An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language - BestLightNovel.com
You’re reading novel An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 807 online at BestLightNovel.com. Please use the follow button to get notification about the latest chapter next time when you visit BestLightNovel.com. Use F11 button to read novel in full-screen(PC only). Drop by anytime you want to read free – fast – latest novel. It’s great if you could leave a comment, share your opinion about the new chapters, new novel with others on the internet. We’ll do our best to bring you the finest, latest novel everyday. Enjoy
_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.
