spittle
noun/ˈspɪtl/
/ˈspɪtl/
[uncountable] (old-fashioned)- the liquid that forms in the mouth synonym saliva, spitWord Originlate 15th cent.: alteration of dialect spattle, by association with spit ‘saliva’.
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