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Show S P Svavi''LLe. w0 [ Radille, or efpadille Fr.] The ace of fpades at ombre Spacy RICK. adj. [ fpagyricus, Lat. word coined by Paracelfus from fpaher a fearcher, Teutomick. SPA'GYRIST Chymical 7. /i A chymift This change is fo unexampled, that thoug among the more curious fpagyrifls it be very wel known, yet many naturalifts' cannot eafily believ Wik Out of ufe [ efpaule Milton Fr. Shoulder Their mighty ftrokes their habergions difmay'd And naked made each other's manly fpalles. Fairf W Sear or Spelt #. / white fcaly "myfhining ftone, frequently ufed to promot ' the fufion of metals Bailey clean.sh data import.tsv out README SPAN. n. /. [ypan, yponne, Saxon ; /panna, Ital. [pan, Dutch. Perhaps originall the expanfion of the hand. 1. The fpace from the end of the thum to the end of the little finger extended nine inches A foot, the length of it, is a fixth part of th fathom5 a fpan, one eighth; a palm, or hand' breadth, one twenty-fourth; a thumb's breadth or irch, one feventy-fecond; and a forefinger' breadth, one ninety-fixth Holder on Time Will you with counters {u The vak proportion of his infinite s At fpancounter or blowpoint, but fhall pa Toll to fome courtier Donne His chief folace is to {teal down, and play a _fpanfm-ilving with the page And buckle in a wafte moft fachomlef With fpans and inches fo diminutiv As fears and reafons Shak. Troilusand Creffida Sum how brief the life of ma Runs his erring pilgrimage That the ftretching of a_fpa Buckles in his fum of age Whe I remove th one Shake[peare although but at th diftance of a fpan, the other would ftand like Hercules's pillar Brown 2. Any thort duration Th To fteal from fpiritual leifure a brief fpan To keep your earthly audit -Shak. Henry VIIL The virgin's part, the mother, and the wife So well the aéted in this fpan of life Waller Then confcience, unreftrain'd by fears, bega To firetch her limits, and extend the fpan Dryd. Life'sbut a fpan, I'll everyinch enjoy. Farqubar . 4 Oft on the well-known fpot I fix my eyes And fpan the diftance that between us lics. Tickel 2. To meafure My furveyor is falfe; the o'er-great cardina Hath fhew'd him gold ; my life is fpann'd already G Shakefpeare This foul doth fpan the world, and hang conten From either pole unto the centre Where in each zoom of the well-furnifh'd ten He lies warm, and without adventure Herbert Harry, whofe tuncful and well-meafur'd fon Firft taught our Englifh mufick how to fpa Words with juft note and accent, not to fca With Midas' ears, counting fhort and long The preterite of jzin Milz Sec SPIN Together furioufly they ran That to the ground came horfe and man . The blood out of their helmets. fpan So fharp were their encounters Drayton's Nymphid Sp A NCOUNTER tha fhew beft by candlélight ar white, carnation, and a kind of fea-water green and ouches or [pangs, as they are of no great coft fo they are of moft glory Bacon Spa''NGLE. n. /. { fpange, German, a buckle, a locket; whence oher [pangen, earrings 1. A {mall plate or bofs of thining metal z. Any thing {parkling and fhining As hoary froft with fpangles doth attir The mofly branches of an oak half dead. Fairy Q Thus in a ftarry night fond children cr For the rich fpangles that adorn the fky. Waller The twinkling fpangles, the ornaments of "th upper world lofe their beauty an magnificence vulgar fpectators fee them but as a confufed huddl of petty illuminants. Glanwille That now the dew with fpangles deck'd the ground A fweeter fpot of earth was never found.' Dryden T SPA'NGLE @ a [fro th SPa'NFARTHING. noun. To befprinkle with fpangles or fhinin bodies They never meet in grove or green By fountain clear, or fpangled ftarlight theen. Shak What ftars do fpangle heaven with fuch beauty As thofe two eyes become that heavenly face. Shak Unpin that fpangled breaftplate which you wear That th' eyes of bufy fools may be ftopt there Donne Four faces eac Had, like a double Janus; all their fhap Spangled with eyes, more numerous than thof Of Argus Milton's Paradife Loft Then appear' Spangling the hemifphere, then firft adorn' He cuts out a filk mantle from the fkies Where the moft {prightly azure pleas'd the eyes This he with ftarry vapours f[pangles all Took in their prime, ere they grow, rife, and fall Cowley The fpacious firmament on high With all the blue etherial fky And [pangled heav'ns, a fhining frame Their great Original proclaim 1. To'meafure by the hand extended Span colour With the bright luminaries, that fet and rofe. ilt You have fcarce tim ToSpan Saift 70 SPANE. @. a. To wean a child SpaNG. . /i [ /pange, Dutch.] This wor feems to have fignified a clufter o thining bodies So fpake th' archangelMichacl, then paus'd SpavL. n f ‘e Boys fhall not pla Boyle u.| SpakE. The old preterite of /peak 5 SR /. [from fpan, coun ‘er, and farthing. A play at which money is thrown withi a {pan or mark . Tellthe king, that for his father's fake, Henry V 40 whofe time boys went to fpancounter for Frenc #rowns, Lam content he thall reign, Shaks Hon V1 Addifon SpA'N1EL. 2./. [ hifpaniolus, Lat. efpagneul French. 1. A dog ufed for {ports in the field, remarkable for fagacity and obedience Divers days I followed his fteps till I found him having newly met with an excellent [panic/ belonging to his dead companion Sidney There are arts to reclaim the wildeft men, a there are to make, fpaniels fetch and carry: chid 'em often, and feed 'em feldom Dryden's Spanifh Friar 2. A low, mean, fneaking fellow; a courtier ; a dedicator; a penfioner; a de pendant ; a placeman I mean {weet words Low crooked curtefies, and bafe fpanie/ fawning Shake[peare I am your Jpariel; and, Demetrius The more you beat me I will fawn on you. Shak ZoSpa'wI1EL. @w. fawn ; to play th SeANISH Broom. n. / A plant o called Spain Seanisu Fly. n. [from the noun.] T {paniel [geniffa juncea, Lat. as being a native o Miller [cantharis, Lat.] venomous fly that thines like geld, an breeds in the tops of afhes, olives, &e It is ufed to raife blifters n t L u h n r f f [ n t N i a S Miller A plant Sra'nker. . /o A {mall coin Your cure too cofts you but a[pan,'w‘. Denbam #./. The lock of a fufee o Spa'nnEr Baily carabine My prince's court is now full of nothing but buf Howel coats, [panners, and mufket-refts Separ. n / i. Marcafite Spar is a mixed body, confifting of cryftal, in¢orporated fometimes with /ac lure, and fomet;r?':c with other mineral, ftony, earthy, or metallic Wosdwvard matter Some ftones, as [par of lead, diffolved in prope WNeawton's Opticks menftruums, become falts 2. [ fparre, Dutch.] A fmall beam; th bar of a gate 70 Spar. w. To f::ght with prelufiv ftrokes To Spar. v. a. [ypapnan, Sax. jperren To fhut German. to bar to clofe And if he chance come when I am abroad Sparre the yate faft for fear of fraud Ne for all his worf, nor for his beft Spenfer's Paftorals Open the door at his requeft Six gates i' th® city with mafly ftaples And correfponfive and fulfiliing bolts Shakefpeare Spar up the fons of Troy Yet for (he yode thereat half agaft And Kiddie the door fparred after her fatt. Spenfer Spa'rRABLE faften. 7. /. [ ypappan Saxon Small nails Spa'raprAP cerecioth #. /i [ In spharmacy. t With application of the common fparadrap fo iffues, this ulcer was by a fontanel kept open Wifeman's Surgery 7o SPARE. «. a. [ypanan, Saxons /pacren Dutch ; ¢fpargne, French. 1. To ufe frugally ; not to wafte; not t confume Thou thy father's thunder didft not fpare. Mibe 2. To have unemployed ; tofave from an particular ufe All the time he could fpare from the neceffar cares of his weighty charge, he beftowed on prayer and ferving of God : he oftentimes f{pent the nigh alone in church, praying; his head-piece, gorget Knolles and gauntlets lying by him L'Efirange He had no bread to fpare Only the foolifh virgins entertained this foolifk conceit, that there might be an overplus of grac fufficient to fupply their want; but the wife kne not of any that they had to fpare, but fuppofed al Tillotfo that they had little enough Let a pamphlet come in a proper junture, an every one who can Jpare a fhilling fhall be a fubSavift D fcriber 3. To do without; to lofe willingly I could have better fpar'd a better man Sbakefpoarc's Henry IV. For his mind I do not care That's a toy that I could fpare Let his title be but great His clothes rich, and band fit neat Ben Fonfou Seafe of pleafure we may wel Spare out of life perhaps, and not repine But pain is perfect mifery Milion Now fhe might Jpare the ocean, and oppof Waller Your condué& to the fierceft of her foes The fair blefling we vouchfafe to fend Nor can we fpare you long, tho' often we may lend Dryden 4. Toomit to forbear We might have [par'd our coming Be pleas'd your politicks to fpare ‘Milton I'm old enough, and can myfelf take cares Drydem X 5. T |