An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
Chapter 803 : 2. _Spankers_, in pl. long and thin legs, S. _To_ SPANK, _v. n._ To sparkle or s.h.i.+

2. _Spankers_, in pl. long and thin legs, S.

_To_ SPANK, _v. n._ To sparkle or s.h.i.+ne.

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.