An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 808
/An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 808
2. Snow in small particles, forcibly driven by the wind, S. A.
_A. Scott._
~Its spitterin~, _v. imp._ A few drops of rain are falling, S. from _spit_, spuere.
SPLECHRIE, _s._
1. Furniture of any kind, S.
2. More generally, the clothes and furniture provided by a woman, in her single state, or brought by her to the house of her husband, when married, S.
3. The executory of a defunct person, S.
Lat. _supellex_, _supellectilis_, household goods.
SPLENDRIS, _s. pl._ Splinters.
_Wallace._
Belg. _splenters_, Dan. _splinde_, id.
SPLENTIS, _s. pl._ Armour for the legs; so denominated from their being applied as splints.
_Acts Ja. I._
SPLEUCHAN, _s._ A tobacco pouch, S. Gael.
_Davidson._
SPLIT-NEW, _adj._ That which has never been used or worn, S.
_Persec. Ch. Scot._
Germ. _splitter-neu_, _new_ as a _splinter_ from the block.
SPLORE, _s._
1. A frolic, S. O.
_Burns._
2. A quarrel ending in blows, S. A.
_Antiquary._
Ital. _esplor-are_; q. to search for sport.
_To_ SPLUNT, _v. n._ To court, S. A.
_J. Nicol._
SPOYN, _s._ A spoon.
_Wallace._
SPON, _s._ Shavings of wood.
_Sir Tristrem._
A. S. _spon_, Isl. _sponn_, id., a.s.sula.
SPONK, _s._ Spark, &c.
V. ~s.p.u.n.k~.
SPONSIBLE, _adj._ Admissible as a surety, S.
_Wodrow._
Lat. _spond-eo_, _spons-um_, to be surety.
SPOOTRAGH, _s._ Drink of any kind, Loth.
Gael. _sput_, bad drink.
_To_ Sp.o.r.nE, _v. n._ To stumble.
_Gawan and Gol._
A. S. _sp.o.r.n-an_, to stumble at.
SPOURTLIT,
V. ~Sprutillit~.