spetchn.
/spɛtʃ/ 1. A piece or strip of undressed leather, a trimming of hide, used in making glue or size.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > leather > [noun] > strip of leather > used in making glue or size
scrowsa1513
spetch1611
1611 [see ].
attributive and in other combinations.1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Surpoinct,..Spech grease; an oylie grease scummed from peeces of lickored leather sodden in water for that purpose.?1881 Census Eng. & Wales: Instr. Clerks classifying Occupations & Ages (?1885) 166 Spitch Dealer (refuse of Hides).1624 in G. Ornsby Select. from Househ. Bks. Naworth Castle (1878) 216 Glover's spech, iiijd.
1628 Bk. Recepts 5 June in G. Ornsby Select. from Househ. Bks. Naworth Castle (1878) 244 For glovers' spetches, vjd.
1795 J. Phillips Gen. Hist. Inland Navigation (rev. ed.) Add. 40 For every pack or sheet of wool, dried pelts, or spetches, carried the whole length of the canal.., six-pence.
1815 Pocklington Canal Act 52 Dried pelts, spetches, and wool.
1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Spetches, a name for glue pieces; the offal of skin and hides.
1883 R. Haldane Workshop Receipts 2nd Ser. 300/2 The materials..in use for the manufacture of glue are the following:—(a) ‘Wet’ materials: sheep-pieces or ‘spetches’ from fellmongers.
2. dialect. A piece or patch of leather, esp. one used for making or mending boots, clogs, etc.; also, a patch of cloth.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > leather > [noun] > piece or patch of leather
spetch1828
the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > [noun] > piece of > other pieces
piece?c1430
fasel1440
speckc1440
pane1459
rag?1536
remnant1571
fag end1607
swatch1647
cut1753
rigg1769
hag's teeth1777
bias1824
spetch1828
shredlet1840
bias tape1884
short end1960
1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Spetch, a patch.
1853 ‘T. Treddlehoyle’ Bairnsla Foaks' Ann. 52 Ther [cobbler's] hause floor..is kept cuvard all ovver we leather spetches.
1863– in Cumbld. and Yks. dial. glossaries and texts.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
spetchv.
Now northern dialect.
transitive. To patch, mend, or repair (shoes, clogs, etc.) with ‘spetches’; to patch (a garment) with cloth.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > making footwear > make footwear [verb (transitive)] > repair or renovate > in specific way
forefoot1465
welt1483
spetch1582
speck1681
tap1746
heel-tap1763
fox1796
resole1821
refoot1827
tap-piece1903
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > tailor or make clothes [verb (transitive)] > repair or renovate
turn?c1475
translate1503
spetch1828
mend1836
clobber1851
reviver1852
1582 in G. Ornsby Select. from Househ. Bks. Naworth Castle (1878) 216 The said shomakers shall not in anywise spetche, clout, or coble any manner of bootes.
1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Spetch, to patch.
1862– in w. Yks. dial. glossaries and texts.
1873 J. Standing Echoes Lancs. Vale 13 It's all mendin' and spetchin'—scarce iver aught new: Thur's mi white weddin' shirt's to be patched op wi blue.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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