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spattle
English
Etymology 1
Ultimately from Late Latin spatula.
Noun
spattle (plural spattles)
- A spatula.
- A tool or implement for mottling pottery with colour.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Knight to this entry?)
Etymology 2
Noun
spattle
- spawl; spittle
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Bale to this entry?)
Anagrams
- Plattes, let past, peltast
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spittle
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?sp?.t(?)l/
- Rhymes: -?t?l
Etymology 1
Alteration of dialectal spattle (by association with spit (noun)), from Old English sp?tl, which is related to sp?tan (whence spit (verb)).
Noun
spittle (countable and uncountable, plural spittles)
- Spit, usually frothy and of a milky coloration.
- Something frothy and white that resembles spit.
- Spit-up or drool of an infant.
Derived terms
- lickspittle
- spittly
Translations
Etymology 2
Noun
spittle (countable and uncountable, plural spittles)
- (now archaic) Alternative form of spital
- a. 1633, George Herbert, The Thanksgiving:
- I'll build a spittle, or mend common ways […]
- a. 1633, George Herbert, The Thanksgiving:
Etymology 3
Representing a frequentative form of spit (“a spade's depth”), equivalent to spit +? -le.
Noun
spittle (countable and uncountable, plural spittles)
- A small sort of spade.
Verb
spittle (third-person singular simple present spittles, present participle spittling, simple past and past participle spittled)
- To dig or stir with a small spade.
Anagrams
- pittles
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