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noun

Spit n.

A long, slender, pointed rod, usually of iron, for holding meat while roasting.

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.

The depth to which a spade goes in digging; a spade; a spadeful. (Prov. Eng.)

Spit n. The secretion formed by the glands of the mouth; spitle; saliva; sputum.

verb

Spit v. t. (past & past part. spitted; pres. part. spitting)

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."

To spade; to dig. (Prov. Eng.)

Spit v. t. (past & past part. spat; pres. part. spitting)

To eject from the mouth; to throw out, as saliva or other matter, from the mouth. "Thus spit I out my venom."

To eject; to throw out; to belch. Note: Spitted was sometimes used as the preterit and the past participle. "He... shall be mocked, and spitefully entreated, and spitted on."

Spit v. i. (past & past part. spitted; pres. part. spitting) To attend to a spit; to use a spit. (Obs.) "She's spitting in the kitchen."

Spit v. i. (past & past part. spat; pres. part. spitting)

To throw out saliva from the mouth.

To rain or snow slightly, or with sprinkles. "It had been spitting with rain."

To spit on or To spit upon, to insult grossly; to treat with contempt. "Spitting upon all antiquity."

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Etymology of 'Spit'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Spit" Quotes from Famous Books

... operations might be going on at the same time without thwarting, as the sun's two motions (earth's I mean); or as I sometimes turn round till I am giddy, in my back parlor, while my sister is walking longitudinally in the front; or as the shoulder of veal twists round with the spit, while the smoke wreathes up the chimney. But there are a set of amateurs of the Belies Lettres,—the gay science,—who come to me as a sort of rendezvous, putting questions of criticism, of British Institutions, Lalla Rookhs, etc.,—what ...

— The Best Letters of Charles Lamb • Charles Lamb

... about 1660, Elford's white iron machine (sheet iron coated with tin) which was "turned on a spit by a jack.[362]" This was simply a larger size of the individual cylinder roaster, and was designed for family or commercial use. Modifications were developed by the French and Dutch. In the seventeenth century ...

— All About Coffee • William H. Ukers

... it to me? I am no longer a musketeer, am I? Let them be on horseback, let them be on foot, let them carry a larding-pin, a spit, a sword, or nothing—what is ...

— Ten Years Later - Chapters 1-104 • Alexandre Dumas, Pere

... me—with us," laughed Philidor with a glance at Yvonne. They all took a hand in preparing the meal, which was to be magnificent. Luigi built another fire for the chicken which was to be roasted on a spit, and the coffee pot ...

— Madcap • George Gibbs

... stood him in good stead. His keen, strong teeth had bitten through the extemporized gag, and as a result the tension of the handkerchief which had held it in place had become relaxed, enabling him to rid himself of it and to spit out the fragments of filthy-tasting wood which the biting operation had ...

— Dope • Sax Rohmer

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