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Spawl vs Bespawl - What's the difference?

spawl | bespawl |

As verbs the difference between spawl and bespawl

is that spawl is (obsolete) to scatter spittle from the mouth; to spit while bespawl is to daub, soil, or make foul with spawl or spittle.

As a noun spawl

is or spawl can be scattered or ejected spittle.

spawl

English

(Webster 1913)

Etymology 1

Noun

(en noun)

    • Etymology 2

    Noun

    (-)
  • Scattered or ejected spittle
    • Derived terms
    * bespawl

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To scatter spittle from the mouth; to spit

    • Anagrams

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    bespawl

    English

    (Webster 1913)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To daub, soil, or make foul with spawl or spittle.
  • * 1885 , United States Congress, Congressional edition :
    • [...] as workwomen could use the respirators only by turns, and besides they had an aversion to apply to their mouths an object which was bespawled by others, [...]

    Derived terms

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