spettle

English

Noun

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.

Derived terms

• spettly

References

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

Anagrams

• pettles