Er`uc*ta"tion (?), n. [L. eructatio: cf. F. 'eructation.]

1.

The act of belching wind from the stomach; a belch.

2.

A violent belching out or emitting, as of gaseous or other matter from the crater of a volcano, geyser, etc.

 

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