acrospire verb & noun.
['akrǝspʌɪǝ] Chiefly
dial. (orig.
Scot.).
LME.[from Old English (Northumbrian) æhher, eher EAR noun2 + SPIRE verb1, assim. to ACRO-.]A. verb intrans. Of malt: sprout.
LME.b. noun. The first leaf-shoot or a cereal plant.
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