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† speys Obs. rare.
Also speyes.
[ad. OF. espeisse (espesse, espoisse), f. espeis (F. épais) thick.]
A thick or dense part of a wood.
In quots. perh. taken as a plural form.
c1410Master of Game (MS. Digby 182) xxx, Howe an hunter shall quest amonge clere speys and amonge hy trees. Ibid., Þei abyde amonge clere speyes and in hye wodes. Ibid. xxxiii, If it be in thyk speys, bowes or braunches broken as þe dere hath walked, he sholde saye lowde: sy va. |