vomit nut

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vomit nut - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Vomit \Vom"it\, n. [L. vomitus, from vomere, vomitum, to vomit;
     akin to Gr. ?, Skr. vam, Lith. vemiti. Cf. Emetic,
     Vomito.]
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     1. Matter that is vomited; esp., matter ejected from the
        stomach through the mouth.
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              Like vomit from his yawning entrails poured.
                                                    --Sandys.
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     2. (Med.) That which excites vomiting; an emetic.
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              He gives your Hollander a vomit.      --Shak.
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     Black vomit. (Med.) See in the Vocabulary.
  
     Vomit nut, nux vomica.
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