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ANTRIM AND DOWN GLOSSART. 97 Spae man, Spae wifs, eh, a man or woman who it is supposed can tell fortimes or foretell eyenta' Spain, V. to wean a child or a foal. Spaivied, adj, spavined. Spangy ah, a bound or spring. " About three horse apang$ frae the thicket " — ^HUDDELSTON. Spangle, ah. a measure of hand-spun linen yam. As the terms hank and &pangle are not known to all readers, especially in their application to the quantities of hand-spun yam, it may he stated that after the thread had been spun, it was wound off the spool on a reel, constructed so as to measure exactly ninety inches in circumference. Eyery hank contained a dozen cuts, each cut was 120 rounds of the reel, and four hanks were counted as a spangh" — Ireland and her Staple Manu/adure$. Seconded. Belfast: 1865. Spark, V, to splash with water or mud. Spark to deeth, v. to faint. ' I was liken to spark to deeth,' i. 6, 1 was in a fainting condition. Refers also to persons who can hardly reooyer breath uter a paroxysm of coughing. Sparrow hail, sb, yery small shot, Spaye, 8b, a spayin. Spawls, Spnls, sb. pi. long-shaped fragments of stone or wood. Spearling, sb. the gar-fish. Same as Horn-eel. Specs, 8b, spectacles. Speel, V, to climb. Speer, v, to enquire. Spelgh, 9. to splice. Spell-man, 8b. a man engaged to work by the job or spelL Spend, V. to deteriorate or ' go back,' as cattle if put upon a poor pasture. Spenshelled, v. spancelled. A cow with her fore-feet tied together is said to be ' spenshdled.' Spentaolei, sb. spectacles. Spit, V. to rain slightly. Split the differ, v. to divide the sum which is the difference between buyer and seller in bargaining. Spoiled flye, sb. a game of cards. Spoke, V. to ' spoke a cart,' is to force it on by pulling round the wheels by the spokes. Spool of the breast, sb. the bone in the middle of the breast. Spranghle, (1) v. to sprawl (2) $b. a straggling branch.