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V. ~Spald~.
SPEANLIE, _adv._ Uncertain.
_Houlate._
SPECHT, _s._ A wood-p.e.c.k.e.r, S.
_Houlate._
Germ. _specht_, Sw. _specke_, id.
SPECIALTe, _s._ Peculiar regard.
_Barbour._
SPECTACLES (of a fowl), _s. pl._ The merry-thought, S.
_To_ SPEDE, _v. n._ To speed, E.
_Lyndsay._
A. S. _sped-ian_, Alem. id., Belg. _spoed-en_.
~Spede~, _s._ _To c.u.m spede_, to have success, S.
_Douglas._
SPEEN-DRIFT, SPINDRIFT, _s._ The snow when drifted from the ground by a whirling motion, S. B.; _spune-drift_, S. A.
_Journ. Lond._
Q. _spinning_ drift, from its whirling motion.
SPEERE, _s._ A hole in the wall of a house, through which the family received and answered the inquiries of strangers.
V. ~Spire~, s.
_Ritson._
SPEICE, _s._ Pride.
_Dunbar._
SPEIDFUL, _adj._ Expedient.
_Barbour._
From A. S. _sped_, success.
SPEIK, _s._ Speech.
V. ~Spek~.
SPEIKINTARE, _s._ Supposed to be the sea-swallow.
_Stat. Acc._
_To_ SPEIL, _v. n._ To climb.
V. ~Spele~.
_To_ SPEIR, _v. a._ To ask, S.
V. ~Spere~.
SPEK, SPEIK, _s._ Speech.
_Barbour._
_To_ SPELD, _v. a._ To expand.
_Henrysone._
Germ. _spelt-en_, Su. G. _spial-a_, to divide.
~Spelding~, ~Speldev~, ~Speldrin~, _s._ A small fish split, and dried in the sun, S.
_Boswell._
_To_ ~Spelder~, _v. a._ To spread open, S.
_To_ SPELE, SPEIL, _v. n._ To climb, S.
