SPATTER

spatter. Spatter, v. to bespatter, sprinkle, dash, spit, slander

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Spat″ter (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spattered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Spattering.] [[From the root of spit salvia.]] 1. 1. To sprinkle with a liquid or with any wet substance, as water, mud, or the like; to make wet of foul spots upon by sprinkling; as, to spatter a coat; to spatter the floor; to spatter boots with mud.
Upon any occasion he is to be spattered over with the blood of his people. Burke. 2. 2. To distribute by sprinkling; to sprinkle around; as, to spatter blood. Pope.
3. 3. Fig.: To injure by aspersion; to defame; to soil; also, to throw out in a defamatory manner.