Definition of Spense

1. spence [n -S] - See also: spence

Lexicographical Neighbors of Spense

spendiferously
spending
spending-money
spending cut
spending money
spending spree
spendings
spends
spendthrift
spendthrift trust
spendthrift trusts
spendthriftness
spendthrifts
spendthrifty
spendy
spense (current term)
spenses
spent force
spent forces
speos
speoses
speract
sperage
sperages
sperling
sperlings

Literary usage of Spense

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1901)
"... it is spelt like the French original: Lucifer More haul of heart wm not before his fall. Than was this proud and pompous cardinal!. spense; has also ..."

2. Extracts from the Presbytery Book of Strathbogie by John Stuart (1843)
"... yow have gotten wrong; in token wherof, yow have done nothing to your wyfe since yee came from Alexander spense house more then she to you: albeit, ..."

3. Weymouth Ways and Weymouth People: Reminiscences by Edmund Soper Hunt (1907)
"On my return to the hotel I found Mr. spense awaiting me. ... At the head of the table sat Mr. spense; at the foot I, at my right Mrs. spense, ..."

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