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.
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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.
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Vom"it, n. [L. vomitus, from vomere, vomitum, to vomit; akin to Gr. , Skr. 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.
That which excites vomiting; an emetic.
He gives your Hollander a vomit.
Shak.
Black vomit. Med. See in the Vocabulary. -- Vomit nut, nux vomica.
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