spitz-devil [f. spit n.2or v.2Cf. the variant spitting-devil.] A small sputtering fire-ball made from wetted gunpowder. Also ellipt.spitz. 1880Carnegie Pract. Trap. 15 Light it, and place it in the hole instead of the spitz.Ibid. 16 After having made a ‘spitz devil’, as we called it at school, light it in the hole.