Ackersprit – Brockett A Glossary of North Country Words 1829

Ackersprit, the premature sprouting of a potatoe, the germination of grain. V. Skin. Jam. and Wilb.

Source: Brockett John Trotter. A Glossary of North Country Words in use with Etymology and affinity to other languages and occasional Notices of Local Customs and Popular Superstitions. Printed Newcastle upon Tyne 1829.