Spoilfive
Spoil″five′ (–fīv′), n. A certain game at cards in which, if no player wins three of the five tricks possible on any deal, the game is said to be spoiled.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Spoilful
Spoil″ful (–fụl), a. Wasteful; rapacious.
Spoilsman
Spoils″man (spoilz″man), n.; pl.Spoilsmen (–men). One who serves a cause or a party for a share of the spoils; in United States politics, one who makes or recognizes a demand fo...
Spoilsmonger
Spoils″mon′ger (–mŭṉ′gẽr), n. One who promises or distributes public offices and their emoluments as the price of services to a party or its leaders.
Spoke
Spoke (spōk), imp. of Speak.
Spoke (2)
Spoke, n. [OE. spoke, spake, AS. spāca; akin to D. speek, LG. speke, OHG. speihha, G. speiche. √170. Cf. Spike a nail.] 1. The radius or ray of a wheel; one of the small bars wh...
Spoke (3)
Spoke, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Spoked (spōkt); p. pr. & vb. n.Spoking.] To furnish with spokes, as a wheel.
Spoken
Spo″ken (spō″k'n), a. [p. p. of Speak.] 1. Uttered in speech; delivered by word of mouth; oral; as, a spoken narrative; the spoken word.2. Characterized by a certain manner or s...
Spokeshave
Spoke″shave′ (spōk″shāv′), n. A kind of drawing knife or planing tool for dressing the spokes of wheels, the shells of blocks, and other curved work.
Spokesman
Spokes″man (spōks″man), n.; pl.Spokesmen (–men). [Speak, spoke + man.] One who speaks for another.He shall be thy spokesman unto the people. Ex. iv. 16.
Spoliate
Spo″li‐ate (spō″lĭ‐āt), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p.Spoliated (–ā′tĕd); p. pr. & vb. n.Spoliating (–ā′tĭng).] [L. spoliatus, p. p. of spoliare to spoil. See Spoil, v. t.] To plunder...
Spoliation
Spo′li‐a″tion (–ā″shŭn), n. [L. spoliatio: cf. F. spoliation. See Spoil, v. t.] 1. The act of plundering; robbery; deprivation; despoliation.Legal spoliation, which will impover...
Spoliative
Spo″li‐a‐tive (–ā̍‐tĭv), a. [Cf. F. spoliatif.] Serving to take away, diminish, or rob; esp. (Med.), serving to diminish sensibly the amount of blood in the body; as, spoliative...
Spoliator
Spo″li‐a′tor (–ā′tẽr), n. One who spoliates; a spoiler.
Spoliatory
Spo″li‐a‐to‐ry (–ȧ‐tō̍‐ry̆), a. Tending to spoil; destructive; spoliative.
Spondaic
{ Spon‐da″ic (spŏn‐dā″ĭk), Spon‐da″ic‐al (–ĭ‐kal), } a. [L. spondaicus, spondiacus, Gr. �: cf. F. spondaïque.] 1. Of or pertaining to a spondee; consisting of spondees.2. Contai...
Spondee
Spon″dee (spŏn″dē), n. [L. spondeus, Gr. � (sc. �), fr. � a drink offering, libation, fr. � to pour out, make a libation: cf. F. spondée. So called because at libations slow, so...
Spondulics
Spon‐du″lics (spŏn‐dū″lĭks), n. Money. Bartlett.
Spondyl
{ Spon″dyl, Spon″dyle } (spŏn″dĭl), n. [L. spondylus, Gr. �, �: cf. F. spondyle.] (Anat.) A joint of the backbone; a vertebra.
Spong
Spong (spŏng), n. An irregular, narrow, projecting part of a field.
Sponge
Sponge (spŭnj), n. [OF. esponge, F. éponge, L. spongia, Gr. σπογγιά, σπόγγοσ. Cf. Fungus, Spunk.] [Formerly written also spunge.] 1. (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous species of Spong...
Sponge (2)
Sponge, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Sponged (spŭnjd); p. pr. & vb. n.Sponging (spŭn″jĭng).] 1. To cleanse or wipe with a sponge; as, to sponge a slate or a cannon; to wet with a sponge; ...
Sponge (3)
Sponge, v. i. 1. To suck in, or imbibe, as a sponge.2. Fig.: To gain by mean arts, by intrusion, or hanging on; as, an idler sponges on his neighbor. E. Eggleston.The fly is an ...
Spongelet
Sponge″let (–lĕt), n. See Spongiole.
Spongeous
Spon″geous (spŭn″jŭs), a. [See Spongious.] Resembling sponge; having the nature or qualities of sponge.
Sponger
Spon″ger (–jẽr), n. 1. One who sponges, or uses a sponge.2. One employed in gathering sponges.3. Fig.: A parasitical dependent; a hanger-on.
Spongiæ
‖Spon″gi‐æ (spŏn″jĭ‐ē), n. pl. [See Sponge.] (Zoöl.) The grand division of the animal kingdom which includes the sponges; — called also Spongida, Spongiaria, Spongiozoa, and Por...