spatulen.
/ˈspatjuːl/ 1. = spatula n. 1.
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a1425 tr. Arderne's Treat. Fistula 40 Anoynt it aboue þe sore wiþ a penne or feþer or wiþ a spatule.
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 508 Stirring it with spattules or ladles often~times in a day, vntill it be resolued into the vineger.
1658 J. Evelyn tr. N. de Bonnefons French Gardiner 294 Frequently stirring the bottom of your pan with the spatule.
1674 T. Guidott Let. conc. Observ. Bathe 10 The very Knives, and Spatules, I put in to stir some Residence in the Bottom.
1779 Ann. Reg. 1778 124/2 With a kind of wooden spatule he scrapes all the blood.
1905 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. May 630/2 A small ‘spatule’ in silver..which I acquired.
2. A spatulate terminal portion in the tail-feathers of a bird; a spatulate formation or part.
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1873 Proc. Zool. Soc. 430 For a long time its tail had perfect spatules.
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