spawl Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a fragment broken off from the edge or face of stone or ore and having at least one thin edge
    spall.
    • a truck bearing a mound of blue spalls

WordNet

Spawl noun
Definitions
  1. A splinter or fragment, as of wood or stone. See Spall.
Spawl noun
Etymology
Cf. AS. spatl, fr. sp&aemac;tan to spit; probably akin to spiwan, E. spew. Cf. Spew.
Definitions
  1. Scattered or ejected spittle.
Spawl intransitive verb & transitive verb
Etymology
Cf. AS. spatlian.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Spawled ; present participle & verbal noun Spawling
Definitions
  1. 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.

Webster 1913