espier2 (s.xv1/4)
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espier2 (s.xv1/4)

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  FEW:  spica *12,172b Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF:  espi (*)  DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS:  spica 1 3156b
 

The unusual -er ending of this hapax suggest the glossator may have read the Latin word as a conjugated form of the verb spicare (DMLBS 3156b, 'to glean'), cf. espier1.

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1agriculturalbot.ear, seed-bearing head of cereal grasses, wheat, barley, rye (?): 
( MS: s.xv1/4 )  spica: espier  i 91
espi#1  espic 
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