spit
A thin metal or wooden rod on which meat is skewered for cooking, often over a fire.
Other meanings
A generally low, narrow, pointed, usually sandy peninsula or bar.
Saliva, especially when expectorated.
“There was spit all over the washbasin.”
Word history
From Old English "spitu" (rod on which meat is cooked; spit).
Where this comes from
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