On a raw wintry morning, a watermill may talk of damp and rats, and other comfortless things; but on such a day as this is, its cool gushing sound and spattery playfulness are delicious both to ear and eye.
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Spattery
Synonyms for "spattery"
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The rain went plop into the pools, and made a flattish, spattery sound on the rock.
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And the spattery gale that has knocked over parking signs and everted umbrellas all morning suddenly quits an hour before match time […]
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[…] he traced upon the paper, slowly, awkwardly, but without stopping once, a tangle of heavy, shaken, spattery lines, in which could nevertheless be recognized the signature of “Tarbox Button.”
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