Careful Words

spit (n.)

spit (v.)

  I have peppered two of them: two I am sure I have paid, two rogues in buckram suits. I tell thee what, Hal, if I tell thee a lie, spit in my face; call me horse. Thou knowest my old ward: here I lay, and thus I bore my point. Four rogues in buckram let drive at me—

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): King Henry IV. Part I. Act ii. Sc. 4.

Good orators, when they are out, they will spit.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): As You Like It. Act iv. Sc. 1.

You call me misbeliever, cut-throat dog,

And spit upon my Jewish gaberdine.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): The Merchant of Venice. Act i. Sc. 3.