spitted 
Spiked, or shot out to a point like a spit or 
bodkiu, but without tines or branches: said of 
the antlers of a deer. 
Let trial be made . . . whether the head of a deer that 
by age is more spitted may be brought again to be more 
branched. Bacon, Nat. Hist., 757. 
spittent. An obsolete past participle of spit-. 
spitter 1 (spit'er), . [< spit* + -<?/!.] 1. One 
who puts meat on a spit. 2. A young deer 
whose antlers are spitted; a brocket or pricket. 
spitter- (spit'er), H. [< p< a + -erl.] One who 
spits, or ejects saliva from the mouth. 
spitting (spit'ing), ii. [Verbal n. of spit 2 , r.] 
1. The act or practice of expectoration. 2. 
An appearance seen on the surface of silver 
which has been melted in considerable quan- 
tity and then allowed to cool slowly, protuber- 
ances like miniature volcanic cones being 
formed just as the surface of the metal begins 
to solidify, through the orifices of which oxygen 
gas escapes, sometimes with sufficient violence 
to throw out bits of the molten metal. This Is 
frequently seen In the cupellatlon of silver in the large 
way. The same phenomenon is exhibited by melted plat- 
inum, which, like silver, absorbs oxygen when melted, and 
gives it off again on cooling. Also called sprouting. 
Spitting of blood. Same as hemoptysis (which see). 
spitting-snake (spit'ing-snak), n. A venomous 
serpent of the family ffajidse, Sepedon hsemaclia- 
tes of South Africa. This snake, when irritated, has 
the habit of spitting in spray the poisonous saliva which 
has dribbled from its fangs. 
spittle 1 (spit'l), ii. [Formerly also spettle; a 
var. of spattle, conformed to the verb: see 
spattle 1 , spit' 2 , .] The mucous substance se- 
creted by the salivary glands; saliva; saliva 
ejected from the mouth. 
Owre men, moued with greate hope and hunger of golde, 
beganne ageine to swalowe downe theyr spettie. 
Peter Martyr (tr. in Eden's First Books on America, ed. 
[Arber, p. 118). 
The Priests abhorre the Sea, as wherein Nilus dieth ; 
and salt is forbiden them, which they call Typhous spittle. 
Purcttas, Pilgrimage, p. 572. 
To lick the spittle of. See licit. 
spittle 2 !, w. See spital. 
spittle 3 (spit'l), n. [< ME. spytelle; dim. of 
spit s .} 1. A kind of small spade. 2. A spade- 
like implement with a short handle, used in put- 
ting cakes into an oven. [Prov. Eng.] 
spittle 3 (spit'l), v. t. [< spittles, .] To dig or 
stir with a small spade. [Prov. Eng.] 
spittle-fly (spit'1-fli), . A spittle-insect. 
spittle-insect (spit'l-in'sekt), . Any one of 
several different homopterous insects of the 
family Cercopidse, as species of Aphrophora, 
Lepyronia, and Ptyelus; a spit-bug or froghop- 
per. The larvae and pupte live upon plants, enveloping 
and entirely concealing themselves within a mass of 
frothy material which they secrete, sometimes called 
toad-spittle or frog-spit and cuckoo-spit. See cut under 
froghopper. 
Spittle-Of-the-StarS (spit'1-ov-the-starz'), H. 
See Nostoc, 2. 
spittly (spit'li), a. [< spittle^ + -y 1 .} Con- 
taining or resembling spittle ; slimy. 
spittoon (spi-ton'), n. [Irreg. < spit* + -0011.} 
A vessel for receiving what is spit from the 
mouth; especially, a round vessel of metal, 
earthenware, or porcelain, made in the form of 
a funnel at the top, and having a bowl-shaped 
compartment beneath, which may be partly 
filled with water ; a cuspidor. 
A gentleman with his hat on, who amused himself by 
spitting alternately into the spittoon at the right hand side 
of the stove and the spittoon on the left. 
Dickens, Martin Chuzzlewit, xvi. 
spit-venom (spit'ven'om), n. [< spit 2 + ven- 
om. Cf. spit-poison.] foisonous expectoration. 
[Rare.] 
The spit-venom of their poisoned hearts breaketh out to 
the annoyance of others. Hooker, Eccles. Polity, V. il. 2. 
spitz (spits), n. [< G. spitz, also spitehund, a 
Pomeranian dog, so called from its pointed 
muzzle; < spitze, a point: see spit 1 .'} A spitz- 
dog. 
spitz-dog (spits'dog), . [A half translation of 
G. spitzhund, a Pomeranian dog, < spitze, a point, 
+ hund, a dog, = E. hound.} A variety of dog, 
so called from the pointed muzzle ; a Pomera- 
nian dog. See Pomeranian. 
spitzflute (spits'flot), n. [< G. spitze, a point, 
+ E. flute*.} In organ-building, a stop having 
conical pipes of metal, which give a thin, some- 
what reedy tone. 
spitzkasten (spits'kas-ten), n. [G., < spitze, a 
point, + kasten, a chest: see chest*.} In mill- 
ing, a pointed box ; a V-vat : a German word 
frequently used by writers in English on ore- 
dressing. 
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Spiza (spi'xij), M. [NL. (Bonaparte, 1828), < Gr. 
amla, a fincl'i, < airlfctv, pipe, chirp. Cf. spinlc 1 .} 
A genus of fringilline birds, including a number 
of types, and hence variously limited, (at) Tint 
genus of painted flnclu-s of which the common indifjo-binl 
of the United States is the type: synonymous with /'.- 
rina or Hortjtlamis of Vieillot, and Cyanvspiza of Baird. 
See cut under iiuligo-bird. (6) Now employed for the silk- 
buntings, of which the common dickcissel or black-throat- 
ed bunting, S. amcricana, is the type : synonymous with 
Euspiza. The male is 8} inches long, 10j in extent of wings ; 
the plumage is smooth and compact ; the upper parts are 
grayish-brown, streaked with black on the back ; the low- 
er are whitish, shaded with gray, tinged with bright yellow 
on the breast, and marked with a large black throat-patch ; 
the edge of the wing is yellow ; the lesser and middle cov- 
erts are bright- chestnut ; the lower eyelid is white, the su- 
perciliary stripe yellow, and the bill dark horn-blue. The 
female is similar, but plainer, being less tinged with yellow, 
and having no black throat-patch, but a few black maxil- 
lary or pectoral streaks. This bunting ia widely but irreg- 
ularly distributed in the United States, especially in the 
eastern half, abounding in some districts, but seldom or 
never seen in others apparently as eligible. It nests on the 
ground or in a low buah, and lays four or five plain pale- 
greenish eggs (rarely speckled). The nuptial male has a 
quaint monotonous ditty, three notes of which are ren- 
dered in the name dickcissel a word which originated in 
Illinois, and crept into print in or about 1876. 
Spizae'tUS(spI-za'e-tus),H. [NL.j Vieillot, 1816), 
< Gr. arnica, a finch (see Spiea),+ atrdf, an eagle.] 
A genus of Falconidse, including hawks or small 
eagles having the feet feathered to the bases 
of the toes, the tail square or little rounded, 
the wings short and rounded, and the head, in 
the typical species, with a long occipital crest. 
The genus is sometimes restricted to such birds as the 
crested eagle of Brazil, S. manduyti or S. ornatus; in a 
wider sense, it includes 12 or more species of Central and 
South America, Africa, India and the Indo-Malayan re- 
gion, Celebes, Formosa, and Japan. Also Spizailos. 
Spizella (spi-zel'a), n. [NL. (Bonaparte, 1832), 
* Spiza T dim. -ella.} A genus of small Amer- 
ican finches or sparrows, the chipping-spar- 
rows, having the wings pointed, the tail long 
and emarginate, the back streaked, and the un- 
der parts not streaked in the adult. It includes 
several of the most familiar sparrows of the United States, 
as the chippy or chip-bird, S. eotdalis or domestics; the 
field-sparrow, S. agrestis or pusilla; the tree-sparrow, &'. 
inonticola; the clay-colored bunting and Brewer's bunt- 
ing, 5. f 'tit lit/'/ and S. breiceri ; and the black-chinned spar- 
row, S. alrigidarig. See cut under field-sparrow. 
Spizellinae (spi-ze-H'ne), n. pi. [NL., < Spizella 
+ -inse.} A subfamily of Fringillidse, contain- 
ing a large number of small spotted and streaked 
sparrows. None of those which occur in the 
United States have any red, blue, or orange 
colors. S. F. Baird, 1858. 
spizelline (spi-zel'in), a. [< Spizella + -ine 1 .} 
Resembling or related to the chippiug-sparrow; 
of or pertaining to the Spizcllinx. 
spizine (spi'zin), a. [< Spiza + -inci.] Re- 
sembling or related to the finches or buntings 
of the genus Spiza. 
Splachneae (splak'ne-e), . pi. [NL., < Splacli- 
num + -ex.} A tribe of bryaceous mosses, 
named from the genus Splachmim. Also Splach- 
nei, Splachnaeese. 
Splachnum (splak'num), H. [NL. (Linneeus, 
1753), < Gr. o-ffAdyjvov, some cryptogamous 
plant.] A genus of bryaceous mosses, giving 
name to the tribe Splaelinese. Theyare loosely ces- 
pitose, mostly annual plants, with soft, slender branches, 
which bear distant lower and tufted upper leaves, all with 
very loose areolation. The capsule is long-pedicelled, 
small, oval or short-cylindrical, provided with a peristome 
of sixteen linear orange-colored teeth. There are 6 North 
American species. 
splaiet, v. An old spelling of splay. 
splanadet, . Same as esplanade. 
splanchnapophysial (splangk'ua-po-fiz'i-al), 
a. [< S2)lanchapophysis + -at.} Of or pertain- 
ing to a splanchnapophysis. 
splanchnapophysis (splangk-na-pof'i-sis), . ; 
pi. splanctiiKipopliyses (-sex). [NL.,< Gr. air/.ayx- 
splash 
w, pi. m~t,dyxva, viscera, + iirdfvoif, an off- 
shoot: sec tipoplii/six.} An apophysis or out- 
growth of a vertebra on the opposite side of the 
vertebral axis fromaneurapophysis. and inclos- 
ing or tending to inclose some viscus. See cut 
under hypopopkytit, 
splanchnic (splangk'nik), 11. and . [< Gr. 
arc'/ ayxviKoi; , pertaining to the viscera, < nxl.dyx- 
t'ov, pi. tn&ayxya, viscera, bowels.] I, a. Of or 
pertaining to the vise-era or entrails; visceral; 
intestinal; enteric. Splanchnic cavities, the vis- 
ceral cavities of the body. -Splanchnic musculature, 
the muRck-s of the spliinchnopleure ; that one of the twu 
chief layers of ca-lomatic muscles which surrounds the 
ulimentary canal : contrasting with Kitmulic nulMttMwV, 
or the muscles of the somatopleure. - Splanchnic nerves, 
three nerves from the thoracic sympathetic ganglia the 
first or great, the second lesser or small, and the tliinl 
smallest or inferior. The first goes to the semilunar gan- 
glion, the second to the cceliac plexus, the third to the re- 
nal and cceliac plexuses. Splanchnic wall, the splanch- 
nopleure. 
II. H. A splanchnic nerve. 
splanchnocoele (splangk'no-sel), . [< Gr. 
OTT/.d; 'Xvor, pi. <77r?,ay;fi'a, the viscera, + xoiAof, 
hollow.] A visceral cavity; specifically, the 
visceral cavity of a brachioppd, an anterior di- 
vision of which is the brachiocoele or brachial 
chamber, and the lateral parts of the posterior 
division of which are the pleurocoales. 
splanchnographer (splangk-nog'ra-fer), H. [< 
x/jl(inchiioyraiili-y + -erl.} One who describes 
viscera ; a writer on splanchnography. 
splanchnographical (splangk-no-graf 'i-kal), a. 
[< splaiiclmograpii-y T -ic-al,} Descriptive of 
viscera ; pertaining to splanchnography. 
splanchnography (splangk-nog'ra-fi), n. [< 
Gr. a-x'Adyxvov, pi. anAayxva, viscera, + -yaafyla, < 
ypdfyeiv, write.] Descriptive splanchnology; a 
description of or a treatise on viscera. 
splanchnological (splangk-no-loj'i-kal), a. [< 
splanehnolog-y + -ic-al.} Of or pertaining to 
splanchnology. 
splanchnologist (splangk-nol'o-jist), H. [< 
splancJinuloy-y + -ist.} One who is versed in 
splanchnology. 
splanchnology (splangk-nol'6-ji), . [< Gr. 
(TTr/'.ay^vov, pi. UTrAay^-ra, viscera, T -Ijiyla, < \i- 
yeiv, speak: see -ologi/.} The sum of scientific 
knowledge concerning viscera. 
splanchnopleura (splangk-no-plo'ra), .; pi. 
splaitclntopleurse (-re). [NL. : see splanehno- 
pleure.} Same as splaiichnopleure. 
splanchnopleural (splangk-no-plo'ral), a. [< 
splanchnopleure + -al.} Forming the walls of 
viscera; constituting or pertaining to the 
splanchnopleure. 
splanchnopleure (splangk'no-plor), . [< NL. 
splanclinupleuru, < Gr. c7rAd> x vov , pi- "M*JW 
viscera, -f irfovpd, the side.] The inner or vis- 
ceral layer of mesoderm, formed by the split- 
ting of the mesoblast, separated from the soma- 
topleure by the perivisceral space, coelomatic 
cavity, or cosloma. It is formed in those animals 
whose germ becomes four-layered in the above manner, 
and then constitutes the musculature and connective tis- 
sue of the intestinal tract and its annexes the lining 
epithelium being derived from the hypoblast. Thus, the 
connective tissue and muscular substance of the lungs, 
liver, kidneys, etc., and the thickness of the walls of the 
stomach, bowels, etc., are all splanchnopleural. The term 
is contrasted with somatopleure. 
splanchnopleuric (splangk-no-plo'rik), . 
[< splanchnopleure + -ic.} Same as splanchno- 
pleural. Foster, Elements of Embryology, i. 2. 
splanchnoskeletal (splangk-no-skel'e-tal), a. 
[< splanclmoskclctoii + -al.} Skeletal or hard, 
as a part of a viscus ; forming a part of, or relat- 
ing to, the splanchnoskeleton. 
splanchnoskeleton (splangk-no-skel'e-ton), n. 
[NL., < Gr. aiAdyxyov, pi- oif^dyxva, viscera, + 
VKe/.eTov, skeleton.] The splanchnic or vis- 
ceral skeleton ; those hard parts of the body, 
collectively considered, which are developed 
in special relation with the viscera, and serve to 
support or contain them. Such are teeth, branchial 
arches, tracheal rings, bonelets of the eyeball and heart, 
penis-bones, etc. The term originated with Carus, 1828, 
and acquired currency through Owen and others. Its dif- 
ference of meaning from ecleroikeleton is not clear in all 
its applications. 
Splanchnotomical (splangk-no-tom'i-kal), a. 
[< splaiichnotom-y + -ic-al.} Anatomical in re- 
spect of the viscera ; of or pertaining to splauch- 
notomy. 
splanchnotomy (splangk-not'o-mi), . [< Gr. 
airway xvov, pi. mrU.yxva, viscera, + -roftia, < TI/J- 
vetv, ra/ielv, cut.] Dissection of the viscera; 
the anatomy of the viscera: more commonly 
called visceral anatomy. 
splash (splash), r. [Avar, of plash 1 , with un- 
orig. s, regarded as intensive; perhaps sug- 
