spurtlen.1
/ˈspəːt(ə)l/, U.S. /ˈspərd(ə)l/, Scottish English /ˈspʌrt(ə)l/ Scottish and northern.
1. † a. A flat implement used for turning oatcakes, etc. Obsolete.
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1677 W. Nicolson Gloss. Cumbrian Dial. in Trans. Royal Soc. Lit. (1870) 9 320 Spurtle, a piece of wood for turning oaten cakes.
1725 D. Herd Sc. Songs Gloss. 266 Spurtle, a flat iron for turning cakes.
1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. (at cited word) A wooden or iron spattle, for turning bread, is called a spirtle, Ang[us].
b. A wooden stick for stirring porridge, etc.; a potstick or ‘thivel’.
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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > equipment for food preparation > [noun] > stirring stick or spatula
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15.. in Bannatyne MS. (Hunterian Club) 388 Ane spurtill braid, and ane elwand.
a1572 J. Knox Hist. Reformation Scotl. in Wks. (1846) I. 38 The preast (said he)..standis up on Sounday, and cryes, ‘Ane hes tynt a spurtill’.
1725 in D. Herd Anc. & Mod. Sc. Songs (1776) II. 143 A spurtle and a sowen mug.
1776 ‘Our Goodman’ in D. Herd Anc. & Mod. Sc. Songs II. 173 Muckle hae I seen; But siller-handed spurtles Saw I never nane.
1839 Wilson's Hist. Tales Borders V. 370/1 The lid of the pot in one hand, and the ‘spurtle’ in the other.
1894 S. R. Crockett Raiders xxi. 190 [She was] standing with the porridge spurtle in her hand.
2. transferred. A sword. Also attributive.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > side arms > sword > [noun]
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c1700 J. Fraser Chron. Frasers (1905) 486 Then the King will say,..If't please your Grace put up your spurtle, Peter!
1793 R. Burns Poems (ed. 2) II. 221 But now he's quat the spurtle-blade, And dog-skin wallet.
1822 J. Galt Sir Andrew Wylie III. vi. 48 ‘The spurtle’, as he peevishly called the sword.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
spurtlen.2
/ˈspəːt(ə)l/ The action or an act of spurtling.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > [noun] > sudden or violent > of particles
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spurtle1894
1894 ‘F. Macleod’ Pharais i The spurtle of the sea~wrack,..the cries of the gulls.
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spurtlev.
/ˈspəːt(ə)l/ 1. transitive.
a. To besprinkle or bespatter. rare.
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the world > matter > liquid > liquid flow > action or process of splashing > splash [verb (transitive)] > bespatter
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the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > scatter [verb (transitive)] > sprinkle > sprinkle (a surface) with something
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1633 J. Fisher Fuimus Troes iii. vii. sig. Fiv The conduits of his vitall spring being ript, Spurtle'd my robes, solliciting Reuenge.
1868 R. W. Huntley Gloss. Cotswold (Gloucs.) Dial. Spurtle, to sprinkle with any fluid.
b. To cause to spurt or spatter. rare.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > let or send out [verb (transitive)] > emit > particles or sparks
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1858 E. Caswall Poems 111 Around thee swarm Spirits of darkness fresh from yawning hell, Spurtling their fiery insatiate wrath on thy defenceless head.
2. intransitive.
a. To burst or fly out in a small quantity or stream with some force or suddenness; to spirt or spurt.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > go or come out [verb (intransitive)] > violently > in drops or small particles
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1651 J. Ogilby Fables of Æsop Paraphras'd i. xiv. 42 Whilst warm blood spurtles in his face and eys.
1656 W. Coles Art of Simpling 39 The seed will spurtle forth suddenly.
1899 J. G. Frazer in Fortn. Rev. Apr. 660 Some young men,..opening veins in their arms, allow the blood to spurtle over the edge of the rock.
b. To sputter.
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1682 N. Grew Idea Philos. Hist. Plants 17 in Anat. Plants So Fenil-Seeds, held in the flame of a Candle, will spit and spurtle, like the Serum of Blood.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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