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n. [ Ethmoid + vomerine. ] (Anat.) Pertaining to the region of the vomer and the base of the ethmoid in the skull. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ethmovomerine plate (Anat.), a cartilaginous plate beneath the front of the fetal brain which the ethmoid region of the skull is developed. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. evomitus, p. p. of evomere to vomit forth; e out + vomere. ] To vomit. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of vomiting. [ Obs. ] Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. flammivomus; flamma flame + vomere to vomit. ] Vomiting flames, as a volcano. W. Thompson. (1745). [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. ignivomus; ignis fire + vomere 8vomit. ] Vomiting fire. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Nerve + muscular. ] (Physiol.) Of or pertaining to both nerves and muscles; of the nature of nerves and muscles; as, nervomuscular energy. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ NL., fr. L. nux a nut + vomere to vomit. ] The seed of Strychnos Nuxvomica, a tree which abounds on the Malabar and Coromandel coasts of the East Indies. From this seed the deadly poisons known as strychnine and brucine are obtained. The seeds are sometimes called Quaker buttons. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. an electronically controlled mechanical or hydraulic device permitting a large action or strong forces to be controlled by a small electrical signal. [ PJC ]

‖n. [ L., a plowshare. ] (Anat.) (a) A bone, or one of a pair of bones, beneath the ethmoid region of the skull, forming a part a part of the partition between the nostrils in man and other mammals. (b) The pygostyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to the vomer. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., fr. vomere to throw up, vomit. ] (Med.) (a) An abscess cavity in the lungs. (b) An abscess in any other parenchymatous organ. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From nux vomica. ] (Chem.) See Brucine. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Cf. F. noix vomique. ] Same as Nux vomica. [ 1913 Webster ]

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 ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

The fish . . . vomited out Jonah upon the dry land. Jonah ii. 10. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence, to eject from any hollow place; to belch forth; to emit; to throw forth; as, volcanoes vomit flame, stones, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

Like the sons of Vulcan, vomit smoke. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. vomitus, from vomere, vomitum, to vomit; akin to Gr. &unr_;, 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 ]

n. The spasmodic ejection of matter from the stomach through the mouth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. vomitio. ] The act or power of vomiting. Grew. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. vomitif. ] Causing the ejection of matter from the stomach; emetic. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Sp. vómito, fr. L. vomitus. See Vomit, n. ] (Med.) The yellow fever in its worst form, when it is usually attended with black vomit. See Black vomit. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. vomitorious. ] Causing vomiting; emetic; vomitive. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Vomitories 1. An emetic; a vomit. Harvey. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. [ L. vomitorium. ] (Arch.) A principal door of a large ancient building, as of an amphitheater. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sixty-four vomitories . . . poured forth the immense multitude. Gibbon. [ 1913 Webster ]