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spice-plate Now Hist.
[spice n.]
A small plate or dish formerly used for holding spice.
1391Earl Derby's Exp. (Camden) 100 Pro ijbus spyceplates argenteis. Ibid., Pro factura de les spyceplates. 1415in Kal. & Inv. Treas. (1836) III. 367 .ii. spiceplates d'argent. 1459Paston Lett. I. 469 Item, j. spice plate, well gilt like a double rose. 1537N. Co. Wills (Surtees) 146 A spice plate of Spanysshe worke. 1568Grafton Chron. II. 385 The Frenche king gaue to him an Owche and spice Plate of Golde of a great weight. 1778Warton Hist. Eng. Poetry II. xv. 346 note, The spice, for this mixture, was served, often separately, in what they called a spice-plate. 1884Leisure Hour June 374/1 The marshal of the hall..bearing the grace-cup and spice-plate of his lord. |