Middle English Dictionary Entry
spiche-coke n.
Entry Info
| Forms | spiche-coke n. |
| Etymology | 1st element perh. spik n. (cp. G spicken to lard & perh. spickaal smoked eel) or spīk(e n.(1) (b) or from MDu. spitse (cp. ME spit(e n.(1) 1.(a) & spiten v.(1) 1.(a)). 2nd element prob. cok n.(1). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A name given to a large eel, with ref. to the method for cooking it.
Associated quotations
- a1475 Terms Assoc.(1) (Brog 2.1)60 : A gret heyle callyd a roster or ellys a spyche-coke and all ellys small in sorraye.