Definition of spat

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Spat (n.) Hence, a petty combat, esp. a verbal one; a little quarrel, dispute, or dissension..

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Feldspathic :: Feldspathic (a.) Alt. of Feldspathos.
Dispatchful :: Dispatchful (a.) Bent on haste; intent on speedy execution of business or any task; indicating haste; quick; as, dispatchful looks..
Spacial :: Spacial (a.) See Spatial.
Spathal :: Spathal (a.) Furnished with a spathe; as, spathal flowers..
Referendary :: Referendary (n.) Formerly, an officer of state charged with the duty of procuring and dispatching diplomas and decrees..
Dispatch :: Dispatch (v. t.) A message dispatched or sent with speed; especially, an important official letter sent from one public officer to another; -- often used in the plural; as, a messenger has arrived with dispatches for the American minister; naval or military dispatches..
Arum :: Arum (n.) A genus of plants found in central Europe and about the Mediterranean, having flowers on a spadix inclosed in a spathe. The cuckoopint of the English is an example..
Bespatter :: Bespatter (v. t.) To soil by spattering; to sprinkle, esp. with dirty water, mud, or anything which will leave foul spots or stains..
Spatula :: Spatula (n.) An implement shaped like a knife, flat, thin, and somewhat flexible, used for spreading paints, fine plasters, drugs in compounding prescriptions, etc. Cf. Palette knife, under Palette..
Spatchcock :: Spatchcock (n.) See Spitchcock.
Echinoidea :: Echinoidea (n. pl.) The class Echinodermata which includes the sea urchins. They have a calcareous, usually more or less spheroidal or disk-shaped, composed of many united plates, and covered with movable spines. See Spatangoid, Clypeastroid..
Boothose :: Boothose (n.) Stocking hose, or spatterdashes, in lieu of boots..
Spat :: Spat (n.) A light blow with something flat.
Spattling-poppy :: Spattling-poppy (n.) A kind of catchfly (Silene inflata) which is sometimes frothy from the action of captured insects.
Belute :: Belute (v. t.) To bespatter, as with mud..
Spatulate :: Spatulate (a.) Shaped like spatula, or like a battledoor, being roundish, with a long, narrow, linear base..
Dispatch :: Dispatch (v. t.) A message transmitted by telegraph.
Shoveler :: Shoveler (n.) A river duck (Spatula clypeata), native of Europe and America. It has a large bill, broadest towards the tip. The male is handsomely variegated with green, blue, brown, black, and white on the body; the head and neck are dark green. Called also broadbill, spoonbill, shovelbill, and maiden duck. The Australian shoveler, or shovel-nosed duck (S. rhynchotis), is a similar species..
Spathe :: Spathe (n.) A special involucre formed of one leaf and inclosing a spadix, as in aroid plants and palms. See the Note under Bract, and Illust. of Spadix..
Spatangoid :: Spatangoid (n.) One of the Spatangoidea.
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