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. The fish . . . vomited out Jonah upon the dry land. Jonah ii. 10.
2. Hence, to eject from any hollow place; to belch forth; to emit; to throw forth; as, volcanoes vomit flame, stones, etc. Like the sons of Vulcan, vomit smoke. Milton.
VOMIT
Vom"it, n. Etym: [L. vomitus, from vomere, vomitum, to vomit; akin to
Gr. vam, Lith. vemiti. Cf. Emetic, Vomito.]
1. Matter that is vomited; esp., matter ejected from the stomach through the mouth. Like vomit from his yawning entrails poured. Sandys.
2. (Med.)
Defn: That which excites vomiting; an emetic.
He gives your Hollander a vomit. Shak.
Black vomit. (Med.) See in the Vocabulary.
— Vomit nut, nux vomica.
VOMITING
Vom"it*ing, n.
Defn: The spasmodic ejection of matter from the stomach through the mouth.
VOMITION
Vo*mi"tion, n. Etym: [L. vomitio.]