If such a man cast his spittle upon him that is clean, he shall wash his clothes: and being washed with water, he shall be unclean until the evening.
When he had said these things, he spat on the ground and made clay of the spittle and spread the clay upon his eyes, 9:7.
And he changed his countenance before them, and slipt down between their hands: and he stumbled against the doors of the gate, and his spittle ran down upon his beard.
They fawn upon me, all the lusts of the world, Bewildering my steps with straining close, And breathe their horrible spittleagainst me.
Souls of envious men are as toads, who from spleen at being so ugly, run yellow spittle on whatever is clean and shining, from mouth, feet, and all their bodies.
Be careful not to let saliva escape with your words, nor any spittle fly into the faces of those with whom you converse.
Ulenspiegel and Nele came into this garden patch, and from there saw the trooper who with head wagging spat into the air, but the spittle fell back on his doublet.
At the sound of their voices, the lansquenet turned his heavy head in their direction, hunted for his flask, and not finding it, he went on spitting into the air and tried to see his spittle falling back in the moonlight.
M28) In the Jataka, or collection of Indian stories which narrate the many transmigrations of the Buddha, there is an instructive tale, which sets forth how sins and misfortunes can be transferred by means of spittle to a holy ascetic.
His bloodyspittle drips on sheets of paper, which the crowd eagerly scrambles for, knowing that with the blood they have absorbed the devil-dispelling power inherent in the man-god.
He nodded, and seemed very much interested in two little boys who sat near him, engaged in the laudable employment of seeing which could snap spittle the farthest and the best.
Control measures were directed against the nymphal stage, which is protected by the spittle which the insect emits continuously while feeding.
Pests include spittle bugs, stink bugs and other insects that attack young leaves and tender growth.
It was soon found that the pecan spittle bug was putting in its appearance earlier according to the calendar than in 1951 so an effort was made during the season to correlate insect life history and nut development during the season.
But mithinks while you heare thys I see you swallowe down your owne spittle for revenge, where (God wot) my wryting savoreth not of envye.
In some cases the foundation had entirely dropped out of existence, as at Winchcombe, where Leland notes that “now the Name onely of Spittle remaineth.
Christ twice used spittle in curing blindness, probably becausespittle was believed to be beneficial to the eyesight.
One must put the hand on the middle of the breast and rub on spittle with the hand, they say.
It implies that there shall be such close sympathy between the fisher and the fish that their spittle shall be as the spittle of one individual.
As before stated, the spittle is believed to exert an important influence upon the whole physical and mental being.
O Great Terrestrial Hunter, I come to the edge of your spittle where you repose.
You have come to put your red spittle upon my body.
The same idea in regard to spittleis found in European folk medicine.
The possession of the man’s spittlegives him power over the life of the man himself.
By the red spittle of Agĕ´‘yagu´ga and the red dress with which the lover is clothed are meant the red paint which he puts upon himself.
It was not at all so certain that I could keep down a draught of water, either; my stomach no longer suffered in any way--I even felt nausea at the spittle I swallowed.
I stole into a doorway and blackened the knees of my trousers with spittleto try and make them look a little respectable, left the parcel behind me in a dark corner at the back of a chest, and entered the little shop.
The great lord Ea hath sent me; He hath added his pure spell to mine, He hath added his pure voice to mine, He hath added his pure spittle to mine.
Pliny has expressed belief in the efficacy of the fasting spittle for curing disease, and referred to the custom of spitting to avert witchcraft.
The Smoke of Tobacco also succeeds now and then in this Disorder, whether this happens from the Discharge of the Rheum or Spittle it occasions; or whether it is owing to any anodyne Efficacy of this Plant, in which it resembles Opium.
If the Bite happens in the Face, or in the Neck, the Danger is greater, and the Operation of the Venom is quicker too; by Reason the Spittle of the Person so bit is sooner infected.
It is with the Spittle, and the Spittle only, that this dreadful Poison unites itself.
The Deglutition (the Swallowing) of the Spittle is attended with still more Uneasiness than that of other Liquids, because it is a little more thick and viscid, and flows down with less Ease.
Spittle tabooed THE SAME fear of witchcraft which has led so many people to hide or destroy their loose hair and nails has induced other or the same people to treat their spittlein a like fashion.
It was said that they made use of people's spittle to bewitch them.
The magical use to which spittle may be put marks it out, like blood or nail-parings, as a suitable material basis for a covenant, since by exchanging their saliva the covenanting parties give each other a guarantee of good faith.
So Isis gathered up the spittleand the earth with it, and kneaded thereof a serpent and laid it in the path where the great god passed every day to his double kingdom after his heart's desire.
If either of them afterwards foreswears himself, the other can punish his perfidy by a magical treatment of the purjurer's spittle which he has in his custody.
For on the principles of sympathetic magic the spittleis part of the man, and whatever is done to it will have a corresponding effect on him.
The same precautions are taken for the same reason with the spittleof the chief of Tabali in Southern Nigeria.
Or he will put the spittle in a frog and throw the animal into an inaccessible, unnavigable river, which will make the victim quake and shake with ague.
Similarly among some tribes of South Africa no man will spit when an enemy is near, lest his foe should find the spittle and give it to a wizard, who would then mix it with magical ingredients so as to injure the person from whom it fell.
Now the god was by this time grown old; he slobbered at the mouth and hisspittle fell upon the ground.
A Chilote Indian, who has gathered up the spittle of an enemy, will put it in a potato, and hang the potato in the smoke, uttering certain spells as he does so in the belief that his foe will waste away as the potato dries in the smoke.
Now a little baby came right up out of the spittle of Burnt Face, a boy.
But a child will rise from the spittle which I have left near the head of the bed; a little boy will come up from the ground.
Then this young man who had risen from the spittle went out of the house.
His sympathy with the old woman Tsuwalkai was great, and his enthusiasm for Tsawandi Kamshupa, who rose from the spittle of Tsawandi Kamshu, evident and striking.
Sas heard the groaning of the spittle inside and said to himself, "Tulchuherris is dying.
The battle described in this myth and the child which rises from the spittle of Burnt Face and reaches maturity in one day, are very striking.
The spittle of a man fasting hath a manner strength of privy infection.
And therefore it is that holy men tell that the spittle of a fasting man slayeth serpents and adders, and is venom to venomous beasts, as saith Basil.
He then challenged the medium to see whosespittle was the reddest.
Both expectorated on the head-axe, but since the spittle of the medium was not mixed with lime, it was uncolored.
His sacred body, which had been bruised and mangled, disfigured and dishonored by the filthy spittle of His enemies, is now the most beautiful, perfect, and resplendent in the whole kingdom of heaven.
Contemplate that cruel scourging, the crowning with thorns, the filthy spittle which covers His sacred face, and the other insults and indignities heaped upon him.
It is a different thing from the Meadow spittle bug and has two broods instead of one.
Spittle The practice of spitting, even unrelated to betel-chewing or tobacco-chewing, is far commoner among the Filipinos than among ourselves.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "spittle" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: dribble; drivel; foam; froth; saliva; slaver; slobber; spit; water
