SPIDER-CATCHER
SPI'DER-CATCHER, noun A bird so called.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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SPIDERLIKE
SPI'DERLIKE, adjective Resembling a spider.
SPIDERWORT
SPI'DERWORT, noun A plant of the genus Anthericum.
SPIGNEL
SPIG'NEL. [See Spicknel.]
SPIGOT
SPIG'OT, noun A pin or peg used to stop a faucet, or to stop a small hole in a cask of liquor.
SPIKE
SPIKE, noun [Latin Latin spica, and ear of corn. It signifies a shoot or point.]1. A large uail; always in American applied to a nail or pin of metal. A similar thing made of wo...
SPIKE-LAVENDER
SPIKE-LAVENDER, noun The Lavandula spica.
SPIKED
SPI'KED, participle passive Furnished with spikes, as corn; fastened with spikes; stopped with spikes.
SPIKELET
SPI'KELET, noun In botany, a small spike of a large one; or a subdivision of a spike.
SPIKENARD
SPIKENARD, noun spik'nard. [Latin spica nardi.]1. A plant of the genus Nardus.2. The oil of balsam procured from the spikenard
SPIKING
SPI'KING, participle present tense Fastening with spikes; stopping with large nails.
SPIKY
SPI'KY, adjective Having a sharp point.
SPILE
SPILE, noun [Latin pilus, pilum, etc.]1. A small peg or wooden pin, used to stop a hole.2. A stake driven into the ground to protect a bank, etc.
SPILL
SPILL, noun [a different orthography of spile, supra.]1. A small peg or pin for stopping a cask; as a vent hole stopped with a spill2. A little bar or pin of iron.3. A little su...
SPILLED
SPILL'ED, participle passive Suffered to fall, as liquids; shed.
SPILLER
SPILL'ER, noun1. One that spills or sheds.2. A kind of fishing line.
SPILLING
SPILL'ING, participle present tense Suffering to fall or run out, as liquids; shedding.
SPILLING-LINES
SPILLING-LINES, in a ship, are ropes for furling more conveniently the square sails.
SPILT
SPILT, preterit tense and participle passive of spill.
SPILTH
SPILTH, noun [from spill.] Any thing spilt. [Not in use.]
SPIN
SPIN, verb transitivepreterit tense and participle passive spun. Span is not used. [If the sense is to draw out or extend, this coincides in origin with span.]1. To draw out and...
SPINACH
SPIN'ACH, SPIN'AGE, noun [Latin spinacia.] A plant of the genus Spinacia.
SPINAGE
SPIN'ACH, SPIN'AGE, noun [Latin spinacia.] A plant of the genus Spinacia.
SPINAL
SPI'NAL, adjective [See Spine.] Pertaining to the spine or back bone of an animal; as the spinal marrow; spinal muscles; spinal arteries.
SPINDLE
SPIN'DLE, adjective [See Spin.]1. The pin used in spinning wheels for twisting the thread, and on which the thread when twisted, is wound.2. A slender pointed rod or pin on whic...
SPINDLE-LEGS
SPIN'DLE-LEGS, SPIN'DLE-SHANKS, noun A tall slender person; in contempt.
SPINDLE-SHANKED
SPIN'DLE-SHANKED, adjective Having long slender legs.