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Spittle

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Noun

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spit=tle

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun Spittle has 1 sense

spittle(n = noun.body) saliva, spit - a clear liquid secreted into the mouth by the salivary glands and mucous glands of the mouth; moistens the mouth and starts the digestion of starches; Array

is a kind of secretion

has particulars: dribble, drivel, drool, slobber, tobacco juice

is a part of salivary gland

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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.

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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)

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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.

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