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Webster 1913 Edition

Spit

Spit

,
Noun.
[OE.
spite
, AS.
spitu
; akin to D.
spit
, G.
spiess
, OHG.
spiz
, Dan.
spid
. Sw.
spett
, and to G.
spitz
pointed. √170.]
1.
A long, slender, pointed rod, usually of iron, for holding meat while roasting.
2.
A small point of land running into the sea, or a long, narrow shoal extending from the shore into the sea;
as, a
spit
of sand
.
Cook.
3.
The depth to which a spade goes in digging; a spade; a spadeful.
[Prov. Eng.]
Halliwell.

Spit

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Spitted
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Spitting
.]
[From
Spit
,
Noun.
; cf.
Speet
.]
1.
To thrust a spit through; to fix upon a spit; hence, to thrust through or impale;
as, to
spit
a loin of veal
.
“Infants spitted upon pikes.”
Shak.
2.
To spade; to dig.
[Prov. Eng.]

Spit

,
Verb.
I.
To attend to a spit; to use a spit.
[Obs.]
She’s
spitting
in the kitchen.
Old Play.

Spit

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Spit
(
Spat
,
archaic
);
p. pr. & vb. n.
Spitting
.]
[AS.
spittan
; akin to G.
spützen
, Dan.
spytte
, Sw.
spotta
,Icel.
sp[GREEK]ta
, and prob. E.
spew
. The past tense
spat
is due to AS.
sp[GREEK]tte
, from
sp[GREEK]tan
to spit. Cf.
Spat
,
Noun.
,
Spew
,
Spawl
,
Spot
,
Noun.
]
1.
To eject from the mouth; to throw out, as saliva or other matter, from the mouth.
“Thus spit I out my venom.”
Chaucer.
2.
To eject; to throw out; to belch.
☞ Spitted was sometimes used as the preterit and the past participle. “He . . . shall be mocked, and spitefully entreated, and spitted on.”
Luke xviii. 32.

Spit

,
Noun.
The secretion formed by the glands of the mouth; spitle; saliva; sputum.

Spit

,
Verb.
I.
1.
To throw out saliva from the mouth.
2.
To rain or snow slightly, or with sprinkles.
It had been
spitting
with rain.
Dickens.
To spit on
or
To spit upon
,
to insult grossly; to treat with contempt.
“Spitting upon all antiquity.”
South.

Webster 1828 Edition

Spit

SPIT

,
Noun.
[G.]
1.
An iron prong or bar pointed, on which meat is roasted.
2.
Such depth of earth as is pierced by the spade at once. [D. spit, a spade.]
3.
A small point of land running into the sea, or a long narrow shoal extending from the shore into the sea; as a spit of sand.

SPIT

,
Verb.
T.
[from the noun.]
1.
To thrust a spit through; to put upon a spit; as, to spit a loin of veal.
2.
To thrust through; to pierce.

SPIT

,
Verb.
T.
pret. and pp. spit. Spat is obsolete. [G. The sense is to throw or drive.]
1.
To eject from the mouth; to thrust out, as saliva or other matter from the mouth.
2.
To eject or throw out with violence.

SPIT

,
Verb.
I.
To throw out saliva from the mouth. It is a dirty trick to spit on the floor or carpet.

SPIT

,
Noun.
What is ejected from the mouth; saliva.

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