Spader
(Spad"er) n. One who, or that which, spades; specifically, a digging machine.
Spadiceous
(Spa*di"ceous) a. [L. spadix, -icis, a date-brown or nut-brown color. See Spadix.]
1. Of a bright clear brown or chestnut color. Sir T. Browne.
2. (Bot.) Bearing flowers on a spadix; of the nature of a spadix.
Spadicose
(Spa"di*cose`) a. (Bot.) Spadiceous.
Spadille
(Spa*dille") n. [F., fr. Sp. espadilla, dim. of espada. See Spade a card.] (Card Playing)
The ace of spades in omber and quadrille.
Spadix
(Spa"dix) n.; pl. L. Spadices E. Spadixes [L., a palm branch broken off, with its fruit, Gr. .]
1. (Bot.) A fleshy spike of flowers, usually inclosed in a leaf called a spathe.
2. (Zoöl.) A special organ of the nautilus, due to a modification of the posterior tentacles.
Spado
(||Spa"do) n.; pl. Spadones [L., fr. Gr. .]
1. Same as Spade, 2.
2. (Law) An impotent person.
Spadroon
(Spa*droon") n. [Cf. F. & Sp. espadon, It. spadone. See Espadon, Spade.] A sword,
especially a broadsword, formerly used both to cut and thrust.
Spae
(Spae) v. i. [imp. & p. p. Spaed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Spaeing.] [Scot. spae, spay, to foretell, to
divine, Icel. spa.] To foretell; to divine. [Scot.]
Spaeman
(Spae"man) n. A prophet; a diviner. [Scot.]
Spaewife
(Spae"wife`) n. A female fortune teller. [Scot.]
Spaghetti
(||Spa*ghet"ti) n. [It.] A variety or macaroni made in tubes of small diameter.
Spagyric
(Spa*gyr"ic Spa*gyr"ic*al) , a. [LL. sparygicus, fr. Gr. to draw, to separate + to assemble; cf.
F. spagirique.] Chemical; alchemical. [Obs.]
Spagyric
(Spa*gyr"ic), n. A spagyrist. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
Spagyrist
(Spag"y*rist) n. [Cf. F. spagiriste.]
1. A chemist, esp. one devoted to alchemistic pursuits. [Obs.]
2. One of a sect which arose in the days of alchemy, who sought to discover remedies for disease by
chemical means. The spagyrists historically preceded the iatrochemists. Encyc. Brit.
Spahi
(||Spa"hi ||Spa"hee), n. [Per., Turk., & Hind. sipahi: cf. F. spahi. See Seroy.]
1. Formerly, one of the Turkish cavalry.
2. An Algerian cavalryman in the French army.
Spaid
(Spaid) n. See 1st Spade.
Spake
(Spake) archaic imp. of Speak.
