spaw

n. A splinter or fragment, as of wood or stone. See Spall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. AS. spātl, fr. sp&aemacr_;tan to spit; probably akin to spīwan, E. spew. Cf. Spew. ] Scattered or ejected spittle. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. & t. [ imp. & p. p. Spawled p. pr. & vb. n. Spawling. ] [ Cf. AS. spātlian. ] To scatter spittle from the mouth; to spit, as saliva. [ 1913 Webster ]

Why must he sputter, spawl, and slaver it
In vain, against the people's favorite. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. That which is spawled, or spit out. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Spawned p. pr. & vb. n. Spawning. ] [ OE. spanen, OF. espandre, properly, to shed, spread, L. expandere to spread out. See Expand. ] 1. To produce or deposit (eggs), as fishes or frogs do. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To bring forth; to generate; -- used in contempt. [ 1913 Webster ]

One edition [ of books ] spawneth another. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To deposit eggs, as fish or frogs do. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To issue, as offspring; -- used contemptuously. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ √170. See Spawn, v. t. ] 1. The ova, or eggs, of fishes, oysters, and other aquatic animals. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Any product or offspring; -- used contemptuously. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Hort.) The buds or branches produced from underground stems. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Bot.) The white fibrous matter forming the matrix from which fungi. [ 1913 Webster ]

Spawn eater (Zool.), a small American cyprinoid fish (Notropis Hudsonius) allied to the dace. [ 1913 Webster ]