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pitting
(encz) | pitting,postavit proti Martin M. |
Pitting
(gcide) | Pit \Pit\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pitted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Pitting.]
1. To place or put into a pit or hole.
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They lived like beasts, and were pitted like beasts,
tumbled into the grave. --T. Grander.
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2. To mark with little hollows, as by various pustules; as, a
face pitted by smallpox.
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3. To introduce as an antagonist; to set forward for or in a
contest; as, to pit one dog against another.
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pitting
(wn) | pitting
n 1: the formation of small pits in a surface as a consequence
of corrosion [syn: pitting, roughness, indentation] |
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spitting
(encz) | spitting,plivání n: Zdeněk Brož |
spitting cobra
(encz) | spitting cobra, n: |
spitting image
(encz) | spitting image, |
spitting mad
(encz) | spitting mad, |
spitting nails
(encz) | spitting nails, |
spitting snake
(encz) | spitting snake, n: |
the spitting image
(encz) | the spitting image, |
Bespitting
(gcide) | Bespit \Be*spit\ (b[-e]*sp[i^]t"), v. t. [imp. Bespit; p. p.
Bespit, Bespitten (-t'n); p. pr. & vb. n. Bespitting.]
To daub or soil with spittle. --Johnson.
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Pitting
(gcide) | Pit \Pit\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pitted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Pitting.]
1. To place or put into a pit or hole.
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They lived like beasts, and were pitted like beasts,
tumbled into the grave. --T. Grander.
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2. To mark with little hollows, as by various pustules; as, a
face pitted by smallpox.
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3. To introduce as an antagonist; to set forward for or in a
contest; as, to pit one dog against another.
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Spitting
(gcide) | Spit \Spit\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spitted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Spitting.] [From Spit, n.; cf. Speet.]
1. To thrust a spit through; to fix upon a spit; hence, to
thrust through or impale; as, to spit a loin of veal.
"Infants spitted upon pikes." --Shak.
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2. To spade; to dig. [Prov. Eng.]
[1913 Webster]Spit \Spit\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spit (Spat, archaic); p.
pr. & vb. n. Spitting.] [AS. spittan; akin to G.
sp["u]tzen, Dan. spytte, Sw. spotta,Icel. sp?ta, and prob. E.
spew. The past tense spat is due to AS. sp?tte, from sp?tan
to spit. Cf. Spat, n., Spew, Spawl, Spot, n.]
1. To eject from the mouth; to throw out, as saliva or other
matter, from the mouth. "Thus spit I out my venom."
--Chaucer.
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2. To eject; to throw out; to belch.
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Note: Spitted was sometimes used as the preterit and the past
participle. "He . . . shall be mocked, and spitefully
entreated, and spitted on." --Luke xviii. 32.
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spitting
(wn) | spitting
n 1: the act of spitting (forcefully expelling saliva) [syn:
spit, spitting, expectoration] |
spitting cobra
(wn) | spitting cobra
n 1: aggressive cobra widely distributed in Africa; rarely bites
but spits venom that may cause blindness [syn: {black-
necked cobra}, spitting cobra, Naja nigricollis] |
spitting image
(wn) | spitting image
n 1: a perfect likeness or counterpart |
spitting snake
(wn) | spitting snake
n 1: highly venomous snake of southern Africa able to spit venom
up to seven feet [syn: ringhals, rinkhals, {spitting
snake}, Hemachatus haemachatus] |
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