An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

To SPAIN, SPANE, SPEAN, To wean, S.
Monroe.

Germ. spen-en, Belg. speen-en, ablactare.

Spaining-brash, s. A disorder of children, in consequence of being weaned, S.

To SPAYN, SPAN, v. a. To grasp.
Barbour.

Isl. spenn-a, amplecti, arripere.

To SPAIRGE, v. a.
1. To dash, applied to liquids, S.
2. To bespatter by dashing any liquid, S.
3. To sully by reproach, S.
Burns.

Lat. sparg-ere, Fr. asperg-er, to besprinkle.

Spairge, s.
1. A sprinkling, S.
2. The liquid that is sprinkled, or squirted, S.
3. A dash of contumely, S.

SPAIT, SPATE, SPEAT, s.
1. A flood, S.
Douglas.
2. Any thing that hurries men away like a flood.
More.
3. Fluency of speech, S.
Ruddiman.

Gael. speid, a great river flood; perh. from spe, froth.