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siphon, opening or tube to draw liquid away from a main body:
(
1404
)
diverses gentz ont faitz espiralz et pris eawe del dite conduyt dehors le dit priorie, et a la foitz debrusez mesme la conduyt
Rot Parl1 iii 551
♦geog.trench, ditch that draws its water from a larger body of water (?):
(
1356-57; MS: s.xivex
)
Et dient ascuns qe celle fosse est une aspiral de la mer Arenouse
Mandeville 127
espiral (1356-57)