[f. SPATTER v. So WFlem. spetter.] A slight splash or sprinkle; a spattering.
1797. T. Park, Sonn., 86. When a full mud-cart passes by, Tis odds that you escape the spatters.
1850. S. Dobell, Roman, vi. Poet. Wks. (1875), I. 102. I would wash that hearthstone in your blood, If but the poorest spatter on the wall Would save my child!
1896. Daily News, 23 Sept., 5/1. Some spatter of war-fire is, indeed, seen here and there.
