spawl

English

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for spawl in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɔːl

Etymology 1

Noun

spawl (plural spawls)

  1. Alternative form of spall

Etymology 2

Noun

spawl (uncountable)

  1. Scattered or ejected spittle
Derived terms

Verb

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

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

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