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SPOUT, _s._ The razor-fish, S.
_Sibbald._
SPOUT, _s._ A boggy spring in ground, S.
_Stat. Acc._
~Spouty~, _s._ Marshy, S.
_Stat. Acc._
_To_ SPRACKLE, _v. n._ To clamber, S.
V. ~Sprattle~.
Isl. _sprikl-a_, membra concutere.
SPRAICH, SPRACH, SPREICH, _s._
1. A cry, a shriek, S. B.
_Douglas._
Su. G. _sprak-a_, strepere.
2. A mult.i.tude; as, a _spraich of bairns_, Ang.
_To_ SPRAICH, _v. n._ To cry with a voice of lamentation, Ang.
SPRAYGHERIE, SPRECHERIE, _s._ Moveables of an inferior description; such especially as have been collected by depredation, S.
_Waverley._
Gael. _spreidh_, cattle.
SPRAYNG, SPRAING, _s._
1. A long stripe, including the idea of variegation, S.
_Douglas._
2. The tail of a comet.
_Spalding._
Teut. _spreng-en_, spargere, variare.
~Spraing'd~, ~Spraingit~, _part. adj._ Striped, streaked, S.
_Journal Lond._
SPRAT, SPREAT, SPRETT, SPRIT, _s._ Jointed-leaved rush, S. _sprot_, S.
B.
Isl. _sproti_, a reed.
_Lightfoot._
~Spritty~, _adj._ Full of _sprats_, S.
_Burns._
_To_ SPRATTLE, _v. n._ To scramble, S.
_J. Nicol._
Belg. _spartel-en_, to shake one's legs to and fro.
SPRECKL'D, _adj._ Speckled, S.
Su. G. _sprecklot_, id.
_Ferguson._
SPREE, _s._ Innocent merriment,
_Loth._
Fr. _esprit_, spirit, vivacity.
SPREE, _adj._ Trim, gaudy, spruce, S.
Sw. _spraeg_, formosus.
_A. Douglas._
