Possible Definitions:
1. Spat (n.) A legging; a gaiter.
2. Spat (n.) A kind of short cloth or leather gaiter worn over the upper part of the shoe and fastened beneath the instep; -- chiefly in pl.
3. Spat () imp. of Spit.
4. Spat (n.) A young oyster or other bivalve mollusk, both before and after it first becomes adherent, or such young, collectively.
5. Spat (n.) A light blow with something flat.
6. Spat (n.) Hence, a petty combat, esp. a verbal one; a little quarrel, dispute, or dissension.
7. Spat (v. i.) To dispute.
8. Spat (v. t.) To slap, as with the open hand; to clap together; as the hands.
9. Spat () of Spit
