spattle

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English

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Etymology 1

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

Noun

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spattle (plural spattles)

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

Etymology 2

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Noun

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spattle

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

References

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  1. ^ Edward H[enry] 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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