What is to raise with a spar, or piece of wood, used as a lever. [Obs.] Give me a staff that I may underspore. Chaucer called?
underspore — To raise with a spar, or piece of wood, used as a lever. [Obs.] Give me a staff that I may underspore. Chaucer. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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