spattle

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English

Etymology 1

From Middle English spatyll, spatyl, spatule, from Old French spatule, espatule, from Late Latin spatula.

Noun

spattle (plural spattles)

  1. A spatula.
  2. A tool or implement for mottling pottery with colour.[1]

Etymology 2

Noun

spattle

  1. spawl; spittle
    • 1538, John Bale, Comedy concenynge thre lawes:
      I can worke wyles in battle , If I do ones but spattle

References

  1. ^ Edward H Knight (1877) “Spattle”, in Knight’s American Mechanical Dictionary. , volumes III (REA–ZYM), New York, N.Y.: Hurd and Houghton , →OCLC.

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