Meaning of SPAWL
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| | Definition: | | [n] 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" |
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| | Synonyms: | | spall |
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| | See Also: | | fragment | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Spawl\, n.
A splinter or fragment, as of wood or stone. See {Spall}.
\Spawl\, n. [Cf. AS. sp[=a]tl, fr. sp[=ae]tan to spit;
probably akin to sp[=i]wan, E. spew. Cf. {Spew}.]
Scattered or ejected spittle.
\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.
Why must he sputter, spawl, and slaver it In vain,
against the people's favorite. --Swift.
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