Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- A dialectal form of
spald .
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Examples
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"Lay doon that spaud," cried its owner, and would have taken it from him, but Cosmo delayed rendition.
Warlock o' Glenwarlock George MacDonald 1864
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'Eh!' he said once to Elshender, during a pause common to a thunder-storm and a lesson on the violin 'eh! wadna ye like to be up in that clood wi' a spaud, turnin 'ower the divots and catchin' the flashes lyin 'aneath them like lang reid fiery worms?'
Robert Falconer George MacDonald 1864
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"Hoot, man!" he said, "I wad but lat ye see I'm nae lan'louper, an 'can weel han'le a spaud.
Warlock o' Glenwarlock George MacDonald 1864
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Lat a lee lie, as ye wad the deevil's tail 'at the laird's Jock took aff wi' the edge o ''s spaud. "
Malcolm George MacDonald 1864
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