spanghew, v. dial.
(ˈspæŋhjuː)
Also spangwhew, -hue.
[f. spang v.2, with obscure second element.]
trans. To throw or jerk violently; spec. to cause (a toad or frog) to fly into the air.
| 1781 J. Hutton Tour to Caves (ed. 2) Gloss. 96 Spang⁓whew, to throw up into the air. 1811 Willan in Archaeologia XVII. 158 Spangwhew, to toss with violence. 1853 R. S. Surtees Sponge's Sp. Tour (1893) 18 Hercules had ‘spang-hewed’ so many triers. 1862– in northern and Sc. use. |