SPAWL

spall, spawl

(noun) a fragment broken off from the edge or face of stone or ore and having at least one thin edge; “a truck bearing a mound of blue spalls”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Noun

spawl (uncountable)

Scattered or ejected spittle.

Verb

spawl (third-person singular simple present spawls, present participle spawling, simple past and past participle spawled)

(obsolete, ambitransitive) To scatter spittle from the mouth; to spit.

(obsolete, transitive) To say in a rough manner.

Etymology 2

Noun

spawl (plural spawls)

Alternative form of spall

Anagrams

• Walps, pawls, plaws

Source: Wiktionary


Spawl, n.

Definition: A splinter or fragment, as of wood or stone. See Spall.

Spawl, n. Etym: [Cf. AS. spatl, fr. spætan to spit; probably akin to spiwan, E. spew. Cf. Spew.]

Definition: Scattered or ejected spittle.

Spawl, v. i. & t. [imp. & p. p. Spawled; p. pr. & vb. n. Spawling.] Etym: [Cf. AS. spatlian.]

Definition: To scatter spittle from the mouth; to spit, as saliva. Why must he sputter, spawl, and slaver it In vain, against the people's favorite. Swift.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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