2 entries under this word

Spawl

Spawl, v. i.

verbintransitive

[imp. & p. p. SPAWLED; p. pr. & vb. n. SPAWLING.] [A-S. spâtlian, spaetlian. See infra.] To throw saliva from the mouth in a scattering form; to disperse spittle in a careless, dirty manner.

Why must he sputter, spawl, and slaver it? Swift.

Spawl, n.

noun

n. [A-S. spâtl, spætl, from spætan, spâtan, to spit, allied to spîwan, Eng. spew; O. H. Ger. speihhala, speichilla, N. H. Ger. speichel.]

Saliva or spittle thrown out carelessly.
[See SPALL.] A splinter or fragment, as of wood or stone.