Webster's Dictionary 1913

8155

Spikefish

Spike″fish′ (?), n.(Zoöl.) See Sailfish (a)

8156

Spikelet

Spike″let (?), n.(Bot.) A small or secondary spike; especially, one of the ultimate parts of the in florescence of grasses. See Illust. of Quaking grass.

8157

Spikenard

Spike″nard (?), n.[For spiked nard; cf. G. spieknarde, NL. spica nardi. See Spike an ear, and Nard.] 1. (Bot.) An aromatic plant. In the United States it is the Aralia racemosa,...

8158

Spiketail

Spike″tail′ (?), n.(Zoöl.) The pintail duck.

8159

Spiky

Spik″y (spīk″y̆), a. 1. Like a spike; spikelike.These spiky, vivid outbursts of metallic vapors. C. A. Young.2. Having a sharp point, or sharp points; furnished or armed with sp...

8160

Spile

Spile (spīl), n. [Cf. LG. spile, dial. G. speil, speiler, D. spijl. √170.] 1. A small plug or wooden pin, used to stop a vent, as in a cask.2. A small tube or spout inserted in ...

8161

Spile (2)

Spile (spīl), v. t. To supply with a spile or a spigot; to make a small vent in, as a cask.

8162

Spilikin

Spil″i‐kin (spĭl″ĭ‐kĭn), n. [OD. spelleken a small pin. See Spill a splinter.] One of a number of small pieces or pegs of wood, ivory, bone, or other material, for playing a gam...

8163

Spill

Spill (spĭl), n. [√170. Cf. Spell a splinter.] 1. A bit of wood split off; a splinter.2. A slender piece of anything. Specifically: —(a) A peg or pin for plugging a hole, as in ...

8164

Spill (2)

Spill, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Spilt (spĭlt); p. pr. & vb. n.Spilling.] To cover or decorate with slender pieces of wood, metal, ivory, etc.; to inlay. Spenser.

8165

Spill (3)

Spill (spĭl), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Spilled (spĭld), or Spilt (spĭlt); p. pr. & vb. n.Spilling.] [OE. spillen, usually, to destroy, AS. spillan, spildan, to destroy; akin to Icel. ...

8166

Spill (4)

Spill, v. i. 1. To be destroyed, ruined, or wasted; to come to ruin; to perish; to waste.That thou wilt suffer innocents to spill. Chaucer.2. To be shed; to run over; to fall ou...

8167

Spiller

Spill″er (?), n. 1. One who, or that which, spills.2. A kind of fishing line with many hooks; a boulter.

8168

Spillet fishing

{ Spil″let fish′ing (?), Spil″liard fish′ing (?), } A system or method of fishing by means of a number of hooks set on snoods all on one line; — in North America, called trawl f...

8169

Spillikin

Spil″li‐kin (?), n. See Spilikin.

8170

Spillway

Spill″way′ (?), n. A sluiceway or passage for superfluous water in a reservoir, to prevent too great pressure on the dam.

8171

Spilt

Spilt (?), imp. & p. p. of Spill. Spilled.

8172

Spilter

Spil″ter (?), n. [From Spill, n.] Any one of the small branches on a stag's head. Howell.

8173

Spilth

Spilth (?), n. [From Spill.] Anything spilt, or freely poured out; slop; effusion. “With drunken spilth of wine.” Shak.Choicest cates, and the flagon's best spilth. R. Browning.

8174

Spin

Spin (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Spun (?) (Archaicimp.Span (�)); p. pr. & vb. n.Spinning.] [AS. spinnan; akin to D. & G. spinnen, Icel. & Sw. spinna, Dan. spinde, Goth. spinnan, and...

8175

Spin (2)

Spin (?), v. i. 1. To practice spinning; to work at drawing and twisting threads; to make yarn or thread from fiber; as, the woman knows how to spin; a machine or jenny spins wi...

8176

Spin (3)

Spin, n. 1. The act of spinning; as, the spin of a top; a spin a bicycle.2. (Kinematics) Velocity of rotation about some specified axis.

8177

Spina bifida

‖Spi″na bif″i‐da (?). (Med.) A congenital malformation in which the spinal column is cleft at its lower portion, and the membranes of the spinal cord project as an elastic swell...

8178

Spinaceous

Spi‐na″ceous (?), a.(Bot.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the plant spinach, or the family of plants to which it belongs.

8179

Spinach

{ Spin″ach, Spin″age } (?), n. [OF. espinache, espinoche, F. épinard; cf. F. spinace, Sp. espinaca; all fr. Ar. isfānāj, isfināj, aspanākh, probably of Persian origin.] (Bot.) A...

8180

Spinal

Spi″nal (?), a. [L. spinalis, fr. spina the spine: cf. F. spinal. See Spine.] 1. (Anat.) Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the backbone, or vertebral column; rachidian; ve...

8181

Spinate

Spi″nate (?), a. Bearing a spine; spiniform.