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SPIT, n. [G.]

1. An iron prong or bar pointed, on which meat is roasted.

2. Such depth of earth as is pierced by the spade at once. [D. spit, a spade.]

3. 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.

SPIT, v.t. [from the noun.]

1. To thrust a spit through; to put upon a spit; as, to spit a loin of veal.

2. To thrust through; to pierce.

SPIT, v.t. pret. and pp. spit. Spat is obsolete. [G. The sense is to throw or drive.]

1. To eject from the mouth; to thrust out, as saliva or other matter from the mouth.

2. To eject or throw out with violence.

SPIT, v.i. To throw out saliva from the mouth. It is a dirty trick to spit on the floor or carpet.

SPIT, n. What is ejected from the mouth; saliva.



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SPIT, n. [G.]

1. An iron prong or bar pointed, on which meat is roasted.

2. Such depth of earth as is pierced by the spade at once. [D. spit, a spade.]

3. 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.

SPIT, v.t. [from the noun.]

1. To thrust a spit through; to put upon a spit; as, to spit a loin of veal.

2. To thrust through; to pierce.

SPIT, v.t. pret. and pp. spit. Spat is obsolete. [G. The sense is to throw or drive.]

1. To eject from the mouth; to thrust out, as saliva or other matter from the mouth.

2. To eject or throw out with violence.

SPIT, v.i. To throw out saliva from the mouth. It is a dirty trick to spit on the floor or carpet.

SPIT, n. What is ejected from the mouth; saliva.


SPIT, n.1 [Sax. spitu; D. spit; G. spiess; Sw. spett; Dan. spid; It. spiedo; Ice. spiet, a spear. It belongs to Class Bd, and is from thrusting, shooting.]

  1. An iron prong or bar pointed, on which meat is roasted.
  2. Such a depth of earth as is pierced by the spade at once. [D. spit, a spade.] – Mortimer.
  3. 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.

SPIT, n.2 [Dan. spyt.]

What is ejected from the mouth; saliva.


SPIT, v.i.

To throw out saliva from the mouth. It is a dirty trick to spit on the floor or carpet.


SPIT, v.t.1 [from the noun.]

  1. To thrust a spit through; Put upon a spit; as, to spit a loin of veal.
  2. To thrust through; to pierce. – Dryden.
  3. To spade; to dig.

SPIT, v.t.2 [pret. and pp. spit. Spat is obsolete. Sax. spitan; Sw. spotta; Dun. spytter; G. spützen. The sense is to throw or drive. Class Bd.]

  1. To eject from the mouth; to thrust out, as saliva or other matter from the mouth.
  2. To eject or throw out with violence.

Spit
  1. A long, slender, pointed rod, usually of iron, for holding meat while roasting.
  2. 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.
  3. To attend to a spit; to use a spit.

    [Obs.]

    She's spitting in the kitchen. Old Play.

  4. To eject from the mouth; to throw out, as saliva or other matter, from the mouth.

    "Thus spit I out my venom." Chaucer.
  5. The secretion formed by the glands of the mouth; spitle; saliva; sputum.
  6. To throw out saliva from the mouth.
  7. 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.

    Cook.
  8. To spade; to dig.

    [Prov. Eng.]
  9. To eject; to throw out; to belch.

    * Spitted was sometimes used as the preterit and the past participle. "He . . . shall be mocked, and spitefully entreated, and spitted on." Luke xviii. 32.

  10. To rain or snow slightly, or with sprinkles.

    It had been spitting with rain. Dickens.

    To spit on or upon, to insult grossly; to treat with contempt. "Spitting upon all antiquity." South.

  11. The depth to which a spade goes in digging; a spade; a spadeful.

    [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
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Spit

SPIT, noun [G.]

1. An iron prong or bar pointed, on which meat is roasted.

2. Such depth of earth as is pierced by the spade at once. [D. spit a spade.]

3. 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.

SPIT, verb transitive [from the noun.]

1. To thrust a spit through; to put upon a spit; as, to spit a loin of veal.

2. To thrust through; to pierce.

SPIT, verb transitive preterit tense and participle passive spit Spat is obsolete. [G. The sense is to throw or drive.]

1. To eject from the mouth; to thrust out, as saliva or other matter from the mouth.

2. To eject or throw out with violence.

SPIT, verb intransitive To throw out saliva from the mouth. It is a dirty trick to spit on the floor or carpet.

SPIT, noun What is ejected from the mouth; saliva.

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DISTANCE, n. [L., to stand apart; to stand.]

1. An interval or space between two objects; the length of the shortest line which intervenes between two things that are separate; as a great or small distance. Distance may be aline, an inch, a mile, or any indefinite length; as the distance between the sun and Saturn.

2. Preceded by at, remoteness of place.

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This horse ran the whole field out of distance.

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7. Contrariety; opposition.

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8. The remoteness which respect requires; hence, respect.

I hope your modesty will know what distance to the crown is due.

Tis by respect and distance that authority is upheld.

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9. Reserve; coldness; alienation of heart.

On the part of heaven now alientated, distance and distaste.

10. Remoteness in succession or relation; as the distance between a descendant and his ancestor.

11. In music, the interval between two notes; as the distance of a fourth or seventh.

DISTANCE, v.t.

1. To place remote; to throw off from the view.

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3. To leave at a great distance behind.

He distanced the most skillful of his cotemporaries.

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