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274 Spence. A store-room for wine, or victuals. "And hadclen him into the s;pensef Chaucer. In Celtic Cornish s;pens means a buttery. Spend. V. To break ground. Halliwell. SpifFy. Choice, neat, ^^ natty," ^' spicy." Spikkety, or Spekkety. Spotted, as a "spikkety hen. In Celtic Cornish sj)ekJciar means, spotted, speckled. "A man in a spikkety jacket was theere." Spiller. A long fishing line with many hooks, also a ground line. Spinning-drone. A brown cock-chafer, or oak-web. Spise. To ooze, or flow gently out. Splat, or Splot. A plot, or small piece of ground. A spot, or blot, as of ink. Splatty. Spotty, pimply, uneven in colour, covered Avith smears or blots. ^^ All splatty." Split and blout. To make a great fuss. Callington. Splitting along. Going very fast. Split-fig. A very stingy person. Nickname for a grocer who would cut a raisin in two, rather than give overweight. " Ould splet-fig.'^ Splot. See Splat. Spoom. Scum, froth. S;poum in Celtic Cornish. Spraggety. Mottled. Spraggling. A sprawling, ill-drawn design is ^^sprag- gling" or "loud.'^