Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Spitting"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Spit \Spit\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spitted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Spitting}.] [From {Spit}, n.; cf. {Speet}.]
1. 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.'' --Shak.
2. To spade; to dig. [Prov. Eng.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Spit \Spit\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spit} ({Spat}, archaic); p.
pr. & vb. n. {Spitting}.] [AS. spittan; akin to G.
sp["u]tzen, Dan. spytte, Sw. spotta,Icel. sp?ta, and prob. E.
spew. The past tense spat is due to AS. sp?tte, from sp?tan
to spit. Cf. {Spat}, n., {Spew}, {Spawl}, {Spot}, n.]
1. To eject from the mouth; to throw out, as saliva or other
matter, from the mouth. ``Thus spit I out my venom.''
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
spitting
n : the act of spitting (forcefully expelling saliva) [syn: {spit},
{expectoration}]
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