spittle-staffn.

Etymology: < spittle n.³Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈspittle-staff.

Now dialect.

A kind of spade or digging implement.

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the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > [noun] > spade > small spade

spittlea1100

spittle-staff12..

spitter1600

spaddle1669

spattle1824

Tommya1825

12.. Ancr. R. 384 Ȝif eax ne kurue, ne þe spade [v.rr. spitel staf, sputel stef] ne dulue.

1605 in F. Collins Wills & Admin. Knaresborough Court Rolls (1902) I. 252 To Marmaduke Coghill one spitbell [sic] staffe and one iron appell craddell.

1676 E. M. Thompson Corr. Family of Hatton (1878) I. 133 One came behind Mr. Downs and with a spittle staff cleft his scull.

1866 J. E. Brogden Provinc. Words Lincs. Spittle-staff, a spud, used for stubbing thistles.

1877– in Linc. and Durh. glossaries.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	spittle-staff
释义	spittle-staffn. Etymology: < spittle n.³Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈspittle-staff. Now dialect. A kind of spade or digging implement. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > [noun] > spade > small spade spittlea1100 spittle-staff12.. spitter1600 spaddle1669 spattle1824 Tommya1825 12.. Ancr. R. 384 Ȝif eax ne kurue, ne þe spade [v.rr. spitel staf, sputel stef] ne dulue. 1605 in F. Collins Wills & Admin. Knaresborough Court Rolls (1902) I. 252 To Marmaduke Coghill one spitbell [sic] staffe and one iron appell craddell. 1676 E. M. Thompson Corr. Family of Hatton (1878) I. 133 One came behind Mr. Downs and with a spittle staff cleft his scull. 1866 J. E. Brogden Provinc. Words Lincs. Spittle-staff, a spud, used for stubbing thistles. 1877– in Linc. and Durh. glossaries. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.12..
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