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

Spark, s.
1. A small spot of mire, S.
2. A small portion of any thing.
Wife of Auchtermuchty.

SPARKLE, s. A spark.

SPARKLIT.
V. [Spreckled].

SPARLING, SPIRLING, s. A smelt, S.
Sibbald.

Germ. spierling; Lat. eperlan-us, id.

To SPARPELL, SPERPLE, v. a. To disperse; Fr. esparpill-er.
Douglas.

To SPARS, v. a. To spread, to propagate.
Knox.

Lat. sparg-o, spars-um, id.

To SPARTLE, v. n. To move with velocity and inconstancy, S. B.
Ruddiman.
V. [Sprattle].

SPAT, s. The spawn of oysters, Loth.
Statist. Acc.