ppl. a. [f. SPIRT v.1]
1. That spirts (in trans. or intr. senses).
1583. Melbancke, Philotimus, N iv. All beuenimd is her spirting tongue.
1648. Herrick, Hesper., Country-life, I. 48. Making thy peace with Heav’n…, With holy-meale and spirting salt.
1656. W. Du Gard, trans. Comenius’ Gate Lat. Unl., § 475. 137. With a spirting quill.
1792. A. Young, Trav. France, 274. With the addition of some spirting jets d’eau.
1865. Dickens, Mut. Fr., I. x. The lady has prodded little spirting holes in the damp sand before her with her parasol.
b. Spirting cucumber: see CUCUMBER 3.
1578. Lyte, Dodoens, III. xl. 372. Of the wilde spirting Cucumbre.
1611. Cotgr., Concombre sauvage, the wild Cowcumber, Spirting Cowcumber, Touch-me-not.
1741. Compl. Fam. Piece, II. iii. 362. You may now sow, in natural Ground, the wild spirting Cucumber.
1760. J. Lee, Introd. Bot., App. 317. Spirting Cucumber, Momordica.
1830. Lindley, Nat. Syst. Bot., 193. The perennial roots of all the order appear to contain similar bitter drastic virtues, especially that of the … Spirting Cucumber.
2. Resembling that made by spirts of liquid.
1594. Nashe, Unfort. Trav., Wks. (Grosart), V. 121. Inchained chirping birds, whose throates … made a spirting sound.
