Spat"ter , v. i. To throw something out of the mouth in a scattering manner; to sputter.
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.
Spat"ter (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spattered (?);
p. pr. & vb. n.
Spattering.]
[From the
root of spit salvia.]
1. To sprinkle with a liquid or with any wet
substance, as water, mud, or
the like; to
make wet of
foul spots upon by sprinkling; as, to spatter a coat; to spatter the floor; to spatter boots with mud.
Upon any occasion he is to be
spattered over with the blood of
his people.
Burke. 2. To distribute by sprinkling; to sprinkle around; as, to
spatter blood.
Pope.
3. Fig.: To injure by aspersion; to defame; to soil; also, to
throw out in a defamatory manner.
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