† evomitionn.
Obsolete.
a. The action of vomiting forth. literal and figurative.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > [noun] > ejection
casting1340
out-throw1532
prolation1577
ejecting1602
ejection1604
ejaculation1625
evomition1653
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > digestive disorders > [noun] > vomiting
spewinga1000
vominga1382
brakinga1398
castinga1398
outcastinga1398
vomitc1405
perbreakinga1425
parbreaking1440
vomishmenta1450
upcastingc1450
upbreaking1493
vomiting1495
abortment1577
heaving1601
puke1612
puking1629
egestion1633
evomition1653
vomition1656
yarking1874
emesis1875
1653 J. Gauden Hieraspistes Pref. sig. c4 That evomition, or Gods spewing this Church of England out of his mouth.
1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia 35 [Cows' milk] helps against the ephemeron or cantharides, causing the evomition of the same.
1704 J. Swift Tale of Tub iv. 95 He was to..receive immediate Benefit, either by Eructation, or Expiration, or Evomition.
1755 in S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. ; whence in mod. Dicts.
b. concrete.
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1674 J. Durant Let. 9 Feb. in Philos. Trans. 1746 (Royal Soc.) (1747) 44 221 As it was not possible to gather the Evomitions of our Vulcano's.
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