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splore, n. Sc.|splɔə(r)|
[Of obscure origin.]
1. A frolic, merrymaking, revel, carousal.
1785Burns Jolly Beggars 1st Recit., A merry core..In Poosie Nancy's held the splore. 1816Scott Bl. Dwarf vii, You that like to hear o' splores, heard ye ever o' a better ane than I hae had this morning? 1873C. Gibbon Lack of Gold xxviii, Like enough the folk have kept him to join in some splore.
2. A commotion or disturbance; a skirmish or encounter; a scrape.
1785Burns Holy Willie xiii, An' when we chasten'd him therefor, Thou kens how he bred sic a splore. 1818Scott Rob Roy xxxv, Then came the splore about the surrendering your papers. 1843Cracks about Kirk i. 16 Mony a splore you and me hae had; but we can shake hands yet. 1879‘S. Tytler’ Bride's Pass v, He has not the ability to run wild and get into splores.
Hence splore v. intr., to revel or riot; to make a commotion or show; to brag or boast, etc.
1796Burness Thrummy Cap (1893) 7 I'm a Christian man, Wha never lik'd to curse nor ban, Nor steal nor lie, nor drink nor splore. 1825Jamieson Suppl., To splore, v.n., to show off, to make a great show. 1862–in Eng. Dial. Dict. |