spirtle

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A form of spurtle — Either of two Scottish kitchen implements made of wood: a flat one for turning oatcakes, or a stick for stirring porridge.

Scrabble 9

Meanings

nounspirtle (plural spirtles)

plural spirtles

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of spurtle.
verbspirtle (third-person singular simple present spirtles, present participle spirtling, simple past and past participle spirtled)

present singular third person spirtles · participle present spirtling · participle past spirtled · past spirtled

  1. archaicArchaic spelling of spurtle.

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APA

spirtle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spirtle

MLA

“spirtle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spirtle. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “spirtle,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spirtle.

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