English Explanatory Dictionary

spurtle

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Either of two Scottish kitchen implements made of wood: a flat one for turning oatcakes, or a stick for stirring porridge.
verb
  1. To spurt, spatter or sputter; to spurt in a scattering manner.

Word forms

spurtle spurtles spirtle spertle spurtling spurtled

Etymology

From Scots spurtle, spurtill (“potstick, spatula”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps an alteration of Middle English spatyl, spatule, from Old French espatule (“spatula”). If so, then doublet of spattle and spatula.

This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on S Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary