v. dial. Also spangwhew, -hue. [f. SPANG v.2, with obscure second element.] trans. To throw or jerk violently; spec. to cause (a toad or frog) to fly into the air.
1781. J. Hutton, Tour to Caves (ed. 2), Gloss. 96. Spang-whew, to throw up into the air.
1811. Willan, in Archaeologia, XVII. 158. Spangwhew, v. to toss with violence.
1853. R. S. Surtees, Sponge’s Sp. Tour (1893), 18. Hercules had ‘spang-hewed’ so many triers.
1862–. in northern and Sc. use.
