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▪ I. ˈsprattle, n. Sc. [f. sprattle v.2] A struggle or scramble.1824 Scott Redgauntlet ch. xii, We will suppose that any friend like yourself were in the deepest hole in the Nith, and making a sprattle for your life.▪ II. † ˈsprattle, v.1 Obs. rare. [? Metathetic form of spartle v.1] intr. and trans...
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Cowl (oast)
High in the roof of the kiln is a beam spanning the centre, called the sprattle beam, this carries a bearing which the pintle on the bottom of the centre
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yspraind
yspraind ysprengd(e, yspreynd, etc., yspratelid, ME. pa. pples. of sprenge v., sprattle v.1
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sprottle
sprottle, v. dial. (ˈsprɒt(ə)l) [Cf. spartle v.2, sprattle v.2] intr. To sprawl, to struggle helplessly. Hence ˈsprottling ppl. a.1829 J. Hunter Hallamshire Gloss. 85 Sprottle, to struggle with inefficacious vehemence. 1839 A. Bywater Sheffield Dial. 15 An we sprottlin abaht to ger up. 1917 D. H. La...
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Shiremark Mill, Capel
The main cross members were the breast beam, the sprattle beam and the tail beam, in order from head to tail.
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Webster's Mill, Framsden
The frame of the mill was built of oak, with pitch pine being introduced for the Sprattle Beam and Tail beam when the mill was modernised.
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lair
▪ I. lair, n.1 (lɛə(r)) Forms: 1 leᵹer, 3–6 leir, 5 layere, 5–7 lare, layre, 5–7 leyre, 6–7 lear(e, laire, laier, (lieare), 6–9 layer, 9 Sc. layre, dial. lear, 4– lair. See also layer. [OE. leᵹer str. neut., corresponding to OFris. legor lying, situation, OS. legar neut., bed, bed of sickness (Du. l...
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