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

Q. resembling a spindle.

Maitland.

SPYNDLE, SPINDLE, s. A certain quantity of yarn, including four hanks, S. pron. spynle.
Stat. Acc.

Perhaps q. spin-del, A. S. spinn-an, to spin, and del, a portion.

SPYNIST, part. pa. Fully spread.
V. [Spanys].
Dunbar.

SPINK, s.
1. The maiden pink, S.
2. Denoting pinks in general, S.
A. Douglas.

SPINKIE, s. A glass of ardent spirits, Fife.

SPINKIE, adj. Slender, and at the same time active, Fife.

Su. G. spinkog, gracilis.

SPINTIE, adj. Lean, thin, Loth.