† eˈsparcetObs. [a. F. esparcet, esparcette; cf.Sp.esparceta.] (See quot.) 1669Worlidge Syst.Agric. (1681) 31 Esparcet is a kind of St. Foyn, and by some judged to be the same. [So 1708 Mortimer Husb. (ed. 2) I. 36.]1736–1800in Bailey; and in mod. Dicts.