SPAE-MAN, s. a soothsayer; a fortune-teller.

SPAE-WIFE, s. a female fortune-teller.

To SPAIN, SPEAN, adj. to wean.

SPAIT, SPATE, s. a flood.

SPANG, s. the act of spanning.

SPARE, adj. lean; meagre.

SPEERE, s. a hole in the wall of houses in former times, whereby the family received and answered inquiries from strangers.

To SPEIR, v. a. to ask.

To SPELDER, v. a. to spread open.

To SPELL, v. n. to climb.