Found 2 items, similar to spawl.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: spawl
spawl
n : 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” [syn:
spall]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Spawl
Spawl
\Spawl\, n.
A splinter or fragment, as of wood or stone. See
Spall.
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Spawl
\Spawl\, n. [Cf. AS. sp[=a]tl, fr. sp[=ae]tan to spit;
probably akin to sp[=i]wan, E. spew. Cf.
Spew.]
Scattered or ejected spittle.
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Spawl
\Spawl\, v. i. & t. [imp. & p. p.
Spawled; p. pr. & vb.
n.
Spawling.] [Cf. AS. sp[=a]tlian.]
To scatter spittle from the mouth; to spit, as saliva.
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Why must he sputter, spawl, and slaver it
In vain, against the people's favorite. --Swift.
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