3. Anything short and thick; specifically, a piece of dough boiled in
fat. [Local, U.S.]
Spue (?), v. t. & i. See Spew.
Spuil"zie (?), n. See Spulzie.
Spuke (?), n. See Spook.
Spul"ler (&?;), n. [For spooler.] [See Spool.] One employed to inspect
yarn, to see that it is well spun, and fit for the loom. [Prov. Eng.]
Spul"zie (?), n. [Cf. Spoil.] Plunder, or booty. [Written also
spuilzie, and spulye.] Sir W. Scott.
Spume (?), n. [L. spuma. Cf. Pumice, Spoom.] Frothy matter raised on
liquids by boiling, effervescence, or agitation; froth; foam; scum.
Materials dark and crude, Of spiritous and fiery spume.
Milton.
Spume, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Spumed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Spuming.] [L.
spumare.] To froth; to foam.
Spume"ous (?), a. Spumous. [Obs.] r. H. More.
Spu*mes"cence (?), n. [See Spumescent.] The state of being foamy;
frothiness.
Spu*mes"cent (?), a. [L. spumescens, p. pr. of spumescere to grow
foamy, from spuma foam.] Resembling froth or foam; foaming.