ˈsparfle, v. Sc. rare.
In 6 sparfal, 9 sperfle.
[Alteration of sparple v.]
trans. To scatter or disperse; to squander.
Sparfeled in Greene's Orpharion (1599) 48 is prob. an error for sparpeled.
| c 1575 Diurn. Occurr. (Bann. Cl.) 194 Bot or this tyme, the said men of weare hade sparfallit the best of thame. 1808–25 in Jamieson (in form sperfle). |