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Spig may refer to: Spigelia, a plant used extensively in homeopathy Frank Wead (1895–1947), nicknamed "Spig", a U.S. Navy aviator SPIG Industry LLC, a
Spig
American screenwriter
Frank Wilbur "Spig" Wead (24 October 1895 – 15 November 1947) was a U.S. Navy aviator who helped promote United States Naval aviation from its inception
Frank_Wead
English musician (born 1955)
as Huang Chung. At this time, Feldman was known professionally as Nick De Spig. Huang Chung released two singles in 1980 for independent music company Rewind
Nick_Feldman
1982 Wang Chung album
under pseudonyms: Jeremy Ryder (as Jack Hues); Nick Feldman (as Nick De Spig); Darren Costin (as Darwin); and Dave Burnand (as Hogg). Huang Chung was
Huang_Chung_(album)
Ethnic slur against people from Spanish-speaking countries
an Italian or "American of Italian ancestry", along with the words spic, spig, and spiggoty, and confirms that it is shortened from the word spaghetti
Spic
1957 film by John Ford
starring John Wayne, Dan Dailey and Maureen O'Hara, based on the life of Frank "Spig" Wead and the history of U.S. Naval aviation from its inception through World
The_Wings_of_Eagles
the idea that people of African descent were primitive. Spic, spick, spik, spig, or spigotty United States Hispanic people First recorded use in 1915. Believed
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Bristol, Virginia. He is the co-founder of Selco Construction Services and SPIG Industry LLC, a highway guardrail manufacturing company. Harman is best known
Joshua_Harman
British new wave band
issued, Hues, DeSpig and Burnand also contributed to the lone studio album by mysterious pseudonymous group Blanket of Secrecy. Hues and DeSpig wrote the song
Wang_Chung_(band)
1932 film
film directed by John Ford, based on a story by Dale Van Every and Frank "Spig" Wead. The film stars Ralph Bellamy, Pat O'Brien and Gloria Stuart. A copy
Air_Mail_(film)
English actress and presenter (born 1974)
Opinion" 1999 The Round Tower Vanessa Ratcliffe TV film Shooting the Past Spig TV film The Scarlet Pimpernel Minette Roland Episode: "The Scarlet Pimpernel"
Emilia_Fox
Irish singer-songwriter and political activist (born 1951)
politics". The Independent. Retrieved 22 September 2025. "SPIG – Bob Geldof 17 June 2002". Spig.clara.net. Retrieved 10 August 2010. "Bob Geldof and Fathers
Bob_Geldof
American film director (1894–1973)
fictionalized biography of Ford's old friend, aviator-turned-scriptwriter Frank "Spig" Wead, who had scripted several of Ford's early sound films. It starred John
John_Ford
English comedian, actor and writer (born 1943)
Composer/performer: "Really Nice Day" 2007 Shrek the Third Merlin Voice 2008 Delgo Spig 2014 Monty Python Live (Mostly) Various roles Concert film; also writer and
Eric_Idle
Irish and American actress (1920–2015)
Eagles, which was based on the true story of an old friend of Ford's, Frank "Spig" Wead, a naval aviator who became a screenwriter in Hollywood. Malone wrote
Maureen_O'Hara
Conqueror Temüjin The Searchers Ethan Edwards 1957 The Wings of Eagles Frank W. 'Spig' Wead Jet Pilot Col. Jim Shannon Legend of the Lost Joe January 1958 The
John_Wayne_filmography
graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1916 along with his friend Spig Wead. In 1920, he was designated as a naval aviator. Lieutenants Wead and
John_D._Price
1947 film by John Farrow
operations. The screenplay was from well-known writer and aviator Frank "Spig" Wead and Arthur Sheekman and starred Anne Baxter, William Holden, Sonny
Blaze_of_Noon
Hispanic Americans were stereotyped to be a part of. Spic, spick, spik, spig, or spigotty A person of Hispanic descent. First recorded use in 1915. Theories
List of ethnic slurs and epithets by ethnicity
List_of_ethnic_slurs_and_epithets_by_ethnicity
Category of film award
A story by Schary & Eleanore Griffin The Citadel Dalrymple, Betty Hill & Spig Wead The novel by A. J. Cronin Four Daughters Lenore Coffee & Julius J. Epstein
Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
Academy_Award_for_Best_Adapted_Screenplay
1931 film
portrayed the fictional USS Pensacola. US Navy Lieutenant Commander Frank "Spig" Wead, a former pilot and graduate of Pensacola NAS Flight School, was given
Dirigible_(film)
1947 film by Norman Taurog
underwent a number of revisions, with contributions from Robert Smith, Frank "Spig" Wead, Norman Krasna, David Hawkins, John Lee Mahin, Glenn Tryon, and Ayn
The_Beginning_or_the_End
The AN/SPG-60 (pronounced as "SPIG sixty") is a United States tracking radar that is part of the MK-86 Gun Fire Control System (GFCS). It is used for air
AN/SPG-60
2008 American animated film
McDowell as General Raius Michael Clarke Duncan as Elder Marley Eric Idle as Spig Kelly Ripa as Kurrin Burt Reynolds as Delgo's father Brad Abrell as Spog
Delgo
Blended Scotch Whisky
"creamy, harmonious and oak-sweetness" Ballantine's 21 Year Old: blended – "spig, aromatic and heather smoke" Ballantine's 30 Year Old: blended – "rich, oak
Ballantine's
1955 mystery novel by Leslie Ford
published in hardcover by Charles Scribner's Sons in 1955. The novel centers on Spig and Molly O'Leary, a married couple living on the eastern shore of Maryland
Murder_Comes_to_Eden
Bay in the Wadden Sea between Netherlands and Germany
in 1977 Groninger Landschap 2016, pp. 7–9, 21, 47. UNESCO 2009. SPiG 2016, p. 4. SPiG 2016, pp. 4–5. HENRY 2016, pp. 31–33. Papenborg & Van der Togt 2016
Dollart
1999 British TV series or programme
Spall Christopher Anderson – Liam Cunningham Veronica – Billie Whitelaw Spig – Emilia Fox Nick – Blake Ritson Garnett – Arj Barker Styeman – Andy Serkis
Shooting_the_Past
1929 film by George W. Hill
the team was called "Three Sea Hawks". The film was the first from Frank "Spig" Wead whose story was the basis for the screenplay. He went on to write the
The_Flying_Fleet
American actor (1917–1966)
Passage (1940) - Richard Towne (uncredited) The Ghost Comes Home (1940) - 'Spig' Susan and God (1940) - Theater Usher (uncredited) We Who Are Young (1940)
Don_Castle
American company
Joshua Harman, co-owner of guardrail manufacturing and installation companies SPIG Industry and Selco Construction Services, filed a federal False Claims Act
Trinity_Industries
2021 TV series or program
drops a mustard bottle, a biker runs over it enough to awaken the Level 4 Spig. Upon merging with a hamburger, it becomes the hamburger-themed ghost Burghorror
Ghostforce
Norwegian composer
(Trine Thorbjørnsen) 1992 - "Jeg Drømte" (Kjersti Engebrigtsen) 1999 - "Gips"(Spig Wibrodux)- (Wøllo/Bry/Kask) 1999 - "Ursula X" (Teet Kask) 2001 - "Shadowgraph"
Erik_Wøllo
High school in Peoria, Illinois, United States
Tigers, inducted into the Greater Peoria Sports Hall of Fame in 2016. Frank "Spig" Wead (1895–1947) Navy Commander, John Wayne played Wead in the movie "The
Peoria High School (Peoria, Illinois)
Peoria_High_School_(Peoria,_Illinois)
1941 film
Based on a screenplay adapted from an original story by Commander Frank "Spig" Wead, USN (Ret), Dive Bomber features spectacular flying scenes (as in other
Dive_Bomber_(film)
Atlantic Fleet "Snow Eagle" – Clennell H. Dickins, Canadian pioneer bush pilot "Spig" – Frank W. Wead, U.S. Navy aviator and screenwriter "Spuds" – Theodore Ellyson
List_of_aviators_by_nickname
Actors often used in John Ford films
Charles Kenyon Frances Marion James Kevin McGuiness John Stone Dudley Nichols Spig Wead Lamar Trotti Nunnally Johnson Laurence Stallings James Warner Bellah
John_Ford_Stock_Company
neuter noun fruentimmer, as well as raster and spiger (indefinite plural spig(e)re/spiger), which can be either gender. Definite plural: alemannerne, anglerne
Danish_grammar
Israeli port operator
25 years beginning in the year 2021. Shanghai International Port Group (SPIG) won the tender to operate the Bay Terminal in Haifa, while Switzerland-based
Israel_Port_Authority
James Marks, former commander of the United States Army Intelligence Center "Spig" – Frank W. Wead, U.S. Navy aviator and screenwriter "Spike" – William H
List of military figures by nickname
List_of_military_figures_by_nickname
1940 American film
Tony Hobart Cavanaugh as Ambrose Bundy Ann Morriss as Myra Don Castle as 'Spig' Tom Rutherford as Mortimer Hopkins, Jr. Renie Riano as Sarah Osborn Richard
The_Ghost_Comes_Home
1936 film by Ray Enright
(uncredited) Walter Miller as Instructor (uncredited) Screenwriter Frank "Spig" Wead wrote the film as a thinly disguised biography of aviation pioneer
China_Clipper_(film)
1939 film by Roy Del Ruth
and face competition from socialite/aviatrix Bennett. Written by Frank "Spig" Wead." "Tail Spin." Monthly Film Bulletin, January 1, 1939. Retrieved: September
Tail_Spin
R. Raabe; I. Reusen; P. Van Duppen; L. Vermeeren; A. Wiihr (1997). "The SPIG, improvement of the efficiency and beam quality of an ion-guide based on-line
RFQ_beam_cooler
English new wave band
song "Lovers" was written by Jack Hues and Nick Feldman (a.k.a. Nick De Spig) of Wang Chung, and arranged by Hues. One-time Wang Chung member "Hogg" (Dave
Blanket_of_Secrecy
Eagles (1957) – biographical war drama film based on the life of Frank "Spig" Wead and the history of U.S. Naval aviation from its inception through World
List of 1950s films based on actual events
List_of_1950s_films_based_on_actual_events
United States historic place
900 military veterans lie buried on the grounds (including Frank Wilbur "Spig" Wead, a U.S. Navy aviator who helped promote United States Naval aviation
Springdale_Cemetery
American screenwriter (1916–1962)
critically acclaimed. Schnee produced The Wings of Eagles (1957), a biopic of Spig Wead starring John Wayne directed by John Ford. He produced a crime film
Charles_Schnee
1936 film by Howard Hawks
National and Cosmopolitan Productions. Navy aviator turned screenwriter Frank 'Spig' Wead provided the script, based on the original three-act play he wrote
Ceiling_Zero
American writer and artist
dedication written underneath the last panel which reads, “for Peter, Mickey, Spig & Rig, John, Steve, Vince, Joah, Raven, Tom, Hippler, and too many others
Robert_Triptow
1939 film by Alfred E. Green
(uncredited) Based on a story by veteran pilot and screenwriter, Frank "Spig" Wead, 20,000 Men a Year was the first film to document the Civilian Pilot
20,000_Men_a_Year
1934 film by John G. Blystone
original play. A great number of screenwriters were involved, including Frank "Spig" Wead, a noted aviation writer who had been involved in many productions
Hell_in_the_Heavens
1940 film
Sweetheart of Turret One. It was developed by Sam Goldwyn based on a story by Spig Wead which Goldwyn purchased in August 1939 to use as a vehicle for his younger
Sailor's_Lady
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Girl/Female
Australian, Portuguese
Heavenly
Boy/Male
Indian
A servant of God
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
Affection
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Sanskrit
The Ascendant or 1st House
Boy/Male
Tamil
Lord Krishna
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Tamil
Whole; Complete
Surname or Lastname
English (Dorset)
English (Dorset) : variant spelling of Chaffee. In the U.K. this is the usual spelling of the surname.
Female
French
French Provençal name, probably derived from the word mirar, MIREIO means "to admire."
Girl/Female
Tamil
Pleasing, Loved
Boy/Male
Indian, Sikh
Wishes; All Wish will Fulfil
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n.
An aromatic plant of America. See Spikenard.
n.
A woodpecker; -- called also specht, spekt, spight.
n.
A woodpecker. See Speight.
n.
A perennial North American herb (Spigelia Marilandica), sometimes cultivated for its showy red blossoms. Called also Carolina pink, Maryland pinkroot, and worm grass.
n.
A tapster.
n.
The enlarged end of a section of pipe which receives the spigot end of the next section.
n.
Same as Spickenel.
n.
An annual South American and West Indian plant (Spigelia Anthelmia).
v. t.
To supply with a spile or a spigot; to make a small vent in, as a cask.
n.
A fixture for drawing a liquid, as water, molasses, oil, etc., from a pipe, cask, or other vessel, in such quantities as may be desired; -- called also tap, and cock. It consists of a tubular spout, stopped with a movable plug, spigot, valve, or slide.
n.
An aromatic plant. In the United States it is the Aralia racemosa, often called spignet, and used as a medicine. The spikenard of the ancients is the Nardostachys Jatamansi, a native of the Himalayan region. From its blackish roots a perfume for the hair is still prepared in India.
n.
The root of Spigelia Marilandica, used as a powerful vermifuge; also, that of S. Anthelmia. See definition 2 (below).
n.
Formerly the title of the sealer of writs in chancery.
n. & v.
Spite.
n.
A pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask; also, the plug of a faucet or cock.
n.
The turning plug, stopper, or spigot of a faucet.