v. t.
Upon any occasion he is to be spattered over with the blood of his people. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To throw something out of the mouth in a scattering manner; to sputter. [ 1913 Webster ]
That mind must needs be irrecoverably depraved, which, . . . tasting but once of one just deed, spatters at it, and abhors the relish ever after. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Wearing spatterdashes. [ Colloq. ] Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. pl. [ Spatter + dash. ] Coverings for the legs, to protect them from water and mud; long gaiters. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Bot.) The common yellow water lily (Nuphar advena). [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Spawl; spittle. [ Obs. ] Bale. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
n. [ Prov. E. spattle to spit + E. poppy. ] (Bot.) A kind of catchfly (Silene inflata) which is sometimes frothy from the action of captured insects. [ 1913 Webster ]