An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 801

An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 801

~Spayman, Spaman~, _s._


1. A prophet, a diviner.


_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._


2. A male fortuneteller, S.


_Kelly._


Isl. _spamadr_; Dan. _spaamand_, vates.


~Spaywife~, _s._ A female fortuneteller, S.


_Ferguson._


Isl. _spakona_, Dan. _spaakone_, q. a _spay-quean_.


SPAIG, _s._ A skeleton, Clydes.


Teut. _spoocke_, Su. G. _spok_, phantasma.


SPAIK, SPAKE, _s._


1. The spoke of a wheel, S.


_Douglas._


2. A bar (or lever) of wood.


_Acts Ja. III._


Teut. _spaecke_, vectis; radius rotae.


3. In pl. the wooden bars, on which a dead body is carried to the grave, S.


_Spalding._


4. Metaph. a personal designation, S.


_Lyndsay._


SPAIL, _s._


V. ~Spale~.


_To_ SPAIN, SPANE, SPEAN, To wean, S.


_Monroe._


Germ. _spen-en_, Belg. _speen-en_, ablactare.


~Spaining-brash~, _s._ A disorder of children, in consequence of being weaned, S.


_To_ SPAYN, SPAN, _v. a._ To grasp.


_Barbour._


Isl. _spenn-a_, amplecti, arripere.


_To_ SPAIRGE, _v. a._


1. To dash, applied to liquids, S.


2. To bespatter by dashing any liquid, S.


3. To sully by reproach, S.


_Burns._


Lat. _sparg-ere_, Fr. _asperg-er_, to besprinkle.


~Spairge~, _s._


1. A sprinkling, S.


2. The liquid that is sprinkled, or squirted, S.


3. A dash of contumely, S.


SPAIT, SPATE, SPEAT, _s._


1. A flood, S.


_Douglas._


2. Any thing that hurries men away like a flood.


_More._


3. Fluency of speech, S.