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† ˈmespile Obs.
Also 6 mespy(l)le, myspylle.
[ad. L. mespilus, -um, -a, a. Gr. µέσπιλον, µεσπίλη, whence (ultimately) medlar.]
A medlar.
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xvii. cxxxvi. (E. Mus. MS.), Þe sauour þerof [the fruit of the rose] is bitinge and somdele soure as þe sauour [of] mespiles. 1500Bollard tr. Godfredi on Pallad., Of mespyles v. medlers. 1545T. Raynalde Byrth Mankynde 81 Wyld peres, medlers or myspylles. |