See Also: spilikin(medicine)
squatter(1)(dictionary)
squatter(2)(dictionary)
squatter(dictionary)
SQUATTER(law)

squatter(2) (iou) and spilikin (medicine)


squatter(2) (iou)



squatter verb. Now chiefly Scot. L16.
[Prob. imit. Cf. SWATTER verb.]
verb intrans. Be fussily busy. Only in L16.
verb intrans. = SQUITTER verb 2. L16-E17.
verb trans. & intrans. Scatter, disperse. Long obsolete exc. Scot. E17.
verb intrans.
a. Make one's way through water with much splashing or flapping. (Foll. by away, out of, through, etc.) L18.
b. Flap or struggle in water or soft mud. E19.

spilikin (medicine)


spilikin


One of a number of small pieces or pegs of wood, ivory, bone, or Other material, for playing a game, or for counting the score in a game, as in cribbage. In the plural (spilikins), a game played with such pieces; pushpin.

Alternative forms: spillikin, spilliken.

Origin: OD. Spelleken a small pin. See Spill a splinter.

Source: Websters Dictionary