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,
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 ]
v. i.
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.;
Sixty-four vomitories . . . poured forth the immense multitude. Gibbon. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. F. vomiturition. ] (Med.)