An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 811
/An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 811
Fr. _espringalle_, L. B. _springald-us_, id.
_To_ SPRINKIL, SPRYNKIL, _v. n._ To move with velocity and unsteadiness, or in an undulatory way.
_Douglas._
Teut. _sprenckel-en_, variegare.
SPRIT-NEW, _adj._ Entirely new, S.
SPRITTY, _adj._
V. under ~Sprat~.
_To_ SPROSE, _v. n._
1. To make a great shew, S.
E. _spruce_.
2. To commend ones self ostentatiously, Fife, Ayrs.
3. To magnify in narration, Fife.
SPROT, _s._
V. ~Spratt~.
SPRUSH, _adj._ Spruce, S.
_Shirrefs._
SPRUTILL, _s._ A speckle.
_Douglas._
~Sprutillit~, ~Spourtlit~, _part. pa._ Speckled. S. _sprittilt_.
_Douglas._
Fland. _sprietel-en_, spargere.
SPUG, _s._ A sparrow, S. B.
SPULE, _s._ A weavers shuttle, S.
Su. G. _spole_, Isl. _spola_, Ir. _spol_, id.
SPULE-BANE, _s._ The shoulder-bone, S.
V ~Spald~.
_To_ SPULYE, SPULYIE, _v. a._
1. To lay waste, S.
2. To carry off a prey, S.
_Douglas._
Fr. _spol-ir_, Lat. _spol-iare_.
~Spulye~, ~Spulyie~, _s._
1. Spoil, S.
2. Illegal intermeddling with moveable goods, S.
_Balfour._
~Spulyear~, _s._ A depredator.
_Acts Marie._
SPUNG, _s._
1. A purse with a spring, S.
_Bannatyne P._
2. A fob, S.
_Ramsay._
Moes. G. _pugg_, A. S. Su. G. _pung_, a purse.
_To_ ~Spung~, _v. a._ To pick ones pocket, S.