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ETYMOLOGICAL DICTIONARY
spleadh, a splay foot; from Eng. splay.
spleadh, ostentation, romance, false flattery, Ir. spleadh; from M. Eng. spleien, display, from displeien, now display.
spleadhan, a sort of wooden paddle to dig up sand eels; see pleadhag.
spleuchd, spliachd, stare, squint, spread out by trampling:
spliùc, fluke of an anchor (M'A.); founded on Eng. fluke.
spliùchan, spliùcan, tobacco pouch, Ir. spliuchán, a pouch, bag, leather purse; hence Sc. spleuchan. Cf. W. blwch, a box.
spliug, a snot, icicle, anything hanging down: *s-cluig? Cf. cluigein.
spliùgach, splay-footed:
spliùig, a discontented countenance:
spliut, a lame hand or foot, splay foot; see pliut.
spòc, a spoke; from the Eng.
spoch, address one quickly and angrily, intimidate, affront, attack, Ir. spochaim, provoke, affront, rob; cf. spoth.
spòg, spàg, a claw, paw, Manx spaag, Ir. spâg, W. ysbach:
spoll, a quarter (as of a sheep, M'A.), spòld, a piece or joint of meat, Ir. spódhla, spólla, a piece of meat; from Sc. spaul, limb, spald, shoulder, from old Fr. espaule, espalle, L. Lat. spatula, shoulder, whence Eng. epaulet. Ir. spolla is also hence. Cf. spadag, spathalt.
spolladach, sottish:
spòlt, mangle, slaughter, hew down in battle, also (Dial. Badenoch) splutter; from the English. Cf. M. Eng. splatten, cut open, Sc. sploit, squirt, spout. spoltadh, drops flying out of a vessel when boiling or stirred carelessly.
spong, sponge, tinder, Ir. sponc, E. Ir. sponge, W. ysbwng, sponge, Corn. spong, Br. spone, sponeñk; from Lat. spongia, sponge, from Gr. σπογγιά, allied to Lat. fungus.
spor, a spur, claw, talon, Ir. spor, M. Ir. sbor, a spur for a horse; from Norse spori, a spur, spor, foot trace, Dan. spore, Swed. sporre, Eng. spur, Ag. S. spora; root sper of speir, etc. Hence sporadh, inciting, scraping the earth (as a hen), Sc. spur.
spor, tinder, flint, gun-flint; from Eng. spar.
sporan, a purse, Ir. sparán, sporán, sbarrán, M. Ir. sboran, W. ysbur: *s-burr- from *burs, from L. Lat. bursa, a purse, whence Eng. purse, bursary; originally from Gr. βυρση, a hide.
sporracan, crumbs (M'F.):
spors, sport, Ir. spórt (Fol.); from the Eng.
spot, a spot; from the Eng.
