Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1971 (SND Vol. VIII).
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SPEERAL, adj. Sc. form of Eng. spiral (Sc. 1830 Wilson Noctes Amb. (1855) II. 356). Adv. speerally (Sc. 1834 Wilson Noctes Amb. (1855) IV. 156). See P.L.D. § 45.