This spiss and . . . copious, yet concise, treatise.
Brerewood.
Spis"sa*ted (?), a. Rendered dense or compact, as by evaporation;
inspissated; thickened. [R.]
The spissated juice of the poppy.
Bp. Warburton.
Spis"si*tude (?), n. [L. spissitudo.] The quality or state of being
spissated; as, the spissitude of coagulated blood, or of any coagulum.
Arbuthnot.
Spit (?), n. [OE. spite, AS. spitu; akin to D. spit, G. spiess, OHG.
spiz, Dan. spid. Sw. spett, and to G. spitz pointed. √170.] 1. A
long, slender, pointed rod, usually of iron, for holding meat while
roasting.
2. 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. Cook.
3. The depth to which a spade goes in digging; a spade; a spadeful.
[Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
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.