Sc. [Cf. SPART2 and SPROT2.] A kind of rush or rush-like grass.
a. 1578. Lindesay (Pitscottie), Chron. Scot. (S.T.S.), I. 336. The fluir laid witht greine cherittis, witht sprattis, medwartis and flouris.
1780. A. Young, Tour Irel., 137. It kills all sprats (juncus) and produces a fine sweet herbage.
1792. Statist. Acc. Scot., IV. 518. That species of grass which grows on marshy ground, commonly called spratt, is much used for fodder.
1853. G. Johnston, Bot. East. Borders, 199. There is not much danger of lairing where Sprats grow abundantly.
