spawl
IPA: spˈɔɫ
noun
- Scattered or ejected spittle.
- Alternative form of spall [A splinter, fragment or chip, especially of stone.]
verb
- (obsolete, transitive, intransitive) To scatter spittle from the mouth; to spit.
- (obsolete, transitive) To say in a rough manner.
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Examples of "spawl" in Sentences
- Whatever noise is made by a spawl when stepped on is the one I want.
- -- Thank you, and you may send the spawl of that creeping thing along with it; that guana.
- Wal, fewd dan y 'de-ooty bawmz a mather should, eed now bettern to spawl a pore gel's flahrzn than ran awy athaht pyin.
- Wal, fewd dan y 'de-ooty bawmz a mather should, eed now bettern to spawl a pore gel's flahrzn than ran awy atbaht pyin.
- I just fell that the more people move it, the more spawl, and the constructions of newer building will force us to be a Northern VA.
- He pointed to the stone dust and spawl freshly dropped on the sidewalk and to a hole in the pavement, and then to a broken iron shell.
- In that condition the snake approaches, and moistens first one ear and then the other with his spawl, and after that the other parts of the head, to make all slippery.
- When it is angry, it has no way of resenting its wrongs, but by spitting in the face of those that provoke it: and if the spawl happen to light on the bare skin of any person, it first creates an itching, and afterwards a scab, if no remedy be applied.
- My perspective on urban density is that it is ultimately not just about lifestyle choice but also about preparing for the inevitable long term rise in transportation costs that will make the “happy motoring” pattern of suburban spawl uneconomical for more and more people.
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