spit noun [OE. spite, AS. spitu; akin to D. spit, G. spiess, OHG. spiz, Dan. spid. Sw. spett, and to G. spitz pointed. √170.]

1. A long, slender, pointed rod, usually of iron, for holding meat while roasting.

2. 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. Cook.

3. The depth to which a spade goes in digging; a spade; a spadeful. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

Spit, transitive verb [imperfect or past participle Spitted; present participle or verbal noun Spitting.] [From Spit, noun; 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.]

Spit, intransitive verb To attend to a spit; to use a spit. [Obs.]

She’s spitting in the kitchen. Old Play.

Spit, transitive verb [imperfect or past participle Spit (Spat, archaic); present participle or verbal noun Spitting.] [AS. spittan; akin to G. spützen, Dan. spytte, Sw. spotta,Icel. spita, and prob. E. spew. The past tense spat is due to AS. spitte, from spitan to spit. Cf. Spat, noun, Spew, Spawl, Spot, noun]

1. To eject from the mouth; to throw out, as saliva or other matter, from the mouth.

“Thus spit I out my venom.” Chaucer.

2. To eject; to throw out; to belch.

☞ Spitted was sometimes used as the preterit and the past participle.

“He . . . shall be mocked, and spitefully entreated, and spitted on.” Luke xviii. 32.

Spit, noun The secretion formed by the glands of the mouth; spitle; saliva; sputum.

Spit, intransitive verb

1. To throw out saliva from the mouth.

2. To rain or snow slightly, or with sprinkles.

It had been spitting with rain. Dickens.

To spit on

or

To spit upon: to insult grossly; to treat with contempt.

“Spitting upon all antiquity.” South.

-- Websters 1913