Spawl : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Spawl	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for Spawl
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
spawl n a fragment broken off from the edge or face of stone or ore and having at least one thin edge; "a truck bearing a mound of blue spalls" Synonym(s): spall, spawl
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Spawl \Spawl\, n. A splinter or fragment, as of wood or stone. See {Spall}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Spawl \Spawl\, n. [Cf. AS. sp[be]tl, fr. sp[aemac]tan to spit; probably akin to sp[c6]wan, E. spew. Cf. {Spew}.] Scattered or ejected spittle.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Spawl \Spawl\, v. i. & t. [imp. & p. p. {Spawled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Spawling}.] [Cf. AS. sp[be]tlian.] To scatter spittle from the mouth; to spit, as saliva. Why must he sputter, spawl, and slaver it In vain, against the people's favorite. --Swift.