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- verb archaic Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
spit .
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Examples
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Island at certaine seasons casteth abroad great stones, spitteth out brimstone, and disperseth ashes, for such a distance round about, that the land cannot be inhabited within 20. miles thereof.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Island at certaine seasons casteth abroad great stones, spitteth out brimstone, and disperseth ashes, for such a distance round about, that the land cannot be inhabited within 20. miles thereof.
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Verily, a strong wind is Zarathustra to all low places; and this counsel counselleth he to his enemies, and to whatever spitteth and speweth: “Take care not to spit AGAINST the wind!” —
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And there will I not reside and abide where every one spitteth and speweth: that is now MY taste, — rather would I live amongst thieves and perjurers.
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Verily, a strong wind is Zarathustra to all low places; and this counsel counselleth he to his enemies, and to whatever spitteth and speweth: "Take care not to spit against the wind!"
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And there will I not reside and abide where every one spitteth and speweth: that is now my taste, - rather would I live amongst thieves and perjurers.
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And there will I not reside and abide where every one spitteth and speweth: that is now MY taste, -- rather would I live amongst thieves and perjurers.
Thus Spake Zarathustra A book for all and none Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche 1872
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Verily, a strong wind is Zarathustra to all low places; and this counsel counselleth he to his enemies, and to whatever spitteth and speweth:
Thus Spake Zarathustra A book for all and none Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche 1872
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It putteth God off the throne, will take no law from him, will not acknowledge his law, but, as it were, spitteth in his face, and establisheth another god.
The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning Hugh Binning 1640
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As for example: mount Hecla in Island at certaine seasons casteth abroad great stones, spitteth out brimstone, and disperseth ashes, for such a distance round about, that the land cannot be inhabited within 20. miles thereof.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 01 Richard Hakluyt 1584
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