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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

... most of them with the spurs on, were chucked into the shoe-house just as they had been taken off. The kitchen, into which our friend now entered, was in the same disorderly state. Numerous copper pans stood simmering on the charcoal stoves, and the jointless jack still revolved on the spit. A dirty slip-shod girl sat sleeping, with her apron thrown over her head, which rested on the end of a table. The open door of the servants' hall hard by disclosed a pile of dress and other clothes, which, after mopping up the ale and other slops, ...

— Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour • R. S. Surtees

... He stared at the motionless, seemingly lifeless, shapeless spaceboat. He'd seen one like it earlier today. That one spouted fire and went up out of sight. He was wary of this one. He grumbled: "Those pipes in the back of it—steer clear of 'em. They spit fire. No door on this side. Don Loris said knock on the door. We go around the front. Frrrrd harch! two, three, four, hup, two, three, four. Left turn here and mind those rocks. Don Loris'd give us hell if somebody fell down. Left turn again, ...

— The Pirates of Ersatz • Murray Leinster

... the people saying, "When you want to roast an Irishman you can always find another Irishman to turn the spit." ...

— Ireland as It Is - And as It Would be Under Home Rule • Robert John Buckley (AKA R.J.B.)

... of gulls clustered on the tip of a narrow, sandy spit running out to the left. She turned at the sound of his hurried foot-fall behind her. Her face paled slightly, and into the depths of her eyes leapt a passionate, mesmeric glow that faded ...

— Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1896 to 1901 • Lucy Maud Montgomery

... a stranger, he will press uncut joint after joint of his asado upon him. This asado is meat roasted over the fire on a spit; if beef, with the skin and hair still attached. Meat cooked in this way is a real delicacy. A favorite dish with them (I held a different opinion) is a half-formed calf, taken before its proper time of birth. The meat is often dipped ...

— Through Five Republics on Horseback • G. Whitfield Ray

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