Part 807 (1/2)

_To_ SPYN, _v. n._ To glide, S.

_Douglas._

_To_ ~Spynner~, _v. n._

1. To run or fly swiftly, S.

_Douglas._

2. To ascend in a spiral form, S. B.

From the motion of the distaff.

SPYNDILL, _adj._ Thin, slender.

Q. resembling a _spindle_.

_Maitland._

SPYNDLE, SPINDLE, _s._ A certain quant.i.ty of yarn, including four _hanks_, S. p.r.o.n. _spynle_.

_Stat. Acc._

Perhaps q. _spin-del_, A. S. _spinn-an_, to spin, and _del_, a portion.

SPYNIST, _part. pa_. Fully spread.

V. ~Spanys~.

_Dunbar._

SPINK, _s._

1. The maiden pink, S.

2. Denoting pinks in general, S.

_A. Douglas._

SPINKIE, _s._ A gla.s.s of ardent spirits, Fife.

SPINKIE, _adj._ Slender, and at the same time active, Fife.