n. A slender bar, sharply pointed at the end, to be thrust through meat which is to be roasted in front of the fire.n. A sword.n. The obelisk or dagger () used as a reference-mark.n. A small point of land running into the sea, or a long narrow shoal extending from the shore into the sea.n. In weaving, the spindle or wire which holds the cop, spool, or pirn in the shuttle.To thrust a spit through; pierce, transfix, or impale with or as with a spit: as, to spit a loin of veal.To string on a stick and hang up to dry, as herring in a smoke-house.To roast anything on a spit; attend to a spit; use a spit.To eject saliva from the mouth; expectorate.To fall in scattered drops, as rain.To make a noise as if spitting, like an angry cat.To eject from the mouth; spew; especially, to eject as or with saliva: as, to spit blood.n. What is ejected from the mouth; saliva; spume.n. The act of spitting: as, a cat gives an angry spit.n. In entomology:n. The spume of certain inseets; a frothy, fleecy, or waxy substance secreted by various homopterous bugs from specialized pores scattered over the general surface of the body.n. An insect which produces such spume: as, the cuckoo-spit, Ptyelus spumarius. See spittle-insect.n. A light fall of rain or snow; especially, rain or snow falling in light gusts or scattered drops or flakes.n. Image; likeness.To spade; plant by spading.n. A spade; hence, the depth of a spade in the earth; a spading or spadeful.