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Spelling-book, n. Speller.

Spelter, n. Zinc.

Spence, n. Buttery, larder, pantry, closet, storeroom.

Spend, v. a.

    1. Expend, disburse, lay out, dispose of, part with.
    2. Waste, consume, exhaust, squander. dissipate, lavish, use up.
    3. Employ, devote, bestow, apply, pass.
    4. Waste, wear away, exhaust of force

Spend, v. n.

    1. Lay out money, incur expense.
    2. Vanish, be lost, be consumed, dissipate, spread.

Spending, n. Expenditure.

Spendthrift, n. Prodigal, squanderer, waster, spender.

Spent, a. Exhausted, worn out, wearied.

Sperm, n. Semen, seed.

Spermaceti-whale, n. Cachelot, sperm-whale (Physeter macrocephalus)

Spermatic, a. Seminal.

Sperm-whale, n. See Spermaceti-whale.

Spew, v. a.

    1. Vomit, puke, cast up, throw up
    2. Eject, cast forth

Spew, v. n. Vomit, puke.

Sphacelate, v. n. Mortify, gangrene.

Sphacelation, n. (Med.) Mortification.

Sphacelus, n. (Med.) Gangrene, mortification.