An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 807
/An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 807
_To_ SPYN, _v. n._ To glide, S.
_Douglas._
_To_ ~Spynner~, _v. n._
1. To run or fly swiftly, S.
_Douglas._
2. To ascend in a spiral form, S. B.
From the motion of the distaff.
SPYNDILL, _adj._ Thin, slender.
Q. resembling a _spindle_.
_Maitland._
SPYNDLE, SPINDLE, _s._ A certain quant.i.ty of yarn, including four _hanks_, S. p.r.o.n. _spynle_.
_Stat. Acc._
Perhaps q. _spin-del_, A. S. _spinn-an_, to spin, and _del_, a portion.
SPYNIST, _part. pa_. Fully spread.
V. ~Spanys~.
_Dunbar._
SPINK, _s._
1. The maiden pink, S.
2. Denoting pinks in general, S.
_A. Douglas._
SPINKIE, _s._ A gla.s.s of ardent spirits, Fife.
SPINKIE, _adj._ Slender, and at the same time active, Fife.
Su. G. _spinkog_, gracilis.
SPINTIE, _adj._ Lean, thin, Loth.
SPIRE, _s._
1. The stem of an _earth-fast couple_, reaching from the floor to the top of the wall, partly inserted in, and partly standing out of, the wall, S. B.
_Pop. Ball._
2. A wall between the fire and the door, with a seat on it; also called the _spire-wa_, S. B.
_Ross._
Isl. _spira_, tigillum; C. B. _yspyr_, the chimney-post.
_To_ SPIRE, _v. a._ To wither; denoting the effect of wind or heat, Loth.
~Spiry~, _adj._ Warm, parching, ibid.
O. Fr. _espir-er_, Lat. _spir-are_, to blow.
SPIRLING, _s._
V. ~Sparling~.
SPIRLING, _s._ A broil, Perths.
SPITTAL, L. _pitall_.
V. ~Pettail~.
_Barbour._
_To_ SPITE, _v. a._ To provoke, S.
_Kelly._
SPITTER, _s._
1. A very slight shower, S.