Dear Hyla: Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable from which the quotations are
taken is over a hundred years old. So the obsolescence of some of the definitions
is actually a bit interesting.
And an important part of picador's job is to take a bit of steam out of the bull, to
make matador's job a bit less perilous. Without overdoing it, of course.

Toreador, Oh don't spit on the floor, Oh, use the cuspidor, that's what it's for, Oh.