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_Ruddiman._

Gael. _speid_, a great river flood; perh. from _spe_, froth.

SPALD, SPAULD, SPAWL, _s._

1. The shoulder.

_Polwart._

2. A joint; as, _lang spauls_, long limbs, S.

_Douglas._

Fr. _espaule_, C. B. _yspolde_, the shoulder.

~Black spauld~, a disease of cattle, S.

_Ess. Highl. Soc._

SPALE, SPAIL, SPEAL, _s._

1. A lath used in wooden houses for filling up the interstices betwixt the beams, S. B.

Su. G. _spiaell_, segmentum, lamina.

2. A chip; Sw. _spiaela_, id.

_Douglas._

3. A shaving of wood, S.

Fr. _spolla_, the shavings of wood.

_To_ SPAN, _v. a._ To grasp.

V. ~Spayn~.

_To_ SPANG, _v. n._

1. To leap with elastic force, to spring, S.

_Douglas._

2. _v. a._ To cause to spring.

_Douglas._

3. _To spang o'er_, metaph. to overleap.

_Ramsay._

Isl. _spenn-a_, Germ. _spann-en_, to extend.

~Spang~, _s._

1. The act of springing, S.

_Douglas._

2. A fillip.

_Ruddiman._

~Spangie~, _s._ The game in E. called _Boss and Span_.

~Spangie-hewit~, _s._ A barbarous operation of boys to young yellow-hammers, S.

SPANGIS, _s. pl._ Spangles.

_K. Quair._

Teut. _spanghe_, Isl. _spaung_, lamina.

SPANYEART, _s._ A spaniel.

_Douglas._

_To_ SPANYS, _v. n._ To blow fully.

_Wyntown._

Fr. _espanouiss.e.m.e.nt_, full blow of a flower.

_To_ SPANK, _v. n._ To move with quickness and elasticity, S.

From _Spang_, v.; or Isl. _spink-a_, decursitare.

~Spanker~, _s._

1. One who walks with a quick and elastic motion, S.

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