spadic (spadik)

[Brazilian.] Same as coca1. spadiceous (spā-dish'ius), a. [L. spadiceus, Of those five [unicorns' horns) which Scaliger beheld, though one [was] spadiceous, or of a light red, and two inclining to red, yet was there not any of this complexion among them. IMG:content-1622.png:[ocr errors] IMG:content-1623.png:[blocks in formation] spadicose (spad'i-kōs), a. [L. spadix (-ic-) + -ose.] In bot., spadiceous; growing on spadilla (spa-dil'ä), n. [See spadille.] In the game of solo, the of spades, which is always the highest trump. queen = 5792 n.] 1. A castrated animal; a gelding. Imp. Dict.-2. In civil law, one who from any cause has not the power of procreation; an impotent person. spale 2. Ready; prompt. Spac to uvel and slaw to god. Old Eng. Hom . (ed. Morris), i. 305. spakelyt, adv . [ME., also spakly , spakli , spacli ; a sword: see spade2. Cf. spadroon.] A long and heavy sword, usually one wielded by both hands. It was commonly carried without a scabbard, behind and acro the back, with the handle projecting over the right shoulder, or resting on the shoulder as the modern rifle at shoulder arms, and for this reason the heel of the blade was often covered with leather, there being no edge for the first quarter or third part of its length, and sometimes a small secondary guard was interposed before the sharp part of the blade begins. See cut under second1. Hewitt. Same as spadone . spadronet (spa-drōn'), n. spadroont (spa-drön'), n. [F. dial. espadron, F. espadon = Sp. espadon, a large sword, a broadsword, spae (spa), v. i. and t.; pret. and pp. spaed, ppr. spacing. [Also spay; tions. [Scotch.] Tell me the very minute o' the hour the wean's born, and I'll spae its fortune. Scott, Guy Manner ing, iii. A book containing