dial. Obs.–1 Also spickard. [perh. a transferred use of prec.] (See quot.).
1728. Douglas, in Phil. Trans., XXXV. 573. The Owners [in Essex] are sure to choose for their own Use the largest, plumpest, and fattest [crocus] Roots, but above all, they reject the longish pointed ones, which they call Spickets or Spickards.
