Spit
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words [1]
"to spit," occurs in Mark 7:33; 8:23; John 9:6 . In the Sept., Numbers 12:14 .
"to spit upon" (en, "in," and No. 1), occurs in Matthew 26:67; 27:30; Mark 10:34; 14:65; 15:19; Luke 18:32 . In the Sept., Numbers 12:14 , in some texts; Deuteronomy 25:9 .
Webster's Dictionary [2]
(1): ( v. i.) To rain or snow slightly, or with sprinkles.
(2): ( v. i.) To throw out saliva from the mouth.
(3): ( imp. & p. p.) of Spit
(4): ( v. i.) To attend to a spit; to use a spit.
(5): ( n.) The secretion formed by the glands of the mouth; spitle; saliva; sputum.
(6): ( n.) To thrust a spit through; to fix upon a spit; hence, to thrust through or impale; as, to spit a loin of veal.
(7): ( n.) The depth to which a spade goes in digging; a spade; a spadeful.
(8): ( n.) A small point of land running into the sea, or a long, narrow shoal extending from the shore into the sea; as, a spit of sand.
(9): ( n.) A long, slender, pointed rod, usually of iron, for holding meat while roasting.
(10): ( n.) To eject; to throw out; to belch.
(11): ( n.) To eject from the mouth; to throw out, as saliva or other matter, from the mouth.
(12): ( n.) To spade; to dig.
King James Dictionary [3]
SPIT, n. G.
1. An iron prong or bar pointed, on which meat is roasted. 2. Such depth of earth as is pierced by the spade at once. D. spit, a spade. 3. A small point of land running into the sea, or a long narrow shoal extending from the shore into the sea as a spit of sand.
SPIT, from the noun.
1. To thrust a spit through to put upon a spit as, to spit a loin of veal. 2. To thrust through to pierce.
SPIT, pret. and pp. spit. Spat is obsolete. G. The sense is to throw or drive.
1. To eject from the mouth to thrust out, as saliva or other matter from the mouth. 2. To eject or throw out with violence.
SPIT, To throw out saliva from the mouth. It is a dirty trick to spit on the floor or carpet.
SPIT, n. What is ejected from the mouth saliva.
