Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Spawl"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Spawl \Spawl\, n.
A splinter or fragment, as of wood or stone. See {Spall}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Spawl \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Spawl \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
spawl
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" [syn: {spall}]
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