spaul

Her Grace turned to him and said, “Rax me a spaul o 'that bubbly jock [50].”

Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character Ramsay, Edward B 1874

Merciful heaven! only picture the miserable slaves, each with the spaul of a turkey sticking in his gob; dwell upon that, my dearly beloved hearers, dwell upon that -- and then let those who have the atrocious hardihood to do so, speak of the kindliness of the planters hearts.

Tom Cringle's Log Michael Scott 1812

If a day's labourer refuse to work, ye'll grant a warrant to gar him do out his daurg -- if a wench quean rin away from her hairst, ye'll send her back to her heuck again -- if sae mickle as a collier or a salter make a moonlight flitting, ye will cleek him by the back-spaul in a minute of time -- and yet the damage canna amount to mair than a creelfu 'of coals, and a forpit or twa of saut; and here is a chield taks leg from his engagement, and damages me to the tune of sax thousand punds sterling; that is, three thousand that I should win, and three thousand mair that I am like to lose; and you that ca' yourself a justice canna help a poor man to catch the rinaway?

Redgauntlet Walter Scott 1801