jan 1, 1612 - spit

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A cooking device with a sharp-pointed metal rod, designed to impale pieces of meat for roasting at a fire. 1380 <i>ij spites ferreas meliores</i>, York (SS4/113); 1458 <i>gallows, rakkis, spittis de ferro in coquina</i>, Howden (SS30/212); 1462 <i>j laver, j spit, ij cobyrens</i>, Wawne (SS30/261); 1546 <i>one of my grett spittes and one little spitt and one pare of yron gallos</i>, Wakefield (Th19/164); 1612 <i>j racke of iron and 2 spitts</i>, Brafferton (NYRO44/37).

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