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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.
