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spretum [ME sprete < AS spreot] 1 pole (in quot., as equipment of boat). 1286 excepto tanto quo attingi possit a batello cum uno ~o ad terram CalCl 415; 1307 pro ‥ uno seilyerde, diversis cordis ad easdem bargeas cum remis, ~is, et cleis emptis pro eisdem MinAc 1079/18 m. 10. 2 peg or pin (used in construction). 1398 pro ~is et stramine emp’ pro tectura ‥ xj s. j d. Ac. Durh. 215; 1424 pro sprittis, wattillis, doubyngstoures Ib. 271.

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