Spat

Webster's Dictionary

(1): ( n.) A kind of short cloth or leather gaiter worn over the upper part of the shoe and fastened beneath the instep; - chiefly in pl.

(2): ( n.) Hence, a petty combat, esp. a verbal one; a little quarrel, dispute, or dissension.

(3): imp. of Spit.

(4): ( n.) A young oyster or other bivalve mollusk, both before and after it first becomes adherent, or such young, collectively.

(5): ( v. i. & t.) To emit spawn; to emit, as spawn.

(6): ( n.) A light blow with something flat.

(7): of Spit

(8): ( v. i.) To dispute.

(9): ( v. t.) To slap, as with the open hand; to clap together; as the hands.

(10): ( n.) A legging; a gaiter.

King James Dictionary

Spat, pret. of spit, but nearly obsolete.