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ˈspruttled, a. Sc.
Also 8–9 sprit(t)led.
[f. prec. See also spurtled a.]
Speckled.
1513Douglas æneid ii. iv. 32 (1553), Bot thay..twys faldit thare sprutillit [v.r. spurtlit] skynnis, but dout, About his hals. Ibid. vii. iv. 91 (Small), Circes..in ane byrd him turnit, fut and hand, Wyth sprutlit wyngis. 1721Ramsay Poems Gloss., Spruttl'd, speckled, spotted. a1779D. Graham Writ. (1883) II. 35 Did I not send you my guid sprittled hen? 1807–10Tannahill Poems (1846) 136 Mild blue spritled crowflower, nor wild woodland lily. |