SPIT
\spˈɪt], \spˈɪt], \s_p_ˈɪ_t]\
Definitions of SPIT
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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A long, pointed rod on which meat is roasted; a small point of land or a long narrow shoal running into the sea; saliva; the act of ejecting saliva.
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Spitted.
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Spitting.
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Spit or spat.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William R. Warner
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An iron prong on which meat is roasted.
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To pierce with a spit:-pr.p. spitting; pa.t. and pa.p. spitted.
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To throw out from the mouth: to eject with violence.
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To throw out saliva from the mouth:-pr.p. spitting: pa.t. spit, spat; pa.p. spit.
By Daniel Lyons
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Iron spike on which meat is roasted.
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Spat.
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Spit.
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To eject from the mouth; throw out.
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To eject saliva.
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To pierce with a spit; pierce.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To eject from the mouth; eject saliva.
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To come down in drops or flakes.
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Spittle; saliva.
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An act of spitting.
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To transfix with a spit; string on a stick.
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A pointed rod on which meat may be turned and roasted.
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A point of low land extending into the water.
By James Champlin Fernald
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