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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

2 entries under this word

Spat

Spăt, imp.

past tense

of spit. [Rare.] See SPIT.

Spăt, n.

noun

[From the root of spit; that which is ejected.]

  1. The young of shell-fish. Woodward.
  2. [Cf. PAT.] A slight blow. Halliwell.
  3. Hence, a petty combat; a little quarrel or dissension. [Local U. S.]