Webster's Dictionary 1913

7939

Spellken

Spell″ken (?), n. A theater. Byron.

7940

Spellwork

Spell″work′ (?), n. Power or effect of magic; that which is wrought by magic; enchantment.Like those Peri isles of lightThat hang by spellwork in the air. Moore.

7941

Spelt

Spelt (?), imp. & p. p. of Spell. Spelled.

7942

Spelt (2)

Spelt, n. [AS. spelt, fr. L. spelta.] (Bot.) A species of grain (Triticum Spelta) much cultivated for food in Germany and Switzerland; — called also German wheat.

7943

Spelt (3)

Spelt, n. [See Spalt.] (Metal.) Spelter.

7944

Spelt (4)

Spelt, v. t. & i. [See Spell a splinter.] To split; to break; to spalt. Mortimer.

7945

Spelter

Spel″ter (?), n. [Cf. LG. spialter, G. & D. spiauter. Cf. Pewter.] (Metal.) Zinc; — especially so called in commerce and arts.

7946

Spelunc

Spe‐lunc″ (?), n. [L. spelunca cave.] A cavern; a cave. Piers Plowman.

7947

Spence

Spence (?), n. [OF. despense, F. dépense, buffet, buttery, fr. OF. despendre to spend, distribute, L. dispendere, dispensum. See Dispense, Spend.] 1. A place where provisions ar...

7948

Spencer

Spen″cer (?), n. [OF. despensier. See Spence, and cf. Dispenser.] One who has the care of the spence, or buttery. Promptorium Parvulorum.

7949

Spencer (2)

Spen″cer, n. [From the third Earl Spencer, who first wore it, or brought it into fashion.] A short jacket worn by men and by women. Ld. Lutton.

7950

Spencer (3)

Spen″cer, n.(Naut.) A fore-and-aft sail, abaft the foremast or the mainmast, hoisted upon a small supplementary mast and set with a gaff and no boom; a trysail carried at the fo...

7951

Spend

Spend (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Spent (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Spending.] [AS. spendan (in comp.), fr. L. expendere or dispendere to weigh out, to expend, dispense. See Pendant, and cf...

7952

Spend (2)

Spend (?), v. i. 1. To expend money or any other possession; to consume, use, waste, or part with, anything; as, he who gets easily spends freely.He spends as a person who knows...

7953

Spender

Spen″der (?), n. One who spends; esp., one who spends lavishly; a prodigal; a spendthrift.

7954

Spending

Spend″ing, n. The act of expending; expenditure.Spending money, money set apart for extra (not necessary) personal expenses; pocket money.

7955

Spendthrift

Spend″thrift′ (?), n. One who spends money profusely or improvidently; a prodigal; one who lavishes or wastes his estate. Also used figuratively.A woman who was a generous spend...

7956

Spendthrift (2)

Spend″thrift, a. Prodigal; extravagant; wasteful.

7957

Spendthrifty

Spend″thrift′y (?), a. Spendthrift; prodigal.

7958

Spenserian

Spen‐se″ri‐an (?), a. Of or pertaining to the English poet Spenser; — specifically applied to the stanza used in his poem “The Faërie Queene.”

7959

Spent

Spent (spĕnt), a. 1. Exhausted; worn out; having lost energy or motive force.Now thou seest meSpent, overpowered, despairing of success. Addison.Heaps of spent arrows fall and s...

7960

Sper

{ Sper (?), Sperre }, v. t. [See Spar bar.] To shut in; to support; to inclose; to fasten. “To sperre the gate.” Spenser.

7961

Sperable

Spe″ra‐ble (?), a. [L. spearabilis, fr. sperare to hope.] Within the range of hpe; proper to be hoped for. Bacon.

7962

Sperable (2)

Sper″a‐ble (?), n. See Sperable.

7963

Sperage

Sper″age (?), n. Asperagus. Sylvester.

7964

Sperate

Spe″rate (?), a. [L. speratus, p. p. of sperare to hope.] Hoped for, or to be hoped for. Bouvier.

7965

Spere

Spere (?), v. i. [AS. spyrian to inquire, properly, to follow the track; akin to D. speuren, G. spüren, Icel. spyrja. √171. See Spoor.] To search; to pry; to ask; to inquire. [W...