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Spitted

Spit \Spit\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spitted; p. pr. & vb. n. Spitting.] [From Spit, n.; cf. Speet.]

  1. To thrust a spit through; to fix upon a spit; hence, to thrust through or impale; as, to spit a loin of veal. ``Infants spitted upon pikes.''
    --Shak.

  2. To spade; to dig. [Prov. Eng.]

Spitted

Spitted \Spit"ted\, a. [From Spit.]

  1. Put upon a spit; pierced as if by a spit.

  2. Shot out long; -- said of antlers.
    --Bacon.

Spitted

Spitted \Spit"ted\, p. p. of Spit, v. i., to eject, to spit. [Obs.]

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spitted

Etymology 1

  1. Shot out long; said of antlers. v

  2. (en-past of: spit) (a: Etymology 1) Etymology 2

    vb. (context nonstandard English) (en-past of: spit) (gloss: expectorate, etc, Etymology 2)

WordNet
spit
  1. v. expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth; "The father of the victim spat at the alleged murderer" [syn: ptyalize, ptyalise, spew, spue]

  2. utter with anger or contempt [syn: spit out]

  3. rain gently; "It has only sprinkled, but the roads are slick" [syn: sprinkle, spatter, patter, pitter-patter]

  4. drive a skewer through; "skewer the meat for the BBQ" [syn: skewer]

  5. [also: spitting, spitted, spat]

spit
  1. n. a narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea [syn: tongue]

  2. 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, spittle]

  3. a skewer for holding meat over a fire

  4. the act of spitting (forcefully expelling saliva) [syn: spitting, expectoration]

  5. [also: spitting, spitted, spat]

spitted

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Usage examples of "spitted".

I rolled away from her in my turn and lay facing in the opposite direction, listening to the wind-battered trees, thinking of the bridal bower I might have had, and had rent in pieces at that moment when I spitted Christopher Walshe.

Servants and gentlemen of the household barred the way, but being utterly unequal to so many adversaries they were spitted against the door and kicked aside.

Let them all be spitted by Sir George, and Caro first on the point of the sword.

Harbright returned to the board bearing a silver platter as broad as his own chest, which fairly groaned under the weight of near a whole roast boar and several dozen spitted fowl, and enthroned himself with the creak of a settling chair and the clatter of shaking decanters.

Two of this benighted band of adventurers were dead already at the hands of their fellows, and as Ilbryn watched, a third met a screaming end spitted on two javelins.