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▪ I. ˈspartle, n. Now dial.
Also 7 spartel.
[Alteration of spattle n.2 Cf. spurtle n.]
A spatula.
1682G. Rose Sch. Instruct. Officers Mouth 130 You may instead of a Scummer put in a Spartle. Ibid. 159 Keep them always stirring..with a Spoon or Spartel. 1894Heslop Northumbld. Gloss. 675 Spartle, a wooden spatula..used by thatchers for raising up old thatch in order to insert fresh wisps in repairing the roof.
▪ II. † spartle, v.1 Obs.
Also spartel-.
[Alteration of sparple v. Cf. sparkle v.2]
trans. To scatter, disperse. Hence † ˈspartling vbl. n.
c1475Promp. Parv. (K.) 467/2 Spartelyn, spergo, dispergo. Ibid., Spartelynge, sundrynge, dissipacio. 1483Caxton Gold. Leg. 15/2 By cause that..many skulles of heedes were there sparteled all openly they said that it was the place of calvarye.
▪ III. ˈspartle, v.2 Sc.
[ad. (M)Du. or (M)LG. spartelen (also spertelen) in the same sense.]
intr. To move the body or limbs in a sprawling or struggling manner.
1710Ruddiman Gloss. Douglas' æneis, Sprinkilland, gliding swiftly, with a tremulous motion..of their tails; Scot. Bor. call it Spartling. 1789Davidson Seasons 12 Powheads spartle in the oosy flosh. 1828Buchan's Ball. II. 233 Her bonny bairn Lay spartling by her side. a1878Ainslie Land of Burns (1892) 283 Our Steenie chiel began to squeal An' spartle 'mang the claes. |