Definition of Spirtles

1. Verb. (third-person singular of spirtle) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Spirtles

1. spirtle [n] - See also: spirtle

Lexicographical Neighbors of Spirtles

spiropentanes
spiroplasma
spiroplasmataceae
spiroscope
spiroscopes
spirostan
spirostans
spirotrich
spirotrichs
spiroylous
spirt
spirted
spirting
spirtle
spirtled
spirtles (current term)
spirtling
spirts
spirula
spirulae
spirulas
spirulate
spirulina
spirulinas
spirurida
spirurida infections
spirurina
spiruroid
spiruroid larva migrans
spiruroidea

Literary usage of Spirtles

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Archaeological Journal by British Archaeological Association (1904)
"A white ground with very small spirtles of dark red, very sparingly applied. This, also, was scarce. Some large pieces of white plaster were found, ..."

2. Publications by English Dialect Society (1880)
"Sprinkle, scatter. The rain 'bashes the earth and spirtles it upon the grass.'— Shepherd's Guide, 117. See Hal. ..."

3. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1897)
"... wheeling directly towards him in barrows half filled with charcoal objects which emitted spirtles of smoke whenever the roughness of the way jolted the ..."

4. A Treatise on the Progressive Improvement & Present State of the by Robert Hunt, John Holland (1853)
"... gives down the ink freely, neither " spirtles nor scratches" the paper more than the kindliest metal may be expected to do ; in short, for common, ..."

5. The Covenanters: A History of the Church in Scotland from the Reformation to by James King Hewison (1913)
"... resile from his policy to please a rascally mob, when he believed that the national commotions were caused only by handlers of spirtles and spindles. ..."

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