spattle

English

Etymology 1

Ultimately from Late Latin spatula.

Noun

spattle (plural spattles)

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

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. 1874, Edward H. Knight, American Mechanical Dictionary
  • spattle in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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