n. [ Cf. F. vomiturition. ] (Med.) (a) An ineffectual attempt to vomit. (b) The vomiting of but little matter; also, that vomiting which is effected with little effort. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To throw up; to eject from the stomach through the mouth; to disgorge; to puke; to spew out; -- often followed by up or out. [ 1913 Webster ]

The fish . . . vomited out Jonah upon the dry land. Jonah ii. 10. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence, to eject from any hollow place; to belch forth; to emit; to throw forth; as, volcanoes vomit flame, stones, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

Like the sons of Vulcan, vomit smoke. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. vomitus, from vomere, vomitum, to vomit; akin to Gr. &unr_;, Skr. vam, Lith. vemiti. Cf. Emetic, Vomito. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Matter that is vomited; esp., matter ejected from the stomach through the mouth. [ 1913 Webster ]

Like vomit from his yawning entrails poured. Sandys. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) That which excites vomiting; an emetic. [ 1913 Webster ]

He gives your Hollander a vomit. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Black vomit. (Med.) See in the Vocabulary. --
Vomit nut, nux vomica. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The spasmodic ejection of matter from the stomach through the mouth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. vomitio. ] The act or power of vomiting. Grew. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. vomitif. ] Causing the ejection of matter from the stomach; emetic. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Sp. vómito, fr. L. vomitus. See Vomit, n. ] (Med.) The yellow fever in its worst form, when it is usually attended with black vomit. See Black vomit. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. vomitorious. ] Causing vomiting; emetic; vomitive. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Vomitories 1. An emetic; a vomit. Harvey. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. [ L. vomitorium. ] (Arch.) A principal door of a large ancient building, as of an amphitheater. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sixty-four vomitories . . . poured forth the immense multitude. Gibbon. [ 1913 Webster ]