||Vol"va (?), n. [L. volva, vulva, covering.] (Bot.) A saclike envelope
||of certain fungi, which bursts open as the plant develops.
||
||Vol"vox (?), n. (Bot.) A genus of minute, pale-green, globular,
||organisms, about one fiftieth of an inch in diameter, found rolling
||through water, the motion being produced by minute colorless cilia.
||It has been considered as belonging to the flagellate Infusoria, but
||is now referred to the vegetable kingdom, and each globule is
||considered a colony of many individuals. The commonest species is
||Volvox globator, often called globe animalcule.
||
||Vol"vu*lus (?), n. [NL., fr. L. volvere to turn about, to roll.]
||(Med.) (a) The spasmodic contraction of the intestines which causes
||colic. (b) Any twisting or displacement of the intestines causing
||obstruction; ileus. See Ileus.
||
Vol"yer (?), n. (Zoöl.) A lurcher. [Prov. Eng.]
||Vo"mer (?), n. [L., a plowshare.] (Anat.) (a) A bone, or one of a
||pair of bones, beneath the ethmoid region of the skull, forming a
||part a part of the partition between the nostrils in man and other
||mammals. (b) The pygostyle.
||
Vo"mer*ine (?), a. Of or pertaining to the vomer.
||Vom"i*ca (?), n. [L., fr. vomere to throw up, vomit.] (Med.) (a) An
||abscess cavity in the lungs. (b) An abscess in any other
||parenchymatous organ.
||
Vom"i*cine (?), n. [From nux vomica.] (Chem.) See Brucine.
Vom"ic nut` (?). [Cf. F. noix vomique.] Same as Nux vomica.
Vom"it (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Vomited; p. pr. & vb. n. Vomiting.]
[Cf. L. vomere, vomitum, and v. freq. vomitare. See Vomit, n.] To eject
the contents of the stomach by the mouth; to puke; to spew.
Vom"it, v. t. 1. To throw up; to eject from the stomach through the
mouth; to disgorge; to puke; to spew out; — often followed by up or
out.
The fish . . . vomited out Jonah upon the dry land.
Jonah ii. 10.
2. Hence, to eject from any hollow place; to belch forth; to emit; to
throw forth; as, volcanoes vomit flame, stones, etc.
Like the sons of Vulcan, vomit smoke.
Milton.
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.