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2. _Spankers_, in pl. long and thin legs, S.
_To_ SPANK, _v. n._ To sparkle or shine.
Teut. _spange_, lamina.
_Gl. Sibb._
SPAR, ~A-Spar~, _adv._ In a state of opposition, S. B.
_Ross._
Isl. _sperr-a_, distendere; repagulis munire.
SPARE, _s._
1. An opening in a gown or petticoat.
_Skene._
2. The slit, formerly used in the forepart of breeches, S. _spaiver_, S.
B.
SPARE, _adj._
1. Barren.
_Gawan and Gol._
2. Lean, meagre.
_Morison._
A. S. _spaer_, parcus.
_To_ SPARK, To soil, by throwing up small spots of mire, S.
~Spark~, _s._
1. A small spot of mire, S.
2. A small portion of any thing.
_Wife of Auchtermuchty._
SPARKLE, _s._ A spark.
SPARKLIT.
V. ~Spreckled~.
SPARLING, SPIRLING, _s._ A smelt, S.
_Sibbald._
Germ. _spierling_; Lat. _eperlan-us_, id.
_To_ SPARPELL, SPERPLE, _v. a._ To disperse; Fr. _esparpill-er_.
_Douglas._
_To_ SPARS, _v. a._ To spread, to propagate.
_Knox._
Lat. _sparg-o_, _spars-um_, id.
_To_ SPARTLE, _v. n._ To move with velocity and inconstancy, S. B.
_Ruddiman._
V. ~Sprattle~.
SPAT, _s._ The sp.a.w.n of oysters, Loth.
_Statist. Acc._
Su. G. _spad_, jus, humor.
_To_ SPAVE, _v. a._ To spay, Galloway.
_Statist. Acc._
Lat. _spad-o_, C. B. _dyspaddu_, id.
SPAUL, _s._ A limb.
