Speel, S, climb.
“Monie a time,
Wi’ you I’ve speel’d the braes o’ rhyme.”
Ferguson. My Auld Breeks.
Speir, S, ask, enquire.
“A feul may speir mair questions than a doctor can answer.”
Proverb.
Spretty, S, covered with Sprett, a kind of coarse grass.
“Till spretty knowes wad rair’t an’ risket
An’ slypet owre.”