Spit"al*house` (?), n. A hospital. [Obs.]

Spit"ball` (?), n. Paper chewed, and rolled into a ball, to be thrown

as a missile.

Spit"box` (?), n. A vessel to receive spittle.

Spitch"cock` (?), v. t. [1st spit + cock.] (Cookery) To split (as an

eel) lengthwise, and broil it, or fry it in hot fat.

Spitch"cock`, n. (Cookery) An eel split and broiled.

Spitch"cocked` (?), a. (Cookery) Broiled or fried after being split

lengthwise; -- said of eels.

Spit" curl` (?). A little lock of hair, plastered in a spiral form on

the temple or forehead with spittle, or other adhesive substance.

[Colloq.]

Spite (?), n. [Abbreviated fr. despite.] 1. Ill-will or hatred toward

another, accompanied with the disposition to irritate, annoy, or

thwart; petty malice; grudge; rancor; despite. Pope.

This is the deadly spite that angers.

Shak.

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