Definitions
expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth
Word origin
The noun is from Middle Dutch speet, spit, Middle Low German spêdt, spit (Low German spit); the word is cognate with Dutch spit, North Frisian spatt, spet, West Frisian spit.
Used in a sentence
“They roaſt a fowl, by running a piece of wood through it, by way of ſpit, and holding it over a briſk fire, until the feathers are burnt of, when it is ready for eating, in their taſte.”
“Or perhaps he may see a group of washerwomen relieved, on a spit of shingle, against the blue sea, [...]”
“Chiao Shih, 44 feet high, lies about 1/2 mile southeastward of Ko-li, a 199-foot islet, that lies close off the south end of Pei-kan-t’ang Tao and is connected to it by a stoney spit.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Turn over a fire”4 letters
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