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.”