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Spade

' ; and in form spady Wil.' [sped.] The gummy deposit at the corner of the eye.

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' ; and in form spady Wil.' [sped.] The gummy deposit at the corner of the eye. Cf spade-speed.

Joseph Wright, English Dialect Dictionary (1898–1905)

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