Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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Quotation dates: 1824-1845
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†SPATTLE, n.1, v. Also sputtle.
I. n. A plough-spade or other small spade. Also in Eng. dial. Comb. Spattle-hoe, id. See also Pattle.Gall. 1824 MacTaggart Gallov. Encycl. 460:
Another, perhaps, gives the sock, another the stilts, another the spattle.Sc. 1834 Tait's Mag. I. 528:
Farmers became country gentlemen; changing the spattle-hoe for the riding-whip.
II. v. With up: to shovel up, dig up with a spattle.Per. 1843–45 Trans. Highl. Soc. 65:
Sputtling up the grass sward by road-sides, ditch-bottoms, and hedge-banks.
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