‖n. [ L., a plowshare. ] (Anat.)
a. Of or pertaining to the vomer. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ L., fr. vomere to throw up, vomit. ] (Med.)
n. [ From nux vomica. ] (Chem.) See Brucine. [ 1913 Webster ]
[ Cf. F. noix vomique. ] Same as Nux vomica. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i.
v. t.
The fish . . . vomited out Jonah upon the dry land. Jonah ii. 10. [ 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 ]
Like vomit from his yawning entrails poured. Sandys. [ 1913 Webster ]
He gives your Hollander a vomit. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Black vomit. (Med.)
Vomit nut,
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 ]