SPOKEN
SPOKEN, participle passive of speak. pronoun spokn.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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SPOKESMAN
SPOKESMAN, noun [speak, spoke, and man.[One who speaks for another.He shall be thy spokesman to the people. Exodus 4:16.
SPOLIATE
SPOLIATE, verb transitive [Latin] To plunder; to pillage.SPOLIATE, verb intransitive To practice plunder; to commit robbery. In time of war, rapacious men are let loose to spoli...
SPOLIATION
SPOLIATION, noun1. The act of plundering, particularly of plundering an enemy in time of war.2. The act or practice of plundering neutrals at sea under authority.3. In ecclesias...
SPONDAIC
SPONDAIC, SPONDAICAL, adjective [See Spondee.] Pertaining to a spondee; denoting two long feet in poetry.
SPONDAICAL
SPONDAIC, SPONDAICAL adjective [See Spondee.] Pertaining to a spondee; denoting two long feet in poetry.
SPONDEE
SPONDEE, noun [Latin] A poetic foot of two long syllables.
SPONDYL
SPONDYL, SPONDYLE, noun [Latin, Gr.] A joint of the back bone; a verteber or vertebra.
SPONDYLE
SPONDYL, SPONDYLE noun [Latin, Gr.] A joint of the back bone; a verteber or vertebra.
SPONGE
SPONGE. [See Spunge.]
SPONK
SPONK, noun [a word probably formed on punk.] Touchwood. In Scotland, a match; something dipped in sulphur for readily taking fire. [See Spunk.]
SPONSAL
SPONSAL, adjective [Latin, to betroth.] Relating to marriage or to a spouse.
SPONSION
SPONSION, noun [Latin, to engage.] The act of becoming surety for another.
SPONSOR
SPONSOR, noun [Latin] A surety; one who binds himself to answer for another, and is responsible for his default. In the church, the sponsors in baptism are sureties for the educ...
SPONTANEITY
SPONTANEITY, noun [Latin, of free will.] Voluntariness; the quality of being of free will or accord.
SPONTANEOUS
SPONTANEOUS, adjective [Latin, of free will.]1. Voluntary; acting by its own impulse or will without the incitement of any thing external; acting of its own accord; as spontaneo...
SPONTANEOUSLY
SPONTANEOUSLY, adverb1. Voluntarily; of his own will or accord; used of animals; as, he acts spontaneously2. By its own force or energy; without the impulse of a foreign cause; ...
SPONTANEOUSNESS
SPONTANEOUSNESS, noun1. Voluntariness; freedom of will; accord unconstrained; applied to animals.2. Freedom of acting without a foreign cause; applied to things.
SPONTOON
SPONTOON, noun A kind of half pike; a military weapon borne by officers of infantry.
SPOOL
SPOOL, noun [G.] A piece of cane or reed, or a hollow cylinder of wood with a ridge at each end; used by weavers to wind their yarn upon in order to slaie it and wind in on the ...
SPOOM
SPOOM, verb intransitive To be driven swiftly; probably a mistake for spoon. [See Spoon, the verb.]
SPOON
SPOON, noun1. A small domestic utensil, with a bowl or concave part and a handle, for dipping liquids; as a tea spoon; a table spoon2. An instrument consisting of a bowl or holl...
SPOON-BILL
SPOON-BILL, noun [spoon and bill.] A fowl of the grallic order, and genus Platatea, so named from the shape of its bill, which is somewhat like a spoon or spatula. Its plumage i...
SPOON-DRIFT
SPOON-DRIFT, noun In seamens language, a showery sprinkling of sea water, swept from the surface in a tempest.
SPOON-MEAT
SPOON-MEAT, noun [spoon and meat.] Food that is or must be taken with a spoon; liquid food.Diet most upon spoon-meats.
SPOON-WORT
SPOON-WORT, noun A plant of the genus Cochlearia; scurvy grass.
SPOONFUL
SPOONFUL, noun [spoon and full.]1. As much as a spoon contains or is able to contain; as a tea spoonful; a table spoonful2. A small quantity of a liquid.