Obs. [a. F. esparcet, esparcette; cf. Sp. esparceta.] (See quot.)
1669. Worlidge, Syst. Agric. (1681), 31. Esparcet is a kind of St. Foyn, and by some judged to be the same.
So 1708. Mortimer, Husb. (ed. 2), I. 36.
1736–1800. in Bailey; and in mod. Dicts.
