Defn: The quality or state of being spissated; as, the spissitude of coagulated blood, or of any coagulum. Arbuthnot.
SPIT
Spit, n. Etym: [OE. spite, AS. spitu; akin to D. spit, G. spiess,
OHG. spiz, Dan. spid. Sw. spett, and to G. spitz pointed. sq.
root170.]
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
Spit, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spitted; p. pr. & vb. n. Spitting.] Etym:
[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.
2. To spade; to dig. [Prov. Eng.]
SPIT
Spit, v. i.
Defn: To attend to a spit; to use a spit. [Obs.]
She's spitting in the kitchen. Old Play.