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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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"Spit" Quotes from Famous Books

... of youth. That'll be a story to tell out in Tara that Naisi is a tippler and stealer, and Ainnle the drawer of a stranger's cork. NAISI — quite cheerfully, sitting down be- side her. — At your age you should know there are nights when a king like Conchubor will spit upon his arm ring, and queens will stick their tongues out at the rising moon. We're that way this night, and it's not wine we're asking only. Where is the young girl told us we might shelter here? LAVARCHAM. Asking me you'd be? We're decent people, and I wouldn't ...

— Deirdre of the Sorrows • J. M. Synge

... ought to have been there, and asked where the Duke of Shrewsbury was, and when he was expected in town. The next day came a letter from the Duke, averring that he had just had a bad fall in hunting. His side had been bruised; his lungs had suffered; he had spit blood, and could not venture to travel. [733] That he had fallen and hurt himself was true; but even those who felt most kindly towards him suspected, and not without strong reason, that he made the most of ...

— The History of England from the Accession of James II. - Volume 4 (of 5) • Thomas Babington Macaulay

... chastely blanketed by snow, while the only warm spot in our living-room was that directly in front of the fireplace, where great logs burned all day. Even there our faces scorched while our spines slowly congealed, until we learned to revolve before the fire like a bird upon a spit. No doubt we would have worked more thoroughly if my brother James, who was twenty years old and our tower of strength, had remained with us; but when we had been in our new home only a few months he fell and was forced ...

— The Story of a Pioneer - With The Collaboration Of Elizabeth Jordan • Anna Howard Shaw

... portending good to them or evil. Sneezing they reckon to import evil. So that if any chance to sneeze when he is going about his Business, he will stop, accounting he shall have ill success if he proceeds. And none may Sneeze, Cough, nor Spit in the King's Presence, either because of the ill boding of those actions, or the rudeness of them or both. There is a little Creature much like a Lizzard, which they look upon altogether as a Prophet, whatsoever work or business they are going about; if he crys, they will ...

— An Historical Relation Of The Island Ceylon In The East Indies • Robert Knox

... Langford tried to spit in disgust, but despite the greatness of his disgust his mouth and salivic glands ...

— The Spoilers of the Valley • Robert Watson

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