vom

a. Of or pertaining to the vomer. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., fr. vomere to throw up, vomit. ] (Med.) (a) An abscess cavity in the lungs. (b) An abscess in any other parenchymatous organ. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From nux vomica. ] (Chem.) See Brucine. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Cf. F. noix vomique. ] Same as Nux vomica. [ 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 ]

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 ]

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