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shakkin-spoot, spoot, spootitrump, spootitrumps, spoots, spot, spout, spouts,
spoot [sput]
n. A spout. A waterfall, boggy spring. An outside tap or standpipe. A gully in the face of cliffs. A horizontal roof gutter. The razor clam Ensis arcuatus. A squirt, syringe. A small quantity of liquid. A rush, dart, spurt, sudden movement, a leap forward.
pl. spoots
v. To spout. To dart, spring, bound, emerge suddenly.
n. A spout. A waterfall, boggy spring. An outside tap or standpipe. A gully in the face of cliffs. A horizontal roof gutter. The razor clam Ensis arcuatus. A squirt, syringe. A small quantity of liquid. A rush, dart, spurt, sudden movement, a leap forward.
pl. spoots
v. To spout. To dart, spring, bound, emerge suddenly.
Compounds and phrases etc.
shakkin-spoot: A wooden chute conveying corn to the elevator lifting it to the corn loft.
spootitrumps: I.Sh. Wild angelica Angelica sylvestris.
spootitrumps: I.Sh. Wild angelica Angelica sylvestris.
spord, spurd,
spord [I.Sh. spord]
n. One of the two lobes or flukes of a fish's tail. A projecting ridge of coast-line partially submerged, a low rocky point or reef.
n. One of the two lobes or flukes of a fish's tail. A projecting ridge of coast-line partially submerged, a low rocky point or reef.
sporran,
sporran [ˈspɔrən]
n. A leather purse worn infront of a kilt.
n. A leather purse worn infront of a kilt.
spoart, spoartin, sport, sportin, sportsman,
sport [spoːrt]
n. Sport, games, playing.
n. Sport, games, playing.
Compounds and phrases etc.
sportsman: A sportsman.
spooie, spouie, spui,
spouie [I.Sh. spui]
n. The curlew Numenius arquata.
n. The curlew Numenius arquata.
spillyar, spilyer, spoolier, spoolyer, spouler,
spouler [NN.a. ˈspul(j)ər]
n. A young coalfish Pollachius virens.
n. A young coalfish Pollachius virens.
skootcher, splucher, spoocher, spootcher, spoucher, spoutcher, spuidsear,
spoutcher [ˈsputʃər]
n. A wooden ladle or scoop with a long handle.
n. A wooden ladle or scoop with a long handle.
sprack,
sprack [sprak]
adj. Lively, animated, alert.
adj. Lively, animated, alert.
sprack, sprag,
sprack [sprak, sprag]
n. A chip of wood, splinter, often waste scraps of wood, tree branches etc., wood or straw litter. A piece of wood or iron used to block a wheel. A bradnail. NEC. [sprag] A codling.
n. A chip of wood, splinter, often waste scraps of wood, tree branches etc., wood or straw litter. A piece of wood or iron used to block a wheel. A bradnail. NEC. [sprag] A codling.
spraf, spraff,
spraff [spraf]
v. col. To talk excessively or pointlessly.
v. col. To talk excessively or pointlessly.