Obs. See also ESPICE. [a. Fr. espece, corresp. to Pr. e)specia, It. specie:—L. species.
In OF. the normal phonetic representative of L. species was espice (mod. épice SPICE); the form espece (mod. espèce) is influenced by Lat., Pr. or It.]
Kind, species.
1602. Segar, Hon. Mil. & Civ., I. xxv. 32. The Romanes vsed diuers Especes … of Cassing.
1659. Macallo, Can. Physick, ii. 3. It rests to find out the Espece or kind of the disease.
