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Spitted vs Spritted - What's the difference?

spitted | spritted |

As verbs the difference between spitted and spritted

is that spitted is (spit) or spitted can be (nonstandard) (spit) while spritted is (sprit).

As an adjective spitted

is shot out long; said of antlers.

spitted

English

Etymology 1

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Verb

(head)
  • (spit)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Shot out long; said of antlers.
    • (Francis Bacon)

    Etymology 2

    See

    Verb

    (head)
  • (nonstandard) (spit)
  • * Bible, Luke xviii. 32
    • He shall be mocked, and spitefully entreated, and spitted on.

    spritted

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (sprit)

    • sprit

    English

    Etymology 1

    (etyl) spr?ot

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (nautical) A spar between mast and upper outer corner of a spritsail on sailing boats.
  • A shoot; a sprout.
    • (Mortimer)

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To sprout; to bud; to germinate, as barley steeped for malt.

    • Etymology 2

    Akin to (etyl) spritzen.

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To throw out with force from a narrow orifice; to eject; to spurt out.
    • (Sir Thomas Browne)

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