spit
/spɪt/ noun B2- A thin metal or wooden rod on which meat is skewered for cooking, often over a fire.
- A generally low, narrow, pointed, usually sandy peninsula or bar.
Plural spits
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The Bull, on approaching the Lion’s den, saw the huge spits and giant caldrons, and no sign whatever of the sheep, and, without saying a word, quietly took his departure.
It's the living spit of him, gown and all.
Just at the moment when they were taking the dainty animal from the spit, they saw Edmond springing with the boldness of a chamois from rock to rock, and they fired the signal agreed upon.
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