† spittern.¹

Etymology: See spittard n. above. The form corresponds to German spiesser (also spiesshirsch, spitzhirsch, = older Flemish spieshert, Dutch spithert).

Obsolete.

A young deer with simple unbranched horns; a brocket or pricket; = spittard n.

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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > male > [noun] > in its second year

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knub1617

knobber1677

knobbler1686

buck-fawn1786

1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus Subulo, an harte hauynge hornes without tines, called a Spitter.

1567 A. Golding tr. Ovid Metamorphosis (new ed.) x. f. 125 This goodly Spitter beeing voyd of dread..did haunt mens houses.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 336 The lungs of a red Deer, especially the Spitter of that kind.

1610 J. Guillim Display of Heraldrie iii. xiv. 128 In others [sc. beasts] plaine and vniforme, without Tines, as in Spitters.

1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia Isagoge sig. B The hornes, in the stagge are ramous, simple in the spitter, palmate in others, ramous and little in roes.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

spittern.²

Brit.

/ˈspɪtə/, U.S.

/ˈspɪdər/

Etymology: < spit v.²

1. One who spits or ejects saliva. Also figurative.

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the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > action of slavering > [noun] > action of spitting > one who spits

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spetter1580

spawler1611

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Isa. l. 6 My face I turnede not awei fro the blameres, and the spitteres in me.

1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 186 Melancholy men are all of them..great Spitters.

1707 J. Floyer Physician's Pulse-watch 239 The Splenetics are great Spitters.

1750 H. Walpole Let. 25 Feb. in Lett. to H. Mann (1833) II. 344 He would not see them, but wrote to the Spitter, (or, as he is now called, Lord Gob'em,) to say, that he had affronted him very grossly before company.

1869 J. G. Wood Bible Animals 554 Buxtorf, however, explains the word ['akshūb, adder] as the Spitter.

†2. A pea-shooter. Obsolete. rare.

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society > leisure > entertainment > toy or plaything > toy weapons > [noun]

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pluff1695

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pen-gun1821

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water pistol1897

stink bomb1915

cap-pistol1920

cap-gun1931

laser gun1961

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory (1905) iii. xvi. 82/1 Shooting in [= with] a trunk staffer [sic] or spitter.

3. U.S. Baseball. = spitball n. 2.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > baseball > [noun] > pitching > types of pitch

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ball1863

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change1982

1908 Baseball Mag. July 7/2 I found by holding the ball with my finger tips and steadying it with my thumb alone I could get a peculiar break to it... It is not a ‘spitter’.

1928 G. H. Ruth Babe Ruth's Own Bk. Baseball vi. 75 The theory of the spitter is simple enough. The ball is wet on one side. Naturally that makes a slippery spot which reduces friction and gives added speed to the opposite side where friction is applied.

1975 New Yorker 14 Apr. 98/2 The next pitch broke down sharply over the plate, and everyone cried, ‘Spitter! Hey, a spitter!’

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

spittern.³

Etymology: < spit v.³Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈspitter.

Now dialect.

1. A spade or spud.

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the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > [noun] > spade > small spade

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Tommya1825

1600 L. Lewkenor tr. A. de Torquemada Spanish Mandeuile f. 69 Commaunding certaine men to digge with spytters, they found..vnder the grounde a graue.

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Spade or Spitter, (among Husband-men) a Tool to dig the Ground with.

1825 J. Jennings Observ. Dial. W. Eng. 71 Spitter, a small tool with a long handle, used for cutting up weeds, thistles, &c.

1825 J. Jennings Observ. Dial. W. Eng. 72 To move the earth lightly with a spade or spitter.

2. A spademan; a delver or digger.

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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > breaking up land > [noun] > digging > digger

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grubbera1400

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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > earth-movers, etc. > [noun] > digger or excavator

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groundsman1785

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1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Een Kley-steker, a digger or spitter of Clay.

1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Een Spader, a Delver, a Spademan, a Spitter.

1729 Philos. Trans. 1727–8 (Royal Soc.) 35 568 As soon as the Digger or Spitter has gone once the Breadth of the Ridge, he begins again at the other Side.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

spittern.⁴

Etymology: < spit v.¹Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈspitter.

rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

Categories »

‘One who puts meat on a spit’ (Johnson, 1755).

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

n.¹1565

n.²a1382

n.³1600

n.⁴1755

单词	spitter
释义	† spittern.¹ Etymology: See spittard n. above. The form corresponds to German spiesser (also spiesshirsch, spitzhirsch, = older Flemish spieshert, Dutch spithert). Obsolete. A young deer with simple unbranched horns; a brocket or pricket; = spittard n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > male > [noun] > in its second year brocketa1425 pricketa1425 brockc1515 spittard1538 spitter1565 brocard1607 subulon1607 knub1617 knobber1677 knobbler1686 buck-fawn1786 1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus Subulo, an harte hauynge hornes without tines, called a Spitter. 1567 A. Golding tr. Ovid Metamorphosis (new ed.) x. f. 125 This goodly Spitter beeing voyd of dread..did haunt mens houses. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 336 The lungs of a red Deer, especially the Spitter of that kind. 1610 J. Guillim Display of Heraldrie iii. xiv. 128 In others [sc. beasts] plaine and vniforme, without Tines, as in Spitters. 1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia Isagoge sig. B The hornes, in the stagge are ramous, simple in the spitter, palmate in others, ramous and little in roes. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online December 2021). spittern.² Brit. /ˈspɪtə/, U.S. /ˈspɪdər/ Etymology: < spit v.² 1. One who spits or ejects saliva. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > action of slavering > [noun] > action of spitting > one who spits spittera1382 spetter1580 spawler1611 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Isa. l. 6 My face I turnede not awei fro the blameres, and the spitteres in me. 1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 186 Melancholy men are all of them..great Spitters. 1707 J. Floyer Physician's Pulse-watch 239 The Splenetics are great Spitters. 1750 H. Walpole Let. 25 Feb. in Lett. to H. Mann (1833) II. 344 He would not see them, but wrote to the Spitter, (or, as he is now called, Lord Gob'em,) to say, that he had affronted him very grossly before company. 1869 J. G. Wood Bible Animals 554 Buxtorf, however, explains the word ['akshūb, adder] as the Spitter. †2. A pea-shooter. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > toy or plaything > toy weapons > [noun] poop1489 pellet1553 trunk1553 elder-gun1600 popgun1649 spitter1688 pluff1695 whistling arrowa1718 pea-shooter1782 pea gun1812 detonating ball1814 pea-blower1821 pen-gun1821 pipegun1828 torpedo1831 spring gun1837 putty blower1861 tweaker1862 pluffera1866 bean-shooter1890 putty shooter1896 water pistol1897 stink bomb1915 cap-pistol1920 cap-gun1931 laser gun1961 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory (1905) iii. xvi. 82/1 Shooting in [= with] a trunk staffer [sic] or spitter. 3. U.S. Baseball. = spitball n. 2. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > baseball > [noun] > pitching > types of pitch change of pace1650 slow ball1838 passed ball1860 ball1863 rib roaster1864 called ball1865 low ball1866 wild pitch1867 curveball1875 short pitch1877 grass cutter1879 fastball1883 downshoot1886 lob ball1888 pitchout1903 bean ballc1905 spitball1905 screwball1908 spitter1908 sinker ball1910 fallaway1912 meatball1912 fireball1913 roundhouse1913 forkball1923 sinker1926 knuckle ball1927 knuckler1928 gofer1932 slider1936 sailer1937 junk1941 change up1942 eephus1943 junkball1944 split-finger(ed) fastball1980 change1982 1908 Baseball Mag. July 7/2 I found by holding the ball with my finger tips and steadying it with my thumb alone I could get a peculiar break to it... It is not a ‘spitter’. 1928 G. H. Ruth Babe Ruth's Own Bk. Baseball vi. 75 The theory of the spitter is simple enough. The ball is wet on one side. Naturally that makes a slippery spot which reduces friction and gives added speed to the opposite side where friction is applied. 1975 New Yorker 14 Apr. 98/2 The next pitch broke down sharply over the plate, and everyone cried, ‘Spitter! Hey, a spitter!’ This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2022). spittern.³ Etymology: < spit v.³Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈspitter. Now dialect. 1. A spade or spud. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > [noun] > spade > small spade spittlea1100 spittle-staff12.. spitter1600 spaddle1669 spattle1824 Tommya1825 1600 L. Lewkenor tr. A. de Torquemada Spanish Mandeuile f. 69 Commaunding certaine men to digge with spytters, they found..vnder the grounde a graue. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Spade or Spitter, (among Husband-men) a Tool to dig the Ground with. 1825 J. Jennings Observ. Dial. W. Eng. 71 Spitter, a small tool with a long handle, used for cutting up weeds, thistles, &c. 1825 J. Jennings Observ. Dial. W. Eng. 72 To move the earth lightly with a spade or spitter. 2. A spademan; a delver or digger. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > breaking up land > [noun] > digging > digger delverc888 grubbera1400 diggerc1400 graver1483 spitter1648 society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > earth-movers, etc. > [noun] > digger or excavator minera1300 grubbera1400 diggerc1400 spitter1648 groundsman1785 excavator1815 1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Een Kley-steker, a digger or spitter of Clay. 1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Een Spader, a Delver, a Spademan, a Spitter. 1729 Philos. Trans. 1727–8 (Royal Soc.) 35 568 As soon as the Digger or Spitter has gone once the Breadth of the Ridge, he begins again at the other Side. 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