Hypertext Webster Gateway: "spatula"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Spatula \Spat"u*la\ (?; 135), n. [L. spatula, spathula, dim. of
spatha a spatula: F. spatule. See {Spade} for digging.]
An implement shaped like a knife, flat, thin, and somewhat
flexible, used for spreading paints, fine plasters, drugs in
compounding prescriptions, etc. Cf. {Palette knife}, under
{Palette}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
spatula
n 1: a turner with a narrow flexible blade
2: a hand tool with a thin flexible blade used to mix or spread
soft substances
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