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▪ I. ˈspirket1 E. Angl. dial.
Also 7 spirkit, 9 sper-, spurket.
[Of obscure origin: cf. prec. and spirget.]
A stout peg or hook on which to hang things.
1644J. Carter Nail & Wheel (1647) 14 The use of such a nail, or peg, or spirkit is to hang things out of hand. 1787Marshall Norfolk Gloss., Spirket, a hook to hang things on. 1806Bloomfield Wild Flowers 44 She passed a clean white hog..They'd kilt the day before. High on the spirket there it hung. 1823E. Moor Suffolk Words, Sperket, wooden, hooked, large peg, not much curved, to hang saddles, harness, etc. on. 1899M. B. Betham-Edwards Lord of Harvest ii. 22 The big boiler hanging from the spirket now contained a bit of beef and a plum pudding.
▪ II. † ˈspirket2 Naut. Obs.
In 8 spirkit.
[Cf. next and spurket.]
spirket risings, = next 1.
1711W. Sutherland Shipbuild. Assist. 44 The Spirkit Risings..are placed under the Lower Gun-deck Ports. Ibid., The Spirkit Risings under the Middle Deck Ports. |