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 HAMPSHIBB GLOSSARY. 87 Spillwood [spil'wuod], ab, wood thiown away bj the sawyers. — Cooper. Spine-oak [spein-oak], eb. the heart of oak. — ^Wise, New Forest, Spink [spink], sb. a chaffinch. N. and Q, let Ser. x. 400. Spinney [spiQ-i], sb, a very small wood ; a strip of wood between two fielas. Spire-bed [speir-bed], sb. a place where the spires [spei'u'rz], or shoots of the reed-canary grass (Phalaris arundinacea) grow. A vpire-hed field or apear-hea field^is a field where the aptVea grow, that are used by plasterers and thatchers in their work. — ^Wise, ^ew ForuL Spiritnal [spir-iten'ol], adj. angry ; as, 'I got quite spintwd with him.' N. and Q. 1st Ser. z. 120. Spit [spit], sb. the depth of a spade. Ex. ' They trenched W two spit deep.' — N. H. Spith [spith], sb. pith, strength, force. — Wise, New Forest, Spitter [spit'ar], sb. a spad, a hoe. — W. Splice [spleis], v. to throw. Winch. Sch, 01, Splodger [splodj-ur], sb. a thick stick, a bludgeon. — ^W. Sport [spoart], v. (!) To give away. (2) To display any article of dress. WtTieh, Sch. 01. Sprack [sprak], adj. quick, lively, brisk, active. Also neat, tidy.— Wise, New Forest, * A sprack un,' a lively ona *Ak. Spratling [sprat iin], adj. uppish ; consequential.- Spratter [sprat-ur], sb. the guillemot; uria trioile^ Lath. — ^Wise, New Forest, p. 309. Spreader [spred-ur], sb. the bar across the chain-traces of the leading horses of a team. — N. H. Spreath [spreedh], adj. active, able. *Ak. See Spraok. Spreathed [spree-dh'd], adj. bitten .by frost. — W. *Ak. gives ' apreazed, chapped by cold.' Spree [spree], adj. (!) Conceited, giving oneself airs, when applied to a person. (2) Smart, stylish, when applied to a thing. WincK 8ch. 01. When used in a bad sense * pretentious ' ; when in a good, * stylish,' •superior.' — Adams' Wyhehamica, p. 435. Spring-bird [spring-burd], sb. See Barleybird. Spnd [spud], «6. a short knife used to grub up weeds, &c — F. M. In North Hants a kind of straight hoe with a long handle, for grub- bing up weeds or cutting down thistles. Spnddle [spudl], v. to stir about. *Ak. To muddle.— Wise.