spettle

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Noun

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spettle (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) Spittle.
    • 1661, Thomas Blount, Glossographia, or, A dictionary interpreting all such hard words of whatsoever language now used in our refined English tongue, 2nd edition, London: George Sawbridge:
      Salivation (salivatio) a continual having of much spettle in the mouth.

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References

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  • Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.

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