Part 801 (1/2)
~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.