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Spawled vs Shawled - What's the difference?

spawled | shawled |

As a verb spawled

is past tense of spawl.

As an adjective shawled is

dressed in a shawl.

spawled

English

Verb

(head)
  • (spawl)

    • 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

    *

    shawled

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Dressed in a shawl.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2007, date=January 14, author=Caroline Elkins, title=A Life Exposed, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=Properly top-hatted and shawled , men and women of Britain’s upper crust gawked at, prodded and squeezed these so-called human freaks, amusing themselves with the deformities that were paraded before them. }}