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Show SP S\ er foam, as a {_h_xp driven with violenc . {pumes, or raifes a foam.] To g0 o A fea term N fwiftly S When virtue fpooms before a profperous gale \ My heaving withes _hcip to fill the fail Dyyden "WiHPOON. #. /. [/pazq, Dutch; fpone, Da. nifh; fpoonn, Ilandick.] A concavevefle with a handle ufed in eating liquids Wouldft thou drown thyfelf A Put but a little water in a_ fpoor \v And it fhall be as all the ocean Enough to ftifle fuch a villain up. Shak. K. Fobn " Thisis a devil, and no monfter: I will leav "him I hav no long fpoon Shakefpeare's Tempeft Or o'er cold coftee trifle with the [poon "1y Count the flow clock, and dine exat at goon. Pope ... %pO'ONBILL. 7. /. [ /poon and bill; platea iy 2 Lat.] A bird L Thethoveller, or fpoondill; the former name th " more proper, the end of the bill being broad like *"fhovel, but not concave like a fpoon, but perfeétl "xflat Grew's Mufzum ""% Ducks and geefe have fuch long broad bills t T4k ¥ iiyquaffer in water and mud kon the bill of the fpoonbill to which we may rec Derb. Phyfico-Theol wi (ROONFUL. 7. /. [ fpoon and fuil. i As much as is generally taken "at onc . in af{poon. A medical fpoonful is hal ....an ounce Prefcribe him, before he do ufe the receipt, tha A he take fuch a pill, or a fpoonful of liquor Bacon | Any {mall quantity of liquid it Surely the choice and meafure of the material ., ».of which the whole body is compofed, and what w . .. take daily by pounds, is at leaft of as much im(. Portance as of what we take feldom, and only b ; 'gra'ins and fpoonfuls Arbuthnot ZPOONMEAT. #. /. [ fpoon and meat.] Lifquid food ; nourithment taken with ¢ 4poen Wepreflcribed a flender diet, allowing only fpoon . Heats Wifeman Wretche _ Are mortals born to fleep their lives away ~ Goback to what thy infancy began Eat pap and. fpoonmeat5 for thy gugaws cry " Be fullen, and refufe the lullaby. Dryden's Perfius Diet moft upon fpooxrmeats, as veal or cock broths "POONWORT 7./ Scurvygrafs Harwey Spoonwwott was there, fcorbutics to fupply .And centaury, to clear the jaundic'd eye Harte a fhip, being under fail in a ftorm, cannot bear it, but is obliged to put righ before the wind Bailey 2" BORADICAL.adj. [ omoga3dfpior ad iq ue French. ' Afpm:adical difeafe is an endemial difeafe, wha 1 particular feafon affes but few people. Arbuth POl}iI' n. /. [ jpott, a make-game, [fland1CK | Play; diverfion; game; frolick and tu# multuous merriment Her fports ware fuch as carried riches of know, ledge upon the ftream of delight Sidney S fi}{:s to wanto boys, are we to th' gods 7 They kiil us for their fpors Shakelp. King Lear hen their hearts were merry, they faid, call fo / Samfon, that he may mak 5P- $P us Jport5 an the <alled for him, and he made the fport Fudg. xvi. 25 ' Asa mad-rfmn who cafteth fire-brands, arrows They had his meffengers in derifion, and mad a Jport of his prophets 1 Efdr. i g1 ‘Lo make fport with his word, and to endeavou to render it ridiculous, by turning that holy boo into raillery, is a dire¢t aftront to God, ~ Tillotfon 3. That with which one plays Each on his rock transfix'd, the fport and pre Of wrecking whirlwinds Milton Commit not thy prophetiek min To flitting leaves, the fport of every wind Left they difperfe in air Somc. grave their wrongs-o Jjuft Dryden marble; he, mor Trod under foot, the fport of ev'ry wind Swept from the earth, and blotted from his mind There fecret in the grave he bade them lie And griev'd they could not *fcape th' Almighty' 4. Play Dr. Madden on Bp. Boulter idle gingle An author who fhould introduce fuch a fport o words upon ou ftage, would meet with fmall ap plaufe 5. Diverfio of the field hunting, fithing Broome as of fowling Now for our'mountain fport, up to yon hill Your legs are young Shakefpeare's Cymbeline The king, who was exceflively affected to hunt ing and the fports of the field, had a great defir to make a great park, for red as well as fallow deer between Richmond and Hampton Court. Clarendon Zo SPoRT. w. 2. [from the noun. 1. To divert; tomake merry. It is ufe only with the reciprocal pronoun The poor man wept and bled, cried an while they fported themfelwes in his pain lighted in hus prayers, as the argumen vi€tory prayed and deof thei Sidney Away with him, and let her fport berfel With that fhe's big with, Shakefp. Winter's Tale Againft whom do ye fport yourfelves? againf whom make ye a wide mouth, and draw out th tongue Ifaiab, Ivii: 4 What pretty ftories thefe are for a man of hi ferioufneis to fport himf:lf withal Atterbury Let fuch writers go on at their deareft peril, an Jport themfelves in their own deceivings Watts 2. To reprefent by any kind of play Now fporting on the lyre thy love of youth Now virtuous age and venerable truth Exprefling juftly Sappho's wanton ar Of odes, and Pindar's more majeftick part. Dryd 70 SporT. @. 7 1. To play ; to frolick; to game ; to wanton Shew to the fun their wav'd coats dropt with gold Milton Lariffa, as fhe fported at this play, was drowne Broome on the Odyffey 2. Lo trifle If any man turn religion into raillery, by bol jefts, he renders himfelf ridiculous, becaufe he fport with his own life Tillotfor SPO'RTFUL. adj. [ fport and full. 1. Merry; frolick; wanton; acting in jeft How with a fportful malice it was follow'd May rather pluck on laughter than revenge. Shak Down he alights among the fportful her Of thofe four-footed kinds Milton 2. Ludicrous done in jeft His highnefs, even in fuch a flight and fportfu damage, had a noble fenfe of juft dealing. #orron Behold your own Afcanius, while he faid He drew his glitt'ring helmet from his head 4/ 21d death, {ois the man that deceiveth his neigh In which the youth to fportful arms he led. Dryd They are no fportful produétions of the foil, bu 4, The difcourfe of fools is irkfome, and thei fp r ) 5 1n the wanto did once belong to real and living fifhes; feein each of them doth exactly refemble fome othe i °l"1‘:s and feuth? am not I in fport 2 Prov. xxvi. 19 nefs of fin Ecclys. xxvii. 13 lfOCk'; contemptuous mirth I fufpect without caufe, why then m ke fpor ; 3t me, then let me be your jeft Shake[peare thell on the fea-fhore Bentley A catalogue of this may be had in Albericu Gentilis ; which, becaufe it is too fportful, I forbea to mention e ee in an er ri th o ou go e ot Th himfelf fo, as the ladies loft the further m('-_.x{t;x:\ wianey of his [portfulnefs Spo'xrffvaf. adj. [ from fport] Gay; mer I am not in a fportive humour now Tell me, and dally not, where is the money Shakelpeare Isit That drive thee from the [portive court, where tho Waft fhot at with fair eyes, to be the mar Of fmoky mufkets ? Shak. Alls well that endsavell While thus the conftant pair alternate faid Joyful above them and around them play' Angels and [portive loves a numerous crowd Smilingthey clapt their wings, and low they bow' d Prior We muft not hope wholly to change their original tempers; nor make the gay penfive and grave nor the melancholy [portive, without fpoiling them Locke No wonder favages or {ubje€ts flain Were equal crimes in a defpotick reign Both doom'd alike for fportive tyrants bled But fubjects ftarv'd while favages were fed. Pope SPO'RTIVENESS. 7 /. [ from fportive. Gaiety ; play ; wantonnefs Shall T cdnclude her to be fimple, that has he time to begin, or refufe fportivensfs as freely as have Walton's Angler = Spo'RTSMAN. #. /. [ fport and man.] On who purfues the recreations of the field Manilius lets us know the pagan hunters ha Meleager for their patron, as the Chriftians h?v their St. Hubert: he fpeaks of the cenficllatio Addifon which makes a good fportfman SPO'RTULE Latin. [ fportule, Fr. [portula n. / An alms a dole The bifhops, who confecrated the ground, ha a fpill or fportule from the credulous laity Ayiifie's Parergon SPOT. u. /. [ jpette, Danith; jpotte, Fle mifh. 1. A blot a mark made by difcoloration This three years day, thefe eyes, though clea To outward view of blemith or of Jpor Milton Bereft of fight, their fecing have forgot A long feries of anceftors fhews the native h_lltr with advantage ; but if he any way degenerate fro his line, the leaft fpot is vifible on ermine. Dryden 2. A taint; a difgrace ; areproach ; a fault They, fporting with quick glance in the river Peneus frohgk Wantonnefs ; play; merriment ry; frolick; wanton; playful; ludicrous Stoop'd down ferene, and wrote them on the duft eye SpO'RTFULLY.adv. | from fportful. ] Wantonly ; merrily ul rt Jp o f / n S , N U I ) SPO'R Baker Yet Chloe furé was form'd without a fpot Pope *Tis true, but fomething in her was forgot 3. I know not well the meaning of /ot i this place, unlefs it be a {candalous woman, a difgrace to her fex Let him take thee And hoift thee up to th' fhouting plebeians Follow his chariot, like the greateft fpo Of all thy fex. Shakefpeare's Antony and Clecpatra 4. A {mall extent of place That fpot to which I point is Paradife Adam's abode ; thofe lofty fhades, his bow'r. Ailr He who, with Plato, fhall place beatitude in th knowledge of God, will have his thoughts raife to other contemplations than thofe who looked no beyond this fpor of earth, and thofe perithing thing in it Locke About one of thefe breathing paffages is a fpor o myrtles, that flourifh within the fteam of thef vapours Addifon Abdalla converted the whol kind of garden plantation mountai into and covered every part of it wit or fpot of flowers Guardian He that could make two ears of corn grow upo a fpat of ground where only one grew before, wout deferve better of mankind than the whole race o politicians Sawift X 5. An |