spathulan.
/ˈspaθjʊlə/ rare.
A spatula. Also in combinations.The form spathulor occurs in Topsell Serpents (1608) 34.
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1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Spathule,..an Instrument wherewith Chirurgions and Apothecaries spread their plaisters.
1706 in Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.)
1742 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 42 75 I mix them gently..with a Spathula of white Wood.
1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. III. xxxv. 643 A spathula-shaped diverging process.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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n.1658- sharp-staked
- sharp-tail
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- sharp-tailed grouse
- sharp-tasted
- sharp-tempered
- sharp-textured
- sharp-thorned
- sharp-toed
- sharp-tongued
- sharp-toothed
- sharp-topped
- sharp-tuesday
- sharp-visaged
- sharp-ware
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- sharp-whites
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- sharpangled
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