spitting
nounverbcommon in dialogue
- //ˈspɪtɪŋ//
An appearance on the surface of melted silver or platinum allowed to cool slowly, jets of oxygen forming small cones and sometimes throwing up drops of molten metal.
noun
- 1
archaicexpectoration
Four brothers of the name of Smith, died with black spitting; all of them were stone-workers.
- 2
An appearance on the surface of melted silver or platinum allowed to cool slowly, jets of oxygen forming small cones and sometimes throwing up drops of molten metal.
verb
- 1
Also a form of spitpresent participle and gerund of spit
Forms
- plural
- spittings
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