† Spature

Obs. Also 4–5 spatour. [ad. OF. spatule or L. spatula, with change of suffix. Cf. SPATTER sb.¹] A spatula.

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1348–9. Durh. Acc. Rolls (Surtees), 549. In factura unius spatour pro lectuariis … de pixidibus evellendis, vd.

2

c. 1400. MS. Sloane 2463, 159 b, in Lanfranc’s Cirurg., 297. Loke thou stere hit euermore with a spature of tre till þat it be thikke as oynement.

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a. 1425. trans. Arderne’s Treat. Fistula, etc. 31. And so euermore mouyng strongly wiþ a spatour, seþe þam on a softe fyre. Ibid., 69. With þi fynger or with a spature impressyng it [wool].

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1597. Gerarde, Herbal, III. cxxxi. 1335. A spature or a thing to stir with.

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