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Webster 1828 Edition

Spitting

SPITTING

, ppr.

1.

Putting on a spit.

2.

Ejecting saliva from the mouth.

Definition 2024

spitting

spitting

English

Verb

spitting

present participle of spit

Noun

spitting ‎(plural spittings)

(chiefly archaic, medicine) expectoration
- 1837, James Johnson, The Medico-chirurgical review: Volume 31 (page 44)
  Four brothers of the name of Smith, died with black spitting; all of them were stone-workers.