A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Acherspire, v. (-spyre, akyrspire). [f. Acher,n. and spire to sprout, shoot. So e.m.E. akerspire (1616), improved into acrospire.] intr. Of malt: To sprout.14.. Acts I. 337/2.
That thai lat jt [the malt] akyrspire [Skene acherspyre] and schut out all the pith of jt, quhare it aw bot to chip and cum at the tane end
