spathura

[Greek spathe, and our a =a tail. The name refers to the spatules at the end of the exterior tail-feathers.] Ornithology: A genus of Trochili dae (q. v.). Bill straight, slender; tail very deeply forked, exterior feathers very long, bare almost to end, where they have a racket-shaped web; tarsi covered with large muff of soft down. Several species, from Peru, Santa Fé, and Bolivia. sin, as; expect, Xenophon, exist. ph = f. spatiate *spa-ti-āte (ti as shi), v . i. i. [Lat. spat i at us , pa. par . of spatior .] [SPACE, 8.] To rove, to ramble. "Confined to a narrow chamber, he could spatiate at large through the whole universe."-Bentley. spăt-ling, 8. [A. S. spatlian to froth, spatl = spittle (q. v.).] (See compound.) spatling-poppy, s. Bot .: Silene in flat a . So named from the spittle like froth often seen upon it. ( Prior .) [CUCKOOS PIT.] spăt-tër, v. t. & i. [A frequentative from spot, v. (q. v.)] A. Transitive: I. Literally: 1. To scatter a liquid substance on or over; to sprinkle with something, liquid or semi-liquid, that befouls; to bespatter. "He comes, the herald of a noisy world, With spatter'd boots, strapp'd waist, and frozen locks." Cowper : Task , iv. 6. 2. To scatter about, as a liquid. "Where famish'd dogs, late guardians of my door, Shall lick their mangled master's spatter'd gore." Pope: Homer's Iliad , xxii. 97. II. Figuratively : 1. To asperse, to defame. *2. To throw out anything foul or offensive. B. In trans.: To eject anything, as out of the mouth, in a scattered manner; to sputter. "The Grave spatter'd and shook his head, saying, 'twas the greatest error he had committed since he knew what belong'd to a soldier."- Howell : Letters , bk. i., let. 15.