SPIT

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. Cook.

The depth to which a spade goes in digging; a spade; a spadeful. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

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.

To spade; to dig. [Prov. Eng.]

To attend to a spit; to use a spit. [Obs.] She's spitting in the kitchen. Old Play.

To eject from the mouth; to throw out, as saliva or other matter, from the mouth. "Thus spit I out my venom." Chaucer.

To eject; to throw out; to belch.

The secretion formed by the glands of the mouth; spitle; saliva; sputum.

To throw out saliva from the mouth.

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.