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spittle


  6  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Spital  \Spit"al\,  n.  [Abbreviated  from  hospital.]  [Written  also 
  {spittle}.] 
  A  hospital.  [Obs.]  --Shak. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Spittle  \Spit"tle\,  v.  t.  [See  {Spit}  to  spade.] 
  To  dig  or  stir  with  a  small  spade.  [Prov.  Eng.] 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Spittle  \Spit"tle\,  n. 
  A  small  sort  of  spade.  [Prov.  Eng.] 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Spittle  \Spit"tle\,  n.  [From  {Spit}  to  eject  from  the  mouth:  cf 
  {Spattle},  and  AS  sp[=a]tl.] 
  The  thick,  moist  matter  which  is  secreted  by  the  salivary 
  glands;  saliva;  spit. 
 
  {Spittle  insect}.  (Zo["o]l.)  See  {Cuckoo  spit} 
  (b),  under  {Cuckoo}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Spittle  \Spit"tle\,  n. 
  See  {Spital}.  [Obs.]  --B.  Jonson 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  spittle 
  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  [syn:  {saliva},  {spit}] 




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