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~Spayman, Spaman~, _s._
1. A prophet, a diviner.
_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._
2. A male fortuneteller, S.
_Kelly._
Isl. _spamadr_; Dan. _spaamand_, vates.
~Spaywife~, _s._ A female fortuneteller, S.
_Ferguson._
Isl. _spakona_, Dan. _spaakone_, q. a _spay-quean_.
SPAIG, _s._ A skeleton, Clydes.
Teut. _spoocke_, Su. G. _spok_, phantasma.
SPAIK, SPAKE, _s._
1. The spoke of a wheel, S.
_Douglas._
2. A bar (or lever) of wood.
_Acts Ja. III._
Teut. _spaecke_, vectis; radius rotae.
3. In pl. the wooden bars, on which a dead body is carried to the grave, S.
_Spalding._
4. Metaph. a personal designation, S.
_Lyndsay._
SPAIL, _s._
V. ~Spale~.
_To_ SPAIN, SPANE, SPEAN, To wean, S.
_Monroe._
Germ. _spen-en_, Belg. _speen-en_, ablactare.
~Spaining-brash~, _s._ A disorder of children, in consequence of being weaned, S.
_To_ SPAYN, SPAN, _v. a._ To grasp.
_Barbour._
Isl. _spenn-a_, amplecti, arripere.
_To_ SPAIRGE, _v. a._
1. To dash, applied to liquids, S.
2. To bespatter by das.h.i.+ng any liquid, S.
3. To sully by reproach, S.
_Burns._
Lat. _sparg-ere_, Fr. _asperg-er_, to besprinkle.
~Spairge~, _s._
1. A sprinkling, S.
2. The liquid that is sprinkled, or squirted, S.
3. A dash of contumely, S.
SPAIT, SPATE, SPEAT, _s._
1. A flood, S.
_Douglas._
2. Any thing that hurries men away like a flood.
_More._
3. Fluency of speech, S.
