[ad. L. ēruct-āre, f. ē out + ructāre to belch, emit. Cf. It. eruttare, Sp. erutar.]

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  1.  intr. a. To void wind noisily from the stomach through the mouth. † b. To rise in eructation.

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1666.  G. Harvey, Morb. Angl., iv. (1672), 46. By force of these torrid streams eructing into several parts … those flushings … are produced.

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1755.  Smollett, Quix., II. 262. Beware, Sancho, of chewing on both sides of your mouth, as well as eructing before company…. By eructing,… I mean belching, which, tho’ one of the most expressive, is at the same time one of the most vulgar terms of our language.

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  2.  trans. a. To emit (fumes) by eructation; = BELCH 3. b. Of a volcano; = BELCH 5.

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1774, 1869.  [see ERUCTED ppl. a.]

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