Defn: Of or pertaining to the English poet Spenser; — specifically applied to the stanza used in his poem "The Faërie Queene."
SPENT
Spent, a.
1. Exhausted; worn out; having lost energy or motive force. Now thou seest me Spent, overpowered, despairing of success. Addison. Heaps of spent arrows fall and strew the ground. Dryden.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Exhausted of spawn or sperm; — said especially of fishes. Spent ball, a ball shot from a firearm, which reaches an object without having sufficient force to penetrate it.
SPER; SPERRE
Sper, Sperre, v. t. Etym: [See Spar bar.]
Defn: To shut in; to support; to inclose; to fasten. [Obs.] "To sperre the gate." Spenser.
SPERABLE
Spe"ra*ble, a. Etym: [L. spearabilis, fr. sperare to hope.]
Defn: Within the range of hpe; proper to be hoped for. [Obs.] Bacon.
SPERABLE
Sper"a*ble, n.