Meaning of cuspe | Babel Free

Definitions

1. spittle; saliva
   masculine
2. Equivalent to 'Saliva': A clear, slightly alkaline liquid secreted into the mouth by the salivary glands and mucous glands, consisting of water, mucin, protein, and enzymes.

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Examples

“et [hũus] lle dizem mar de sal, por la agoa [quee] moy salgada, et os outros lle chamã mar morto por quese nõ criam aruores ẽna rribeyra, nẽ se criam peyxes em aquela agoa, nẽ aves, nẽ outra cousa viua nẽgũa, cõmo ẽnas outras agoas, et por que deyta dessy alugares [hũus] cospes negros de betume”

and some call it the sea of salt, because its waters are very salty, and others call it dead sea, because there are no trees in the shores nor fishes in the waters, nor birds, nor anything that is alive, as it happens in the other waters; and because in some places it throw out some spittles, which are black of bitumen

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