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ˈsparfle, v. Sc. rare. In 6 sparfal, 9 sperfle. [Alteration of sparple v.] trans. To scatter or disperse; to squander. Sparfeled in Greene's Orpharion (1599) 48 is prob. an error for sparpeled.
c1575Diurn. Occurr. (Bann. Cl.) 194 Bot or this tyme, the said men of weare hade sparfallit the best of thame. 1808–25in Jamieson (in form sperfle). |