2. Snow in small particles, forcibly driven by the wind, S. A.

_A. Scott._

~It"s spitterin~, _v. imp._ A few drops of rain are falling, S. from _spit_, spuere.

SPLECHRIE, _s._

1. Furniture of any kind, S.

2. More generally, the clothes and furniture provided by a woman, in her single state, or brought by her to the house of her husband, when married, S.

3. The executory of a defunct person, S.

Lat. _supellex_, _supellectilis_, household goods.

SPLENDRIS, _s. pl._ Splinters.

_Wallace._

Belg. _splenters_, Dan. _splinde_, id.

SPLENTIS, _s. pl._ Armour for the legs; so denominated from their being applied as splints.

_Acts Ja. I._

SPLEUCHAN, _s._ A tobacco pouch, S. Gael.

_Davidson._

SPLIT-NEW, _adj._ That which has never been used or worn, S.

_Persec. Ch. Scot._

Germ. _splitter-neu_, _new_ as a _splinter_ from the block.

SPLORE, _s._

1. A frolic, S. O.

_Burns._

2. A quarrel ending in blows, S. A.

_Antiquary._

Ital. _esplor-are_; q. to search for sport.

_To_ SPLUNT, _v. n._ To court, S. A.

_J. Nicol._

SPOYN, _s._ A spoon.

_Wallace._

SPON, _s._ Shavings of wood.

_Sir Tristrem._

A. S. _spon_, Isl. _sponn_, id., a.s.sula.

SPONK, _s._ Spark, &c.

V. ~s.p.u.n.k~.

SPONSIBLE, _adj._ Admissible as a surety, S.

_Wodrow._

Lat. _spond-eo_, _spons-um_, to be surety.

SPOOTRAGH, _s._ Drink of any kind, Loth.

Gael. _sput_, bad drink.

_To_ Sp.o.r.nE, _v. n._ To stumble.

_Gawan and Gol._

A. S. _sp.o.r.n-an_, to stumble at.

SPOURTLIT,

V. ~Sprutillit~.

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