Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter S - Page 126
Spectrum (n.) (Opt.) A luminous appearance, or an image seen after the eye has been exposed to an intense light or a strongly illuminated object. When the object is colored, the image appears of the complementary color, as a green image seen after viewing a red wafer lying on white paper. Called also {ocular spectrum}.
{Absorption spectrum}, The spectrum of light which has passed through a medium capable of absorbing a portion of the rays. It is characterized by dark spaces, bands, or lines.
{Chemical spectrum}, A spectrum of rays considered solely with reference to their chemical effects, as in photography. These, in the usual photogrophic methods, have their maximum influence at and beyond the violet rays, but are not limited to this region.
{Chromatic spectrum}, The visible colored rays of the solar spectrum, exhibiting the seven principal colors in their order, and covering the central and larger portion of the space of the whole spectrum.
{Continous spectrum}, A spectrum not broken by bands or lines, but having the colors shaded into each other continously, as that from an incandescent solid or liquid, or a gas under high pressure.
{Diffraction spectrum}, A spectrum produced by diffraction, as by a grating.
{Gaseous spectrum}, The spectrum of an incandesoent gas or vapor, under moderate, or especially under very low, pressure. It is characterized by bright bands or lines.
{Normal spectrum}, A representation of a spectrum arranged upon conventional plan adopted as standard, especially a spectrum in which the colors are spaced proportionally to their wave lengths, as when formed by a diffraction grating.
{Ocular spectrum}. See {Spectrum}, 2 (b), above.
{Prismatic spectrum}, A spectrum produced by means of a prism.
{Solar spectrum}, The spectrum of solar light, especially as thrown upon a screen in a darkened room. It is characterized by numerous dark lines called Fraunhofer lines.
{Spectrum analysis}, Chemical analysis effected by comparison of the different relative positions and qualities of the fixed lines of spectra produced by flames in which different substances are burned or evaporated, each substance having its own characteristic system of lines.
{Thermal spectrum}, A spectrum of rays considered solely with reference to their heating effect, especially of those rays which produce no luminous phenomena.
Spectrum (n.) An ordered array of the components of an emission or wave.
Spectrum (n.) A broad range of related objects or values or qualities or ideas or activities.
ZX Spectrum
Spectrum, () Sinclair's first personal computer with a colour display. The Spectrum used the Zilog Z80 processor like its predecessors the ZX-80 and ZX-81. It was originally available in 16k and 48k versions using cassette tape and later grew to 128k and sprouted floppy disks. It had a wider and more solid case and a marginally better "dead flesh" keyboard. Unlike the earlier models, it didn't require the presence of a cold carton of milk to prevent it overheating.
It was possibly the most popular home computer in the UK for many years.
The TK-90X was a clone. (1995-11-04)
Specular (a.) 鏡子的；會反射的；【醫】診視鏡的 Having the qualities of a speculum, or mirror; having a smooth, reflecting surface; as, a specular metal; a specular surface.
Specular (a.) (Med.) Of or pertaining to a speculum; conducted with the aid of a speculum; as, a specular examination.
Specular (a.) Assisting sight, as a lens or the like. [Obs.]
Thy specular orb Apply to well-dissected kernels; lo! In each observe the slender threads Of first-beginning trees. -- J. Philips.
Specular (a.) Affording view. [R.] "Look once more, ere we leave this specular mount." -- Milton.
{Specular iron}. (Min.) See {Hematite}.
Specular (a.) Capable of reflecting light like a mirror; "mirrorlike surface of the lake"; "a specular metal" [syn: {mirrorlike}, {specular}].
Speculated (imp. & p. p.) of Speculate.
Speculating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Speculate.
Speculate (v. i.) 思索；沉思；推測 [（+on/ upon/ about）]；投機；做投機買賣 [（+in）] To consider by turning a subject in the mind, and viewing it in its different aspects and relations; to meditate; to contemplate; to theorize; as, to speculate on questions in religion; to speculate on political events.
It is remarkable that persons who speculate the most boldly often conform with the most pefect quietude to the external regulations of society. -- Hawthorne.
Speculate (v. i.) (Philos.) To view subjects from certain premises given or assumed, and infer conclusions respecting them a priori.
Speculate (v. i.) (Com.) To purchase with the expectation of a contingent advance in value, and a consequent sale at a profit; -- often, in a somewhat depreciative sense, of unsound or hazardous transactions; as, to speculate in coffee, in sugar, or in bank stock.
Speculate (v. t.) 推測，推斷 [Y] [+that] To consider attentively; as, to speculate the nature of a thing. [R.] -- Sir W. Hamilton.
Speculate (v.) To believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds; "Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps" [syn: {speculate}, {theorize}, {theorise}, {conjecture}, {hypothesize}, {hypothesise}, {hypothecate}, {suppose}].
Speculate (v.) Talk over conjecturally, or review in an idle or casual way and with an element of doubt or without sufficient reason to reach a conclusion; "We were speculating whether the President had to resign after the scandal".
Speculate (v.) Reflect deeply on a subject; "I mulled over the events of the afternoon"; "philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years"; "The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate" [syn: {chew over}, {think over}, {meditate}, {ponder}, {excogitate}, {contemplate}, {muse}, {reflect}, {mull}, {mull over}, {ruminate}, {speculate}].
Speculate (v.) Invest at a risk; "I bought this house not because I want to live in it but to sell it later at a good price, so I am speculating" [syn: {speculate}, {job}].
Speculation (n.) [U] [C] 思索；沉思；推測 [（+about/ on/ upon）]；投機；投機買賣 [（+in）] The act of speculating. Specifically:
Speculation (n.) Examination by the eye; view. [Obs.]
Speculation (n.) Mental view of anything in its various aspects and relations; contemplation; intellectual examination.
Thenceforth to speculations high or deep I turned my thoughts. -- Milton.
Speculation (n.) (Philos.) The act or process of reasoning a priori from premises given or assumed.
Speculation (n.) (Com.) The act or practice of buying land, goods, shares, etc., in expectation of selling at a higher price, or of selling with the expectation of repurchasing at a lower price; a trading on anticipated fluctuations in price, as distinguished from trading in which the profit expected is the difference between the retail and wholesale prices, or the difference of price in different markets.
Sudden fortunes, indeed, are sometimes made in such places, by what is called the trade of speculation. -- A. Smith.
Speculation, while confined within moderate limits, is the agent for equalizing supply and demand, and rendering the fluctuations of price less sudden and abrupt than they would otherwise be. -- F. A.
Walker.
Speculation (n.) Any business venture in involving unusual risks, with a chance for large profits.
Speculation (n.) A conclusion to which the mind comes by speculating; mere theory; view; notion; conjecture.
From him Socrates derived the principles of morality, and most part of his natural speculations. -- Sir W. Temple.
To his speculations on these subjects he gave the lofty name of the "Oracles of Reason." -- Macaulay.
Speculation (n.) Power of sight. [Obs.]
Thou hast no speculation in those eyes. -- Shak.
Speculation (n.) A game at cards in which the players buy from one another trumps or whole hands, upon a chance of getting the highest trump dealt, which entitles the holder to the pool of stakes.
Speculation (n.) A message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence [syn: {guess}, {conjecture}, {supposition}, {surmise}, {surmisal}, {speculation}, {hypothesis}].
Speculation (n.) A hypothesis that has been formed by speculating or conjecturing (usually with little hard evidence); "speculations about the outcome of the election"; "he dismissed it as mere conjecture" [syn: {speculation}, {conjecture}].
Speculation (n.) An investment that is very risky but could yield great profits; "he knew the stock was a speculation when he bought it" [syn: {speculation}, {venture}].
Speculation (n.) Continuous and profound contemplation or musing on a subject or series of subjects of a deep or abstruse nature; "the habit of meditation is the basis for all real knowledge" [syn: {meditation}, {speculation}].
Speculatist (n.) One who speculates, or forms theories; a speculator; a theorist.
The very ingenious speculatist, Mr. Hume. -- V. Knox.
Speculative (a.) 思索的；推測的； 純理論的，非實用性的；冒險性的，不確定的 Given to speculation; contemplative.
The mind of man being by nature speculative. -- Hooker.
Speculative (a.) Involving, or formed by, speculation; ideal; theoretical; not established by demonstration. -- Cudworth.
Speculative (a.) Of or pertaining to vision; also, prying; inquisitive; curious. [R.] -- Bacon.
Speculative (a.) Of or pertaining to speculation in land, goods, shares, etc.; as, a speculative dealer or enterprise.
The speculative merchant exercises no one regular, established, or well-known branch of business. -- A. Smith.
Speculative (a.) (Finance) More risky than typical investments; not investment grade. -- {Spec"u*la*tive*ly}, adv. -- {Spec"u*la*tive*ness}, n.
Speculative (a.) Not financially safe or secure; "a bad investment"; "high risk investments"; "anything that promises to pay too much can't help being risky"; "speculative business enterprises" [syn: {bad}, {risky}, {high-risk}, {speculative}].
Speculative (a.) Not based on fact or investigation; "a notional figure of cost helps in determining production costs"; "speculative knowledge" [syn: {notional}, {speculative}].
Speculative (a.) Showing curiosity; "if someone saw a man climbing a light post they might get inquisitive"; "raised a speculative eyebrow" [syn: {inquisitive}, {speculative}, {questioning}, {wondering(a)}].
Speculator (n.) [C] 投機者；投機商人；思索者；推理者；抽象的理論家 One who speculates. Specifically:
Speculator (n.) An observer; a contemplator; hence, a spy; a watcher. [Obs.] -- Sir T. Browne.
Speculator (n.) One who forms theories; a theorist.
A speculator who had dared to affirm that the human soul is by nature mortal. -- Macaulay.
Speculator (n.) (Com.) One who engages in speculation; one who buys and sells goods, land, etc., with the expectation of deriving profit from fluctuations in price.
Speculator (n.) Someone who makes conjectures without knowing the facts.
Speculator (n.) Someone who risks losses for the possibility of considerable gains [syn: speculator, plunger].
Speculator, NY -- U.S. village in New York
Population (2000): 348
Housing Units (2000): 484
Land area (2000): 44.645288 sq. miles (115.630759 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 2.580705 sq. miles (6.683996 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 47.225993 sq. miles (122.314755 sq. km)
FIPS code: 70123
Located within: New York (NY), FIPS 36
Location: 43.526920 N, 74.363185 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 12164
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Speculator, NY
Speculator
Speculatorial (a.) Speculatory; speculative. [Obs.]
Speculatory (a.) Intended or adapted for viewing or espying; having oversight. -- T. Warton.
Speculatory (a.) Exercising speculation; speculative. -- T. Carew.
Speculist (n.) One who observes or considers; an observer. [R.] -- Goldsmith.
Specula (n. pl. ) of Speculum.
Speculum (n. pl. ) of Speculum.
Speculum (n.) 金屬鏡，反射鏡，診視器 A mirror, or looking-glass; especially, a metal mirror, as in Greek and Roman archaeology.
Speculum (n.) A reflector of polished metal, especially one used in reflecting telescopes. See Speculum metal, below.
Speculum (n.) (Surg.) An instrument for dilating certain passages of the body, and throwing light within them, thus facilitating examination or surgical operations.
Speculum (n.) (Zool.) A bright and lustrous patch of color found on the wings of ducks and some other birds. It is usually situated on the distal portions of the secondary quills, and is much more brilliant in the adult male than in the female.
Speculum metal, A hard, brittle alloy used for making the reflectors of telescopes and other instruments, usually consisting of copper and tin in various proportions, one of the best being that in which there are 126.4 parts of copper to 58.9 parts of tin, with sometimes a small proportion of arsenic, antimony, or zinc added to improve the whiteness.
Speculum (n.) A mirror (especially one made of polished metal) for use in an optical instrument.
Speculum (n.) A medical instrument for dilating a bodily passage or cavity in order to examine the interior.
Speculum (n.) (pl. Specula also Speculms) 鏡；反射鏡；金屬鏡；鏡用合金；醫用窺鏡 An instrument inserted into a body passage especially to facilitate visual inspection or medication.
Speculum (n.) 【天文學】行星相對位置圖譜 A drawing or table showing the relative positions of all the planets (as in an astrological nativity).
Speculum (n.) 【鳥】眼狀斑；翼斑；翼鏡；透明斑；頸斑 A patch of color on the secondaries of most ducks and some other birds.
Sped () imp. & p. p. of Speed.
Speece (n.) Species; sort.
Speech (n.) The faculty of uttering articulate sounds or words; the faculty of expressing thoughts by words or articulate sounds; the power of speaking.
There is none comparable to the variety of instructive expressions by speech, wherewith man alone is endowed for the communication of his thoughts. -- Holder.
Speech (n.) He act of speaking; that which is spoken; words, as expressing ideas; language; conversation.
Note: Speech is voice modulated by the throat, tongue, lips, etc., the modulation being accomplished by changing the form of the cavity of the mouth and nose through the action of muscles which move their walls.
O goode God! how gentle and how kind Ye seemed by your speech and your visage The day that maked was our marriage. -- Chaucer.
The acts of God . . . to human ears Can nort without process of speech be told. -- Milton.
Speech (n.) A particular language, as distinct from others; a tongue; a dialect.
People of a strange speech and of an hard language. -- Ezek. iii. 6.
Speech (n.) Talk; mention; common saying.
The duke . . . did of me demand What was the speech among the Londoners Concerning the French journey. -- Shak.
Speech (n.) Formal discourse in public; oration; harangue.
The constant design of these orators, in all their speeches, was to drive some one particular point. -- Swift.
Speech (n.) Ny declaration of thoughts.
I. with leave of speech implored, . . . replied. -- Milton.
Syn: Harangue; language; address; oration. See Harangue, and Language.
Speech (v. i. & t.) To make a speech; to harangue. [R.]
Speech. () The act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience; "he listened to an address on minor Roman poets" [syn: address, speech].
Speech. () (Language) Communication by word of mouth; "his speech was garbled"; "he uttered harsh language"; "he recorded the spoken language of the streets" [syn: speech, speech communication, spoken communication, spoken language, language, voice communication, oral communication].
Speech. () Something spoken; "he could hear them uttering merry speeches."
Speech. () The exchange of spoken words; "they were perfectly comfortable together without speech."
Speech. () Your characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally; "his manner of speaking was quite abrupt"; "her speech was barren of southernisms"; "I detected a slight accent in his speech" [syn: manner of speaking, speech, delivery].
Speech. () A lengthy rebuke; "a good lecture was my father's idea of discipline"; "the teacher gave him a talking to" [syn: lecture, speech, talking to].
Speech. () Words making up the dialogue of a play; "the actor forgot his speech" [syn: actor's line, speech, words].
Speech. () The mental faculty or power of vocal communication; "language sets homo sapiens apart from all other animals" [syn: language, speech].
Speech. () A formal discourse in public.
Speech. () The liberty of speech is guaranteed to members of the legislature, to counsel in court in debate.
Speech. () The reduction of a speech to writing and its publication is a libel, if the matter contained in it is libelous; and the repetition of it upon occasions not warranted by law, when the matter is slanderous, will be slander and. tho character of the speaker will be no protection to him from an action. 1 M. & S. 273; 1 Esp. C. 226 Bouv. Inst. Index, h.t. See Debate; Liberty of speech.
Speechful (a.) Full of speech or words; voluble; loquacious. [R.]
Speechification (n.) The act of speechifying. [Used humorously or in contempt.]
Speechifier (n.) One who makes a speech or speeches; an orator; a declaimer. [Used humorously or in contempt.] -- G. Eliot.
Speechifier (n.) A person who delivers a speech or oration [syn: orator, speechmaker, rhetorician, public speaker, speechifier].
Speechified (imp. & p. p.) of Speechify.
Speechifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Speechify.
Speechify (v. i.) To make a speech; to harangue. [Used derisively or humorously.]
Speechify (v.) Make speeches; hold forth, or harangue with a certain degree of formality; "These ministers speechify on every occasion."
Speechifying (n.) The act of making a speech or speeches. [Used derisively or humorously.]
The dinner and speechifying . . . at the opening of the annual season for the buckhounds. -- M. Arnold.
Speeching (n.) The act of making a speech. [R.]
Speechless (a.) Destitute or deprived of the faculty of speech.
Speechless (a.) Not speaking for a time; dumb; mute; silent.
Speechless with wonder, and half dead with fear. -- Addison. -- Speech"less*ly, adv. -- Speech"less*ness, n.
Speechless (a.) Temporarily incapable of speaking; "struck dumb"; "speechless with shock" [syn: speechless, dumb].
Speechmaker (n.) One who makes speeches; one accustomed to speak in a public assembly.
Speechmaker (n.) A person who delivers a speech or oration [syn: orator, speechmaker, rhetorician, public speaker, speechifier].
Speed (n.) Prosperity in an undertaking; favorable issue; success. "For common speed." -- Chaucer.
O Lord God of my master Abraham, I pray thee, send me good speed this day. -- Gen. xxiv. 12.
Speed (n.) The act or state of moving swiftly; swiftness; velocity; rapidly; rate of motion; dispatch; as, the speed a horse or a vessel.
Speed, to describe whose swiftness number fails. -- Milton.
Note: In kinematics, speedis sometimes used to denote the amount of velocity without regard to direction of motion, while velocity is not regarded as known unless both the direction and the amount are known.
Speed (n.) One who, or that which, causes or promotes speed or success. [Obs.] "Hercules be thy speed!" -- Shak.
God speed, Good speed; prosperity. See Godspeed.
Speed gauge, Speed indicator, & Speed recorder (Mach.), Devices for indicating or recording the rate of a body's motion, as the number of revolutions of a shaft in a given time.
Speed lathe (Mach.), A power lathe with a rapidly revolving spindle, for turning small objects, for polishing, etc.; a hand lathe.
Speed pulley, A cone pulley with steps.
Syn: Haste; swiftness; celerity; quickness; dispatch; expedition; hurry; acceleration. See Haste.
Sped (imp. & p. p.) of Speed.
Speeded () of Speed.
Speeding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Speed.
Speed (v. i.) To go; to fare. [Obs.]
To warn him now he is too farre sped. -- Remedy of Love.
Speed (v. i.) To experience in going; to have any condition, good or ill; to fare. -- Shak.
Ships heretofore in seas like fishes sped; The mightiest still upon the smallest fed. -- Waller.
Speed (v. i.) To fare well; to have success; to prosper.
Save London, and send true lawyers their meed!
For whoso wants money with them shall not speed! -- Lydgate.
I told ye then he should prevail, and speed On his bad errand. -- Milton.
Speed (v. i.) To make haste; to move with celerity.
I have speeded hither with the very extremest inch of possibility. -- Shak.
Speed (v. i.) To be expedient. [Obs.] -- Wyclif (2 Cor. xii. 1.)
Speed (v. t.) To cause to be successful, or to prosper; hence, to aid; to favor. "Fortune speed us!" -- Shak.
With rising gales that speed their happy flight. -- Dryden.
Speed (v. t.) To cause to make haste; to dispatch with celerity; to drive at full speed; hence, to hasten; to hurry.
He sped him thence home to his habitation. -- Fairfax.
Speed (v. t.) To hasten to a conclusion; to expedite.
Judicial acts . . . are sped in open court at the instance of one or both of the parties. -- Ayliffe.
Speed (v. t.) To hurry to destruction; to put an end to; to ruin; to undo. "Sped with spavins." -- Shak.
A dire dilemma! either way I 'm sped.
If foes, they write, if friends, they read, me dead. -- Pope.
Speed (v. t.) To wish success or god fortune to, in any undertaking, especially in setting out upon a journey.
Welcome the coming, speed the parting guest. -- Pope.
God speed you, them, etc., may God speed you; or, may you have good speed.
Syn: To dispatch; hasten; expedite; accelerate; hurry.
Speed (n.) Distance travelled per unit time [syn: speed, velocity].
Speed (n.) A rate (usually rapid) at which something happens; "the project advanced with gratifying speed" [syn: speed, swiftness, fastness].
Speed (n.) Changing location rapidly [syn: speed, speeding, hurrying].
Speed (n.) The ratio of the focal length to the diameter of a (camera) lens system [syn: focal ratio, f number, stop number, speed].
Speed (n.) A central nervous system stimulant that increases energy and decreases appetite; used to treat narcolepsy and some forms of depression [syn: amphetamine, pep pill, upper, speed].
Speed (v.) Move fast; "He rushed down the hall to receive his guests"; "The cars raced down the street" [syn: rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie, speed, race, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along, step on it] [ant: dawdle, linger].
Speed (v.) Move faster; "The car accelerated" [syn: accelerate, speed up, speed, quicken] [ant: decelerate, retard, slow, slow down, slow up].
Speed (v.) Move very fast; "The runner zipped past us at breakneck speed" [syn: travel rapidly, speed, hurry, zip].
Speed (v.) Travel at an excessive or illegal velocity; "I got a ticket for speeding."
Speed (v.) Cause to move faster; "He accelerated the car" [syn: accelerate, speed, speed up] [ant: decelerate, slow down].
SPEED, () Early system on LGP-30. Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959).
Speed, NC -- U.S. town in North Carolina
Population (2000): 70
Housing Units (2000): 60
Land area (2000): 0.283009 sq. miles (0.732990 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.283009 sq. miles (0.732990 sq. km)
FIPS code: 63720
Located within: North Carolina (NC), FIPS 37
Location: 35.969978 N, 77.444081 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Speed,
NC
Speed
Speed, KS -- U.S. city in Kansas
Population (2000): 44
Housing Units (2000): 27
Land area (2000): 0.146076 sq. miles (0.378335 sq. km)
Water
area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.146076 sq. miles (0.378335 sq. km)
FIPS code: 67175
Located within: Kansas (KS), FIPS 20
Location: 39.676825 N, 99.420214 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Speed, KS
Speed
Speeder (n.) One who, or that which, speeds.
Speeder (n.) (Spinning) A machine for drawing and twisting slivers to form rovings.
Speeder (n.) A driver who exceeds the safe speed limit [syn: speeder, speed demon].
Speedful (a.) Full of speed (in any sense). [Obs.]
Speedfully (adv.) In a speedful manner. [Obs.]
Speedily (adv.) In a speedy manner.
Speedily (adv.) With rapid movements; "he works quickly" [syn: quickly, rapidly, speedily, chop-chop, apace] [ant: easy, slow, slowly, tardily].
Speediness (n.) The quality or state of being speedy.
Speediness (n.) A rate that is rapid [syn: celerity, quickness, rapidity, rapidness, speediness].
Speedless (a.) Being without speed.
Speedwell (n.) (Bot.) Any plant of the genus Veronica, mostly low herbs with pale blue corollas, which quickly fall off.
Speedwell (n.) Any plant of the genus Veronica [syn: veronica, speedwell].
Speedy (a.) 迅速的；快的 Not dilatory or slow; quick; swift; nimble; hasty; rapid in motion or performance; as, a speedy flight; on speedy foot.
I will wish her speedy strength. -- Shak.
Darts, which not the good could shun, The speedy ould outfly. -- Dryden.
Speedy (a.) Characterized by speed; moving with or capable of moving with high speed; "a rapid movement"; "a speedy car"; "a speedy errand boy" [syn: {rapid}, {speedy}].
Speedy (a.) Accomplished rapidly and without delay; "was quick to make friends"; "his quick reaction prevented an accident"; "hoped for a speedy resolution of the problem"; "a speedy recovery"; "he has a right to a speedy trial" [syn: {quick}, {speedy}].
Spere (v. i.) To search; to pry; to ask; to inquire. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] [Written also speer, speir.] -- Jamieson.
Speer (n.) A sphere. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Speer (v. t.) To ask. [Scot.] See Spere.
Speer (n.) German Nazi architect who worked for Hitler (1905-1981) [syn: Speer, Albert Speer].
Speet (v. t.) To stab. [Obs.] -- Gammer Gurton's Needle.
Speight (n.) (Zool.) A woodpecker; -- called also specht, spekt, spight. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Speir (v. i.) To ask. See Spere. -- Sir W. Scott.
Smaltine, Smaltite (n.) [See Smalt.] (Min.) A tin-white or gray mineral of metallic luster. It is an arsenide of cobalt, nickel, and iron. Called also speiskobalt.
Speiskobalt (n.) [G.] Smaltite.
Speiss (n.) (Metal.) A regulus consisting essentially of nickel, obtained as a residue in fusing cobalt and nickel ores with silica and sodium carbonate to make smalt.
Speiss (n.) (Metal.) Impure metallic arsenides, principally of iron, produced in copper and lead smelting.
Spekboom (n.) (Bot.) The purslane tree of South Africa, -- said to be the favorite food of elephants. -- Balfour (Cyc. of India).
Speke (v. i. & t.) To speak. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Speke (n.) English explorer who with Sir Richard Burton was the first European to explore Lake Tanganyika; he also discovered Lake Victoria and named it (1827-1864) [syn: Speke, John Speke, John Hanning Speke].
Spekehouse (n.) The parlor or reception room of a convent. [Obs.]
Spelding (n.) A haddock or other small fish split open and dried in the sun; -- called also speldron. [Scot.]
Spelicans (n. pl.) See Spilikin.
Spelk (n.) A small stick or rod used as a spike in thatching; a splinter. [Prov. Eng.] -- Grose.
Spell (n.) A spelk, or splinter. [Obs.] -- Holland.
Spelled (imp. & p. p.) of Spell.
Spelling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Spell.
Spell (v. t.) To supply the place of for a time; to take the turn of, at work; to relieve; as, to spell the helmsman.