2. Noun. (chiefly South Africa) the story ¹
3. Verb. (dialect Scottish and Northern English) To climb. ¹
4. Verb. (dialect Australia) To run. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Speel
1. to climb [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: climb
Lexicographical Neighbors of Speel
Literary usage of Speel
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Complete Word and Phrase Concordance to the Poems and Songs of Robert by J. B. Reid (1889)
"Ah ! now sma' heart hae I to speel The steep Parnassus, Poem on Life. ... If on
a beastie 1 can speel, To—. Should I but dare a hope to speel, To W. Simpson ..."
2. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares (1859)
"... dye man is away gane, but ource be frolick, lustick, high speel, zing and daunce.
Weakest gars lo the Wall, D 4, Ь. f2b LUSTRATE. To go round. Lat. ..."
3. Beauties of English landscape by Myles Birket Foster (1874)
"... Rock and reel, and spinning-wheel, And English cottage trig, lassie, Haste,
leave them a', wi' me to speel The braes 'yont Stirling brig, lassie. ..."
4. The Poetry of Robert Burns by Robert Burns (1897)
"speel, to climb: ' Moodie spcc'a the holy door,' i. 40. ... 3; 'now sma' heart
hae I to speel the steep Parnassus,' ii. 139. 3-4. ..."
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