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speight - definition and meaning
Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
noun (Zoöl.), Obs. or Prov. Eng. A woodpecker; -- called also specht , spekt , spight .
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Etymologies
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1598, from earlier specht (1552, "woodpecker"), probably of Middle Dutch or Middle Low German origin, from Middle Low German specht ("wookpecker"), from Old Saxon speht ("woodpecker"), from Proto-Germanic *spihtaz, *spihtōn, *spiha- (“woodpecker”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pīk(ʷ)- (“a kind of bird”). Cognate with Dutch specht ("woodpecker"), German Specht ("woodpecker"), Danish spætte ("woodpecker"), Latin pīcus ("woodpecker"), Ancient Greek πῑπώ (pīpoú, "woodpecker").
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Evening Mail news round-up 2010
The other key strand to the story describes a 35 year old murder case, mirrored in a new speight of prostitute killings.
unknown title 2011
The other key strand to the story describes a 35 year old murder case, mirrored in a new speight of prostitute killings.
unknown title 2011
The other key strand to the story describes a 35 year old murder case, mirrored in a new speight of prostitute killings.
unknown title 2011
The other key strand to the story describes a 35 year old murder case, mirrored in a new speight of prostitute killings.
unknown title 2011
Not a new debate so its all been said before - as in comment from christina speight .
Epolitix News 2010
Not a new debate so its all been said before - as in comment from christina speight .
Epolitix News 2010
Not a new debate so its all been said before - as in comment from christina speight .
Epolitix News 2010
Not a new debate so its all been said before - as in comment from christina speight .
Epolitix News 2010
Not a new debate so its all been said before - as in comment from christina speight .
Epolitix News 2010
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