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specksioneer Whale-fishing. (spɛkʃəˈnɪə(r)) Also specktion(e)er, spectioneer, 'speckshioner. [ad. Du. speksnijer, colloquial form of speksnijder, f. spek speck n.4 + snijden to cut. The Du. ij was formerly, and is still locally, pronounced as (iː).] A harpooner, usually the chief harpooner, of a wha...
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Sylvia's Lovers
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Sylvia Robson - the heroine
Philip Hepburn - Sylvia's cousin (her mother’s nephew), works in a draper's shop
Charley Kinraid - a specksioneer
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▪ I. speak, n. Chiefly Sc. and north. (spiːk) Forms: 3–5 speke (4 spece), 4–5 spek, 5 Sc. speike (9 speik), 6–7 speake, 8– speak. [Partly the northern form of ME. spēche (OE. spǽc, sprǽc) speech n.1; partly, in later use, f. speak v. In Laȝamon 1971, Owl & N. 13, and Rob. Glouc. 8535, 8643, the form...
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