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86 HAMPSHIRE GLOSSARY. Sossle [sos'l], t;. to make a slop. — Cooper. Sonse [sous], sb, the face, ears, feet, and tail of a hog, eaten cold after it has heen boiled. The term is derived from «ott«e, the ear, and properly, the ear of a pig.— F. M. Spalt [spault], V, to turn up. Ex. * It spalfs up from below the staple,* «'. e. Uie bad ground turns up in ploughing from below the good mould. — ^Lisle. [Spalt is properly to aplU, — ^W. W. S.] Spanes [spainz], ^2^. pi, the longitudinal bars of a field gate. — N. EL Spanker [spank *ur], sh. (1) A cant term applied to a showy woman of loose character, or who is largely made in the hips. — F. M. (2) A stout or active person ; spoken of either sex. — ^F. M. Spanking [spank'ing], adj, quick. — F. M. Spanky [spank-i], adj, showy. *Ak. Spar [spaar], sh. Spars are small pointed sticks, doubled and twisted in the centre, used by thatchers for fixing the straw on a roof. — Cooper, Sparables fspar-ablz], sb, pi, small triangular nails used by shoe- makers.— -F. M". Spar-gad [spaar-gad], sb, a beam from which a case can be made. — Wise, New Forut, See Cass. Spat [spat], sb. a blow ; a form of pat Ex. ' To give one a spat^^ i, e, a pat or slap. — ^W. Spat, V, to pat rather sharply, to slap. Spats [spats], sb, pi, long leggings. — J. Evidently an abbreviation of spaiter-dashes or spatter-diMhers, — ^W. H, 0. Spavins [spavunz], sb, pi. spasms. N. and Q. 1st Ser. x. 400. Spean [speen], sb. a cow's teat. — "Wise, New Forest. * A kicking cow has good speana.* — Dixon, Canidia [1683], part iii. p. 89. Speokle-back [speki-bak], sb, a snake. 'The proverb "eat your own side, spedcle-hack,** is a common New Forest expression, and is Maed in reference to g^edy people. It is said to have taken its origin from a girl who shared her breakfast with a snake, and thus reproved her favourite when he took too much.' — ^Wise, New Forest, p. 179. Speg [speg], adj. smart. — Adams' WykeJiamica, p. 435. Spell [spel], sb. (1) A fit or start. Pain is said to come and go by spells, i. e. by continuances of it at certain intervals. — Wise, New Forest, (2) A time or quantity. Ex. ' He done a good speU of work.* — N.H. Spene [speen], sb. See Spean. Spick, Speck [spik, spek], sb, lavender.— W. Not in Ak. [Halli- well or Wright, in this sense.] Spikenard [speik-naad], sb. Sison Amomum, Flora Vedensis, p. 201.— J. B.