Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • See spall.
  • noun See spall.
  • noun Saliva or spittle thrown out carelessly; slaver.
  • To throw saliva from the mouth so as to scatter it; eject spittle in a careless, dirty manner: sometimes with indefinite it.

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

  • noun A splinter or fragment, as of wood or stone. See spall.
  • noun Scattered or ejected spittle.
  • verb To scatter spittle from the mouth; to spit, as saliva.

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

  • noun Alternative form of spall.
  • noun Scattered or ejected spittle
  • verb obsolete To scatter spittle from the mouth; to spit

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a fragment broken off from the edge or face of stone or ore and having at least one thin edge

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  • Citation on uriniferous.

    June 19, 2009

  • When he starts to rant and to bawl

    The Donald can empty the hall.

    Such violent throes

    Will drench the front rows

    In a mist of his venomous spawl.

    July 21, 2015