Skip to content Skip to search
About Report a problem (opens in a new tab)

spurcha

spurcha [ME spurche], ‘spurch’, piece of timber used for various purposes, esp. in shipbuilding. 1296 in vj ~is emptis de Edmundo Keleman ix d. Ac. Galley Newcastle 178; 1296 in duabus ~is ad idem Wyndagium emptis de Edmundo Kelman ij d. ob. Ib. 182; 1337 in xxviij spurch’ emptis vij s. et in lvj boltis ferri viz. pro quolibet spurch’ ij (KR Ac 19/31 m. 5) OED s. v. spurch.

Saved

Recent

Keyboard shortcuts

/ s Search
← → Previous / next dictionary
1 – 9 Go to dictionary 1–9
j k Next / previous word in the word wheel
m Switch between Logeion and Morpho
b Save or unsave this word
Shift B Saved and recent words
l Look up the selected word
Esc Close suggestions or a panel
? This list