In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
VOMITING
vomit, vomiting, emesis, regurgitation, disgorgement, puking
(noun) the reflex act of ejecting the contents of the stomach through the mouth
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
vomiting
present participle of vomit
Noun
vomiting (countable and uncountable, plural vomitings)
The act of one who vomits, or the matter that is vomited.
Synonyms
• purging, throwing up; see also vomit
Anagrams
• motiving
Source: Wiktionary
Vom"it*ing, n.
Definition: The spasmodic ejection of matter from the stomach through the mouth.
VOMIT
Vom"it, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Vomited; p. pr. & vb. n. Vomiting.] Etym: [Cf. L. vomere, vomitum, and v. freq. vomitare. See Vomit, n.]
Definition: To eject the contents of the stomach by the mouth; to puke; to spew.
Vom"it, 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. The fish . . . vomited out Jonah upon the dry land. Jonah ii. 10.
2. Hence, to eject from any hollow place; to belch forth; to emit; to throw forth; as, volcanoes vomit flame, stones, etc. Like the sons of Vulcan, vomit smoke. Milton.
Vom"it, n. Etym: [L. vomitus, from vomere, vomitum, to vomit; akin to Gr. vam, Lith. vemiti. Cf. Emetic, Vomito.]
1. Matter that is vomited; esp., matter ejected from the stomach through the mouth. Like vomit from his yawning entrails poured. Sandys.
2. (Med.)
Definition: That which excites vomiting; an emetic. He gives your Hollander a vomit. Shak. Black vomit. (Med.) See in the Vocabulary.
– Vomit nut, nux vomica.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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