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