SPIT
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Spit (?), n. [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.
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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.
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3. The depth to which a spade goes in digging; a spade; a spadeful. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
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Spit, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spitted; p. pr. & vb. n. Spitting.] [From Spit, n.; 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.
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2. To spade; to dig. [Prov. Eng.]
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Spit, v. i. To attend to a spit; to use a spit. [Obs.]
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She's spitting in the kitchen.
Old Play.
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Spit, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spit (Spat, archaic); p. pr. & vb. n. Spitting.] [AS. spittan; akin to G. sp&ü;tzen, Dan. spytte, Sw. spotta,Icel. sp&unr_;ta, and prob. E. spew. The past tense spat is due to AS. sp&unr_;tte, from sp&unr_;tan to spit. Cf. Spat, n., Spew, Spawl, Spot, n.] 1. To eject from the mouth; to throw out, as saliva or other matter, from the mouth. “Thus spit I out my venom.” Chaucer.
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2. To eject; to throw out; to belch.
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&hand_; Spitted was sometimes used as the preterit and the past participle. “He . . . shall be mocked, and spitefully entreated, and spitted on.” Luke xviii. 32.
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Spit, n. The secretion formed by the glands of the mouth; spitle; saliva; sputum.
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Spit, v. i. 1. To throw out saliva from the mouth.
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2. To rain or snow slightly, or with sprinkles.
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It had been spitting with rain.
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To spit on or To spit upon, to insult grossly; to treat with contempt. “Spitting upon all antiquity.” South.
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