Retch (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Retched (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Retching.] [AS. hr�can to clear the throat, hawk, fr. hraca throat; akin to G. rachen, and perhaps to E. rack neck.] To make an effort to vomit; to strain, as in vomiting. [Written also reach.]
Beloved Julia, hear me still beseeching!
(Here he grew inarticulate with retching.) Byron.