Sparus (spar us)

[NL. (Linnæus, 1766), I will that my daughter have the sparver of my bedde. Sir T. Elyot , The Govern our, App. A. 2. In her., a tent. sparviourt, n. Same as sparver. sparwet, n. A Middle English form of sparrow. sparyt (spar'i), a. [ Homer, being otherwise sparie ynough in speaking of pictures and colours, yet commend eth the ships painted Holland, tr. of Pliny, xxxiii. 7. therwith.