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speenster, spinster, spunster,
spinster [ˈspɪnstər, ˈspʌnstər]
n. A spinster.
Spinyorra,
Spinyorra [ˈspɪnjɔrə]
pn. U. A fanciful, exotic place.
speher, spehr, spire, spyre,
spire [ˈspaeər]
n. A spire. A young tree suitable for making into a spar or paling. A tapering tree or sapling.
v. To rise spirally.
speyer, spire, spyre,
spire [ˈspaeər]
v. To dry out. To become parched, to wither To cause to fade or dry up.
spirl, spirlie, spirlies, spirly,
spirl [spɪrl]
n. A small slender shoot of a plant.
 
spirlie [ˈspɪrle]
n. A slender person. A thin column of smoke. A small spiral shell.
adj. Slender, thin, spindly.
sparlan, sparlin, sparling, sperling, spirlin, spirline, spirling, spirnling,
spirlin [ˈspɪrlɪn]
n. The smelt Osmerus eperlanus.
spat, speet, spit, spitle, spits, spittell, spitten, spitter, spitterie, spitterin, spitters, spittery, spittin, spittins, spittit, spittle, sput, sput, sputten, thunder-speet, thunner-speet, thunner-spit,
spit [spɪt]
n. Spit. Image, likeness, appearance.
v. To spit. To rain lightly.
pt. spittit, spat [spat] sput [spʌt]
pp. spittit, spitten, sputten
 
spitter
n. A slight shower of rain or snow. Empty, frothy talk.
pl. spitters Small drops or flakes of wind-driven rain or snow.
v. Of rain or snow: to drizzle, fall in small drops or flakes.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
spitterin: A slight shower of rain or snow.
spittin: Spitting, raining lightly. To have a remarkable resemblance to.
spittins: Spittle.
spittle [ˈspɪtl]: A quantity of saliva ejected at one time, a gob.
thunder-speet: I.Sh. Heavy rain and thunder.
hospittal, hospittle, spital, spittal, spittall, spittle,
spital [ˈspɪtəl]
n. A hospice or shelter.
aspite, despite, spite, spitefu,
spite [spəit]
n. A disappointment. A cause for annoyance, grief, vexation.
v. To scorn, despise.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
despite: v. To despise.
in spite o: Despite, without being affected by ...
spitefu: Spiteful.
spla, splaa, splae, splae-fittit, splag, splavie, splaw, splay, splayfittet, splay-fittit, splayvie,
splae [spleː]
also splavie [ˈspleːvi]
adj. Flat-footed.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
splae-fittit: Flat-footed.

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