Lexicographical Neighbors of Spail
Literary usage of Spail
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: To which is Prefixed, a by John Jamieson (1879)
"spail, ». Gawan and Gol. iii., 26. V. SPALE. [spail, ». 1. Amount, quantity,
extent ; as, ... [To spail, ». n. To walk or work with energy and speed, ibid. ..."
2. Conversations on Chemistry: First Steps in Chemistry by Wilhelm Ostwald (1905)
"You know the spail consists largely of carbon; nowthat carbon would require ...
And I know that the flask is full because it puts out a burning spail when I ..."
3. Jamieson's Dictionary of the Scottish Language: In which the Words are by John Jamieson, John Johnstone (1867)
"4. Metaph. a personal designation, S. Lyndsay. spail, ». Goman and Gal. V. STALK.
... SPALE, spail ..."
4. A Dictionary of the Scottish Language: In which the Words are Explained in by John Jamieson (1867)
"SPALE, spail, SPEAL, ». 1. A lath used in wooden houses for filling up the
interstices betwixt the beams, 8. B.—Su. ..."
5. Publications by English Dialect Society (1894)
"... an' spae yer fortune by yer ban'."—James Armstrong, Crossing the Cheviots, 1879.
spail [N.], a chip, a splinter of wood. See SPYEL. ..."
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