spittle
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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -ɪtəl
Noun[edit]
spittle (uncountable)
- Spit, usually frothy and of a milky coloration.
- Something frothy and white that resembles spit.
- Spit-up or drool of an infant.
- A small sort of spade.
- Obsolete form of spital.
- (Can we date this quote?), George Herbert, The Thanksgiving:
- "I'll build a spittle, or mend common ways..."
- (Can we date this quote?), George Herbert, The Thanksgiving:
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Translations[edit]
spit, usually frothy
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Verb[edit]
spittle (third-person singular simple present spittles, present participle spittling, simple past and past participle spittled)
- To dig or stir with a small spade.