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SPR
tidiousness : fastidium. C. S. 3. Pride, foppery :
superbia, nimia concinnitas. C. S.
Spot, -oit, -an, s. m. 1. A spot : macula. C. S.
2. A plot of ground : agellus. C. S. vox. Angl.
Spotach, -AiciiE, af^'. (Spot), Spotted: maculatus.
C.S.
Spoth, -AiDH, sp, V. a. Geld, castrate: emascula.
" Nach spoth sibh na bodaich,
" Mu 'n truaill iad an talamh."
A. Macdon. 144.
Will you not geld the old fellows, lest they debauch
the world. Nonne emasculate seniles, ne depravent
terram. Wei. Dispaddu. Walt. Germ. Spadden.
Wacht. " Spaden, Belgis antiquis fuit castrare,
et Spade, castratus, unde Latinis Spado, (eunu-
chus), quod ab equo castrato, qualis in Lege Sali-
ca cahallus sjmthus vocatur." Wacht. in vac. Spad-
den. Ariffl. Spay.
Spothadair, -ir, -ean, s. m. (Spothadh, et Fear),
A gelder : castrator. 0\R. et C. S.
Spothadaireachd, s. f. ind. (Spothadair), The o-
peration of gelding, or castrating : castratoris mu-
nus vel occupatio. C. S.
Spothadh, -aidh, s. m. et pres. part. v. Spoth.
Gelding, act of gelding, or castrating : castrandi
actus. C. S.
Spothta, pret.part.v. Spoth. C. S. Potiiis, Spoithte,
q. vide.
Spracadh, -aidh, s. m. Strength, vigour, exertion,
sprightliness, boldness, courage : vires, vigor, agi-
litas, audacitas, fortitude. Llh. et C. S.
Spracail, adj. (Spracadh), Strong, active, power-
ful, commanding : robustus, alacer, potens, impe-
riosus. C. S.
Spracalachd, s f. hid. (Spracail), Strength, acti-
vity, exertion : vis, agilitas. C. S.
Spraic, -e, -eak, s.f. 1. A reprimand, a severe,
or harsh reproof: reprehensio cum severitate, vel
austeritate. 3Iacf. V. et C. S. 2. A frown, a
threatening countenance : frontis corrugatio, vul-
tus minax.
" Chuir thu spraic ort ris a' chruadal,
" 'S bhuail thu stigh do 'n chaounaig."
Gill. 190.
Thou didst put on a frown at the danger, and didst
strike in into the fray. Induxisti frontis corruga-
tionem tibi obviam periculo, et irruisti in certamen.
3. An imperious mandate : mandatura imperiosum.
C. S. 4. Vigour : vigor. C. S. 5. Exertion : ni-
sus. C.S.
Spraiceach, -aiche, adj. (Spraic). C. S. Vide
Spraiceil.
Spraicealachd, s.f. ind. (Spraiceil). 1. A habit
of reproving with harshness, or severity : reprehen-
dendi cum severitate vel austeritate consuetudo.
C. S. 2. A habit of frowning, or threatening by
looks : frontem corrugandi pra: irà vel austeritate
consuetudo. C. S. .S. Iraperiousness in command-
ing, or ordering : dominatio imperiosa. C. S. 4.
A continued exertion, a habit of perseverance : co-
natus continuus, vel perseverantiie consuetudo. C. S.
Spraiceil, -e, adj. (Spraic). 1. Reprimanding se-
verely, or harshly : cum severitate, vel austeritate
reprehendens. C. S. 2. Inclined to reprove se-
verely, or harshly : ad reprehendendum cum seve-
ritate, aut austeritate proclivis. C. S. 3. Frown-
ing, assuming an angry, or stern look : frontem
corrugans, vel vultum torvum sibi inducens. C. S.
4. Imperious, severe, or harsh in commanding :
imperiosus, cum severitate aut austeritate imperans.
C. S. 5. Vigorous, strong, powerful : vigens,
strenuus, validus. C. S. 6. Persevering : perseve-
rans. C S.
Spraidh, -e, -ean, «. m. 1. A loud blast: altus
venti flatus. Macf. V. 2. A shot, report of a gun :
scloppeti displosi sonitus. 3Iacf. V. 3. Any loud
and sudden sound : sonitus altus subitusque quivis.
C.S.
Spraidheach, -eiche, adj. (Spraidh). 1. Loud as
a blast, squally : altus, ut venti flatus, ventosus. C.
5. 2. Sounding as the report of a gun, or guns :
ut sonitus scloppeti sonans. C. S, 3. Causing any
loud and sudden sound : sonitum quemvis altum
subitumque excitans. C S.
Sphaidheil, -E, «(i)'. (Spraidh). C.S'. Vide Spraidh-
each.
Spreadh, -aidh, SPR, V. a. et ii. 1. Burst : dis-
rumpere. C. S. 2. Emit a loud sound in burst-
ing : inter disrumpendum sonitum altum ede. C.
S. 3. Kill, despatch, finish : occide, trucida, con-
fice. C.S.
Spreadhadh, -aidh, -ean, s. m. et jires. part. v.
Spreadh. 1. Bursting, act, or state of bursting:
disrumpendi actus, vel status. C. S. 2. Act of
emitting a sound in bursting : inter disrumpendum
sonitum edendi actus. C. S. 3. Killing, act of
killing, despatching, finishing one : Decidendi, tru-
cidandi, conficiendi actus. C. S. 4. A blow, or
hard stroke : ictus. C. S. 5. A loud, or sudden
sound : sonitus altus subitusque. C. S.
Spreag, -aidh, spr, v. a. MSS. et C. S. Id. q.
Spreig, V.
Spreagach, -aiche, adj. MSS. et C. S. Vide
Spreigeil.
Spreagachadii, -aidh, «. m.et pres. part. V. Spreag-
aich. C. S. Vide Spreigeadh.
Spreagadh, -aidh, s. m. et pres. part. v. Spreag.
C. S. Vide Spreigeadh.
Spreagaich, -idh, spr, v. a. C. S. Vide Spreig.
Spreagair, -e, -ean, s. m. (Spreag, et Fear). 1. A
reprover, one who reproves, or chides : reprehen-
sor. C. S. 2. An inciter, or instigator : incitator,
instigator. C.S".
Spreagaireachd, s.f. ind. (Spreagair). 1. A ha-
bit of reproving, censuring, or chiding : reprehen-
dendi consuetudo. C. S. 2. A habit of inciting,
or instigating : incitandi, instigandi consuetudo. C.
S.
Spreangan, -ain, -an, s. m. A cloven stick, used
to close the orifice of the wound, when cattle
are bled : epistomium, vel lignum exiguum quod-
dam bifidatum quo sanguis reprimitur pecoruni
cum sanguis illis detrahitur. " Builgean air
teanga nam breug, agus spreanffan air beul gun