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Spittle vs Shittle - What's the difference?

spittle | shittle |

As nouns the difference between spittle and shittle

is that spittle is spit, usually frothy and of a milky coloration while shittle is a shuttle (part of a loom).

As a verb spittle

is to dig or stir with a small spade.

As an adjective shittle is

unsettled; uneasy; disturbed.

spittle

English

Noun

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  • Spit, usually frothy and of a milky coloration.
  • Something frothy and white that resembles spit.
  • Spit-up or drool of an infant.
  • A small sort of spade.
  • * (rfdate), George Herbert, The Thanksgiving :
    • "I'll build a spittle, or mend common ways..."

    Derived terms

    * lickspittle * spittly

    Verb

    (spittl)
  • To dig or stir with a small spade.

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    shittle

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Unsettled; uneasy; disturbed.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (archaic) A shuttle (part of a loom).
  • * Chapman
    • A curious web, whose yarn she threw in with a golden shittle .

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