GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Black vomit . (Med.) A copious vomiting of dark-colored matter; or the substance so discharged; -- one of the most fatal symptoms in yellow fever.
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   Vomit, n. [L. vomitus, from vomere, vomitum, to vomit; akin to Gr. , Skr. vam, Lith. vemiti. Cf. Emetic, Vomito.]
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   Matter that is vomited; esp., matter ejected from the stomach through the mouth.
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   Like vomit from his yawning entrails poured.
   Sandys.
   
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   (Med.) That which excites vomiting; an emetic.
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   He gives your Hollander a vomit.
   Shak.
   
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   Black vomit. (Med.) See in the Vocabulary. -- Vomit nut, nux vomica.
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