~Spayman, Spaman~, _s._

1. A prophet, a diviner.

_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._

2. A male fortuneteller, S.

_Kelly._

Isl. _spamadr_; Dan. _spaamand_, vates.

~Spaywife~, _s._ A female fortuneteller, S.

_Ferguson._

Isl. _spakona_, Dan. _spaakone_, q. a _spay-quean_.

SPAIG, _s._ A skeleton, Clydes.

Teut. _spoocke_, Su. G. _spok_, phantasma.

SPAIK, SPAKE, _s._

1. The spoke of a wheel, S.

_Douglas._

2. A bar (or lever) of wood.

_Acts Ja. III._

Teut. _spaecke_, vectis; radius rotae.

3. In pl. the wooden bars, on which a dead body is carried to the grave, S.

_Spalding._

4. Metaph. a personal designation, S.

_Lyndsay._

SPAIL, _s._

V. ~Spale~.

_To_ SPAIN, SPANE, SPEAN, To wean, S.

_Monroe._

Germ. _spen-en_, Belg. _speen-en_, ablactare.

~Spaining-brash~, _s._ A disorder of children, in consequence of being weaned, S.

_To_ SPAYN, SPAN, _v. a._ To grasp.

_Barbour._

Isl. _spenn-a_, amplecti, arripere.

_To_ SPAIRGE, _v. a._

1. To dash, applied to liquids, S.

2. To bespatter by dashing any liquid, S.

3. To sully by reproach, S.

_Burns._

Lat. _sparg-ere_, Fr. _asperg-er_, to besprinkle.

~Spairge~, _s._

1. A sprinkling, S.

2. The liquid that is sprinkled, or squirted, S.

3. A dash of contumely, S.

SPAIT, SPATE, SPEAT, _s._

1. A flood, S.

_Douglas._

2. Any thing that hurries men away like a flood.

_More._

3. Fluency of speech, S.

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