arch. [a. OFr. albespine, aubespine (mod. aubépine), Pr. albespin:—L. alba spīna white thorn.] Whitethorn, hawthorn.

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1366.  Maundev., ii. (1839), 13. Braunches of Albespyne, that is White Thorn.

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1881.  F. T. Palgrave, Vis. Eng., 79. A bower Of reedmace and rushes fine, Fenced with sharp albespyne.

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