spittle

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   saliva, especially when expelled from the mouth or appearing as froth or drool

   The exhausted horse had flecks of spittle around its bit.

2. 2
   noun

   a frothy white substance that resembles saliva

   White spittle clung to the stems where the insects had been feeding.

From Middle English spitel or spetil, from Old English spǣtl ('saliva'), and related to spit. The word has referred to saliva or expelled froth since Old English.

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