† acrospiredadj.

Forms: see acrospire v. and -ed suffix¹; also 1800s yakkerspired (English regional (Cumberland)).

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: acrospire v., -ed suffix¹.

Etymology: < acrospire v. + -ed suffix¹.See Eng. Dial. Dict. at acrospire v. for 19th-cent. use of ackerspired, ackersprit, acresprit in Cheshire, Shropshire, and Suffolk in sense (especially of potatoes) ‘having sprouts’. See Sc. National Dict. at aikaspire, aikyspired adj. for 20th-cent. Orkney use in sense (of cloth) ‘mouldy’.

Obsolete.

Of barley or other grain used for malting: having an acrospire; (excessively) sprouted at both ends; (of malt) produced from such grain.

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1623 G. Markham Countrey Contentments, or Eng. Huswife (new ed.) i. v. 216 For want of turning when the Malt is spread on the flowre, it come or sprout at both ends, which Husbands call Akerspyerd [1668 Aker-spired].

1765 Compl. Maltster & Brewer p. xxii Acrospired malts..are not subject to raw nor rope.

1867 W. Dickinson Suppl. Words & Phrases Cumberland 42 When the malting process is too long continued and both root and sprout are visible, the barley is yakker-spired and injured for malting.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	acrospired
释义	† acrospiredadj. Forms: see acrospire v. and -ed suffix¹; also 1800s yakkerspired (English regional (Cumberland)). Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: acrospire v., -ed suffix¹. Etymology: < acrospire v. + -ed suffix¹.See Eng. Dial. Dict. at acrospire v. for 19th-cent. use of ackerspired, ackersprit, acresprit in Cheshire, Shropshire, and Suffolk in sense (especially of potatoes) ‘having sprouts’. See Sc. National Dict. at aikaspire, aikyspired adj. for 20th-cent. Orkney use in sense (of cloth) ‘mouldy’. Obsolete. Of barley or other grain used for malting: having an acrospire; (excessively) sprouted at both ends; (of malt) produced from such grain. ΚΠ 1623 G. Markham Countrey Contentments, or Eng. Huswife (new ed.) i. v. 216 For want of turning when the Malt is spread on the flowre, it come or sprout at both ends, which Husbands call Akerspyerd [1668 Aker-spired]. 1765 Compl. Maltster & Brewer p. xxii Acrospired malts..are not subject to raw nor rope. 1867 W. Dickinson Suppl. Words & Phrases Cumberland 42 When the malting process is too long continued and both root and sprout are visible, the barley is yakker-spired and injured for malting. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.1623
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