SPASMODIC
SPASMOD'IC, adjective Consisting in spasm; as a spasmodic affection.SPASMOD'IC, noun A medicine good for removing spasm; but I believe the word generally employed in anti-spasmo...
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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SPAT
SPAT, preterit tense of spit, but nearly obsolete.SPAT, noun [from the root of spit; that which is ejected.]1. The young of shell fish.2. A petty combat; a little quarrel or dis...
SPATHACEOUS
SPATHA'CEOUS, adjective Having a calyx like a sheath.
SPATHE
SPATHE, noun [Latin spatha.] In botany, the calyx of a spadix opening or bursting longitudinally, in form of a sheath. It is also applied to the calyx of some flowers which have...
SPATHIC
SPATH'IC, adjective Foliated or lamellar. spathic iron is a mineral of a foliated structure, and a yellowish or brownish color.
SPATHIFORM
SPATH'IFORM, adjective [spath and form.] Resembling spar in form. The ocherous, spathiform and mineralized forms of urinate-
SPATHOUS
SPATH'OUS, adjective Having a calyx like a sheath.
SPATHULATE
SPATH'ULATE, [See Spatulate.]
SPATIATE
SPA'TIATE, verb transitive [Latin spatior.] To rove; to ramble. [Not in use.]
SPATTER
SPAT'TER, verb transitive [This root is a derivative of the family of spit, or Latin pateo. See Sputter.]1. To scatter a liquid substance on; to sprinkle with water or any fluid...
SPATTERDASHES
SPAT'TERDASHES, nounplural [spatter and dash.] Coverings for the legs to keep them clean from water and mud. [Since boots are generally worn, these things and their name are lit...
SPATTERED
SPAT'TERED, participle passive1. Sprinkling with moist some liquid or dirty substance.2. Aspersed.
SPATTERING
SPAT'TERING, participle present tense1. Sprinkling with or foul matter.2. Aspersing.
SPATTLE
SPAT'TLE, noun Spittle. [Not in use.]
SPATTLING-POPPY
SPATTLING-POPPY, noun [Latin papaver spumeum.] A plant; white behen; a species of Campion.
SPATULA
SPAT'ULA, SPAT'TLE, noun [Latin spathula, spatha, a slice. from the root of Latin pateo; so named from its breadth, or from its use in spreading things. A slice; an apothecaries...
SPATULATE
SPAT'ULATE, adjective [from Latin spathula.] In botany, a spatulate leaf is one shaped like a spatula or battledore, being roundish with a long, narrow, linear base; as in cistu...
SPAVIN
SPAV'IN, noun A tumor or excrescence that forms on the inside of a horse's hough, not far from the elbow; at first like gristle, but afterwards hard and bony.
SPAVINED
SPAV'INED, adjective Affected with spavis.
SPAW
SPAW, SPA, noun1. A mineral water from a place of this name in Germany. The name may perhaps be applied to other similar waters.2. A spring of mineral water.
SPAWL
SPAWL, verb intransitive To throw saliva from the mouth in a scattering form; to disperse spittle in a careless dirty manner. Why must he sputter, spawl and slaver it?SPAWL, nou...
SPAWLING
SPAWL'ING, participle present tense Throwing spittle carelessly from the mouth.SPAWL'ING, noun Saliva thrown out carelessly.
SPAWN
SPAWN, noun It has no plural. [If this word is not contracted, it belongs to the root of Latin pano. If contracted, it probably belongs to the root of spew or spaw. The radical ...
SPAWNED
SPAWN'ED, participle passive Produced or deposited, as the eggs of fish or frogs.
SPAWNER
SPAWN'ER, noun the female fish. the spawner and the melter of the barbel cover their spawn with sand.
SPAY
SPAY, verb transitive [Latin spado, a gelding.] To castrate the female of a beast by cutting and by taking out the uterus; as, to spay a sow.
SPAYED
SPA'YED, participle passive Castrated, as a female beast.