Part 802 (1/2)

_Ruddiman._

Gael. _speid_, a great river flood; perh. from _spe_, froth.

SPALD, SPAULD, SPAWL, _s._

1. The shoulder.

_Polwart._

2. A joint; as, _lang spauls_, long limbs, S.

_Douglas._

Fr. _espaule_, C. B. _yspolde_, the shoulder.

~Black spauld~, a disease of cattle, S.

_Ess. Highl. Soc._

SPALE, SPAIL, SPEAL, _s._

1. A lath used in wooden houses for filling up the interstices betwixt the beams, S. B.

Su. G. _spiaell_, segmentum, lamina.

2. A chip; Sw. _spiaela_, id.

_Douglas._

3. A shaving of wood, S.

Fr. _spolla_, the shavings of wood.

_To_ SPAN, _v. a._ To grasp.

V. ~Spayn~.

_To_ SPANG, _v. n._

1. To leap with elastic force, to spring, S.

_Douglas._

2. _v. a._ To cause to spring.

_Douglas._