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Quotation dates: 1511
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Spice-plate, n. [ME spyceplate (1391), spiceplate (1415); Spice n. and Plate n.1] A small plate used for holding spices. —1511 Treasurer's Accounts IV 171.
Duorum le spiceplatis, unius fracti deaurati et alterius non deaurati