Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Speight \Speight\, n. [G. specht, probably akin to L. picus: cf.
   D. specht. [root]169. See {Pie} a magpie.] (Zo["o]l.)
   A woodpecker; -- called also {specht}, {spekt}, {spight}.
   [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]