spot stitch (spot stich)

In crochet-work, a stitch by means of which raised rounded figures are produced at equal intervals, forming a kind of pattern. spotted (spot'ed), p. a. [ IMG:content-1836.jpg:[graphic][merged small] IMG:content-1837.png:[blocks in formation] Kyng William of Scotland did his douhter spouse To the erle of Boloyn. Spotted seal, a leopard-seal. -Spotted shrike, spurge, 2. To give in marriage. tortoise, wintergreen, etc. See the nouns. - Spotted tringa. Same as spotted sandpiper . - Spotted yellow warbler, the magnolia warbler, Dendræca maculosa , the male of which is much spotted. The adult male is rich- yellow below, with white cri um, heavily streaked with black; the rump is bright-yellow, the back nearly black, the crown clear ash; there is a white cir cum ocular and postocular stripe, and the wing and tail-feathers are marked with conspicuous white spots. This bird is 5 inches long and 74 in extent of wings; it inhabits eastern North America, abounds in woodland, breeds from New spouse-breacht (spouz'brēch), n. [ spusbruche ; England northward, builds a small neat nest in low coni- fers, and lays 4 or 5 white eggs spotted with reddish-brown. Also called black - and -yellow warbler. See cut on preced- ing page. spotted-ba (spot'ed-bas), n. Same as drum1 , 11 (c). spousehedet, n. See spouse hood . spousehoodt (spouz'hud), n. [ spousehede ; spouse + -hood .] The state of wedlock; matrimony. IMG:content-1838.png:[blocks in formation] To descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains in her spotty globe. Milton , P. L., i. 291. 2. Occurring in spots or irregularly: as, hops are said to run spotty when the crops are un- Boweth your nekke under that blisful yok Of soveraynetee, nought of servyse, Which that men clepeth spousail or wedlok. By our spousals and marriage begun, Rue on this realm, whose ruin is at hand. Without a spouse; unmarried or widowed. The spousele Adriatic mourns her lord. spouse t (spou'zes), n. [ spouse e ; His pockets, no doubt, Being turn'd inside out, Loke to thi douztren that noon of hem be lorn;.. And zeue hem to spowsynge as soone as the i been ablee. Babees Book (E. E. T. S.), p. 46. spout (spout), v. [ spouten , spowten = MD. spuyten, D. spuiten , spout, = Sw. sputa , a dial. var. of spruta , squirt, spout, sprout, etc.: see sprout . A similar lo of roccurs in speak . Cf. sputter.] I. in trans. 1. To i ue with force, as a liquid through a narrow orifice, or from a spout; spurt: as, blood spouts from an artery. Like a raving torrent, struggling amongst the broken rocks and le e free pa ages, at length he spouts down from a wonder full height into the valley below. 2. To discharge a fluid in a jet or continuous stream; send out liquid as from a spout or nozle; specifically, to blow, as a whale. With youre mouthe ye vse nowther to squyrt nor spout . Babees Book (E. E. T. S.), p. 135. When the larger Cetacea come up to breathe, the ex- pired vapor suddenly condenses into a cloud; and, if ex- piration commences before the spiracle is actually at the surface, a certain quantity of spray may be driven up along rise to the appearance termed the spouting of Whales, which with the violent current of the expelled air. This gives does not arise, as it is commonly said to do, from the straining off of the sea-water swallowed with the food, and its expulsion by the nostrils. Huxley , Anat. Vert., p. 348. 3. To speak volubly and oratorically; talk or recite in a declamatory manner, especially in public; speechify. [Colloq.] For anything of the acting, spouting , reciting kind I think he has always a decided taste. A conduite cold into it bringe aboute, Make pipes water war me inwarde to spoute. Palladius , Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 40. Your statue spouting blood in many pipes. spoutle (spout'les), a . spout + -le .] Having no spout, as a pitcher. Cowper , Task, iv. 776. spout-shell (spout's hel), n. A shell of the family Aporrhai- dæ , as Aporrhais pes - pelecani , the pelican's-foot. See also cut under Aporrhais . spowrget. A Middle English form of spurgel , spurge2 . spp. An abbreviation of spe- cies (plural). 3. To utter volubly or grandiloquently. Pray, spout some French, son. spouse (spouz), n. [ spouse , spowse , spuse , spus = Icel. spūsa , pus a , pus i , espos , spous , F. époux , m., OF. espouse, espuse , F. épouse, f., = Sp. Pg. esposo , m., esposa , f., = It. sposo , m., sposa , f., sponsus , m., sponsa , Beau . and Fl . , Coxcomb, iv. 4. f., one betrothed, a bridegroom, a bride (cf. 4. To pawn; pledge. See spout , n., 2. [Slang.] sponsus, a betrothal), prop. masc. and fem. pp. of spondere , promise: see sponsor .] A married person, husband or wife; either one of a mar- ried pair. IMG:content-1839.png:[blocks in formation] For her the spouse prepares the bridal ring, For her white virgins hymeneals sing. Pope , Eloisa to Abelard, 1. 219. spouset (spouz), v. t. [ spousen , spowsen , spusen , espouser , F. épouser = Pr. espozar = Pg . esposar = It. sposare , sponsare , be- troth, espouse: see spouse , n ., and cf. espouse , v.] 1. To take for a husband or a wife; wed; espouse. Ye ryde as coy and stille as doth a mayde Were newe spoused , sitting at the bord. Chaucer, Prol. to Clerk's Tale, 1. 3. They led the vine To wed her elm; she, spoused , about him twines Her marriageable arms. Milton , P, L., v. 216, 5. To furnish or provide with a spout, in any sense: as, to spout a roof; to spout a tea-kettle. spout (spout), n. [ spoute , spowte = MD. spuyte , D. spuit = Sw. spruta , a spout: see spout , v ., and cf. sprout, n.] 1. A pipe, tube, or trough through which a liquid is poured, and which serves to guide its flow. Similar tubes, etc., are used for finely divided solids, as grain. The spout of a small ve el, as a pitcher, may be a mere fold or doubling of the rim, or may be a piece put on the outside, a notch having been cut in the rim to allow the liquid to pa , or may be a closed tube, as in a tea-pot or aftaba. See cut IMG:content-1840.png:[blocks in formation] sprack (sprak), a. [Also dial. sprag ; sprækr , also sparkr , sprightly, = Norw. spræk = Sw. dial. spräk , spräg , spräker , cheerful, talkative, noisy. Cf. spark2 , spry.] Sprightly; lively; brisk; alert. [Prov. Eng. and Scotch.] Mrs. Page . He is a better scholar than I thought he was. Evans. He is a good sprag memory. Shak ., M. W. of W., iv. 1. 84. dozing about the banks of Tully Veolan like an hypochon- driac person, you would wonder where he hath sae suddenly acquired all this fine sprack festivity and jocu- larity. Scott , Waverley, xliii. sprackle (sprak'l), v . i .; pret. and pp. sprackled , ppr. sprackling . [Also sprachle, spraickle , sprauchle; prob. spraukla , sprökla , mod. sprikla , sprawl; freq. of a verb represented by Sw. spark a Dan. sparke , kick. Cf. sprangle and sprawll.] To clamber; get on with diff i- culty. [Scotch.] Sae far I sprachled up the brae, I dinner'd wi' a Lord. spraddet, spradt. Obsolete forms of the pret- erit and past participle of spread . sprag1 (sprag), n. [ dial.sprag Sw.dial. spragg, spragge , a spray, sprig: see spray 1.] 1. A billet of wood. [Prov. Eng.] Specifically -2. In coal - mining : (a) A short billet of wood used instead of a brake to lock the wheels of a car. (b) A short wooden prop used to support the coal during the operation of holing or un- der cutting; a punch-prop. [Eng.] sprag1 (sprag), v . t .; pret. and pp. spragged , ppr. spragging. [ sprag1 , n.] To prop by a sprag; also, to stop, as a carriage on a steep grade, by putting a sprag in the spokes of the wheel. [Prov. Eng.] Grete walyng, quhimpering, and sprachis miser a bill. Gavin Douglas , tr. of Virgil, p. 178. 2. A pack; a multitude: as, a spraich of bairns. Jamie son. [Scotch in both uses.] spraickle (sprā'kl), v . i. Same as sprackle . The sudden turn may stretch the swelling vein, Thy cracking joint unhinge, or ankle sprain. sprain (sprān), n . [ spraint + -ing1 .] Same as spraint . spraith (sprath), n. Same as spreagh . sprale (spral), v . A dialectal variant of sprawl1 . sprallt, v . An obsolete spelling of sprawll . sprang (sprang). A preterit of spring . sprangle (sprang'gl), v. i.; pret. and pp. spran- gled , ppr. sprangling . [Appar. a nasalized var. of sprackle .] To sprawl; straggle. [Prov. Eng. and U. S.] young of the herring, pilchard, or shad; but it can be easily distinguished from the young of any of these fishes bait mainly or largely consists at some seasons. The sprat is known in Scotland by the name of garvie or garvie -her- ring . 2. A name of other fishes. (a) A young herring. (b) The sand-eel or -lance. See cut under Ammodytidæ . [Prov. Eng.] (c) A kind of anchovy, Stolephorus compre us , about six inches long, of a very pale or translucent oliva- ceo us color, with a silvery lateral band, found on the coasts of California and Mexico. It closely resembles S. deli cat is- sim us of the same coasts, but is larger and has a longer anal fin. (d) Same as alfiona . - Fresh-water sprat, the bleak. I. Walton . [Local, Eng.] - London sprat, the true sprat: so distinguished from the sand-eel or -lance. sprat2 (sprat), v . i.; pret. and pp. spratted , ppr. spratting . [sprat2, n.] To fish sprats. II. trans. To spread out ungracefully. The leafle butternut, whereon the whippoorwill used to sing, and the yellow warbler make its nest, sprawls its naked arms, and moans pitifully in the blast. S. Judd , Margaret, i. 17. sprawll (språl), n. [ sprawll , v.] 1. The act of sprawling.-2. A sprawling posture; an awk- ward recumbent attitude: as, to be stretched out in a carele sprawl .-3. Motion; activity. [Prov. Eng. and U. S.] sprawl2 (sprâl), n. [Prob. dim. of sprag or dial. E. sprayl:: see sprag1 , spray1 .] A small twig or branch of a tree; a spray. Hall i well. [Prov. Eng.] sprawler (språʻlėr), n . sprawl1 + -er1.] One who cifically, in entom .: (a) One of or that which sprawls. Spe- spragg, spragge Dan. sprag , a sprig, a spray: see sprag1, a doublet of spray1 , and cf. sprig. Cf. Lith. sprog a , a spray of a tree, also a rift, sprogti , split, sprout, bud; Gr. ασπάραγος, asparagus, perhaps orig. 'sprout.'] 1. A branch of a tree with its branchlets, Corydalus cornutus), two especially when slender Several Lascars were charged with pa ing sprats , the slang term applied to spurious fourpenny pieces, six- pences, and shillings. Morning Chronicle, Dec. 2, 1857. sprat-barley (sprat'bär li), n. See barley1 . sprat-borer (sprat borer), n. A loon, as the red-throated diver, Colymbus (or Urinator) sep- ten tri on a lis: from its fondne for sprats. sprat-day (sprat'dā), n. The ninth day of No- vember: so called in London as being the first day of the sprat-selling season. Mayhew , Lon- don Labour and London Poor, I. 69. sprat-loon (sprat'lön), n. Same as sprat - borer . sprat-mew (sprat'mu), n. A sea-gull which catches sprats; the kittiwake. spratter (sprat'er), n. [ and graceful; also, twigs, or such branches collectively; a stem of flowers or leaves; a sprig. 1. One who fishes for sprats.-2. The guille- mot. [Prov. Eng.] sprattle (sprat'l), v. i.; pret. and pp. sprattled , ppr. sprattling . [Also sprottle ; sprattla , sprawl, Dan. sprælle , sprælde , sprawl, floun- der, to the legs; cf. D. spartelen , flutter, leap, wrestle, sparkle. Cf. sprackle, sprawll.] To scramble. Burns , To a Louse. [Scotch.] sprattle (sprat'l), n. [ sprattle , v.] A scram- ble; a struggle. Scott , Red gauntlet, ch. xii. [Scotch.] sprauchle (sprachl), v. i. Same as sprackle . sprault, v. An obsolete form of sprawl1 . sprawl i (språl), v. [Early mod. E. also sprall ; spraulen , sprawelen , spraullen , sprallen , spreawlian (a rare and doubtful word, cited by Zupitza ("Studium der neueren Sprachen," July, 1886) from a glo ); perhaps akin to Icel. spraukla , sprökla , sprawl; cf. Sw. dial. spralla , sprala = Dan. sprælle , sprælde , sprawl, flounder: see sprackle and sprattle .] I. in trans. 1. To to the limbs about; work the arms and legs convulsively; in general, to struggle convulsively. He drow it [a fish] in to the drie place, and it big an to spraule bifor hise feet. lele He spra spraulleth lyke a yonge padocke. I spraule with my Palsgrave , p. 729. Sprawl'st thou? take that, to end thy agony. [Stabs him. Shak ., 3 Hen. VI., v. 5. 39. Stan i hurst, Descrip. of Ireland, ii. (Holinshed's Chron.). 3. To be spread out in an ungraceful posture; be stretched out carele ly and awkwardly. On painted ceilings you devoutly stare, Where sprawl the saints of Verrio or Laguerre, Or gilded clouds in fair expansion lie. 4. To have an irregular, spreading form or outline; straggle: said of handwriting, vines, etc. The arches which spring from the huge pillars, though wide, are not sprawling . E. A. Freeman , Venice, p. 21. IMG:content-1841.png:[blocks in formation] Abute the orchard is a wal; The ethe like ste ston is cristal; Ho so wonede a moneth in that spray Nolde him neure longen away. spray-board (sprā'bord), n . A strip on the gunwale of a boat to keep out spray. spray-drain (sprā'drān), n. In agri ., a drain formed by burying in the earth brush, or the spray of trees, which serves to keep open a channel. Drains of this sort are much used in gra -lands. sprayed, a . See spraid . sprayer (sprā'ėr), n . One who or that which discharges spray; specifically, one of a large cla of machines for applying liquid insect i- The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: The Century dictionary spread (spred), v .; pret. and pp. spread , ppr. spreading. [ spred , pp. spredd , spred , sprad , y-sprad), sprædan = D. spreiden , spreijen , = MLG. spreden, spreiden, LG. spreden, spreen, spreien = OHG. spreitan, MHG. G. spreiten = Norw. spreida , dial. spreie = Dan. sprede , ex- tend, spread; causal of the more orig. verb MHG. spriten, spriden = Sw. sprida , spread; cf. Icel. sprit a , sprawl. Not connected, as is often said, with broad (AS. brædan , make broad, etc.).] I. trans . 1. To scatter; disperse; rout. Was neuer in alle his lyue ther fadere ore so glad Als whan he sauh his sons tuo the paiens force to sprad . Rob. of Brunne , p. 18. I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the hea- ven, saith the Lord. Zech. ii. 6. 2. To distribute over a surface as by strewing, sprinkling, smearing, plastering, or overlaying. Eche man to pleye with a plow, pykoys, or spade, Spynne, or sprede donge, or spille hym-self with sleuthe. Piers Plowman (B), iii. 308. He carved upon them carvings of cherubims and palm trees,.. and spread gold upon the cherubims, and upon the palm trees. 1 Ki. vi. 32. IMG:content-1843.png:[blocks in formation] With orchard, and with gardeyne, or with mede, Se that thyne hous with hem be umviroune, The side in longe upon the south thou sprede . To spread the earth before him, and commend Its various parts to his attentive note. 8. To overspread; overlay the surface of. The workman melteth a graven image, and the gold- smith spread eth it over with gold. Isa. xl. 19. Rich tapestry spread the streets. Dryden, Pal. and Arc., iii. 104. Hence-9. To cover or equip in the proper manner; set; lay: as, to spread a table. The boordes were spred in righte litle space, The ladies sate eche as hem semed best, Political Poems , etc. (ed. Furnivall), p. 55. 10. To set forth; recount at full length; hence, in recent use, to enter or record. If Dagon be thy god, Go to his temple, spread before him How highly it concerns his glory now To frustrate and di olve these magick spells. 11. To push apart: as, the weight of the train spread the rails. - To spread one's self, to take ex- traordinary and generally conspicuous pains; exert one's self to the utmost that something may appear well. [Slang, Hammond , Wild Northern Scenes, p. 266. ( Bartlett .) Syn. 7. To scatter, circulate, publish. II. in trans. 1. To become scattered or dis- tributed. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), ii. 272. 21. To stretch one's self out, especially in a horizontal position. Ther he mihte wel spræde on his feire hude [hide]. Layamon , 1. 14203. 6. Capacity for spreading or stretching. Skins dre ed by this proce , it is claimed, are made soft, pliable, and with elasticity or spread . C. T. Davis , Leather, p. 558. 7. That which is spread or set out, as on a table; ameal; a feast; especially, a meal, more or le elaborate, given to a select party. [Colloq.] We had such a spread for breakfast as th' Queen hersel might ha' sitten down to. Mrs. Gaskell, Mary Barton, ix. After giving one spread , With fiddling and masques, at the Saracen's Head. of spread, v.] 1. Extended in area; having a broad surface; broad. Tho wurthen waxen so wide and spred , Pride and giscinge [desire] of louerd hed. Genesis and Exodus (E. E. T. S.), L. 831. Of stature spread and straight, his armes and hands delectable to behold. Heywood, Hierarchy of Angels, p. 302. 2. Shallower than the standard; having insuf- ficient depth or thickne for the highest luster: said of a gem. 3. To be outspread; hence, to have great perfect color, very spread , and free from flaws. breadth; be broad. The cedar Whose top-branch overpeer'd Jove's spreading tree. Shak ., 3 Hen. VI., v. 2. 14. Plants which, if they spread much, are seldom tall. Bacon, Nat. Hist., § 354. 4. To become extended by growth or exp an- sion; increase in extent; expand; grow. Glory is like a circle in the water, Which never ceaseth to enlarge itself Till by broad spreading it disperse to nought. Shak ., 1 Hen. VI., i. 2. 135. Spread upward till thy boughs discern The front of Sumner-place. R. W. Gilder , Early Autumn. 5. To be extended by communication or prop- agation; become diffused; be shed abroad. This spec he sprang in that space & spradde alle aboute. Alliterative Poems (ed. Morris), iii. 365. Lest his infection, being of catching nature, Spread further. 6. To be pushed apart, as the rails of a car- track.-7. To set a table; lay the cloth or dishes for a meal. Dromio, go bid the servants spread for dinner. Shak., C. of E., ii. 2. 189. Spreading globe-flower, a plant, Trollius lax us , grow. ing in swamps in the northeastern United States: it lit- tle resembles the true globe-flower in appearance, its sepals being spreading, and of a greenish-yellow or nearly white color. spread (spred), ed), n. [ v .] of spreading or extending; propagation; Cowper , Tirocinium, 1. 640. fusion: as, the spread of knowledge. No flower hath that kind of spread that the woodbine hath. 6. To reach out; extend. Bot zit he sprange and sprente, and spraddene his armes, And one the spere leng he spekes, he spekes thire wordes. Morte Arthure (E. E. T. S.), 1. 331. One while he spred his armes him fro, One while he spred them nye. Sir Cauline (Child's Ballads, III. 174). Rose, as in dance, the stately trees, and spread Their branches hung with copious fruit. IMG:content-1844.png:[blocks in formation] 2. The state, condition, quality, or capability of being outspread; expansion: as, the tail of the peacock has an imposing spread . -3. The amount of extension or expansion, especially in surface; expanse; breadth; compa . These naked shoots.. Shall put their graceful foliage on again, And more aspiring, and with ampler spread , Shall boast new charms, and more than they have lost. Cowper , Task, vi. 145. The capitals of the triforium of Laon have about the same spread as those of the choir of Paris. C. H. Moore, Gothic Architecture, p. 203. Hence-4. See the quotation. The spread of the wheels or axles.. is the distance between the centres of two axles. Forney, Locomotive, p. 285. 5. A stretch; an expanse. An elm with a spread of branches a hundred feet acro . O. W. Holmes, Autocrat, p. 248. spreader stone-boat, cart, etc. E. H. Knight. - Blower and spreader. See blower1. spreading-adder (spred'ing-ad"ėr), n. Same as blowing - snake.