a. Sc. Also 8–9 sprit(t)led. [f. prec. See also SPURTLED a.] Speckled.
1513. Douglas, Æneid, II. iv. 32 (1553). Bot thay … twys faldit thare sprutillit [v.r. spurtlit] skynnis, but dout, About his hals. Ibid., VII. iv. 91 (Small). Circes … in ane byrd him turnit, fut and hand, Wyth sprutlit wyngis.
1721. Ramsay, Poems, Gloss., Spruttl’d, speckled, spotted.
a. 1779. D. Graham, Writ. (1883), II. 35. Did I not send you my guid sprittled hen?
1807–10. Tannahill, Poems (1846), 136. Mild blue spritled crowflower, nor wild woodland lily.
