† sparton.
Obsolete.
= esparto n.
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1577 W. Harrison Descr. Scotl. xii. 15/1 in R. Holinshed Chron. I Certes such is the force of Rope made of the skinne of this fishe, that they will holde at a plunge no lesse than the Spanishe Sparto.
1591 R. Percyvall Bibliotheca Hispanica Dict. at Tomiza A kinde of small corde made of sparto.
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