† spatul Obs. rare.
Also spatull.
[var. of spatule: cf. spattle n.2]
= spatula 1.
| 1600 Surflet Countrie Farme i. xii. 81 Stirring it about many times with a spatull of cleane and faire wood. Ibid. 82 Mixe them all togither, and stirre them well with a spatull. a 1663 K. Digby Chymical Secrets (1683) 47 Stirring continually with an Iron Spatul. |