spade-guinea 
S P ade-guinea( S pa ( rgin'?) A guniea coined 
bv Oeorgo ill. during tiu* ppnou. not &*? i 
now so oafied because the shield of arms on the reverse 
has the shape of the spade of playing-cards. See cut on 
preceding page. 
(spad'gun), w. A gun f"*?,*^ 
5792 
Imp. 
^,^. .....'*, 
has not the power of procreation ; an impote 
(spa-do'ne), . [It., aug. of spado, 
' " Cf. svadroon.-] A long 
spale 
2. Beady; prompt. 
Spac to uvel and slaw to god. 
^ ^^ , ^ 
a socket in the butt-plate to which the spade 
can be fitted for use as an iutrenchmg-tpol. ^ 
spade-handle (spad'han'dl), . " 
spakelyt, "<lr. [ME., also spakltj. spakli, spacli ; 
< xprtfa-s + -li/".] Quickly; speedily; nimbly. 
Spek to me spakli or i spille sone. 
,,-.-,,.-^ ,.t j'aierne (E. E. T. S.),l. 1535. 
1. The handle 
hands. It was commonly carried without a scabbard, 
behind and across the back, with the handle projecting 
over the right shoulder, or resting on the shoulder as the 
both ends by the forked ends of a connecting- 
spade-husbandry (spad'huz'band-ri), . A 
mode of cultivating the soil and improving it 
muuc. ., ..... .. shoulder arms, and for this reason ttie heel 
edKeWthVflrst quarter or third part of 'its length, and 
sometimes a small secondary guard was interposed before 
the sharp part of the blade begins. See cut under second' . 
Hewitt. 
Same asspadone. 
One semblable to the Samaritan and some-del to Piers the 
Plowman, 
Bartote on an assc bakke botelees cam prykye, 
Wyth oute spores other spere spaUiche he loked. 
Piers Plouinan (B), xvm. 12. 
The blode sprente owtte, and sprede as the horse spryngez, 
And he sproulez fulle spakelij, bot spekes he no more. 
Morte Arthure (E. J*j. 1. S.), 1. 20oo. 
spake-net (spak'net), n. [< spake 1 + net 1 .] 
net for catching crabs. Halliwell. 
, 
stead 
spade- ..~_ v- c 
spade, with the tang or socket by 
r ' -, , n _ l Jl O Tn lit)*. 
Spalacidae (spiUas'i-de), . pi. [NL., 
(-<-) -I- -idle.] A family of myomorphic ro- 
dents, typified by the genus Spalai; the mole- 
rats proper, having small or rudimentary eyes 
without the 
of the handle 
put upon the 
repair it. This border is generally represented with 
some ornamental outline engrailed or lobed on its inner 
edge, and is also called shoeing of a spade. 
spader (spa'der), . One who or that which 
spades; a digging-machine. 
The steam-ploughs and horse- ploughs did their work well, 
and the rotary s^erd^its^workweU.^^^ ^ ^ 
MHG. spehen, G. spahen, spy: see spy 1 .] To ^y er g V8> mole-rat, and Rhizomys. 
foretell; divine; predict from signs or mdica- s pa la^i n je (spal-a-si'ne), . pi. [NL., < Spiiltu; 
(-ae-) + -inie.] 'A subfamily of Spalacidse, in- 
cluding the typical mole-rats, in which the 
mandibular angle is in relation with the socket 
of the lower incisor. See Spalax. Also . ' 
lacinse. 
tions. [Scotch.] 
Tell me the very minute o' the hour the wean 's born, 
and I'll spat its fortune. Scott, Guy Mannering, iii. 
spae-book (spa'buk), . A book containing 
directions for telling fortunes, etc. [Scotch.] 
spaeman (spa'man), . ; pi. spaemen (-men). A spalacine (spal'a-sin), a. Of or pertaining to 
A rack on board a f or tune-teUer; diviner; soothsayer. [Scotch.] the Kpalacidx or Spalacinse. 
- Spalacopodida (spal'a-ko-pod'i-de), n. pi. 
[N L., < Spalacopus (-pod-) + -idx.] A family of 
hystricomorphic rodents, named by Lilljeborg 
(1866) from the genus Spalacopus. It is inexactly 
_ . equivalent to the Octodantidte of authors, but includes the 
female fortune-teller. rfi/>tv, n 
[Cornwall, Eng.] 
spadic (spa'dik), n. [Brazilian.] Same as 
coca 1 . . 
spadiceous (spa-dish'ius), a. [< L. spadiceus, < 
suadix, < Gr. mrditj, a palm-branch, also nut- spaghetti j.=j,- 6 .,v .../, ,"---' t.---^-f-. 
brown palm-colored, bay: see spadix.] 1. Of dim. of spago, a small cord.] A kind of Italian 
a bright-brown color; bay; chestnut. macaroni made in the form of cords smaller 
Of tlse five [unicorns' horns, which Scaliger beheld, ^J^^fS^^^^ 
though one [was] spadiceom, or of a light red, and two in- than the threads or. vermicelli, 
clining to red, yet was there not any of this complexion spagiriCt (spa-jir ik), a. and n. [Also spagyrii , 
among them. Sir T. Browne, Vulg. Err., iii. 23. S p a gy r ick; = F. spagirique; irreg. formed (it is 
2. In bot., bearing or having the nature of a said by Paracelsus) < Gr.o-jrav,rend, tear, stretch 
spadix. See petaloideoiis, endogen, and Mono- out, + tcYsipetv, bring or collect together.] I. 
cotyledones. a. Chemical or alchemical; pertaining. to chem- 
Also spadicious. 
spadices, n. Plural of spadix. 
spadicifloral (spa-di-si-flo'ral), a. [< NL. spa- 
dix (spadic-), q. v., + L. fib's (flor-), a flower: 
see floral.] In bot., having flowers borne on a 
spadix. ^ 
spadicose (spad'i-kos), . [< L. spadix (-ic-) f spagiricalt (spa-jir'i-kal), a. [Also spagyrical, 
-ose.] In bot., spadiceous ; growing on a spadix. spagerical ; < spagiric + -al.] Same as spagiric. 
padilla (spa-dil'a), n. [See spadille.] In the spagiristt (spaj'i-rist), . [Also spagyrist; < 
th: 
Plague on her for an auld Highland witch and spae\fe ; 
. she'll cast some of her cantrips on the cattle. 
Scott, Chronicles of the Canongate, xiii. 
ghetti (spa-get'ti), n. [It., pi. of spagtietto, 
See Octodontidx. 
SpalacopUS (spa-lak'o-pus), w. [NL. (Waller, 
1832), < Gr. oTrd/iaf (oTrnAa/c-), a mole, -r Troif = 
E. foot.-} The name-giving genus of Spalaco- 
podidx, now a member of the family Octodon- 
tidx and subfamily Octodontinx. The ears are 
rudimentary, the tail is short, and the fore claws are short- 
er than their digits. The skull and teeth resemble those 
of Schizodon. There are two South American species, of 
fossorial habits, constructing extensive subterranean bur- 
rows in which they live. They have been called poepha- 
gamei, from a synonymous genus Poephagomys. 
. Chemical or alchemical; pertammg.to cnem- g pa i ax ( spa 'laks), n. [NL. (Giildenstadt), < 
,try as taught by Paracelsus and his followers, gg" a ^^ M ^ a i so ^(Uaf and aaira^, a mole.] 
It was a huge diligence and care of the Divine mercy The typical genus of mole-rats, subfamily Spa- 
lat discovered to man the secrets of spayiiric medicines. ] ae i, lie having the eyes rudimentary and cov- 
jer. laylor, Works (ed. looo), i. W4. 
A chemist, especially one devoted to 
II. n. 
alchemical pursuits. 
ered with skin. It contains S. typhlus, the slepez or 
blind mole-rat of Europe, the most completely mole-like 
of the rodents in general appearance, habits, and adapta- 
tive modifications of structure. Also Aspalax. See cut 
under mole-rat. 
spald 1 (spald), r. [Also dial, spaud; < ME. spal- 
r , , . .... .. . -, , ~ = Y* i "T> -i - i.-- i de. spawden, < MD. spalden = MLG. spalden, 
game of solo, the queen of spades, which is al- spagir(ic) + -ist.] A Paracelsiau chemist or s . )o [ a g n _ OHG spaltan, MHG. G. spalten (> 
physician of the sixteenth or seventeenth cen- Dan gjw ,f te ) ) sp ii t) cleave ; akin to speW, spell* ; 
spa 
tury ; a follower of Paracelsus ill regarding in- 
organic chemistry as the basis of medical know- 
ledge. 
No more than I can [tell] who initiated Mr. Boyle among 
the Spagyrists, before I had the honour to know him. 
Evelyn, To Mr. Wotton. 
ways the highest trump, 
spadille, spadilio (spa-dil', -yo), w. [< F. sp- 
dttle, < Sp. espadilla (= It. spadiglia), a small 
sword, the ace of spades, dim. of Sp. espada = 
Pg. espada, spade (at cards), the ace of spades: 
see spade 1 , spade 2 .] In card-playing, the ace 
of spades at ombre and quadrille. In the fol- 
lowing quotation spadille is personified as Spa- grjahee, spahi ^-^ , - -,, ,.- 
dillio. spacJii; =F.spahi,<. Turk. sipdhi=PeTS. Hind. 
sipahi: see sepoy.] 1. A member of the corps 
of Turkish cavalry organized in the fourteenth 
century on a feudal basis, who fought in a very 
spading-machine (spa'diug-ma-shen"), . A 
digging-machine . 
spadix (spa'diks), . ; pi. spadices (spa-di'sez). 
[NL., < L. spadix, (. Gr. atraSt!-, a branch broken 
off, esp. a palm-branch, hence palm-colored, 
bay, < cmav, tear, rend, stretch out.] 1. In bot., 
a form of inflorescence in plants, in which the 
flowers are closely arranged in a spike or head 
which has a fleshy or thickened rachis. The term 
is mostly restricted to the Araceat and the palms, and 
further to those cases in which the inflorescence is accom- 
Spadillio first, unconquerable lord, 
Led off two captive trumps and swept the board. 
Pope, R. of the L., iii. 49. 
ct. spall 1 , spale 1 . ' Hence spalt 1 .] I.t trans. To 
splinter; chip. 
Be thane speris whare sproungene, spalddyd chippys. 
Xorte Arthure (E. E. T. S.), 1. 3700. 
II. intraiis. To founder, as a ship. [Prov. 
Eng., in form snaud.] 
,, -hi), . [Fonnerly_also f d ' 2f (spald) /, ( . [Also (Sc .) spau ld, spawld; 
< ME. spalde, spawde; a var. of spall?: see 
spalP.] The shoulder. 
Ly stille therin now and roste, 
I kepe nothynge of thi coste 
Ne noghte of thi spalde. 
Perceval, 1. 796. (HalliweU.) 
lenand his spald to the stok of ane tre. 
panied by the peculiar bract or bracts called a spathe. . ^^ , ^ 
See cuts under Aracese, Indian, and inflorescence. spairge (sparj), V. t. 
2. In zool.: (a) The hectocotylus of the male spait, n. See spate. 
disorderly manner, and were disbanded soon 
after serving as the chief instruments in the 
suppression of the Janizaries in 1826. 
But the Spachies and Janizaries . . . are the Nerves and 
Supporters of the Turkish Monarchy. 
Sandys, Travailes (ed. 1673X p. 38. 
2. One of the corps of native Algerian cavalry 
in the French service, originally formed from 
the Turkish spahees serving in Algeria at the spalding-knife (spal'ding-nif), . 
time of the French conquest. splitting codfish. E. H. KnigJtt. 
spail. See spate 1 , spale*. 
A Scotch form of sparge. 
Thebul 
Gavin Douglas, JEneid, xii. 410. 
spalder (spal'der), . [< spaW 1 + -er 1 .] In 
stone-working, a workman who spalls or scales 
off small flakes by the use of a heavy ax-shaped 
hammer, or muckle-hammer. 
A knife for 
spale 1 (spal), r. /. ; pret. and pp. spaled, ppr. 
spa 
To 
BY \~r~/j T ~ JT K f ' ^^ _ 
tiling. [Avar, of spall 1 , split, etc.: seespall 1 .] 
o break up. 
cephalopod: a specialized part of the fore foot, spaive (spav), v. t. A dialectal variant of spay 1 , spale 1 (spal), w. [Also sp)7; < ME. spale; cf. 
"'"i 1 (spak), n. A Scotch form at spoke 1 . Icel. spotr (spal-), a rail, bar, short piece, bit; 
Your cage shall be made o' the beaten gold, Prt a var. of spea? 1 , spell*, in ^>art appar. 
And the spotes o 1 ivorie. due to spale 1 , r. : see spell*, and cf. spall 1 .] 1. 
May Calvin (Allingham's Ballad-book, p. 247). A chip or splinter of wood. [Old Eng. and 
Scotch.] 2. In sInp-liuUding, one of a num- 
ber of cross-bands fastened temporarily to the 
frames to keep them in place until properly se- 
cured. Also called spaling. 
spale 2 (spal), r. t. [Also spaif; perhaps a par- 
ticular use of spale 1 .] In mining, to inflict a 
on one side, which becomes hectocotylized, or 
assumes a sexual function. On the opposite 
side is a corresponding part, not subject to hec- 
tocotylization, called the antispadix. (b) In Hy- 
drozoa, the manubrium of the hydromedusans, spake 2 . An archaic or poetic preterit of speak. 
an offset of a blastostyle bearing the genital spake 3 !, [ME., alsospafc, spac, < Icel. spakr, 
products, like the part of a pea-pod which bears quiet, gentle, wise, = Sw. spafc = Dan. spag, 
thepeas. (c) [cap.] A genus of coelenterates. quiet, gentle, tame.] 1. Quiet; tame. 
spado (spa'do), n. [L., <Gr. owddav, a eunuch, Hyt sate by hym so spol-e 
< a-n-av, tear, rend, pluck off or out. Cf . spaae, Roo. of Brimne, Handlyng Synne, 1. 7486. 
