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spit·al

 (spĭt′l)
n. Archaic
A hospital, especially one for patients with contagious diseases.

[Middle English spitel, short for hospital; see hospital.]
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spital

(ˈspɪtəl)
n
1. (Medicine) a hospital, esp for the needy sick
2. a highway shelter
[C13 spitel, changed from Medieval Latin hospitāle hospital]
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spit•al

(ˈspɪt l)

n. Archaic.
1. a hospital, esp. one for lazars.
2. a shelter on a highway.
[1625–35; alter. of spittle, Middle English spitel < Medieval Latin hospitāle]
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Work will be carried out with very little disruption to pupils' education." The plans also include a new road junction to a 140-space car park within the prep school site to ease congestion on The Spital.
The Grub Fresh Food business in the Spital is the latest in a series of cafes targeted in Aberdeen in recent weeks.
Recently renovated, the property is in Spital Tongues and offers acccommodation close to amenities with excellent transport links.
Stirlingshire is full of spitals: Spittal Bridge, Spittal Street, Spitalmyre and Spital Hill to name but a few.
The victim, who didn't want to be named, said she was just 100 yards from Spital train station when a man appeared from nowhere and wrapped his arms around her body.
Detective Inspector Tara Denn said: "I would appeal to anyone who was in the vicinity of Spital station at around 11pm on Saturday night or saw a man fitting the description to contact us."
For the record, these were at Spital Tongues, the Hancock Museum, St Thomas churchyard in the Haymarket, Ridley Place, Christchurch in Shieldfield Green, St Dominic's in Crawhall Road, and Ouse Street.
But Wirral coroner Christopher Johnson yesterday told an inquest he believed that, despite a lack of medical evidence, Reverend Graham Mercer must have suffered a seizure at the wheel while driving in Spital.
Police said they believe the incident, in the Spital Hill area, was not a random attack.
The attention proved too much for Max, who was sound asleep when the couple left their reception at the Spital of Glenshee, in Braemar.
South Yorkshire Police said a balaclava-clad man walked into the Afro-Caribbean Club, in Spital Hill, Sheffield and stabbed the brothers, who are aged 22 and 32, before running away.