a. Obs. rare. In 6 spettelly, 7 -ely. [f. prec. Cf. SPITTLY a.] Spittle-like.
1578. Banister, Hist. Man, V. 69. The Glandules … imbrue and washe it [the ventricle] with a certaine spettelly humor.
1634. T. Johnson, Parey’s Wks., VI. xii. (1678), 129. Glandules … which like sponges suck and receive … a waterish and spettely humour.
