rare. [a. F. spode, or ad. L. spodos (Pliny), Gr. σποδός ashes, dross, dust.] = SPODIUM.
1611. Cotgr., Spodizateur, one that maketh Spode, or getteth soot, &c, from Brasse, by trying, or melting it. Ibid., Spodon de canne, artificiall, or counterfeit Spode, made of the rootes of reedes, and Ox bones burned.
[1861. Hulme, trans. Moquin-Tandon, II. iii. 81. Ivory calcined until it becomes white has been regarded as absorbent:… some therapeutists have termed it Spode or Spodium.]
