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▪ I. spurtle, n.1 Sc. and north.|ˈspɜːt(ə)l|
Also 6 spurtill, 9 -il, -el, spirtle, spurkle, etc.
[Of doubtful origin: cf. spartle n.]
1.
†a. A flat implement used for turning oatcakes, etc. Obs.
b. A wooden stick for stirring porridge, etc.; a potstick or ‘thivel’.
15..in Bannatyne MS. (Hunter. Club) 388 Ane spurtill braid, and ane elwand. a1572Knox Hist. Ref. Wks. 1846 I. 38 The preast (said he)..standis up on Sounday, and cryes, ‘Ane hes tynt a spurtill’. 1677Nicolson in Trans. R. Lit. Soc. (1870) IX. 320 Spurtle, a piece of wood for turning oaten cakes. 1725in Herd Sc. Songs (1776) II. 143 A spurtle and a sowen mug. 1776‘Our Goodman’ Ibid. 173 Muckle hae I seen; But siller-handed spurtles Saw I never nane. Ibid. Gloss. 266 Spurtle, a flat iron for turning cakes. 1808Jamieson s.v., A wooden or iron spattle, for turning bread, is called a spirtle, Ang[us]. 1839Wilson Tales V. 370/1 The lid of the pot in one hand, and the ‘spurtle’ in the other. 1894Crockett Raiders xxi. 190 [She was] standing with the porridge spurtle in her hand.
2. transf. A sword. Also attrib.
1670J. Fraser Polichron. (S.H.S.) 486 Then the King will say,..If't please your Grace put up your spurtle, Peter! 1789Burns On Capt. Grose v, But now he's quat the spurtle⁓blade, And dog-skin wallet. 1822Galt Sir A. Wylie lxxvi, ‘The spurtle,’ as he peevishly called the sword.
▪ II. spurtle, n.2|ˈspɜːt(ə)l|
[f. next. Cf. spirtle n.]
The action or an act of spurtling.
1894‘Fiona Macleod’ Pharais i, The spurtle of the sea⁓wrack,..the cries of the gulls.
▪ III. spurtle, v.|ˈspɜːt(ə)l|
[f. spurt v.1 + -le. Cf. spirtle v.]
1. trans.
a. To besprinkle or bespatter. rare.
1633J. Fisher True Trojans iii. vii, The conduits of his vitall spring being ript, Spurtled my robes, solliciting Reuenge. 1868R. W. Huntley Cotswold (Glouc.) Dial., Spurtle, to sprinkle with any fluid.
b. To cause to spurt or spatter. rare.
1858Caswall Poems 111 Around thee swarm Spirits of darkness fresh from yawning hell, Spurtling their fiery insatiate wrath on thy defenceless head.
2. intr.
a. To burst or fly out in a small quantity or stream with some force or suddenness; to spirt or spurt.
1651Ogilby æsop (1665) 37 Whilst warm Blood spurtles in his face and eyes. 1656W. Coles Art of Simpling 39 The seed will spurtle forth suddenly. 1899J. G. Frazer in Fortn. Rev. April 660 Some young men,..opening veins in their arms, allow the blood to spurtle over the edge of the rock.
b. To sputter.
1671Grew Anat. Pl. i. (1682) 17 So Fenil-Seeds, held in the flame of a Candle, will spit and spurtle, like the Serum of Blood. |