† spertn.
Obsolete.
1. A basket used for holding articles or for catching fish.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > basket > [noun]
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spertc975
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leapc1000
willyc1000
basketa1300
coopa1300
hoppera1300
ripc1300
skepc1340
coffinc1380
criba1387
skippetc1450
corfc1483
wisket1542
prickle1543
cleave1577
serpet1615
wicker1646
bascaud1647
shapeta1657
fender1682
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kist1724
calathus1753
voider1788
wick1802
skip1816
maeshie1822
c975 Rushw. Gosp. Matt. xv. 37 Þara gebroca [hie] genomen siofun sperta fulle.
a1000 Ælfric Homilies II. 402 Spyrte bið..of rixum gebroden, oððe of palm-twygum.
c1000 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 93 Hu gefehst þu fixas?.. Ic wyrpe..spyrtan and swa hwæt swa hig gehæftað ic genime.
1406 in Essex Rev. (1904) Apr. 74 [Putting] spertes [and other fish-catching devices into the lord's river].
2. A species of willow or osier.
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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > willow and allies > [noun] > osier or basket willow
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withenc1230
osier tree1500
red withy?1523
spert1578
gelster1670
osier willow1693
red saugh1776
red sallow1798
red osier1807
sedge-willow1908
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > plants cultivated or valued for their many uses > [noun] > trees or shrubs having many uses > willow
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wailea1510
wrig1564
spert1578
seal1579
siler1607
palm-withy1609
sallow withe1657
gelster1670
wilger1682
osier willow1693
werg1707
weeping willow1731
sollar1733
salix1775
red osier1807
mourning willow1813
palm willow1869
fen-oak1886
bat-willow1907
cricket bat willow1907
sedge-willow1908
1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball 744 That which hath reddish barke, is called..in English Red Withy, and the better sort thereof is called Red Sperte.
1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball 744 The small lowe Withy is called..the Sperte or twigge Withy.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Siler, the hearbe..Hartwort; some also call Spert, or the Osier Withie, so.
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