Splut"ter*er (?), n. One who splutters.
Spod"o*man`cy (?), n. [Gr. spodo`s ashes + -mancy.] Divination by means
of ashes.
Spod`o*man"tic (?), a. Relating to spodomancy, or divination by means
of ashes. C. Kingsley.
Spod"u*mene (?; 135), n. [Gr. &?;, p. pr. pass. from &?; to burn to
ashes, from spodo`s ashes; cf. F. spodumène.] (Min.) A mineral of a
white to yellowish, purplish, or emerald-green color, occuring in
prismatic crystals, often of great size. It is a silicate of aluminia
and lithia. See Hiddenite.
Spof"fish (?), a. [probably from Prov. E. spoffle to be spoffish.]
Earnest and active in matters of no moment; bustling. [Colloq. Eng.]
Dickens.
Spoil (?) (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spoiled (#) or Spoilt (#); p. pr.
& vb. n. Spoiling.] [F. spolier, OF. espoilelier, fr. L. spoliare, fr.
spolium spoil. Cf. Despoil, Spoliation.] 1. To plunder; to strip by
violence; to pillage; to rob; -- with of before the name of the thing
taken; as, to spoil one of his goods or possession. "Ye shall spoil the
Egyptians." Ex. iii. 22.
My sons their old, unhappy sire despise, Spoiled of his kingdom,
and deprived of eues.
Pope.