Sc. Also spiel. [f. next.] The act of clambering or climbing.
1807–10. Tannahill, Poems (1846), 76. He clamb the heights of Jura’s isle, Wi’ weary speel.
1885. [J. Lumsden], Rural Rhymes, 31. ‘Steeple-Jack’ daurna wage a spiel wi’ me!
Sc. Also spiel. [f. next.] The act of clambering or climbing.
1807–10. Tannahill, Poems (1846), 76. He clamb the heights of Jura’s isle, Wi’ weary speel.
1885. [J. Lumsden], Rural Rhymes, 31. ‘Steeple-Jack’ daurna wage a spiel wi’ me!
