spurtle.
Either of two Scottish kitchen implements made of wood: a flat one for turning oatcakes, or a stick for stirring porridge.
Meaning & usage
Either of two Scottish kitchen implements made of wood: a flat one for turning oatcakes, or a stick for stirring porridge.
Where this word comes from
From Scots spurtle, spurtill (“potstick, spatula”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps an alteration of Middle English spatyl, spatule, from Old French espatule (“spatula”). If so, then doublet of spattle and spatula.
To spurt, spatter or sputter; to spurt in a scattering manner.
Where this word comes from
From spurt + -le. According to the Poly-Olbion project, coined by poet Michael Drayton in 1606.
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