spurtle

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Etymology 1

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Noun
A porridge spurtle.

spurtle (plural spurtles)

  1. Either of two Scottish kitchen implements made of wood: a flat one for turning oatcakes, or a stick for stirring porridge.

Etymology 2

spirt +‎ -le? According to the Poly-Olbion project, coined by poet Michael Drayton in 1606.

Verb

spurtle (third-person singular simple present spurtles, present participle spurtling, simple past and past participle spurtled)

  1. To spurt, spatter or sputter; to spurt in a scattering manner.
    • 1612, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion song 2 p. 29:
      Upon the head hee lent so violent a stroke,
      That the poore emptie skull, like some thin potsheard broke,
      The braines and mingled blood, were spertled on the wall

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