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shine; to glitter.
lour, S j fe !' ' n a microscope loses its former co-
_, u — a great measure pellucid, with a
a Ppear f some bright sparking colours, such asP 0 li t i° m . tile refraction of diamonds. Locke,hit, in ,. u ®’ s a , fine young gentleman, who spar -the shining things of dress and equipage.1 T 0 „■ . Watts.
a glag u l*> as wine when poured into
tyj^^NGLY. adv. [from sparkling.']v ivid and twinkling lustre.
ling/,. tk n< ^ s soni ctimes would look more spark-'s "'Ore a. I? n . *l‘ e J were wont, and sometimes far* la " ordina ry. Boyle.
^ivi 1 1NGNESS ' [i" rom sparkling.]I ^ an d twinkling lustre.
•hid av, V( j.r^ aervt ' ( l a manifestly greater clearnesstnouglj ] tn ff 7!e « at- some times than at others,s’ 1 '®* or r c V“ld not refer it to the superficial clear-'“alness of the stone. Boyle.
Ut i ° W ' n - s - [rpeappu, Sax . passer,'J A small bird.
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As sp " and Banquo ?—Yes,
!h- r( /- l(5 ea gles, or the hare the lion. Shakesp.w j|. 13 great probability that a thousand spar-**y away at the sight of a hawk amongWutls.
tpho °i WHawk or SPA'RHAWK. n. s.riiiioi a F oc > Sax .] The female of theSjjkethawk. J Hanmer.
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Sb^s.rufi* w bkh sort are the sparrv strias,MS\* ed stalactitae. Woodward.
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«gonv. Milton.
ar e subject to pain, inflammation,*ik rr t>int?*‘ Wiseman's Surg.
,fl( lo Cc . lVe things dilute and relax; because§ji Sl ° as a spasm, or convulsion in some part.P S ^On T .Arbuthnat.
» ICK * a &h \spasmodique, Fr.
K^pam.] Convulsive. ?
( A i )e preterite of spit .
^A^' S tyes* 1 * lad on die g r0UIK b he anoint-^ * Gospel.
i, s ^r et j c ’f* The young shell-fish.
-v,°f ik ^ Suh? te ^ ^ ra f° und upon sea-shells, andJ 1 ® *Pat p ,° Sed to be the remains of the vesicles^A.'t t 8orne sort of shell-fish. Woodw. on Fo.
N : Ute. u. n. [spatior, Lat.] Ton °s. ran £ e ; to ramble at large, A
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a ^ se th astonishment, or an immovea-fiuno t * le body, caused by the fixing of(V te arid one cogitation, whereby it doth not^C'Vdt'^cur. Bacon .
*0 dtrm. ? n arrowchamber, lie could spatiate1, gh th e whole universe. Bentley.
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Hi ^tovy ° * r ''' ith braills - ' Edison.
'■'•iKi [^Wftrd ° u ] any thing offensive.
3 ^ech’ 'a® h V °! ce now ' s t0 speak well of hisTo **■ aim i» c , art * voice is to spatter foul0i >Sp " t0 «letract. Shakesp.
1Se ! to defame.
SPA
To Spa'tter. v. n. To spit; to sputteras at any thing nauseous taken into themouth.
They fondlv thinking to allayTheir appetite with gust, instead of fruitChew ’d bitter ashes, which th’ offended tasteWith spattering noise rejected. Milton.
Spa'tterdashes. n.s. [spatter and dash.]Coverings for the legs by which the wetis kept up.
Spattling Poppy, n. s. [ papaver spu-meum.] White behen: a plant which isa species of champion. Miller.
Spa'tula. n. s. [spatha, spathula, Lat.]A spattle or slice.
Spatula is an instrument used by apothecariesand surgeons in spreading pfaisters or stirringmedicines together. Quincy.
in raising up the hairy scalp smooth with myspatula, X could discover no fault in the bone.
Wisemans Surgery.
Spa'vin. n.s. [espavent, Fr. spavano, Ital.]This disease in horses is a bony excres-cence, or crust as hard as a bone, thatgrows on the inside of the hough, notfar from the elbow, and is generated ofthe same matter by which the bones orligaments are nourished: it is at firstlike a tender gristle, but by degreescomes to hardness. Farr. Diet.
They’ve all new legs and lame ones; one wouldtake it,
That never saw them pace before, the spavinAnd springhalt reign’d among them. Shakesp.
If it had been a spavin, and the ass had peti-tioned for another farrier, it might have been rea-. sonable. L’Estrange.
Spaw. n. s. [from Spaw in Germany .] Aplace famous for mineral waters; anymineral water.
To Spawi,. v. n. [j-pcetlian to spit, Sax .]To throw moisture out of the mouth.
He who does on iv’ry tables dine,
His marble floors^with drunken spawlings shine. Dry.
What mischief can the dean have done him,That Traulus calls for vengeance on him ?
Why must he sputter, spawi, and slaver it,
In vain, against the people’s fav’rite? Swift.
SpAWL. n. s. [ypatl, Sax .] Spittle ; mois-ture ejected from the mouth.
Of spittle she lustration makes ;
Then in the spawi her middle finger dips,
Anoints the temple, forehead, and the lips. Dryd.
Spawn , n. s. [ spene, spenne, Dut.]
1. The eggs of fish or of frogs.
Masters of the people,
Your multiplying spawn how can he flatter *That’s thousand to one good one. Shakesp. Coriol.
God said, let the waters generateRentile, with spawn abundant, living soul! Mi7t.
These ponds, in spawning time, abounded withfrogs, and a great deal of spawn. Bay on the Creat.
2. Any product or offspring. In contempt.
’Twas not the spawn of such as theseThat dy’d with Punick blood the conquer d seas,And quash’d the stern yEacides. Roscommon.
This atheistical humour was the spawn of thegross superstitions of the Romish church andcourt. Tillotson.
To Spawn , v.a. [from the noun.]
1. To produce as fishes do eggs.
Some report a sea-maid spawn'd him. Shakesp.
2. To generate; to bring forth. In con-tempt.
What practices such principles as these mayspawn, when they are laid out to the sun, youmay determine. Swift.
I. To produce eggs as fish.
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The fish having spavmed before, the fry thatgoes down hath had about three months growtliunder ground, when they are brought up again.
Jliwn’s Travels.
2. To issue ; to proceed. In contempt.
It is so ill a quality, and the mother of so manyill ones that spawn from it, that a child should bebrought up in the greatest abhorrence of it. Locke.
Spa'wner. n. &\ [from spawn The fe-male fish.
The barbel, for the preservation of their seed,both the spawner and the melter, cover their spawnwith sand. Walton .
To Spay. v. a. [spado, Lat.] To castratefemale animals.
Be dumb, you beggars of the rythming trade ;Geld your loose wits,and let your mouse be spay'd.
Cleaveland.
The males must be gelt, and the sows spayed;the spayed they esteem as the most profitable, be-cause of the great quantity of fat upon the in-wards. 'Mortimer's Husbandry.
To Speak, v. n. preterite spake or spoke ;participle passive spoken . [ppecan, Sax .spreken, Dut.]
1- To utter articulate sounds; to expressthoughts by words.
Speaking is nothing else than a sensible expres-sion of the notions of the mind, by several discri-minations of utterance of voice, used as signs, hav.ing by consent several determinate significances.
Holder.
Hannah spake in her heart; only her lips moved,but her voice was not heard. 1 Sam. i. lo.
2. To harangue ; to make a speech.
Many of the nobility made themselves popular
by speaking in parliament against those tilingswhich were most grateful to his majesty, andwhich still passed, notwithstanding their contra-diction. Clarendon.
Thersites,though the most presumptuous Greek,Yet durst not for Achilles’ armour speak. Dryden.
3. To talk for or against; to dispute.
A knave should have some countenance at hisfriend’s request. An honest man, sir, is able tospeak for himself, when a knave is not.
The general and his wife are talking of it ;
And she speaks for you stoutly. Shakesp. Othello.
When he had no power,
He was your enemy ; still spake against
Your liberties and charters. Shak. Coriolanus.
4. To discourse; to make mention.
Were such things here as we do speak about ?
Or have we eaten of the insane root,
That takes the reason prisoner ? Shakesp. K. Lear.
Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law.
Gen. xix. 14.
The fire you speak of,
If any flames of it approach my fortunes,l’H quench it not with water, but with ruin.
The scripture speaks only of those to whom itspeaks. Hammond.
They could never be lost but by an universaldeluge, which has been spoken to already. Tillotson.
Lucan speaks of a part of Caesar’s army, thatcame to him from the Leman-lake, in the beginningof the civil war. Addison.
Had Luther spoke up to this accusation, yet
- Chrysostom ’s example would have been his de-fence. Atterbury.
5. To give sound.
Make all your trumpets speak, give them allbreath,
Those clam’rous harbingers of blood and death.
Shakesp.
6. To speak with. To address; to con-verse with.
Thou canst not fear us, Pompey, with thy sails,We’ll speak with thee at sez.Shakesp. Ant ■ and Cleo.
1 spake with one that came from thence,
That freely render’d me these news for true. Shak.
Nicholas was bv a herald sent for to come intothe great bassa ; f>oU man disdaining to speak withhim himself. Knolles.
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