Obs. rare. Also 7 spaut, spowte. [Of obscure origin.] A youth, lad or stripling.
1598. R. Bernard, trans. Terence, Eunuch, IV. iv. 160. That other came beeing a spaught of sixteene yeares old.
1641. Best, Farm. Bks. (Surtees), 133. Wee give usually to a spaught for holdinge of the oxe plough fower nobles or perhaps 30s. per annum.
1686. G. Stuart, Joco-Ser. Disc., 42. Sir, here’s a Spaught that came fra Taunton.
1691. Ray, N. Co. Words (ed. 2), 68. A Spaut or Spowte, a Youth.
