α. pre-1700 sprittillit, pre-1700 sprutelit, pre-1700 sprutillit, pre-1700 sprutlit, pre-1700 sprutlyt, 1700s sprittled, 1700s spruttled, 1800s spritled.
β. pre-1700 sprutit, pre-1700 spruttit.
γ. pre-1700 sproulit.
See also spurtled adj.† sprittledadj.
Scottish. Obsolete.
Speckled.
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the world > matter > colour > variegation > spot of colour > [adjective] > speckling > speckled
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skittery1955
a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1959) vii. iii. l. 91 Circes..in a byrd hym turnyt fut and hand With sprutlyt weyngis.
1553 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Eneados ii. iv. 32 Bot thay..twys faldit thare sprutillit [v.r. spurtlit] skynnis, but dout, About his hals.
1721 A. Ramsay Poems I. Gloss. Spruttl'd, speckled, spotted.
1777 Whole Proc. Jockey & Maggy (rev. ed.) iv. 27 Did not I send you my guid sprittled hen.
a1810 R. Tannahill Poems & Songs (1815) 183 Mild blue spritl'd crowflow'r, nor wild woodland lily.
1819 Ayrshire Misc. VII. 32 Red spritled gowans.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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