Category:Vomit

Vom"it, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Vomited; p. pr. & vb. n. Vomiting.] Etym: [cf. L. vomere, vomitum, and v. freq. vomitare. See vomit, n.]

Defn: to eject the contents of the stomach by the mouth; to puke; to Spew.

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.