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An American Dictionary of the English Language

by Noah Webster

Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)

Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865

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  1. Spite, n.p. 1274Hatred; rancor; malice; malignity; malevolence. This is a deadly spite that angers. Shak. Begone, ye critics, and restrain your spite; Codrus writes on, and will forever write. Pope. 2. Vexation…
  2. Spite, v. t.p. 1274To be angry or vexed at; to hate. The Danes, then generally pagans, spited places of religion. Fuller. 2. To treat maliciously; to injure; to thwart. 3. To fill with spite or vexation; to offend; to…
  3. Spite'ful, a.p. 1274Fill'd with spite; having a desire to vex, annoy, or injure; malignant; malicious. A wayward son, Spiteful and wrathful. Shak.
  4. Spite'ful-ly, adv.p. 1274In a spiteful manner; malignantly; maliciously.
  5. Spite'ful-ness, n.p. 1274The state of being spiteful; malice; malignity. It looks more like spitefulness and ill-nature than a diligent search after truth. Keil.
  6. Spit'fire, n.p. 1274A violent, irascible, or passionate person. [Colloq.] Grose.
  7. Spit'ful, n.p. 1274A spadeful.
  8. Spit'ous, a.p. 1274Having spite; spiteful. [Obs.]
  9. Spit'ous-ly, adv.p. 1274Spitefully. [Obs.]
  10. Spit'ted, p. a.p. 1274Put upon a spit; pierced as if by a spit. 2. Shot out into length;—said of the horns of a deer. Bacon.
  11. Spit'ten, p. p.p. 1274of spit. [Obs.] See SPIT.
  12. Spit'ter, n.p. 1274One who puts meat on a spit. 2. One who ejects saliva from his mouth. 3. A young deer whose horns begin to shoot or become sharp; a brocket or pricket.
  13. Spit'tle, n.p. 1274The thick, moist matter which is secreted by the salivary glands, and ejected from the mouth; saliva.
  14. Spĭt'tle, n.p. 1274A small sort of spade. [Prov. Eng.]
  15. Spit'tle, n.p. 1274The same as SPITAL. [Obs.]
  16. Spīt'tle, v. t.p. 1274To dig or stir with a small spade. [Prov. Eng.]
  17. Spĭt'tle-sẽr'mon, n.p. 1274A sermon preached at a spital or hospital. The lady mayoress passed in through the town unto the spittle-sermon. B. Jonson.
  18. Spĭt'tly, a.p. 1274Resembling spittle; slimy; ropy. [Obs.]
  19. Spit-tōōn', n.p. 1274A spit-box.
  20. Spĭt'-vĕn'om, n.p. 1274Poison ejected from the mouth. [Rare.] Hooker.
  21. Splānch'nic, a.p. 1274(Anat.) Relating or belonging to the viscera; as, the splanchnic cavities. Dunglison.
  22. Splanch-nōg'ra-phy, n.p. 1274(Anat.) A description of the viscera. Dunglison.
  23. Splanchn-ól'o-gy, n.p. 1274The doctrine of the viscera; or a treatise or description of the viscera.
  24. Splānch'no-skĕl'e-ton, n.p. 1274(Anat.) The special skeleton or osseous structure of particular organs. See SKELETON. R. Owen.
  25. Splanch-nŏt'o-my, n.p. 1274(Anat.) The dissection of the viscera. Dunglison.
  26. Splăsh, v. t.p. 1274To spatter with water, or with water and mud.
  27. Splăsh, v. i.p. 1274To strike and dash about water.
  28. Splăsh, n.p. 1274Water, or water and dirt, thrown upon any thing, or thrown from a puddle and the like.
  29. Splāsh'-bōard, n.p. 1274A guard in front of a vehicle, to prevent the driver or occupants from being splashed by mud from the horse’s heels.
  30. Splăsh'er, n.p. 1274One who, or that which, splashes. 2. A guard over a wheel, as of a carriage, locomotive, and the like. Weale.
  31. Splāsh'y, a.p. 1274Full of dirty water; wet and muddy, so as to be easily splashed about.
  32. Splăt'ter, v. i.p. 1274To spatter water about; to splash.
  33. Splāt'ter-dāsh, n.p. 1274Uproar; confusion. Jamieson.
  34. Splā'y, v. t.p. 1274To display; to spread open. [Obs.] “Our ensigns splayed.” Gascoigne. 2. To dislocate, as a shoulder-bone. 3. To castrate; to geld. [Obs.] Holland. 4. To turn on one side; to render oblique; to slope…
  35. Splā'y, a.p. 1274Displayed; spread; turned outward.
  36. Splā'y, n.p. 1274A slanted or sloped surface; especially, the expansion given to doors, windows, and the like, by slanting their sides.
  37. Splāy'-fōot, n.p. 1274A foot having the plantar surface flattened instead of concave; flat-foot. Dunglison.
  38. Splā'y'-fōot, a.p. 1274Having the foot turned out-
  39. Splay'-foot'ed, a.p. 1274Awkward; having a wide foot.
  40. Splā'y'-mouth, n.p. 1274A wide mouth; a mouth stretched in derision.
  41. Splāy'-mouthed, a.p. 1274Having a splay-mouth; wide-mouthed.
  42. Spleen, n.p. 1274(Anat.) A ductless glandular organ, of an oval figure, situated in the upper portion of the abdominal cavity to the left of the stomach, and under the ribs; the milt. The ancients supposed it to be…
  43. Spleened, a.p. 1274Deprived of the spleen.
  44. Spleen'ful, a.p. 1274Displaying spleen; angry; fretful; melancholy. Myself have calmed their spleenful mutiny. Shak.
  45. Spleen'ish, a.p. 1274Spleeny; affected with spleen.
  46. Spleen'ish-ly, adv.p. 1274In a spleenish manner.
  47. Spleen'ish-ness, n.p. 1274The state of being spleenish.
  48. Spleen'less, a.p. 1274Having no spleen; hence, kind; gentle; mild. [Obs.] Chapman.
  49. Spleen'wort, n.p. 1274(Bot.) A plant of the genus Asplenium; miltwort;—so called from having formerly been reputed valuable as a remedy for diseases of the spleen. Loudon.
  50. Spleen'y, a.p. 1274Angry; peevish; fretful. A spleeny Lutheran, and not wholesome to Our cause. Shak. 2. Affected with nervous complaints; melancholy.
  51. Splēg'et, n.p. 1274(Surg.) A cloth dipped in any kind of liquor for washing a sore. Crabb.
  52. Splēn'dent, a.p. 1274Shining; glossy; beaming with light; as, splendent planets; splendent metals. [See Note under LUSTER, 5.] 2. Very conspicuous; illustrious.
  53. Splēn'did, a.p. 1274Possessing or displaying splendor; shining; very bright; as, a splendid sun. 2. Showy; magnificent; sumptuous; pompous; as, a splendid palace; a splendid procession. 3. Illustrious; heroic…
  54. Splen-did'i-ous, a.p. 1274Splendid; brilliant. [Obs. and rare.] His lady! what! is she the fair, splendidious, and amiable? B. Jonson.
  55. Splĕn'did-ly, adv.p. 1274In a splendid manner; brightly; magnificently; sumptuously.
  56. Splĕn'did-ness, n.p. 1274The state or quality of being splendid; splendor. “Liveries whose gaudiness evinces not the footman's deserts, but his lord's splendidness.” Boyle.
  57. **Splĕn'dor**, n.p. 1274Great brightness; brilliant luster; as, the splendor of the sun. 2. Great show of richness and elegance; magnificence; pomp; parade; as, the splendor of equipage, ceremonies, processions, and the…
  58. Splēn'drous, a.p. 1274Having splendor. [Obs.]
  59. Splēn'e-tic, a.p. 1274Affected with spleen; peevish; fretful. You humor me when I am sick; Why not when I am splenetic? Pope. Syn.—Morose; gloomy; sullen; peevish; fretful.
  60. Splĕn'e-tic, n.p. 1274A person affected with spleen.