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   Spat (?), imp. of Spit. [Obs. or R.]
   
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   Spat, n. [From the root of spit; hence, literally, that which is ejected.] A young oyster or other bivalve mollusk, both before and after it first becomes adherent, or such young, collectively.
   
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   Spat, v. i. & t. To emit spawn; to emit, as spawn.
   
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   Spat, n. [Cf. Pat.]
   1. A light blow with something flat. [U.S. & Prov. Eng.]
   
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   2. Hence, a petty combat, esp. a verbal one; a little quarrel, dispute, or dissension. [U. S.]
   
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   Spat, v. i. To dispute. [R.]  Smart.
   
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   Spat, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spatted; p. pr. & vb. n. Spatting.] To slap, as with the open hand; to clap together; as the hands. [Local, U.S.]
   
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   Little Isabel leaped up and down, spatting her hands. Judd.
   
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   Spat, n. [Short for Spatterdash.]
   1. A legging; a gaiter. [Scot. & Dial. Eng.]
   
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   2.  A kind of short cloth or leather gaiter worn over the upper part of the shoe and fastened beneath the instep; -- chiefly in pl.
   
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   Spit, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spit (Spat, archaic); p. pr. & vb. n. Spitting.] [AS. spittan; akin to G. spützen, Dan. spytte, Sw. spotta,Icel. spta, and prob. E. spew. The past tense spat is due to AS. sptte, from sptan 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.”
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   2. To eject; to throw out; to belch.
   
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   ☞ 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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