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单词 spale
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spalen.1

Etymology: Old English spala substitute: see spele v.1
Obsolete. rare.
Sparing; respite or rest.
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the world > action or operation > ceasing > temporary cessation of activity or operation > [noun] > (a) respite
spalea1250
lithec1300
respitec1330
sabbath1398
vacationc1425
respetta1450
respectc1450
repose?1549
intermission1576
bait1580
sob1593
respiration1611
vacation1614
suspension1645
relaxation1728
relax1733
a1250 Owl & Nightingale 258 Þu mihtest bet hote galegale, Vor þu hauest to monye tale. Let þine tunge habbe spale.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

spalen.2

Brit. /speɪl/, U.S. /speɪl/, Scottish English /spel/
Forms: Middle English–1500s, 1800s spale, Middle English–1500s, 1700s–1800s spail, 1500s spaile, spaill, 1700s–1800s speal, 1800s northern spial, spyel.
Etymology: Of uncertain origin: compare spall n.1 and speel n.1There is resemblance in form to Old Norse spal-, spǫlr bar, rod, short piece, Middle High German (and German dialect) spale rung of a ladder, German dialect spale, spal wooden spit, wedge; but real connection with these is doubtful.
Scottish and northern.
1.
a. A splinter or chip, a thin piece or strip, of wood.
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the world > space > shape > condition of being long in relation to breadth > [noun] > long narrow piece > cut or split off
spoonc725
spillc1300
sliverc1374
splinter1398
sprotea1400
speelc1440
spelkc1440
splinderc1440
spilderc1475
spalea1500
spelcha1605
the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [noun] > a separate part > a fragment > shaving or chip
chipa1393
sprotea1400
chipping?c1400
spallc1440
clipping1461
spalea1500
chiplet1873
paint chip1891
a1500 Ratis Raving 57 With stikis, and with spalys small, To byge vp chalmer, spens & hall.
1508 Golagros & Gawane (Chepman & Myllar) sig. bvv The spalis and the sparkis spedely out sprang.
1508 Golagros & Gawane (Chepman & Myllar) sig. cv Half ane span at ane spail..He hewit attanis.
1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 283 Quhill speris brak, and all in spalis sprang Aboue thair heid.
1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Bii/1 A Spale, chip, assula.
a1578 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) II. 161 The king of France was ewill hurt in the face witht the spaill of ane speir.
1710 T. Ruddiman in G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneis (new ed.) Gloss. at Spalis We use..speals for chips of wood, or small splinters.
1781 J. Hutton Tour to Caves (ed. 2) Gloss. 96 Speals, chips, or small split sticks.
a1796 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 255 But smash them! crush them a' to spails!
1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 472 This multiplication of tools becomes unnecessary, by laying against the cutting part of the bit, slips of wood, called spales.
1854 H. Miller My Schools & Schoolmasters (1858) 14 The poor Friendship lies in spales on the bar of Findhorn.
1865 G. MacDonald Alec Forbes I. xiv. 105 The floor was covered with shavings, or spales, as they are called by northern consent.
b. In proverbial phrases.
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1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) I. 654 To huif ouir hie, Quhill that the spaill fell into thair ee.
1597 A. Montgomerie Cherrie & Slae 170 To lait I knaw quha hewes to hie, The spiell sall fall into his eye.
a1598 D. Fergusson Sc. Prov. (1641) sig. C He that hewes over hie, the spaill will fall into his eye.
1862 A. Hislop Prov. Scotl. 88 He's no the best wright that casts maist spails.
1894 P. H. Hunter James Inwick iv. 48 Hew abüne your heid, an' ye'll get a spale in your ee.
2. transferred. (See quot. 1824.)
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the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > ghost or phantom > [noun] > light appearing over corpse > light as omen of death > curl of tallow
spale1824
the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > candle > [noun] > made from animal fat > by dipping in tallow > curl of tallow on a candle
spale1824
1824 J. Mactaggart Sc. Gallovidian Encycl. 432 Spales o' the cannle, little curls of tallow, which sometimes appear on a burning candle.
1897 C. J. G. Rampini Hist. Moray & Nairn vi. 333 A ‘spale’ or ‘waste’ on a burning candle indicates an approaching death.
3. attributive, as spale-basket, spale-board, spale-box.
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1830 J. Wilson Noctes Ambrosianæ l, in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. June 927 Has the dowg swallowed the spale-box o' pills?
1857 J. W. Carlyle Lett. II. 316 In a little oval spale-box.
1877 G. Fraser Wigtown 304 To..have nothing but a bit of a spale-boord between him an' etarnity.
1894 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words Spyel-basket, a basket made of wooden spails, oak preferred, for carrying food to cattle on a farm.

Draft additions 1993

c. Basket-making. A thin strip of wood woven to form the cross-slat of a wooden basket; such strips collectively. Also elliptical for spale-basket at sense 3.The elliptical use is noted in S.N.D. as having been recorded from Ayrshire in 1928.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > basket > [noun] > made of strips of wood
swill1395
wash-basket1881
chip1922
spelk1949
spale1959
society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood in specific form > [noun] > strip of wood > for making baskets
chip1854
spale1959
society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood in specific form > [noun] > strip of wood > for making baskets > collectively
spale1959
1959 D. Wright Baskets & Basketry vi. 136 Spale: thin strips of wood such as oak or chestnut woven into a basket; sometimes used as stakes or sticks with other materials as weaving.
1959 D. Wright Baskets & Basketry iii. 79 The Italians in particular are alive to the possibilities of using traditional spale and willow shapes in new ways.
1964 H. Hodges Artifacts x. 146 Cleft larger timbers were also used for basket-making..clefts (spelks, spales, swills, laths)..have been split radially from the timber.
1966 3rd Statist. Acct. Scotl. XVIII. ii. xvi. 145 The broader and thicker strips of oak that went from side to side of the basket were called ‘spales’.
1972 Daily Tel. 5 Aug. 9/4 In the small workshop alongside his cottage he showed me how the spales (baskets) are made.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

spalen.3

Etymology: Compare spall n.3
(See quot. 1867 and cross-spall n.)
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > [noun] > timbers of hull > deck or hold beams
transom1545
beam1627
wing-transom1711
stool1797
hold-beam1801
breast beam1805
skid beam1846
beak-head-beam1850
cat-beam1850
deck-beam1858
main-transom1867
spale1867
1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Spales, in naval architecture, internal strengthening by cross artificial beams.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2018).

spalev.

/speɪl/
Etymology: Of obscure origin.
Cornish dialect.
transitive. To fine for absence, lateness, or breach of rules.
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society > authority > punishment > fine > [verb (transitive)] > for breach of rules
spale1854
1854 Notes & Queries 1st Ser. 10 419/2 Spile, which miners pronounce spaël; to inflict a fine or penalty for late attendance at work.
1865 R. Hunt Pop. Romances W. Eng. 2nd Ser. 125 It isn't worth while to be spaled for any such foolishness.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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