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eructation|ˌiːrʌkˈteɪʃən|
Also 6 eructuacyon.
[ad. L. ēructātiōn-em, n. of action f. ēructāre: see eruct.]
1. The action of voiding wind from the stomach through the mouth; belching.
1533Elyot Cast. Helthe (1541) 41 b, The savour of his meate by eructation ascendeth. 1542Boorde Dyetary viii. (1870) 247 Lest that the meate which is in your stomacke, thorow eructuacyons..ascend. 1612Woodall Surg. Mate Wks. (1653) 71 Ginger..preventeth sowre eructation. 1699Evelyn Acetaria 17 Cabbage..is greatly accus'd for lying undigested in the Stomack and provoking Eructations. 1847Youatt Horse xiv. 300 The animal has no power to expel this dangerous flatus by eructation. 1869E. A. Parkes Pract. Hygiene (ed. 3) 67 Dyspepsia..attended with..enormous eructations after meals.
†b. fig. Obs.
1647H. More Poems 235 Oft the soul lets flie Such unexpected eructations. 1683Argt. for Union 22 They have Mental Prayer, and..Spiritual Eructations.
2. The eruptive action of a volcano; violent emission (of flames, etc.). Also fig.
1652J. Hall Height Eloq. 65 The ætna, whose eructations throw whole stones from its depths. 1678Marvell Def. John Howe Wks. (1875) IV. 234 But a perpetual eructation there is of humane passions. 1692Ray Phys. Theol. Disc. (1713) 19 The mountain ætna, at the last Eructation..disgorged..a Flood of melted Materials. 1783Phil. Trans. LXXIII. 161 The eructation of elastic vapour from below. 1862G. P. Scrope Volcanoes 24 The column of ashes projected becomes gradually shorter, the eructations less frequent.
3. concr. That which is belched forth. Also fig.
1607Schol. Disc. agst. Antichr. i. iii. 161 What is it else, but an eructation of the minde? 1664Power Exp. Philos. iii. 155 The grosser Steams..are the fuliginous Eructations of that internal Fire which constantly burns within us. 1701tr. Le Clerc's Prim. Fathers 104 One (Philogonius Bishop of Antioch) said, ‘That the Son was an Eructation’. |