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

It's spitterin, v. imp. A few drops of rain are falling, S. from spit, spuere.

SPLECHRIE, s.
1. Furniture of any kind, S.
2. More generally, the clothes and furniture provided by a woman, in her single state, or brought by her to the house of her husband, when married, S.
3. The executory of a defunct person, S.

Lat. supellex, supellectilis, household goods.

SPLENDRIS, s. pl. Splinters.
Wallace.

Belg. splenters, Dan. splinde, id.

SPLENTIS, s. pl. Armour for the legs; so denominated from their being applied as splints.
Acts Ja. I.

SPLEUCHAN, s. A tobacco pouch, S. Gael.
Davidson.

SPLIT-NEW, adj. That which has never been used or worn, S.
Persec. Ch. Scot.

Germ. splitter-neu, new as a splinter from the block.

SPLORE, s.
1. A frolic, S. O.
Burns.
2. A quarrel ending in blows, S. A.
Antiquary.