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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

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

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. The mucous substance secreted by the salivary glands; saliva; saliva ejected from the mouth.
  2. n. See spital.
  3. n. A kind of small spade.
  4. n. A spadelike implement with a short handle, used in putting cakes into an oven.
  5. To dig or stir with a small spade.
  6. n. The secretion surrounding the larva of a spittle-insect.

Wiktionary

  1. n. Spit, usually frothy and of a milky coloration.
  2. n. Something frothy and white that resembles spit.
  3. n. Spit-up or drool of an infant.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. obsolete See spital.
  2. v. Prov. Eng. To dig or stir with a small spade.
  3. n. Prov. Eng. A small sort of spade.
  4. n. The thick, moist matter which is secreted by the salivary glands; saliva; spit.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a clear liquid secreted into the mouth by the salivary glands and mucous glands of the mouth; moistens the mouth and starts the digestion of starches

Etymologies

  1. Middle English spitel, alteration (influenced by spit1) of spatel, from Old English spātl. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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