spittle

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  1. noun Spit; saliva.
  2. noun The frothy liquid secreted by spittlebugs.

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  • He was a rake and a lick-spittle, the very last man in Scotland for Jane Campbell to throw herself away upon. —  Samuel Rutherford
  • The ruffian spat; his spittle was but one more bit of moisture in the mire. —  Rulers of the Darkness
  • Well, bugger that, and please excuse my outbreak of cursing, but really that familiar lick-spittle little left-wing masturbationer of a corporal, to lecture me about my religion ... ' —  A Rude Awakening
  • If Marr had been made of stale mud and spittle, and Jive of dust, what was the House itself made of? —  The Thief of Always
  • (4,21) Fa. —  VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XVIII No 2
 

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  1. Middle English spitel, alteration (influenced by spit1) of spatel, from Old English spātl.

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  1. Formerly also spettle; a variant of spattle, conformed to the verb: see spattle, spit, v.
  2. from Middle English spytelle; diminutive of spit.
  3. from spittle, n.
 

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