spattle

== English == === Etymology 1 === From Middle English spatyll, spatyl, spatule, from Old French spatule, espatule, from Late Latin spatula. ==== Noun ==== spattle (plural spattles) A spatula. A tool or implement for mottling pottery with colour. ==== Verb ==== spattle (third-person singular simple present spattles, present participle spattling, simple past and past participle spattled) (dated) To stir (something, typically ice cream) with a spattle (spatula). === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== spattle Spawl; spittle. ==== Verb ==== spattle (third-person singular simple present spattles, present participle spattling, simple past and past participle spattled) (uncommon) To spit. ==== Derived terms ==== === Etymology 3 === ==== Noun ==== spattle (plural spattles) A small spate; a slight inundation or a sprinkle of rain. ==== Verb ==== spattle (third-person singular simple present spattles, present participle spattling, simple past and past participle spattled) (uncommon) To sprinkle or spatter; to mottle. === References === “spattle”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === Plattes, let past, peltast