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[syn: spall, spawl]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Spawl \Spawl\, n.
A splinter or fragment, as of wood or stone. See Spall.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Spawl \Spawl\, n. [Cf. AS. sp[=a]tl, fr. sp[=ae]tan to spit;
probably akin to sp[imac]wan, E. spew. Cf. Spew.]
Scattered or ejected spittle.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
spawl
n 1: 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, spawl]