Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Spittle.
  • In ceramics, to sprinkle or mottle with colored glaze.
  • noun A flat blade for stirring, mixing, or molding plastic powdered or liquid substances; a spatula.
  • noun Specifically, in pot-tery, a tool for mottling a molded article with coloring matter.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun obsolete Spawl; spittle.
  • noun A spatula.
  • noun (Pottery) A tool or implement for mottling a molded article with coloring matter.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A spatula.
  • noun A tool or implement for mottling pottery with colour.

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