vomitn.
/ˈvɒmɪt/, U.S. /ˈvɑmət/ 1. The act of ejecting the contents of the stomach through the mouth:figurative.1411–2 T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum 272 Vnwise is he þat besy þoght ne dredeþ. In whom þat he his mortel venym schedeþ, But if a vomyt after folwe blyue, At þe port of despeir he may arryue.1641 Naunton's Fragmenta Regalia sig. Fv Others..stirred up the dregs of those rude humors, which by times..he thought to repose, and give them all a vomit.† c. With the, in specific use. Obsolete. rare.
a. With a and plural.
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1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Rolls) VII. 85 Duke Edrik,..feynynge a vomet or brakynge, seide þat he was seek.
1483 W. Caxton tr. A. Chartier Curial sig. iijv We ete so gredyly..that otherwhyle we caste it vp agayn and make vomytes.
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 13545 The salt water sadly sanke in my wombe, Þat I voidet with vomettes by vertu of goddes.
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. clxxxxiiiiv For very feblenes of nature caused by purgacions and vomites he dyed.
1597 W. Langham Garden of Health 437 Nvx vomica..causeth a strong vomite.
1602 B. Jonson Poetaster v. iii. sig. M2 I haue Pils about mee..Would giue him a light vomite . View more context for this quotation
1681 P. Rycaut tr. B. Gracián y Morales Critick 123 It gave them immediately such a Vomit, that they speued forth most vile Corruption.
1707 J. Floyer Physician's Pulse-watch 158 They soon grow old, they have..Phrensies, choleric Vomits, and Fluxes.
1740 G. Cheyne Ess. Regimen p. v Vomits drive forcibly out of the upper part of the chyliferous Tube..its noxious contents.
1794 T. Taylor tr. Pausanias Descr. Greece III. 172 He afterwards threw it up by a vomit.
1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. III. 901 Vomiting in perityphlitis..may occur repeatedly, or there may be only an initial vomit.
b. Without article.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > digestive disorders > [noun] > vomiting
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abortment1577
heaving1601
puke1612
puking1629
egestion1633
evomition1653
vomition1656
yarking1874
emesis1875
c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 1896 Hym gayneth neither for to gete his lyf Vomyt vpward, ne downward laxatyf.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 512/1 Vomyte, or evomyte, brakynge, vomitus.
a1500 ( J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. (Rawl.) (1898) 247 Vomyte purgyth the stomake of ill humours aboue, as a medecyne laxatyfe benethe.
1528 T. Paynell tr. Arnaldus de Villa Nova in Joannes de Mediolano Regimen Sanitatis Salerni sig. D iij He shulde eate no maner of meates without his stomake be net, and purged of all yl humours by vomet.
1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 261 They remedy that surfecte by vomyte whiche they prouoke by eatynge of antes.
1565 T. Harding Answere to Iuelles Chalenge 46 When the deacon had forced her to receiue a litle of the cuppe, the yeax and vomite followed.
a1610 J. Healey tr. Cebes' Table in tr. Epictetus Manuall (1636) 135 Which purgeth out all their ingulphed evils, as by vomit or ejection.
c1610–15 Life St. Brigide in C. Horstmann Lives Women Saints (1886) 40 As often as she eate of the..meate, she by vomite cast it vp againe.
1694 W. Salmon Pharmacopœia Bateana i. ix. 414/1 It is said to be diaphoretick, and gently to provoke Vomit.
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a1585 A. Montgomerie Flyting with Polwart 318 The weam-eill, the wild~fire, the vomit and the vees.
d. (See quot. 1898.)
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1898 E. E. Morris Austral Eng. 20/1 Barcoo Vomit, a sickness occurring in inhabitants..of the interior of Australia. It is characterized by painless attacks of vomiting.
2.
a. Matter ejected from the stomach by vomiting; = spew n. 1. See also black vomit n.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > digestive disorders > [noun] > vomiting > vomit
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vomitus1904
throw-up1918
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c1390 Wycliffite Bible 2 Pet. ii. 22 An hound turned aȝen to his woom [v.rr. vomyt, womyt].
c1440 Gesta Romanorum (Harl.) lxiv. 278 He may be likenide to an hound þat turnith aȝen to his vomyt.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Isa. xxviii. B All tables are so ful of vomyte and fylthynes, yt no place is clene.
1578 H. Wotton tr. J. Yver Courtlie Controuersie 205 The Image of Bacchus with fat red cheekes, begrimed wyth vomets.
1631 R. Bolton Instr. Right Comf. Affl. Consciences 297 As a loathsome vomite is to the stomacke of him that casts it out; so are luke-warme Professours to the Lord Jesus.
1650 J. Trapp Clavis to Bible (Gen. vi. 11) 67 The vomit of a dog.
1820 P. B. Shelley Œdipus Tyrannus i. 25 Here The Gadfly's venom..Is mingled with the vomit of the Leech.
1876 J. S. Bristowe Treat. Theory & Pract. Med. ii. iv. 614 The character of the vomit depends on circumstances. Generally, however, it comprises mucus,..bile.
1882 W. Ballantine Some Exper. Barrister's Life II. 10 A physician.. who was present when the vomit was analysed.
b. (See quots.)
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1886 P. H. Pye-Smith Fagge's Princ. & Pract. Med. II. 808/1 Coffee-ground vomit in cancer of stomach.
1895 I. K. Funk et al. Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. II. Bilious vomit, bile forced back into the stomach and ejected with vomited matter.
3.
a. figurative. (Chiefly in allusion to Proverbs xxvi. 11 and 2 Peter ii. 22.)
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(b)a1583 Polwart Flyting 564 in Montgomerie's Poems (1910) 170 The loun man lik his womeit, and deny His schameles sawis.1602 J. Marston Antonios Reuenge i. iv. sig. B4v Dog, I will make the eate thy vomit vp.a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 (1623) i. iii. 99 Now thou would'st eate thy dead vomit vp, And howl'st to finde it.1650 H. Vaughan Silex Scintillans 99 I..Feed on those vomits of my heart.1575 G. Gascoigne Glasse of Gouernem. Argt. sig. Aiii The eldest (turning to their vomit) take their cariage with them, and trauaile the worlde.
?1577 J. Northbrooke Spiritus est Vicarius Christi: Treat. Dicing 54 Turne no more to the puddle and vomit of your filthye ydle life.
1601 F. Godwin Catal. Bishops of Eng. 7 They likewise returned to the filthie vomite of their abominable idolatrie.
1642 J. Milton Apol. Smectymnuus 31 Now that ye have started back from the purity of Scripture..to the old vomit of your traditions.
1677 W. Hubbard Narr. Troubles with Indians New-Eng. 14 Returning back to his old vomit, he was at last prevailed with to forsake Philip.
1706 J. Stevens New Spanish Dict. i Bolver al vomito, to return to the vomit, to relapse into sin.
b. Applied with contemptuous force to persons or things of a vile, loathsome, or disgusting character.
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the mind > emotion > hatred > object of detestation (person or thing) > [noun]
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Satan?a1513
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ugliness1587
vomit1612
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abhorrence1650
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odium1681
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horrible1726
detestation1728
poison1875
the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > foulness or filth > foul thing > [noun] > thing or person
vomit1612
1612 B. Jonson Alchemist i. i. sig. B2v Out you Dog-leach, The vomit of all prisons. View more context for this quotation
1650 T. Vaughan Anthroposophia Theomagica To Rdr. sig. B4 It is not the primitive Trueth of the Creation.., but a certaine preternaturall upstart, a Vomit of Aristotle.
1880 L. Wallace Ben-Hur 531 The vomit of Jerusalem is coming.
1889 J. Dickie Words of Faith (1892) 272 Jesus speaks of him as a vomit, which He will have to spue out.
c. transferred. Substance cast out by discharge or eruption.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > [noun] > ejection > that which is ejected
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ejaculation1708
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1695 R. Blackmore Prince Arthur iii. 67 The lab'ring Mounts Belch drossy Vomit out.
1914 Blackwood's Mag. Oct. 473/1 Four companies..had to be detailed to capture it under cover of a mountain battery's vomit.
4. A powder, draught, or other medicine which causes vomiting; an emetic.Frequently from c1600 to c1800.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > cleansing or expelling medicines > [noun] > emetic
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vomitory1601
vomitive1611
vomiter1634
nauseate1651
emetic1658
puker1714
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pick1824
nauseant1825
a1400 Stockholm Med. MS. ii. 51 in Anglia XVIII. 309 Ȝif þou of vomites wylt hawe bote.
c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 18 Laxatiues & vometis ben nedeful to hem, þat han olde rotid woundis.
c1522 T. More Treat. Memorare Nouissima in Wks. (1557) I. 100 Fain wold we haue some medicins, as purgacions & vomites, to pul down & auoid yt we cram in to much.
1580 J. Hester tr. L. Fioravanti Short Disc. Chirurg. sig. L The first thing that I gaue him was a vomitte that purged the stomacke.
1605 T. Tymme tr. J. Du Chesne Pract. Chymicall & Hermeticall Physicke i. xiii. 53 The extraction whereof maketh a very good and gentle vomit.
1664 A. Wood Life & Times (1892) II. 19 A vomitt that I took of Mr. Alport, 1s 6d.
1712 J. Swift Jrnl. to Stella 18 Sept. (1948) II. 557 I have taken a Vomit to day; and hope I shall be bettr.
1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Emetic The great practice of the antient Egyptian physicians consisted in glysters, vomits, and abstinence.
1785 J. Trusler Mod. Times II. 161 I told the scoundrel to make up a vomit, and he has made up a purge.
1803 T. Beddoes Hygëia III. ix. 155 The state of the stomach had been changed by absorbents, vomits or bitters.
1822 J. M. Good Study Med. I. 402 He saw from thirty to fifty gall-stones voided after taking only an oil vomit.
1860 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. 1337/2 Vomit, common term for an emetic draught or powder.
5. The hood or cover of a vomiting boiler.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > boiler > [noun] > parts of > other parts
saddle1688
float1753
fire door1765
mudhole1824
stay-bolt1839
water table1856
hydrostat1858
mud drum1864
vomit1880
hydrokineter1883
retarder1890
1880 J. Dunbar Pract. Papermaker 19 [Rags] boiled with steam..for 10 hours in stationary boilers without vomit.
1885 Encycl. Brit. XVIII. 220/1 [The] hot liquid..is dispersed all over the boiler by striking against a hood E at the top. This is technically known as the ‘vomit’.
Compounds
C1. vomit-green adj.
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1978 D. Murphy Place Apart i. 6 The sleazy plastic Lounge Bar had a vomit-green carpet.
C2.
vomit bag n. = sick-bag n. at sick adj. and n. Compounds 3.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > other medical equipment > [noun] > vessels > receiving vessels
hornc1000
urinalc1300
urinal-glass1651
receiver1767
urine-glass1880
Vacutainer1946
sick-bag1962
vomit bag1975
sample bottle1977
1975 D. Lodge Changing Places i. 42 The passengers swallow to relieve the pressure on their eardrums, close their eyes, finger their passports and vomit-bags.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1920; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
vomitv.
/ˈvɒmɪt/, U.S. /ˈvɑmət/ 1. intransitive. To bring up and eject the contents of the stomach by the mouth; to cast or throw up; = spew v. 1.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > digestive disorders > have digestive disorder [verb (intransitive)] > vomit
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vomea1382
brake1393
perbreak?a1400
castc1440
envomish1480
parbreak1495
vomita1500
to cast the crawa1529
to cast (up), heave, spue up, vomit one's gorgea1529
galpa1535
to cast out1561
puke1586
purge1596
void1605
to jerk, shoot, whip the cat1609
rid1647
to flay the fox1653
posset1781
to shoot the cat1785
to throw up1793
throw1804
cascade1805
reject1822
yark1867
sick1924
to toss (also shoot, blow, etc.) one's cookies1927
to lose a dinner (or a meal)1941
to spew one's ring1949
chunder1950
barf1960
upchuck1960
yuck1963
ralph1966
to go for the big spit1967
vom1991
a1500 ( J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. (Rawl.) (1898) 245 If a man haue nede to vomyte, lete hit be done atte myde-day.
1529 T. More Supplyc. Soulys ii. f. xxixv Then shall ye somtyme se..all theyre body shyuer for payne, and yet shall neuer vomete at all.
1553 R. Eden tr. S. Münster Treat. Newe India sig. Cjv Some..are prouoked to vomitte, euen as they were tossed on the sea.
1592 T. Kyd Trueth Murthering of Brewen 4 Immediatlie after he began to vomet exceedingly.
a1648 Ld. Herbert Life (1976) 64 Sir Herbert Croft..mett him vpon the water vomiting all the way.
1675 E. Wilson Spadacrene Dunelmensis 79 In case the Stomach be fowl, and the Patient..be apt to Vomit.
1722 D. Defoe Jrnl. Plague Year 67 The young Lady complain'd she was not well; in a quarter of an Hour more, she vomited.
1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth VII. 294 The belly was always greatly swolen, when the animal began to vomit.
1804 J. Abernethy Surg. Observ. 231 She complained..of extreme sickness, which produced frequent efforts to vomit.
1872 C. Darwin Expression Emotions Man & Animals xi. 259 The monkeys in the Zoological Gardens often vomit whilst in perfect health.
2.
a. transitive. To bring up and discharge (swallowed food or drink) through the mouth; to cast out (a matter or substance) in this way; = spew v. 2. Also figurative.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > digestive disorders > have digestive disorder [verb (transitive)] > vomit
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to gulch out?c1225
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to cast outa1425
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reject1540
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evacuate1542
revomit1545
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to lay up1570
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to fetch up1599
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respew1606
inbelch1610
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to throw up1614
exgurgitate1623
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to throw off1660
to bring up1719
pick1828
sick1924
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barf1960
to park the tiger1970
vom1991
1560 Bible (Geneva) Prov. xxiii. 8 Thou shalt vomit thy morsels that thou has eaten.
1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus at Vomitus Matter of diuers colours vomited.
1594 W. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus iii. i. 230 My bowels cannot hide her woes, But like a drunkard must I vomit them. View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) i. vi. 46 Sluttery..Should make desire vomit emptinesse, Not so allur'd to feed. View more context for this quotation
1804 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 12 149 His stomach became uneasy, and he vomited a small portion of the last dose.
a1836 Encycl. Metrop. (1845) VII. 552/1 The matters vomited are merely the contents of the stomach, half digested.
1898 J. Hutchinson in Arch. Surg. 9 109 A lady vomited the contents of a very large swelling which had formed.
b. Frequently with adverbs, as forth, out, up.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > digestive disorders > have digestive disorder [verb (transitive)] > vomit
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to gulch out?c1225
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to cast outa1425
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voida1425
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to cast up1483
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reject1540
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evacuate1542
revomit1545
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to lay up1570
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to fetch up1599
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inbelch1610
spew1610
to throw up1614
exgurgitate1623
out-spew1647
egurgitate1656
to throw off1660
to bring up1719
pick1828
sick1924
yark1927
barf1960
to park the tiger1970
vom1991
1541 T. Elyot Image of Gouernance xiii. f. 23 Yf by chance he espied any of them, he was therwith so greued, that he immediately wolde vomite vp colar.
1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus Reijcere sanguinem, to vomite out bloudde.
a1591 H. Smith Wks. (1866) II. 59 Then might the poor be fed with that which he oftentimes..loathsomely vomits forth.
1610 Bible (Douay) II. Jonah ii. 11 The Lord spoke to the fish: and it vomited out Jonas upon the dry land.
1663 A. Cowley Cutter of Coleman-St. ii. viii. 21 I ha' vomited out..all my entrails.
1693 J. Evelyn tr. J. de La Quintinie Reflect. Agric. iii. 43 in Compl. Gard'ner The Juggler, who..Vomits up so many several sorts of Water, all differing in Colour, Taste, and Smell.
1756 Mrs. Calderwood's Journey in Coltness Coll. (1842) 174 You must know it is a mortall sin to vomit up this morsell.
1818–20 E. Thompson Cullen's Nosologia (ed. 3) 247 Desire of food in great quantity, which is immediately vomited up.
1845 Birch in Classical Museum III. 420 The Jason vomited up by the serpent of the Fleece.
1904 W. B. Spencer & F. J. Gillen Northern Tribes Central Austral. xiv. 472 The natives say that once some men..became so ill that they vomited forth their livers.
3. figurative.absolute.1641 E. Dering Foure Cardinall-vertues Carmelite-fryar iii. 52 How basely..is unfit for any man to foul his pen with: more unfit for you..so to vomit against your dead Prince.
a. To eject, reject, cast out or up, esp. with abhorrence or loathing.
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the mind > emotion > hatred > feeling against or a settled dislike > impulse of aversion > turn away from or regard with aversion or reject [verb (transitive)] > eject with abhorrence or loathing
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vomit1562
1562 N. Winȝet Wks. (S.T.S.) II. 54 That thai mot..womet out agane fra the ground thai bittir and tribulous seis of errouris.
1582 Bible (Rheims) Rev. iii. 16 Because thou art..neither cold nor hote, I wil begin to vomite thee out of my mouth.
1602 J. Marston Antonios Reuenge v. iii. sig. I3v They faine would cast And vomit him from off their gouernement.
1636 R. Baker tr. Cato Variegatus 94 Praise not too much; lest thou be forc'd in th' end To eate thy words, and vomit up thy friend.
a1704 T. Brown Dialogues of Dead in 4th Vol. Wks. (1720) 173 A haughty Tyrant..was oblig'd to vomit up numberless Provinces and Towns, which he had dishonourably stollen.
1839 T. Mitchell in Aristophanes Frogs Introd. p. xcii A stern admonition, that where such vices are practised, the very earth shall vomit out its inhabitants.
b. To give vent to, belch out, or utter (abusive or objectionable language); = spew v. 2c. Chiefly with adverbs (as forth, out, up) or prepositions.
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the mind > language > malediction > [verb (transitive)] > swear or use profanity
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adjective1906
1592 N. Breton Pilgrimage to Paradise in Wks. (1879) I. 12/2 Vp did start the heade of Gluttonie, Vomiting out theese wordes of villany.
1611 B. Jonson Catiline iv. sig. K3 I hope, This Senate is more graue, then to giue credit Rashly to all he vomits . View more context for this quotation
1639 S. Du Verger tr. J.-P. Camus Admirable Events 270 He..made him vomit out a thousand outragious speaches against the perfidie..of Babilas.
1675 C. Cotton Burlesque upon Burlesque 96 All these abominable names Thou vomits forth so fluently.
1865 F. Parkman Champlain viii, in Pioneers of France in New World 289 The Frenchman vomited against him every species of malignant abuse.
4. transferred.
a. To discharge, to give, send, or throw out (flames, water, etc.) copiously or with force.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > let or send out [verb (transitive)] > eject
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eject1607
ejaculate1609
spew1610
to cast out1611
throw1625
eructate1632
gullop1646
explode1660
to throw off1660
belch1668
1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Vomitynge or castynge out water, vndiuomus.
1635 F. Quarles Emblemes i. xi. 45 Sols hot-mouth'd Steeds, whose nostrils vomit flame.
1637 J. Milton Comus 22 He and his curst crew..Like the sons of Vulcan vomit smoake.
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis v, in tr. Virgil Wks. 354 The silent Plague [sc. fire] thro' the green Timber eats, And vomits out a tardy Flame, by fits.
1749 W. Melmoth Lett. by Sir Thomas Fitzosborne II. li. 47 Those grotesque heads..which the ingenious architect has represented in the act of vomiting out the rain, which falls through certain pipes.
1820 P. B. Shelley Prometheus Unbound i. i. 47 Many a million-peopled city Vomits smoke in the bright air.
1851 C. Kingsley Yeast xv. 304 That huge black-mouthed sewer, vomiting its pestilential riches across the mud.
1871 F. T. Palgrave Lyrical Poems 84 The roar Of the dead salt sea that vomits Wrecks of the past ashore.
b. To discharge or emit, to send out or pour forth (persons or things, esp. in numbers) in a manner suggestive of vomiting.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > let or send out [verb (transitive)] > emit > in large numbers
vomit1597
1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III v. vi. 48 A scum of Brittains..Whom their orecloied country vomits forth, To desperate aduentures.
1819 Countess Spencer in Lady Lyttelton Corr. (1912) viii. 213 If I find any Englishwoman going home by a diligence,..Mrs. Bishop may be vomitted out at the Black Bear, Piccadilly.
1820 Countess Spencer in Lady Lyttelton's Corr. (1912) viii. 222 All such as you see vomited out of the steam-vessel upon Ramsgate or Margate piers.
1834 S. E. Brydges Autobiogr. I. 108 An incredible quantity of nonsense is vomited from the press.
1849 C. Dickens David Copperfield (1850) xvii. 181 There was Uriah's blue bag lying down and vomiting papers.
1922 J. Joyce Ulysses iii. xviii. [Penelope] 715 If there was a row on youd vomit a better face.
1946 E. O'Neill Iceman Cometh iii. 182 You'll be saying something soon that will make you vomit your own soul like a drink of nickel rotgut that won't stay down!
1955 E. Bowen World of Love x. 185 Bent in two, she vomited laughter; though also, mortified by the exhibition, she let out penitent sobs and moans.
c. To eject or cast out by volcanic action; = spew v. 4c. Also with adverbs, as forth, up.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > convulsion > [verb (transitive)] > eject by volcanic action
spew1594
vomit1614
erupt1771
1614 W. Alexander Doomes-day ii. lviii. sig. F3v The Earth..Doth vomit Mountaines, and doth swallow Townes.
1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant i. 107 A little Rockie Island, which..vomited up incredible Flames.
1713 London Gaz. No. 5128/8 Mount Vesuvius had vomited violent Streams of Sulphur.
1770 W. Hodson Ded. Temple of Solomon 4 Ætna vomits forth her livid Fires.
1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature I. 76 A mouth of fire is opened in a low place..: that mouth vomits a quantity of burning matters.
1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. III. iii. iv. 184 Mentz is changing into an explosive crater; vomiting fire, bevomited with fire.
1866 J. F. W. Herschel Familiar Lect. Sci. Subj. (1867) 33 The opening of a chasm vomiting fire and red-hot stones and ashes.
1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) 218 The fused rocks..which are vomited forth by volcanoes.
5. figurative.1683 J. Dryden & N. Lee Duke of Guise iii. ii. 34 I took thee for my Souls Physitian, And dost thou vomit me with this loath'd peace?1798 Anti-Jacobin 15 Jan. 79/1 We'll vomit his Purse, And make it the Guineas disgorge.
a. absol. Of emetics: To cause vomiting.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > treatments removing or dispersing matter > remove or disperse [verb (intransitive)] > cause to vomit
vomit1651
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > digestive disorders > have digestive disorder [verb (intransitive)] > vomit > cause vomiting
vomit1651
1651 J. French Art Distillation v. 172 You may have a Liquor in the morning which will vomit.
1681 P. Bellon tr. F. de Monginot New Myst. Physick Introd. 50 Which Tincture does variously operate, sometimes purging, sometimes (though rarely) vomiting.
1737 H. Bracken Farriery Improved xxxiii. 485 The Mineral Bezoar will sometimes vomit.
1762 Gentleman's Mag. June 274/1 It [sc. hemlock] seldom purges, very rarely vomits.
1822 J. M. Good Study Med. II. 34 Emetic tartar, when introduced into the jugular vein, will vomit in one or two minutes.
1843 R. J. Graves Syst. Clin. Med. iv. 50 When chemistry reveals why Tartar Emetic vomits.
b. transitive. To cause (a person) to vomit.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > treatments removing or dispersing matter > remove or disperse [verb (transitive)] > of emetics: cause (person) to vomit
vomit1662
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > digestive disorders > have digestive disorder [verb (transitive)] > vomit > cause to vomit
vomit1662
puke1717
1662 R. Mathews Unlearned Alchymist (new ed.) 3 Yet will it vomit some, purge others, and make others sweat out of measure.
1753 N. Torriano tr. J. B. L. Chomel Hist. Diss. Gangrenous Sore Throat 34 We gave some Ipecacuanha, which vomited our Patient, and made her discharge several Membranes and Fragments of Eschars.
1756 C. Lucas Ess. Waters ii. 141 Some having taken this water in a mistake,..it has vomitted and purged them.
1784 M. Underwood Treat. Dis. Children 20 It is true, antimonial wine does not always vomit children.
1843 R. J. Graves Syst. Clin. Med. xii. 131 Almost every dose vomited him.
c. Said of the person administering the emetic; or in passive of the patient.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > treatments removing or dispersing matter > remove or disperse [verb (transitive)] > of emetics: cause (person) to vomit > administer emetics to induce vomiting
vomit1683
1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician viii. 298 We presently proceeded to vomit him: for he was easy to vomit.
1716 A. Pope Further Acct. E. Curll 14 I have taken involuntary Purges, I have been vomited.
1776 Med. Observ. & Inquiries (ed. 4) I. xxi. 271 I proposed..to relieve her, by vomiting her in the most gentle manner.
1790 J. C. Smyth in Med. Communications 2 478 He was vomited with tartar emetic.
1810 Ld. Byron Let. 3 Oct. (1973) II. 19 The English Consul..forced a physician upon me, and in three days vomited and glystered me to the last gasp.
1841 G. Catlin Lett. N. Amer. Indians II. lviii. 248 He is vomiting and purging his patients, with herbs.
6. intransitive. To issue, or come out, with force or violence; to rush out, to spout up.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > go or come out [verb (intransitive)] > violently
to break outOE
shonk1488
belch1581
burst1590
fulminate1630
vomit1632
bust1837
1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. ix. 392 It impetuously vomiteth out, in an outragious Torrent.
1844 G. Dodd Textile Manuf. Great Brit. ii. 76 A ‘vomiting-boiler’, that is, a boiler so constructed that the water is made to vomit upwards from a pipe, and then to fall down on the cloth in the boiler.
1904 R. J. Farrer Garden of Asia 248 From the wide plain leapt a vomiting cone of fire.
Derivatives
ˈvomited adj.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > digestive disorders > [adjective] > relating to vomiting > vomited
vomited1846
eructated1869
1846 G. E. Day tr. J. F. Simon Animal Chem. II. 393 A case in which urea was detected in the vomited fluid.
1873 C. H. Ralfe Outl. Physiol. Chem. 46 In certain forms of dyspepsia they have been obtained from the vomited matters.
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