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;
is a kind of secretion
is a part of salivary gland
has particulars: dribble, drivel, drool, slobber, tobacco juice
See Spital. B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]
To dig or stir with a small spade. [1913 Webster]
A small sort of spade. [1913 Webster]
The thick, moist matter which is secreted by the salivary glands; saliva; spit. [1913 Webster]
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)
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.