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Using the left hand in pitching; said of a pitcher. [Cant]

See Spa.

To scatter spittle from the mouth; to spit, as saliva. Why must he sputter, spawl, and slaver it In vain, against the people's favorite. Swift.

That which is spawled, or spit out.

To bring forth; to generate; -- used in contempt. One edition [of books] spawneth another. Fuller.

A mature female fish. The barbel, for the preservation or their seed, both the spawner and the milter, cover their spawn with sand. Walton.

Boiled Indian meal; hasty pudding; mush. [Written also sepawn, sepon, and suppawn.] [Local, U.S.]

See Supawn.

Exposure to the free action of the air; airing; as, aëration of soil, of spawn, etc.

globular form, containing sparkling particles. -- Three balls, or Three golden balls, a pawnbroker's sign or shop.

One of the ova or eggs of a fish. Travis. In berry, containing ova or spawn.

for sustaining the windlass (carrick bitts, winch bitts, or windlass bitts), to hold the pawls of the windlass (pawl bitts) etc.

The female salmon in the spawning season.

nsurance broker, one who is agent in procuring insurance on vessels, or against fire. -- Pawn broker. See Pawnbroker. -- Real estate broker, one who buys and sells lands, and negotiates loans, etc., upon mortgage. -- Ship broker, one who acts as agent in buying and selling ships, procuring freight, etc. -- Stock br…

Of or pertaining to a broker or brokers, or to brokerage. [Obs.] Redeem from broking pawn the blemished crown. Shak.

bar, one of the long bars or levers by which the capstan is worked; a handspike.. -- To pawl the capstan, to drop the pawls so that they will catch in the notches of the pawl ring, and prevent the capstan from turning back. -- To rig the capstan, to prepare the for use, by putting the bars in the sockets. -- To sur…

Living in fresh water, and going to the sea to spawn; -- opposed to anadromous, and of the eel.

ach player has a king, a queen, two bishops, two knights, two castles or rooks, and eight pawns.

A detent, pawl, or ratchet, as that which catches the cogs of a ratchet wheel to prevent backward motion. See Illust. of Ratched wheel.

horizontally across a frame to hold it in position until the deck beams are in; a cross- pawl.