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The act of disgorging; a vomiting; that which is disgorged. Bp. Hall.

A vomiting.

Inducing to vomit; exciting the stomach to discharge its contents by the mouth. -- n.

Inducing to vomit; producing vomiting; emetic. -- E*met"ic*al*ly, adv.

Producing vomiting and purging at the same time.

Vomiting flames, as a volcano. W. Thompson. (1745).

An uneasy, burning sensation in the stomach, often attended with an inclination to vomit. It is sometimes idiopathic, but is often a symptom of often complaints.

To make an effort to vomit; to retch; to vomit. To heave at. (a) To make an effort at. (b) To attack, to oppose. [Obs.] Fuller. -- To heave in sight (as a ship at sea), to come in sight; to appear. -- To heave up, to vomit. [Low]

A vomiting of blood.

Vomiting fire. [R.]

with griping pains in the abdomen, which is greatly distended, and in the later stages by vomiting of fecal matter. Called also ileac, or iliac, passion.

To heave or to retch, as in an effort to vomit. [R.] Swift.

Inclined to vomit; squeamish. [R.] Holland.

e meat or dairy products of infected cattle. Its chief symptoms in man are uncontrollable vomiting, obstinate constipation, pain, and muscular tremors. Its origin in cattle has been variously ascribed to the presence of certain plants in their food, and to polluted drinking water. -- Milk snake (Zoöl.), a harmless Ame…

e meat or dairy products of infected cattle. Its chief symptoms in man are uncontrollable vomiting, obstinate constipation, pain, and muscular tremors. Its origin in cattle has been variously ascribed to the presence of certain plants in their food, and to polluted water.

t the first stroke of reveille at military posts. -- Morning sickness (Med.), nausea and vomiting, usually occurring in the morning; -- a common sign of pregnancy. -- Morning star. (a) Any one of the planets (Venus, Jupiter, Mars, or Saturn) when it precedes the sun in rising, esp. Venus. Cf. Evening star, Evening. (…

utrid flesh and from herring brines. As a poison it is said to execute profuse diarrhoea, vomiting, and intestinal inflammation. Brieger.

Seasickness; hence, any similar sickness of the stomach accompanied with a propensity to vomit; qualm; squeamishness of the stomach; loathing.

To throw out; to vomit. [Obs.] Skelton.

Resembling the leek in color; greenish. [R.] "Porraceous vomiting." Wiseman.