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

SPALD, SPAULD, SPAWL, s.
1. The shoulder.
Polwart.
2. A joint; as, lang spauls, long limbs, S.
Douglas.

Fr. espaule, C. B. yspolde, the shoulder.

Black spauld, a disease of cattle, S.
Ess. Highl. Soc.

SPALE, SPAIL, SPEAL, s.
1. A lath used in wooden houses for filling up the interstices betwixt the beams, S. B.

Su. G. spiaell, segmentum, lamina.

2. A chip; Sw. spiaela, id.
Douglas.
3. A shaving of wood, S.

Fr. spolla, the shavings of wood.

To SPAN, v. a. To grasp.
V. [Spayn].

To SPANG, v. n.
1. To leap with elastic force, to spring, S.
Douglas.
2. v. a. To cause to spring.
Douglas.
3. To spang o'er, metaph. to overleap.
Ramsay.

Isl. spenn-a, Germ. spann-en, to extend.