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  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. 




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