Obs. [ad. L. *ēvomitiōn-em, n. of action f. ēvomĕre: see EVOMIT.] The action of vomiting forth. lit. and fig.
1653. Gauden, Hierasp., Pref. to Rdr. c 4 b. That evomition, or Gods spewing this Church of England out of his mouth.
1661. Lovell, Hist. Anim. & Min., 35. [Cows’ milk] helps against the ephemeron, or cantharides, causing the evomition of the same.
1704. Swift, T. Tub (ed. 1), iv. He was to … receive immediate Benefit either by Eructation or expiration, or Evomition.
1755. in Johnson; whence in mod. Dicts.
b. concr.
1674. Durant, in Phil. Trans., XLIV. 221. As it was not possible to gather the Evomitions of our Vulcano’s.
