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First published 1971 (SND Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1808
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SPENCIE, n. Also spency, spensi(e), -y. The stormy petrel, Thalassidroma pelagica (Sh. a.1838 Jam. MSS. XII. 210, spensie, 1885 C. Swainson Brit. Birds 211, spency, 1914 Angus Gl., spensi, Sh. 1971). Also in Eng. dial. [′spɛnsi]Sh. 1808 Scots Mag. (Oct.) 725:
It [the Stormy Petrel] breeds in Fair Isle, Foulah, and some of the other northern islands; and is there known by the various appellations of Alamouty, Mytie, and Spensy.
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