† espautn.
Obsolete. rare.
Millet or spelt.
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the world > food and drink > food > corn, cereals, or grain > [noun] > millet
millet?a1425
mill-seed1548
millet seed1567
couscous1596
dew-grass1597
Turkey hirse1597
Turkey mill1597
Turkey millet1597
milly1600
espauta1682
durra1803
Negro-corn1858
dari1892
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > cereal, corn, or grain > [noun] > millet
millet?a1425
milly1600
espauta1682
a1682 Sir T. Browne Certain Misc. Tracts (1684) 22 For Milium is more agreeable unto Spelta or Espaut [than unto Rye], as the Dutch and others still render it.
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