Obs. Also spayr(e, spyre. [f. SPAY sb. + -ER.] A sluice.
1450. Cov. Leet Bk., 254. They ordeyn that a spyre be made besides the Gosford-ȝate. Ibid. (1451), 257. That ther shulde be made Spayers withe-in the water of Shurburn to holde vp the water. Ibid., 260. For rammeng & stoppeng the spayre of ston for the water shuld not issu owt.
