1. Or of pertaining to a spondee; consisting of spondees.
2. Containing spondees in excess; marked by spondees; as, a spondaic hexameter, i. e., one which has a spondee instead of a dactyl in the fifth foot.
SPONDEE Spon"dee, n. Etym: [L. spondeus, Gr. spondée. So called because at libations slow, solemn melodies were used, chiefly in this meter.] (pros.)
Defn: A poetic foot of two long syllables, as in the Latin word leges.
SPONDULICS
Spon*du"lics, n.
Defn: Money. [Slang, U.S.] Bartlett.
SPONDYL; SPONDYLE
Spon"dyl, Spon"dyle, n. Etym: [L. spondylus, Gr. spondyle.] (Anat.)
Defn: A joint of the backbone; a vertebra.
SPONG
Spong, n. Etym: [Etymol. uncertain.]
Defn: An irregular, narrow, projecting part of a field. [Prov. Eng.]