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   Vomit , 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.
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   Vomit, v. t.
   To throw up; to eject from the stomach through the mouth; to disgorge; to puke; to spew out; -- often followed by up or out.
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   The fish . . . vomited out Jonah upon the dry land.
   Jonah ii. 10.
   
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   Hence, to eject from any hollow place; to belch forth; to emit; to throw forth; as, volcanoes vomit flame, stones, etc.
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   Like the sons of Vulcan, vomit smoke.
   Milton.
   
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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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