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SPERE, SPEIR, _s._ A sphere.
_Douglas._
L. B. _spaer-a_, id.
SPERK-HALK, _s._ A sparrow-hawk.
A. S. _spaer-hafoc_, id.
_Houlate._
To SPERPLE, _v. a._ To disperse, S.
V. ~Sparpall~.
SPERTHE, _s._ A battle-axe.
_Minstr. Bord._
Isl. _sparda_, spatha, securis genus.
SPEt.i.t, _part. pa._ Pierced.
_Douglas._
Isl. _spiot_, hasta; Teut. _spet-en_, fodicare.
SPEWEN, _s._ Spavin.
_Montgomerie._
SPICE, _s._
1. Appropriated to pepper, S.
_Baillie._
2. Metaph. pride; from the stimulating effect of strong spices.
V. ~Speice~.
~Spicy~, _adj._ Proud, testy, S.
_L. Hailes._
SPYLE, A palisado.
_Douglas._
Su. G. _spiale_, lamina lignea.
SPILGIE, _s._ Long and slender, Ang.
~Spilgie~, _s._
1. A tall meagre person, S.
2. A long limb, S.
Isl. _spilk-ur_, a.s.sulae; laths, splinters. Gael. _spealg_, a splinter.
_To_ SPILL, SPYLL, _v. a._
1. To destroy, in whatever way, S.
2. To mar, S.
3. To kill.
_Douglas._
A. S. consumere, interficere.
4. To defile, to deflower.
_Wallace._
A. S. _spill-an_, corrumpere, vitiare.
_To_ ~Spill~, ~Spille~, _v. n._
1. To perish.
_Sir Tristrem._
2. To corrupt, to putrify, S.
3. To be galled, as the effect of heat, S.
