† sprat faren.Obsolete a voyage or expedition to fish for sprats; cf. faren.1 1b.
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sprat fare?1568
spratting1818
stowboating1833
?1568 in Hist. MSS Comm.: Rep. MSS Var. Coll. (1907) IV. 302 in Parl. Papers 1906 (Cd. 3218) LXIV. 1 [300 mariners for the] spratte fare [taking yearly 3,000 lasts of sprats].