Obs. [= MLG. (and LG.) sprote, sprute, MDu. sproete (Du. sproet), G. sprosse, † sprusse, perhaps related to prec.] A spot on the skin; a freckle. Hence † Sproted ppl. a., spotted. Obs.
a. 1400–50. Stockholm Med. MS., 145. A good watir to purgyn a mannys face of sprotys.
1422. trans. Secreta Secret., Priv. Priv., 233. Eyen that bene whit y-freklet, or i-sprotid, or blake.
