Spat

·- imp. of Spit.

II. Spat ·- of Spit.

III. Spat ·noun A light blow with something flat.

IV. Spat ·vi To Dispute.

V. Spat ·add. ·noun A legging; a gaiter.

VI. Spat ·vi & ·vt To emit spawn; to emit, as spawn.

VII. Spat ·vt To slap, as with the open hand; to clap together; as the hands.

VIII. Spat ·noun Hence, a petty combat, ·esp. a verbal one; a little quarrel, dispute, or dissension.

IX. Spat ·noun A young oyster or other bivalve mollusk, both before and after it first becomes adherent, or such young, collectively.

X. Spat ·add. ·noun A kind of short cloth or leather gaiter worn over the upper part of the shoe and fastened beneath the instep;

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