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spency dial.|ˈspɛnsɪ|
[Of obscure origin.]
The stormy petrel, Procellaria pelagica.
1813Montagu Ornith. Suppl., Petrel (Stormy),..Mitty, Assilag, Spency, Sea-Swallow, Allamotti. 1844Zoologist II. 627 Storm petrel,..the ‘Mother Carey's chickens’, or ‘Spencies’, as they are called by sailors. 1899Shetland News 14 Jan. (E.D.D.), The Manx shearwater, or ‘lyrie’ of our native folk,..and the storm petrel, or ‘spencie’. |