Spittle

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: spit=tle

CIDE DICTIONARY

Spittle, n. 

 See Spital.  B. Jonson.  [1913 Webster]

Spittle, v. t. [See Spit to spade.].

 To dig or stir with a small spade.  [1913 Webster]

Spittle, n. 

 A small sort of spade.  [1913 Webster]

Spittle, n. [From Spit to eject from the mouth: cf. Spattle, and AS. spātl.].

 The thick, moist matter which is secreted by the salivary glands; saliva; spit.  [1913 Webster]

Spittle insect. (Zoöl.) See Cuckoo spit (b), under Cuckoo.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Spittle, n. saliva, esp. as ejected from the mouth.

Derivative

spittly adj.

Etymology

alt. of ME (now dial.) spattle = OE spatl f. sp{aelig}tan to spit, after SPIT(1)

ROGET THESAURUS

Spittle

Excretion

N excretion, discharge, emanation, exhalation, exudation, extrusion, secretion, effusion, extravasation, ecchymosis, evacuation, dejection, faeces, excrement, shit, stools, crap, bloody flux, cacation, coeliac-flux, coeliac- passion, dysentery, perspiration, sweat, subation, exudation, diaphoresis, sewage, eccrinology, saliva, spittle, rheum, ptyalism, salivation, catarrh, diarrhoea, ejecta, egesta, sputa, excreta, lava, exuviae, hemorrhage, bleeding, outpouring.