[f. SPIT v.1] The action of piercing with, or fixing on, a spit. Also attrib.
1613. Shaks., Hen. VIII., II. iv. 183. This respite … enter’d me … with a spitting power and made to tremble The region of my Breast.
1631. Mabbe, Celestina, XV. 164. Shee vsed such diligence … that shee drew water at the second spitting.
1648. Hexham, II. Aen’t Spit-stekinge, a Spitting, or a Broaching of meate.
