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276 Spry. Wide awake. " All alive." Spruce. Spud. A young brat. Also, a garden tool used in cutting up weeds. Spudder. A fuss, a bother. ^^ What a spudder ! Spuds. Small potatoes. W.T.A.P. Spuke. An instrument spiked on to a pig's snout. The transverse bar, on which is a small roller, prevents the animal from grubbing. Spur. A short time at work. A " nip " or small glass of spirit. " Something shorf Spurticles. Spectacles. Where's my spurticles % " Squab^ or Squadge. A shove, a squeeze. Squabbed. Pressed, or crushed. Squab pie. A pie of apples, mutton, and an onion or two, seasoned with sugar, pepper, and salt. Squadged. Squeezed, crushed, as of fruit, &c., injured by pressure. Squard. A rent or tear. Sqiierd in Celtic Cornish. Squarded. Torn, crushed in like a broken bandbox. In Celtic Cornish squardye means to tear, to rend, to break to pieces. Squat. Pressed, flattened, burst. In Celtic Cornish squattya means to pluck, to tear to pieces, to hew. Squat. A miner's term. "The squat of a lode," a broad heap. Pryce. In Celtic Cornish squat, suddenly, as when a lode has suddenly enlarged.