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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1600-1699
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Sappar-stone, n. ? Irregular variant of, or ? erroneous for, sparr-stone Spar n.2 Cf. also Saxe(e)re-stane n. — 16.. Macfarlane's Geog. Coll. III 43.
There was found a peice of broun sparr … somewhat like unto sugar candy, which after it was broke, had in it an ounce of gold … which sparr stone as I suppose is called the sappar stone in foreign nations and provinces
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