Spittle

SPITTLE, Saliva. The Spittle of him who was troubled with a Gonorrhœa made that Person unclean upon whom it accidentally fell. He continu’d unclean till Evening, and was not purify’d till after he had wash’d himself and his Cloaths. To spit in any one’s Face was look’d upon as the greatest Outrage that could be done him. Job xxx. 10. Isai. l. 6.See Numb. xii. 14. If her Father had but spit in her Face, should she not be ashamed seven Days? The Widow of a Man that died without Children, might spit in the Face of his Brother, or of his nearest Kinsman, that refused to take her to Wife. The Soldiers spit in the Face of our Saviour at Deut. xxv. 9.his Passion¹.

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