Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Spick"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Spick \Spick\, n. [Cf. Sw. spik. See {Spike} a nail.]
A spike or nail. [Prov. Eng.]
{Spick and span}, quite new; that is, as new as a spike or
nail just made and a chip just split; brand-new; as, a
spick and span novelty. See {Span-new}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
spick
adj : completely neat and clean; "the apartment was immaculate";
"in her immaculate white uniform"; "a spick-and-span
kitchen"; "their spic red-visored caps" [syn: {immaculate},
{speckless}, {spick-and-span}, {spic-and-span}, {spic},
{spotless}]
n : ethnic slur; offensive terms for persons of Latin American
descent [syn: {spic}, {spik}]
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