An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 809

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An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language



An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 809


SPOUT, _s._ The razor-fish, S.


_Sibbald._


SPOUT, _s._ A boggy spring in ground, S.


_Stat. Acc._


~Spouty~, _s._ Marshy, S.


_Stat. Acc._


_To_ SPRACKLE, _v. n._ To clamber, S.


V. ~Sprattle~.


Isl. _sprikl-a_, membra concutere.


SPRAICH, SPRACH, SPREICH, _s._


1. A cry, a shriek, S. B.


_Douglas._


Su. G. _sprak-a_, strepere.


2. A mult.i.tude; as, a _spraich of bairns_, Ang.


_To_ SPRAICH, _v. n._ To cry with a voice of lamentation, Ang.


SPRAYGHERIE, SPRECHERIE, _s._ Moveables of an inferior description; such especially as have been collected by depredation, S.


_Waverley._


Gael. _spreidh_, cattle.


SPRAYNG, SPRAING, _s._


1. A long stripe, including the idea of variegation, S.


_Douglas._


2. The tail of a comet.


_Spalding._


Teut. _spreng-en_, spargere, variare.


~Spraingd~, ~Spraingit~, _part. adj._ Striped, streaked, S.


_Journal Lond._


SPRAT, SPREAT, SPRETT, SPRIT, _s._ Jointed-leaved rush, S. _sprot_, S.


B.


Isl. _sproti_, a reed.


_Lightfoot._


~Spritty~, _adj._ Full of _sprats_, S.


_Burns._


_To_ SPRATTLE, _v. n._ To scramble, S.


_J. Nicol._


Belg. _spartel-en_, to shake ones legs to and fro.


SPRECKLD, _adj._ Speckled, S.


Su. G. _sprecklot_, id.


_Ferguson._


SPREE, _s._ Innocent merriment,


_Loth._


Fr. _esprit_, spirit, vivacity.


SPREE, _adj._ Trim, gaudy, spruce, S.


Sw. _spraeg_, formosus.


_A. Douglas._







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