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spirting, ppl. a.|ˈspɜːtɪŋ|
[f. spirt v.1]
1. That spirts (in trans. or intr. senses).
1583B. Melbancke Philotimus N iv, All beuenimd is her spirting tongue. 1648Herrick Hesper., Country-life I. 48 Making thy peace with Heav'n.., With holy-meale and spirting salt. 1656W. Dugard tr. Comenius' Gate Lat. Unl. 137 With a spirting quill. 1792A. Young Trav. France 274 With the addition of some spirting jets d'eau. 1865Dickens 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.
1578Lyte Dodoens iii. xl. 372 Of the wilde spirting Cucumbre. 1611Cotgr., Concombre sauvage, the wild Cowcumber, Spirting Cowcumber, Touch-me-not. 1741Compl. Fam.-Piece ii. iii. 362 You may now sow, in natural Ground, the wild spirting Cucumber. 1760J. Lee Introd. Bot. App. 328 Spirting Cucumber, Momordica. 1830Lindley 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.
1594Nashe Unfort. Trav. Wks. (Grosart) V. 121 Inchained chirping birds, whose throates..made a spirting sound. |