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spilter

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Etymology

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From spill (noun).

Noun

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spilter (plural spilters)

  1. (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

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

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