An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 807

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_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.

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