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Quotation dates: 1539
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(Verspyker,) Virspyker, n. [MDu. verspikeren to fasten with nails, spiker a nail. Cf. Spikyn(g n. a spike-nail. Cf. Verspyketn.] A nail of some sort. — 1539 Treasurer's Accounts VII 183.
For thre double and iij singill virspykerris price thairof xiij s. vj d. Item for ij dosane of rauchteris … Item for vj dalis
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