SPREITH, SPRETH, SPRAITH, SPREATH, SPREICH, _s._ Prey, booty.

_Douglas._

_To_ ~Spreith~, ~Spreth~, _v. a._ To plunder.

V. ~Spraigherie~.

_Wyntown._

SPRENT, _part. pa._ Sprinkled.

_Douglas._

A. S. _spreng-an_, spargere.

SPRENT, _pret. v._

1. Sprung.

_Douglas._

2. Ran, darted forth.

_Barbour._

3. Rose up, ascended.

_Douglas._

A. S. _spring-an_, to spring.

~Sprent~, _s._

1. A leap.

_Douglas._

2. The elastic force of any thing, S.

3. Any elastic body, S.

4. The clasp of iron that fastens down the lid of a chest or trunk, S.

_Trans. Antiq. S. Edin._

The back-bone is called the _back-sprent_, S.

SPRETE, _s._ Spirit.

_Douglas._

~Sprety~, _adj._ Sprightly, S. _sprity_.

_Douglas._

~Spret.i.t~, _adj._ Spirited.

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

SPRETT, _s._

V. ~Sprat~.

_To_ SPREUL, _v. n._ To sprawl.

_Douglas._

SPRIG, _s._ A thin nail, without a head, S.

SPRING, _s._ A quick and cheerful tune on a musical instrument, S.

_Lyndsay._

O. Fr. _espring-ier_, to dance.

SPRINGALD, _s._ A stripling, S. B.

_Douglas._

From _spring_, germinare, q. viri germen.

SPRYNGALD, _s._

1. An ancient warlike engine, used for shooting large arrows, pieces of iron, &c.

_Barbour._

2. The materials thrown from this engine.

_Wallace._

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