Spit′ted ( B.), thrown out from the mouth.- ns. Spit′-box, a spittoon Spit′-curl ( coll.), a soap-lock Spit′fire, a hot-tempered person Spit′poison, a venomous calumniator.- pa.p. saliva, spume: a light fall of rain or snow.- ns. to throw out saliva from the mouth: to fall in scattered drops, as rain at the beginning of a shower: to make a spitting sound, like an angry cat:- pr.p. to throw out from the mouth: to eject with violence.- v.i. Spit′ter, one who puts meat on a spit: a young deer whose antlers have shot out but not branched. Spit′ted, put upon a spit, impaled: shot out to a point.- n. to pierce with a spit: to string on a stick and hang up to dry:- pr.p. an iron prong on which meat is roasted: a long piece of land or a narrow shoal running into the sea: a wire or spindle holding a spool in a shuttle.- v.t. To rain or snow slightly, or with sprinklesĮtymology: Ĭhambers 20th Century Dictionary (0.00 / 0 votes) Rate this definition: The secretion formed by the glands of the mouth spitle saliva sputum To eject from the mouth to throw out, as saliva or other matter, from the mouth To thrust a spit through to fix upon a spit hence, to thrust through or impale as, to spit a loin of veal The depth to which a spade goes in digging a spade a spadeful Webster Dictionary (1.00 / 2 votes) Rate this definition:Ī long, slender, pointed rod, usually of iron, for holding meat while roastingĪ 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 on your finger and thumb, and pinch the snuff till the candle goes out. He spat on the ground, made clay of the spittle, and anointed the eyes of the blind man.Ī maid came from her father’s house to one of the tribunals of the Gentiles, and declaring herself a Christian, spit in the judge’s face.Ī drunkard men abhor, and would even spit at him, were it not for fear he should something more than spit at them. To stop the foreign spirits but they come. Very good orators, when they are here, will spit. To throw out spittle or moisture of the mouth. Tongues spit their duties out, and cold hearts freeze The sixth part of his substance, makes bold mouths, That spits forth death, and mountains, rocks and seas. I spitted frogs, I crush’d a heap of emmets.Įtymology: spœtan, Saxon spytter, Danish.
Seeking out Romeo, that did spit his body spit, or spitted.Įtymology: from the noun. Where the earth is washed from the quick, face it with the first spit of earth dug out of the ditch. Such a depth of earth as is pierced by one action of the spade. John Wilkins, Mathematical Magick.Ĭontriving for the pot and spit. They may be contrived to the moving of sails in a chimney corner, the motion of which may be applied to the turning of a spit. Lest that thy wives with spits, and boys with stones ’Tis I that made thy widows: then know me not, A long prong on which meat is driven to be turned before the fire. Samuel Johnson's Dictionary (0.00 / 0 votes) Rate this definition:Įtymology: spitan, Saxon spit, Dutch spedo, Italian.
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