the Week of Proper 26 / Ordinary 31
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Spit
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(v. i.) To rain or snow slightly, or with sprinkles.
(2):
(v. i.) To throw out saliva from the mouth.
(3):
(imp. & p. p.) of Spit
(4):
(v. i.) To attend to a spit; to use a spit.
(5):
(n.) The secretion formed by the glands of the mouth; spitle; saliva; sputum.
(6):
(n.) To thrust a spit through; to fix upon a spit; hence, to thrust through or impale; as, to spit a loin of veal.
(7):
(n.) The depth to which a spade goes in digging; a spade; a spadeful.
(8):
(n.) 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.
(9):
(n.) A long, slender, pointed rod, usually of iron, for holding meat while roasting.
(10):
(n.) To eject; to throw out; to belch.
(11):
(n.) To eject from the mouth; to throw out, as saliva or other matter, from the mouth.
(12):
(n.) To spade; to dig.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Spit'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/s/spit.html. 1828.
