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▪ I. ˈsprattle, n. Sc.
[f. sprattle v.2]
A struggle or scramble.
1824Scott Redgauntlet ch. xii, We will suppose that any friend like yourself were in the deepest hole in the Nith, and making a sprattle for your life.
▪ II. † ˈsprattle, v.1 Obs. rare.
[? Metathetic form of spartle v.1]
intr. and trans. To scatter, disperse.
1422tr. Secreta Secret., Priv. Priv. 137 Kynge Richarde out of Irlande into Walis arryuet, ther anoone spratlit al his ryche retenue. Ibid. 233 Eyen that bene whit y-freklet, or I-sprotid,..or reede y-spratelid throgh the eyen, bene moste to blame amonge al otheris.
▪ III. ˈsprattle, v.2 Sc. rare.
[Cf. Sw. sprattla in the same sense.]
intr. To scramble, to struggle.
1786Burns To a Louse iii, There ye may creep, and sprawl, and sprattle. ― A Winter Night iii, Silly sheep, wha..thro' the drift, deep-lairing, sprattle. |