spilter

English

Etymology

From spill (noun).

Noun

spilter (plural spilters)

(obsolete) Any of the small branches on a stag's head.
- 1660, James Howell, Lexicon Tetraglotton:
  The little furrowes that run a long the head of a deer; The spilters, or broches of a deers head

References

“spilter”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

Pirtles, Spitler, Tiplers, prelist, preslit, resplit, spirtle, stilper, tripels, triples

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