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sparsed, ppl. a.|spɑːst|
[f. prec. + -ed1.]
†1. Dispersed, scattered, spread about or abroad, etc. Obs.
1590H. Barrow in Greenwood Coll. Art. D ij b, I haue..bene..accused, by sparsed articles, printed priuiledged books. 1600Fairfax Tasso xii. xlvi, There the blustring winds adde strength and might, And gather close the sparsed flames about. a1608Dee Relat. Spir. i. (1659) 410 One..whose nether parts are in a cloud of fire, with his haire sparsed, his arms naked. 1614Gorges Lucan ix. 359 Then flittes hee ouer all the maine, Where flotes the sparsed Nauies traine.
2. Bot. = sparse a. 2 a.
1697Phil. Trans. XIX. 685 Towards the ripening of the Seed, the Burs in which they are included grow more spars'd, or at greater distance. 1725Fam. Dict. s.v. Umbel, A sparsed or thin Umbel is, when they [sc. flowers] stand at a distance from one another, yet all of an equal Height. 1760J. Lee Introd. Bot. (1765), Teucrium, with sparsed Leaves. 1853MacDonald & Allan Botanist's Word-Bk., Sparsed,..numerous, but without fixed order. |