Obs. rare. Also spatull. [var. of SPATULE: cf. SPATTLE sb.2] = SPATULA 1.
1600. Surflet, Countrie Farme, I. xii. 81. Stirring it about many times with a spatull of cleane and faire wood. Ibid., 82. Mixe them all togither, and stirre them well with a spatull.
a. 1663. K. Digby, Chymical Secrets (1683), 47. Stirring continually with an Iron Spatul.
