Webster's Dictionary 1828

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SPITAL

SPITAL, SPITTEL, noun Corrupted from hospital. Rob not the spital or charitable foundation. [Vulgar and not in use.]

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SPITCHCOCK

SPITCHCOCK, verb transitive To split an eel lengthwise and broil it.SPITCHCOCK, noun An eel split and broiled.

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SPITE

SPITE, noun [Latin] Hatred; rancor; malice; malignity; malevolence.SPITE, however, is not always synonymous with these words. It often denotes a less deliberate and fixed hatred...

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SPITED

SPITED, participle passive Hated; vexed.

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SPITEFUL

SPITEFUL, adjective Filled with spite; having a desire to vex, annoy or injure; malignant; malicious.--A wayward son, spiteful and wrathful.

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SPITEFULLY

SPITEFULLY, adverb With a desire to vex, annoy or injure; malignantly; maliciously.

3949

SPITEFULNESS

SPITEFULNESS, noun The desire to vex, annoy or mischief, proceeding from irritation; malice; malignity.It looks more like spitefulness and ill nature, than a diligent search aft...

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SPITTED

SPITTED, participle passive [from spit.]1. Put upon a spit.2. Shot out into length.

3951

SPITTEL

SPITAL, SPITTEL noun Corrupted from hospital. Rob not the spital, or charitable foundation. [Vulgar and not in use.]

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SPITTER

SPITTER, noun1. One that puts meat on a spit.2. One who ejects saliva from his mouth.3. A young deer whose horns begin to shoot or become sharp; a brocket or pricket.

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SPITTING

SPITTING, participle present tense1. Putting on a spit.2. Ejecting saliva from the mouth.

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SPITTLE

SPITTLE, noun [from spit.]1. Saliva; the thick moist matter which is secreted by the salivary glands and ejected from the mouth.2. A small sort of spade. [spaddle.]SPITTLE. [See...

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SPITVENOM

SPITVENOM, noun [spit and venom.] Poison ejected from the mouth.

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SPLANCHNOLOGY

SPLANCHNOLOGY, noun [Gr., bowels, discourse.]1. The doctrine of the viscera; or a treatise or description of the viscera.2. The doctrine of diseases of the internal parts of the...

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SPLASH

SPLASH, verb transitive [formed on plash.] To spatter with water, or with water and mud.SPLASH, verb intransitive To strike and dash about water.SPLASH, noun Water or water and ...

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SPLASHY

SPLASHY, adjective Full of dirty water; wet; wet and muddy.

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SPLAY

SPLAY, verb transitive [See Display.]1. To dislocate or break a horses shoulder bone.2. To spread. [Little used.]SPLAY, for display. [Not in use.]SPLAY, adjective Displayed; spr...

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SPLAYFOOT

SPLAYFOOT, SPLAYFOOTED, adjective Having the foot turned outward; having a wide foot.

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SPLAYFOOTED

SPLAYFOOT, SPLAYFOOTED adjective Having the foot turned outward; having a wide foot.

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SPLAYMOUTH

SPLAYMOUTH, noun A wide mouth; a mouth stretched by design.

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SPLEEN

SPLEEN, noun [Latin, Gr.]1. The milt; a soft part of the viscera of animals, whose use is not well understood. The ancients supposed this to be the seat of melancholy, anger or ...

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SPLEENED

SPLEENED, adjective Deprived of the spleen.

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SPLEENFUL

SPLEENFUL, adjective1. Angry; peevish; fretful.Myself have calmd their spleenful mutiny.2. Melancholy; hypochondriacal.

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SPLEENLESS

SPLEENLESS, adjective Kind; gentle; mild.

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SPLEENWORT

SPLEENWORT, noun [Latin] A plant of the genus Asplenium; miltwaste.

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SPLEENY

SPLEENY, adjective1. Angry; peevish; fretful.A spleeny Lutheran, and not wholesome to our cause.2. Melancholy; affected with nervous complaints.

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SPLENDENT

SPLENDENT, adjective [Latin, to shine.]1. Shining; glossy; beaming with light; as splendent planets; splendent metals.2. Very conspicuous; illustrious.