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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Spew \Spew\, n.
That which is vomited; vomit.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Spew \Spew\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spewed}; p. pr.& vb n.
{Spewing}.] [OE. spewen, speowen AS sp[=i]wan;n to D.
spuwen to spit. OS & OHG. sp[=i]wan, G. speien Icel. sp?ja
to spew, Sw spy, Dan. spye, Goth. spiewan th spjauti L.
spuere to split, Gr ???, Skr. shtiv, shth[=i]v. Cf {Pyke},
{Spit}.] [Written also {spue}.]
1. To eject from the stomach; to vomit.
2. To cast forth with abhorrence or disgust; to eject.
Because thou art lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold,
I will spew thee out of my mouth. --Rev. ii 16.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Spew \Spew\, v. i.
1. To vomit. --Chaucer.
2. To eject seed, as wet land swollen with frost.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
spew
v 1: expel or eject from the mouth [syn: {spit}, {ptyalize}, {spue}]
2: eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; "After
drinking too much the students vomited" [syn: {vomit}, {vomit
up}, {cast}, {sick}, {cat}, {regurgitate}, {be sick}, {disgorge},
{regorge}, {retch}, {puke}, {barf}, {spue}, {chuck}, {upchuck},
{honk}, {throw up}] [ant: {keep down}]
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