Obs. rare. Also 9 dial. spursher. [Of obscure origin.] (See quot. 1823.)
1295. Acc. Exch. K. R., 5/8 memb. 8. Empcio meremii…. Et xij. d. in .vij. spurches emptis de Roberto le piper. Ibid. (1336–7), 19/31 memb. 5. Et in xxviij. spurch’ emptis, vij. s. Et in lvj. boltis ferri videlicet pro quolibet spurch’ ij., iiij. s viij. d.
1823. E. Moor, Suffolk Words, 390. Spurshers. Straight young fir-trees, the same, I believe, as firbauks and gofers.
