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SPOKE-SHAVE, n. A kind of plane to smooth the shells of blocks.
SPOKE, pret. of speak. SPOKE , n. [G., this word, whose radical sense is to shoo...
SPOILING, ppr. 1. Plundering; pillaging; corrupting; rendering useless. 2. Wasti...
SPOILFUL, a. Wasteful; rapacious. [Little used.]
SPOILER, n. 1. A plunderer; a pillager; a robber. 2. One that corrupts, mars or ...
SPOILED, pp. Plundered; pillaged; corrupted; rendered useless.
SPOIL, v.t. [L., to pull asunder, to tear, to strip, to peel.] 1. To plunder; to...
SPODUMENE, n. [Gr., to reduce to ashes.] A mineral, called by Hauy triphane. It ...
SPLUTTER, n. A bustle; a stir. [A low word and little used.] SPLUTTER , v.i. To ...
SPLITTING, ppr. Bursting; riving; rending.
SPLITTER, n. One who splits.
SPLIT, v.t. pret. and pp. split. [G. See Spalt .] 1. To divide longitudinally or...
SPLICE, SPLISE, v.t. [G.] To separate the strands of the two ends of a rope, and...
SPLINTERY, a. Consisting of splinters, or resembling splinters; as the splintery...
SPLINTERED, pp. Split into splinters; secured by splints.
SPLINTER, v.i. To be split or rent into long pieces.