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spawl
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun spawl has 1 sense
- spawl(n = noun.object) spall - 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" is a kind of fragment
CIDE DICTIONARY
spawl, n.
A splinter or fragment, as of wood or stone. See Spall. [1913 Webster]
spawl, n. [Cf. AS. spātl, fr. sp to spit; probably akin to spīwan, E. spew. Cf. Spew.].
Scattered or ejected spittle. [1913 Webster]
spawl, v. i. & t. [Cf. AS. spātlian.].
To scatter spittle from the mouth; to spit, as saliva. [1913 Webster]
"Why must he sputter, spawl, and slaver it
In vain, against the people's favorite." [1913 Webster]
In vain, against the people's favorite." [1913 Webster]
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