Vocabulary : Spiss to Spitbox
Spiss : Thick; crowded; compact; dense.Spissated : Rendered dense or compact, as by evaporation; inspissated; thickened.
Spissitude : The quality or state of being spissated; as, the spissitude of coagulated blood, or of any coagulum.
Spit : A long, slender, pointed rod, usually of iron, for holding meat while roasting. ;; A small point of land running into the sea, or a long, narrow shoal extending from the shore into the sea; as, a spit of sand. ;; The depth to which a spade goes in digging; a spade; a spadeful. ;; To thrust a spit through; to fix upon a spit; hence, to thrust through or impale; as, to spit a loin of veal. ;; To spade; to dig. ;; To attend to a spit; to use a spit. ;; of Spit ;; To eject from the mouth; to throw out, as saliva or other matter, from the mouth. ;; To eject; to throw out; to belch. ;; The secretion formed by the glands of the mouth; spitle; saliva; sputum. ;; To throw out saliva from the mouth. ;; To rain or snow slightly, or with sprinkles.
Spit ball : A pitched ball in throwing which the pitcher grips the ball between two, or three, fingers on one side (which is made slippery, as by saliva) and the thumb on the other side, and delivers it so that it slips off the fingers with the least possible friction. When pitched directly overhand a spit ball darts downward, when pitched with the arm extended sidewise it darts down and out.
