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spartle
▪ I. ˈspartle, n. Now dial. Also 7 spartel. [Alteration of spattle n.2 Cf. spurtle n.] A spatula.1682 G. Rose Sch. Instruct. Officers Mouth 130 You may instead of a Scummer put in a Spartle. Ibid. 159 Keep them always stirring..with a Spoon or Spartel. 1894 Heslop Northumbld. Gloss. 675 Spartle, a w... Oxford English Dictionary
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sprattle
▪ I. ˈsprattle, n. Sc. [f. sprattle v.2] A struggle or scramble.1824 Scott Redgauntlet ch. xii, We will suppose that any friend like yourself were in the deepest hole in the Nith, and making a sprattle for your life.▪ II. † ˈsprattle, v.1 Obs. rare. [? Metathetic form of spartle v.1] intr. and trans... Oxford English Dictionary
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sprottle
sprottle, v. dial. (ˈsprɒt(ə)l) [Cf. spartle v.2, sprattle v.2] intr. To sprawl, to struggle helplessly. Hence ˈsprottling ppl. a.1829 J. Hunter Hallamshire Gloss. 85 Sprottle, to struggle with inefficacious vehemence. 1839 A. Bywater Sheffield Dial. 15 An we sprottlin abaht to ger up. 1917 D. H. La... Oxford English Dictionary
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polehead
ˈpolehead, powhead Now only Sc. and north. dial. Forms: 3 polheuede, 6 poled, polet, 6–7 pole-head; Sc. 8– pow-head (9 powet). [ME. polheuede, the second element being head; the first is uncertain, though perh. the same as in tadpole; the Sc. form pow- suggests that it is poll n.1, and that the etym... Oxford English Dictionary
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spatula
‖ spatula (ˈspætjʊlə) [L. spatula, var. of spathula spathula, dim. of spatha spatha. Cf. Sp. espatula, It. spatola. The erroneous form spattular occurs in Topsell Four-f. Beasts (1607) 511. For Anglicized forms see spatule, spatul, spattle n.2, spartle n., also (with change of ending) spature and sp... Oxford English Dictionary
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sparple
† sparple, v. Obs. Forms: α. 4, 6 sparpil(l, 5 sparpeyll, 5–6 sparpyll(e, 6 -el(l, 6–7 -al(l, 4–6 (9) sparple; 4–5 sparpoil, 6 -ole; 5 sperpule, 5–6 sperpele, -ale, -ole, sperple. β. 4–6 sparble, 6 sparbel-. (See also sparfle v., sparkle v.2, and spartle v.1) [ad. OF. esparpeillier (12th c.; mod.F. ... Oxford English Dictionary
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spurtle
▪ I. spurtle, n.1 Sc. and north. (ˈspɜːt(ə)l) Also 6 spurtill, 9 -il, -el, spirtle, spurkle, etc. [Of doubtful origin: cf. spartle n.] 1. † a. A flat implement used for turning oatcakes, etc. Obs. b. A wooden stick for stirring porridge, etc.; a potstick or ‘thivel’.15.. in Bannatyne MS. (Hunter. Cl... Oxford English Dictionary
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flosh
▪ I. flosh, n.1 Obs. exc. dial. (flɒʃ) Also 3–4 flosche. [See flash n.1; cf. also flush n.2] 1. A pool; sometimes, a stagnant pool overgrown with reeds, etc.; a swamp.a 1300 E.E. Psalter lxxxvii[i]. 5 [4], I am wened, in ilka land To þas þat ere in flosche falland. 1789 D. Davidson Th. Seasons 12 Wh... Oxford English Dictionary
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