Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Spathal

Spa″thal (?), a.(Bot.) Furnished with a spathe; as, spathal flowers. Howitt.

7751

Spathe

Spathe (?), n. [L. spatha, Gr. �: cf. F. spathe. See Spade for digging.] (Bot.) A special involucre formed of one leaf and inclosing a spadix, as in aroid plants and palms. See ...

7752

Spathed

Spathed (?), a.(Bot.) Having a spathe or calyx like a sheath.

7753

Spathic

Spath″ic (?), a. [Cf. F. spathique, fr. F. & G. spath spar.] Like spar; foliated or lamellar; spathose.Spathic iron(Min.), siderite. See Siderite (a).

7754

Spathiform

Spath″i‐form (?), a. [F. spathiforme.] Resembling spar in form. “The ocherous, spathiform, and mineralized forms of uranite.” Lavoisier (Trans.).

7755

Spathose

Spath″ose′ (?), a.(Min.) See Spathic.

7756

Spathose (2)

Spath″ose′, a. [See Spathe.] (Bot.) Having a spathe; resembling a spathe; spatheceous; spathal.

7757

Spathous

Spath″ous (?), a.(Bot.) Spathose.

7758

Spathulate

Spath″u‐late (?), a. See Spatulate.

7759

Spatial

Spa″tial (?), a. Of or pertaining to space. “Spatial quantity and relations.” L. H. Atwater.

7760

Spatially

Spa″tial‐ly (?), adv. As regards space.

7761

Spatiate

Spa″ti‐ate (?), v. t. [L. spatiatus, p. p. of spatiari, fr. spatiatum. See Space.] To rove; to ramble. Bacon.

7762

Spatter

Spat″ter (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Spattered (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Spattering.] [From the root of spit salvia.] 1. To sprinkle with a liquid or with any wet substance, as water, mud...

7763

Spatter (2)

Spat″ter, v. i. To throw something out of the mouth in a scattering manner; to sputter.That mind must needs be irrecoverably depraved, which,... tasting but once of one just dee...

7764

Spatter-dock

Spat′ter–dock′ (?), n.(Bot.) The common yellow water lily (Nuphar advena).

7765

Spatterdashed

Spat″ter‐dashed′ (?), a. Wearing spatterdashes. Thackeray.

7766

Spatterdashes

Spat″ter‐dash′es (?), n. pl. [Spatter + dash.] Coverings for the legs, to protect them from water and mud; long gaiters.

7767

Spattle

Spat″tle (?), n. Spawl; spittle. Bale.

7768

Spattle (2)

Spat″tle, n. 1. A spatula.2. (Pottery) A tool or implement for mottling a molded article with coloring matter Knoght.

7769

Spattling-poppy

Spat″tling–pop″py (?), n. [Prov. E. spattle to spit + E. poppy.] (Bot.) A kind of catchfly (Silene inflata) which is sometimes frothy from the action of captured insects.

7770

Spatula

Spat″u‐la (?; 135), n. [L. spatula, spathula, dim. of spatha a spatula: F. spatule. See Spade for digging.] An implement shaped like a knife, flat, thin, and somewhat flexible, ...

7771

Spatulate

Spat″u‐late (?), a. [NL. spatulatus.] (Nat. Hist.) Shaped like spatula, or like a battledoor, being roundish, with a long, narrow, linear base. [Also written spathulate.]

7772

Spauld

Spauld (?), n. [See Spall the shoulder.] The shoulder.

7773

Spavin

Spav″in (?), n. [OE. spaveyne, OF. esparvain, F. éparvin; akin to OF. espervier a sparrow hawk, F. épervier, fr. OHG. sparwāri (G. sperber), fr. OHG. sparo sparrow, because this...

7774

Spavined

Spav″ined (?), a. Affected with spavin.

7775

Spaw

Spaw (?), n. See Spa.

7776

Spawl

Spawl (?), n. A splinter or fragment, as of wood or stone. See Spall.