Obs.–1 [Origin and meaning obscure. Cf. SPITTARD.]
1486. Bk. St. Albans, f iv b. Ther be beestys of the chace of the swete fewte. And tho be the Bucke, the Doo, the Beere, the Reyndere, the Elke, the Spyccard, the Otre, and the Martron.
