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Definition of Spurtle
1. v. t. To spurt or shoot in a scattering manner.
Definition of Spurtle
1. Noun. Either of two Scottish kitchen implements made of wood; a flat one for turning oatcakes, or a stick for stirring porridge ¹
2. Verb. To spurt, spatter or sputter ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Spurtle
1. a stick for stirring porridge [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spurtle
Literary usage of Spurtle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Complete Word and Phrase Concordance to the Poems and Songs of Robert by J. B. Reid (1889)
"A "spurtle " Is a stick for stirring porridge, &c., while being boiled]. But now
he's quat the spurtle-blade. ..."
2. Chief British Poets of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries: Selected Poems by William Allan Neilson, Kenneth Grant Tremayne Webster (1916)
"It 's but a porridge-spurtle,2 My minnie sent to me. ... Ay, a spurtle,' quo she.
12 ' Far hae I ridden, And farer hae I gane, But siller-handed ..."
3. English and Scottish Popular Ballads by Francis James Child, Helen Child Sargent (1904)
"... -spurtle, My minnie sent to me. ... Ay, a spurtle,' quo she. 12 ' Far hae I
ridden, And farer hae I gane, But siller-handed ..."
4. A Dictionary of Lowland Scotch: With an Introductory Chapter Onthe Poetry by Charles Mackay (1888)
"... spurtle, a rounded stick or bar of hard wood, used in preference to a spoon
or ladle for stirring oatmeal porridge in the process of cooking. ..."
5. A Dictionary of Lowland Scotch: With an Introductory Chapter Onthe Poetry by Charles Mackay (1888)
"... spurtle, a rounded stick or bar of hard wood, used in preference to a spoon
or ladle for stirring oatmeal porridge in the process of cooking. ..."
6. The Ballads of Scotland by William Edmondstoune Aytoun (1859)
"... spurtle My minnie sent to me. ... Ay, a spurtle," quo' she. " Weel—far hae I
ridden, And meikle hae I seen, But siller-handled ..."
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