Meaning & use
spinage
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An archaic spelling of spinach, the leafy green vegetable.
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Old cookbooks sometimes list 'spinage' among the recommended greens for a hearty stew.
The 18th-century recipe called for a pound of boiled spinage.
A note on using this word
Spinage was a common spelling of spinach in English texts up through the 18th and 19th centuries before the modern spelling became standard.
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