An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 803

An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 803

2. _Spankers_, in pl. long and thin legs, S.


_To_ SPANK, _v. n._ To sparkle or shine.


Teut. _spange_, lamina.


_Gl. Sibb._


SPAR, ~A-Spar~, _adv._ In a state of opposition, S. B.


_Ross._


Isl. _sperr-a_, distendere; repagulis munire.


SPARE, _s._


1. An opening in a gown or petticoat.


_Skene._


2. The slit, formerly used in the forepart of breeches, S. _spaiver_, S.


B.


SPARE, _adj._


1. Barren.


_Gawan and Gol._


2. Lean, meagre.


_Morison._


A. S. _spaer_, parcus.


_To_ SPARK, To soil, by throwing up small spots of mire, S.


~Spark~, _s._


1. A small spot of mire, S.


2. A small portion of any thing.


_Wife of Auchtermuchty._


SPARKLE, _s._ A spark.


SPARKLIT.


V. ~Spreckled~.


SPARLING, SPIRLING, _s._ A smelt, S.


_Sibbald._


Germ. _spierling_; Lat. _eperlan-us_, id.


_To_ SPARPELL, SPERPLE, _v. a._ To disperse; Fr. _esparpill-er_.


_Douglas._


_To_ SPARS, _v. a._ To spread, to propagate.


_Knox._


Lat. _sparg-o_, _spars-um_, id.


_To_ SPARTLE, _v. n._ To move with velocity and inconstancy, S. B.


_Ruddiman._


V. ~Sprattle~.


SPAT, _s._ The sp.a.w.n of oysters, Loth.


_Statist. Acc._


Su. G. _spad_, jus, humor.


_To_ SPAVE, _v. a._ To spay, Galloway.


_Statist. Acc._


Lat. _spad-o_, C. B. _dyspaddu_, id.


SPAUL, _s._ A limb.