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spettle

spettle noun: spittle.

Noun

spettle (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) Spittle.
    • Salivation (salivatio) a continual having of much spettle in the mouth.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

Words formed from spettle

  • spettly

Questions about spettle

What does spettle mean?
Spettle means spittle.
What part of speech is spettle?
Spettle is a noun.

Words near spettle in the dictionary

  1. Spetse
  2. Spetses
  3. Spetsnaz
  4. spetted
  5. spetting
  6. spettle
  7. spetum
  8. spetums
  9. Spetznaz
  10. speuchan
  11. speuchans

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