. (1529), K j b. Confect with spatarent sope or Frensshe sope. Ibid., cccxcviii. X vj. The other [sort] is called Iewes sope or spartaryne bycause ye Iewes wasshe them therwith. Ibid., X vj b. The Iewes sope & spartarent.
