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vomit
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Vomit \Vom"it\, n. [L. vomitus, from vomere, vomitum, to vomit; akin to Gr. ?, Skr. vam, Lith. vemiti. Cf. Emetic, Vomito.] [1913 Webster] 1. Matter that is vomited; esp., matter ejected from the stomach through the mouth. [1913 Webster] Like vomit from his yawning entrails poured. --Sandys. [1913 Webster] 2. (Med.) That which excites vomiting; an emetic. [1913 Webster] He gives your Hollander a vomit. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Black vomit. (Med.) See in the Vocabulary. Vomit nut, nux vomica. [1913 Webster] .
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Vomit \Vom"it\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Vomited; p. pr. & vb. n. Vomiting.] [Cf. L. vomere, vomitum, and v. freq. vomitare. See Vomit, n.] To eject the contents of the stomach by the mouth; to puke; to spew. [1913 Webster] .
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Vomit \Vom"it\, v. t.
1. To throw up; to eject from the stomach through the mouth;
to disgorge; to puke; to spew out; -- often followed by up
or out.
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The fish . . . vomited out Jonah upon the dry land.
--Jonah ii.
10.
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2. Hence, to eject from any hollow place; to belch forth; to
emit; to throw forth; as, volcanoes vomit flame, stones,
etc.
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Like the sons of Vulcan, vomit smoke. --Milton.
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