spagh
Yola edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English spake, from Old English spāca, from Proto-Germanic *spaikǭ.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
spagh
- The spoke of a wheel.
- 1927, “ZONG OF TWI MAARKEET MOANS”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 129, line 5:
- Thick besom fighed a spagh wi kick an a blaake,
- The kid angry gave a struggle, with a kick and a bleat,
References edit
- Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 129