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VOMITO. 310 VORACITY.
B. sb. An emetic ; = Vomitory sb. i.
i6xx CoTCR., Vomitif^9> Vomiiiue, or Vomiiorie; anything
that prouokes vomiting. 1677 Horneck Gt. Law Consia.
vii. (-1704) 423 Physicians .. make him sicker than he is. .by
vomitives. 1697 FhiL Tritns. XIX. 403 They gave her
also Vomitives and Deobstruents. 17*8 Chambers CycL^
The I^cacuamka . .\% also a penile Vomitive. 1747 tr.
AstrNc's Frt'trs 71 The second indication is to evacuate the
morbid humour by vomitives or puri;atives, or a catharticoemetic
1756 C. Lucas Ess. li'aters III. 33; Vomits may
be rendered purgatives, and purges vomitives.
/S^. 1685 Cracian's C''ur//er's Orac. 192 Slowness in believing;
is a Vomitive that brings up secrets.
y Vomito (vf7*mit(7). [Sp, (and Pg.) vSmito^vA,
I^ vomitusj f, vomfre io Vomit.] The yellow fever
in its virulent form, when it is usually accompanied
by black vomit. Cf. Vomit sb, 2 b.
1833 Cycl, Pract. Med. II. 290/2 He even says that during
the eight years preceding 1794, there was not a single
example of the vomito. 1843 Prescott Mexico (1850) I. 3
The season of the bilious fever, vomito^ as it \f. called,
— which scourges these coasts. 1869 E. A. Parkes Pract,
Hygiene (ed. 3) 47a When paroxysmal fever and the true
yellow fever or vomito were thought to own a common cause.
VomitOTlal, a. rar^"'^, [f. JL. vomitoria (see
VoMiTORiUM) + -AL.] Of or pertaining to a vomitorium
or vomitoria.
1850 DoBELL RomaK^ v. Poet. Wks. (1875) 59 From
these wide And vomitorial windows, belched your tumult
To me transgressing.
llVomi'toriiim. Roman Aniiq. PI. vomitoria
(also 8 -iuius, erron. -isD). [Neuter sing.
ofL. vomitorius {kS, next); recorded only in pi.
(Macrobiiis Sat. vi. iv).] A passage or opening
in an ancient amphitheatre or theatre, leading to or
from the seats. Usu. pi,
*754 Did, Arts ^ Set. I. 129/2 They were entered by
avenues, at the end of which were gates, called vomitoriae,
1766 Smollett Trav. II. 228 The remains of two galleries
one over another; and two vomitoria or great gateways at
opposite sides of the arena. 1837 Antiq. Athens 48 Those
numerous corridors and vomitoria which gave such free..
access to all parts of a Roman theatre.
Vomitory (vp-mitori), sb, [ad. L, vomitori-um
(whence F. vomitoire, Sp., Pg., It. vomiiorio) :
see prec. and next.]
+ 1. A medicine or the like which causes or induces
vomiting; an emetic. Obs,
1601 Holland /'//«>' II. 252 This Tithymall is nothing so
strong a vomitorie as the former. x666 G. Harvey Morb,
Angl. x\x. (1672) 38 Having a power to force themselves a
vomiting, .by straining, or by other means in taking
Vomiiortes privately. 169^ Salmon Bate's Dispens. (1713)
3^2/1 A most gentle Vomitory. Dejeclory, and Diaphoretick.
X753 Chambers* Cycl, Suppl. s.v. AnacatharsiSf
Vomitories, sternutatories or masticatories.
fi^. 1651 WiTTiE tr. Primrose's Pop, Err. iv. xxxiv. 338
Soinfirme..arealI those things which are prescribed against
this sort of poyson, but especially vomitories who do. .offer
great violence to Nature.
2. An opening, door, or passage in a theatre,
playhouse, or the like, affording ingress or egress
to the spectators; originally (and usually) = VoMi-
TOBiniC.
1730 A. Gordon Maffets Aiuphith. 274 He had made the
number of the Vomitories in the Middle full in the second
Line, 1776 Gibbon DecL Sf F. xii. I. 351 Sixty-four vonti.
torifS^ (for by that name the doors were very aptly distinguUhed)
poured forth the immense multitude. 1847
Pbescoit PeruUZso) II. 54 Low ranges of buildings, consisting
of spacious halls with wide doors or vomitories
ooening into the square. 1850 Tait's Mag. XVII. 629/1
Yonder are the vomitories through which, .the iide of eager
population flowed. x86t Miss E. A. Beaufort Egypt.
Sepulchres Sf Syrian Shr, II. xxiv. 320 Near this are'the
remains of a once fine theatre. . : some of the vomitories
still remain.
3. A funnel, vent, or other opening through
which matter is emitted or discharged.
xSaa Bleukiv. Mag. XI. 427 A low building, which is
almost all chimney— it has indeed a wide-throaied vomitory
. .for so liny an edifice. 1863 Lvell Antiq, Man xv. 307
From this vomitory, the old glacier poured into the plains
. .that wonderful accumulation of mud. 1904 R. G. Farrer
Card, Asia 165 Those roaring vomitories \sc. volcanoes]
of the underworld.
b. In fig. use.
x8a6 J. Wilson l^oci. Avtbr. Wks. 1855 \, 270 His tongue
struck dumb in his cheek, and the vomitory of vociferation
hermetically sealed. 1839 Blackw. Mag. XXVI. 917 Our
three great theatres, which Mr. Prynne. .proved long ago
10 be vomitories of vice, 1830 I'raser's i^lag. I. 236 The
great vomitory of the London press. 1878 J. Thomson
PUnip. Key 25 Your shameless charlatans whose dirty
tricks And frothy gab defile all politics. .Retard sure progress—damn
such vomitories
Vomitory (vp'milori), a, [ad. h.vomiiori'US,
f. vomh-e to VOMIT : see -ory '^.'\
1, Of or pertaining to vomiting.
i6ao Veknkr Via Recta vi. loj Their heating, cutting,
attenuating and vomitorie facultie. 2646 Sir T. Browne
Psiud,Ep.\\.\. 86 Its Regulus will manifestly communicate
unto water, or wine, a purging and vomitory operation.
167a Grew Idea Philos. Hist. Plants § 7 Whence cue
[faculty] becomes Purgative, another Vomitory, a third
Diaphoreiick. 1701 Wolley Jrnl. New York (i860) 61
If we will believe the ingenious Dr. Carr... there is an
Emetick Vomitory vertue in the Sea-water it self. 1849
Blaikiv, Mag. LXVl. 684 Vomitory agonies, and spasms
Qi the diaphragm.
2. Efficacious in promoting vomiting ; causing
vomiting ; emetic.
1634 T. Johnson Parens Chirrtrg. IVks, xxvr. v. C1678)
632 Agarick, and other nauseous and vomitory Medicins,
i66a J. Chandler' I'an Helmont^s Oriat. 22S A Pnysitian
of the City offers him a vomitory potion, whereby he
vomited twice every day. 2684 tr. Bonei's Merc, Compit,
VI. 713 After taking a Medicine, whether sudorifick or
vomitory. 1706 Phillips (ed. Kersey). 1859 Mavne
Expos. Lex. 1337/2 VomitoriuSt .. causing vomiting;
emetic ;. . vomitory.
+ Vomitnre. Obs.—'^ [f. Vomit sb. + -ure.]
Matter ejected by or as by vomiting.
1598 Dp. Hall Sat, iv. L 42 Long as the craftie Cuttle
lieth sure In the blacke cloude of his thicke vomiture.
f Vomiturient, a. Obs,~^ [Cf. next and
-URiENT.l Characterized by a desire to vomit.
1666 H. Stubbe Mirac. Conformist 43 He was sick at
Stomach, and seemed to be in a very vomiturient con*
dition.
Vomitnri'tion. [a. F. vo/niltirilion or ad,
med. or motl.L. vomitnritidn- ^ vomiturition noun
of action f. ^vomitiirire
first quot.)
to desire to vomit.] (See
1842 DuNGLisoN Med. Lex., Vomiturition, . AneffectuaX
efforts to vomit. Some authors mean . . the vomiting of but
little, or.. without effort. [Hence in Worcester (1846) and
later Diets.] 1873 Thudichum Cheat, Phys. 6 This can be
collected in quantity by irritating the fauces with a feather,
and producing vomituritions.
Von, ME. var. WoNK sb. Obs. Vond(e,
soutliern ME. var. fond, pa. t. of FinJ) v.
Vonde(n, -di-, -dy, southern ME. varr. Fand v.
Vondir, Vondit, Vone, obs. Sc. ff. Wondeu,
Wounded, Wone v. Vonge, southern ME.
var. Fang v, Vonnyn, obs. Sc. pa. pple. Win v.
Vonnyt, obs. Sc. pa. t. Wone v, Vont, obs.
Sc. f. Wont a. Vonyng, obs. Sc. pa. pple.
Win V, Voo, obs. Sc. f. Woe a,
Voodoo (v«*d«), sb. Also voudoo, voudou,
vudu, voodu, and Vaudoux. (Cf, HooiXK).)
[African (Dahomey) vodu.'\
1. A body of superstitious beliefs and practices,
including sorcery, serpent-worship, and sacrificial
rites," current among negroes and persons of negro
blood in the West Indies and southern United
States, and ultimately of African origin.
1880 G. W. Cable Grandisstntes xiv, Do this much for
me this one time and then X will let voudou alone as much
as you wish. 1884 Lisbon (Dakota) Star ao Sept., The
Voudoos of Louisiana, .were recently viewed at the funeral
of a negress, one of the Queens of Voudoo. 1888 Daily
News 15 June 5/1 As generally understood, Voodoo means
the persistence, in Hayti, of abominable magic, mysteries,
and cannibalism, brought originally by the negroes from
. Africa.
2. One who practises voodoo ; a negro sorcerer or
witch.
1880 G. "^ .Q.K^\j&Grandissimes xii. She practised the less
baleful rites of the voudous. 1880 New Orleans Picayune
20 May, The fool spends all her money to do us harm,
thinking she is a voudou. 1888 Daily Netvs i$ June 5/2
Accused, like the Voodoos, of serpent-worship.
8. ailrib.y as voodoo dance^ doctor^ priest., etc.
\9As Boston (Mass.) Jrnl. 17 Aug. 2/4 Under the influence
of some withered old mummy of, a voudoo-doctor. 1887
Lang Afyih, Rit, ^ Relig. II. 240 The Voodoo-dance is
consecrated as the ' Jerusalem Jump '. x888 Pall Mall G.
4 July 13/2 An old negro woman who claims to be a great
voudoo doctor. 1905 Du Bois Souls Black Folk x. ig8 The
witch-woman and the voodoo-priest became the centre of
Negro group life.
Hence Voo'doo v. irans,f to bewitch, to cast a
spell over, by means of voodoo arts.
1880 G. W. Cable Grandissimes xxix, It is true, as he
says, that he is voudoued. 1880 Nciv Orleans Picayiine
20 May, She flung tiiis over into my yard to voudou me..
She would spend her last dollar to voudou me. 1885 C. F.
HoLDKR Marrels Anitn. Life 117 Averring that they had
been 'voudoued * and nearly killed by the. .fish.
Voodooisxn (v«*dmz'm). Also voudouism,
vooduism,and Vaudouism. [f. prec. -h -ism,] The
system of beliefs and practices constituting voodoo
the belief in, or practice of, voodoo as a superstition
or form of sorcery.
1871 N, ff Q. 4th Ser. VII. 2x0/2 What is Voodomsm?
1880 Neiv Orleans Picayune 20 May, Finding that no
affidavit could be made for voudouism. 1883 Philadelphia
Times No. 3023.3 His mission is to supplant Voodooisin
and its kindred superstitions among the colored population.
1897 Church Progr. (St. Louis, U.S.A.) 18 April, A sort of
refined Voodooism disguised in Christian phraseology.
Voog, variant of Vug.
Vool, -ish, southern dial, varr. Fool, Foolish a.
1569 Preston Cambyses D iv b, I think the vool be mad.
//'/>/., Has he plaid zuch a voIish[f/(J deed?
Voom, variant of Vome sb, Obs.
Voor. diaL [var. Voue ^.] A furrow.
1669 WoRLiDGE Syst. Agric. (1681) 334 A Voor, or Furrow
of Land. [Hence in Ray, Phillips, etc.] 1889- in southwestern
dialects {Eng. Dial. Diet. s.v. Foor sb.%
(vorUpsj). S. African. [Du.,
II Voorlooper
i.voor- before + /oopen to run (see Leap z;.).] A
native boy who walks with the foremost pair of a
team of oxen in order to guide them.
185a C. Barter Dorp ^ Veld vii. 49 Our driver and
leader, or voor looPcr, were both Hottentots. X878 Aylward
Trntisvnal 0/ To-day \\. j8 note^ Every team of bullocks
has a leader, generally a native boy, who holds a tow-line
fastened to the horns of the front oxen, hence the word
'Voorlooper*. 1885 Rider Hacgaro K. Solomon's Mines i,
A wagon, with a driver, a voorlooper, and a Kafir hunter.
1! V00rtrekker(vortre*k3r). S. African. [Du.,
f. voor- before + trekken Trkk v!\ One of the
original Dutch emigrants into the Transvaal; a
pioneer.
1878 Avlward Transvaal of To-day \. 3 Mr. Oliphant,
..in speaking or the Voortrekkeis (advanced pioneers),
says [etc.]. 1883 Pall Mall G. 26 Nov. 2/1 To prevent
a large and resjiected portion of the English people from
ever doing justice to the Transvaal Voorirekkers. 1899
Rider Haggard Swallow Introd. §2 Sympathy with the
Voortrekkers of 1836 is easy.
attrib. 189S J. G. Millais Breath fr. Veldt ii8g«/. and conj,^ southern
ME. pa, t. Fare v.
Vor-, southern ME. variant of FoR-/r^x,
Voracious (vorP^-J^s), a. [f. L. voraci- ^vorax
f. vordre to devour + -ous. Cf. F. vorace^ It. voraa,
Sp. and Pg. voraz."]
1. Of animals (rarely of persons, or of the
throat) : Eating with greediness; devouring food
in large quantities ; gluttonous, ravenous. Also
const, of,
1693 CosGKEVF. in Dryden's Juvenal x\. (1697) 283 Well
may they fear some miserable End, . . Whose large voracious
Uhroats have swallow'd All. 1699 Dampikr Vcy. II. 68 The
King Carrion Crows . . are very voracious, and will dispatch
a carkass in a trice. 1725 Ds Foe Voy. round iVor/d (1840)
331 The Spaniards are . . cruel, inexorable, uncharitable,
voracious. X750 G. Hughes Barbatios 81 These [Cockroaches]
are very troublesome, being voracious of most
kinds of dressed victuals. 1796 Morse Atner. Ceog. I. 88
All the Indians of South America .. are in geneial excessively
voracious. 1819 Stephens in Shaw's Gen. Zool. XL
II. 616 All the species being extremely voracious. 1855
Orrs Cire. Sei., jnorg. Nat. 6g At the earliest introduction
of fishes we find the voracious and highly organized tribeof
sharks fully represented. x86x J. R. Greene Man. Anim.
Kingd., Cctlent. 229 Vet are the Ctenophora very voracious,
feeding on a number of floating marine animals.
transf. 1850 Carlvle Latter-d, Pamph. \\. (1872) 45, 1 had
seen him about a year before,.. and had noted well the unlovely
voracious look of him.
b. fig. Of persons : Excessively greedy or eager
in some desire or pursuit. Also const, of.
1746 Francis tr. Horace, Epist. i. ii. 34 Circe's Cups..
Which with his Mates, voracious of their Woe, If he had
blindly tasted [etc.]. i8ia Examiner 7 Sept. 571/2 A..
most voracious believer he is. 1851 Carlvle Sterling i. iv,
A voracious ob-^erver and participator in all things he likewise
all along was, 1883 Evangelical Mag. Sept. 419 Mr.
Rowlands.. was a voracious reader.
O. transf Of things.
1767 A. Young Farmers Lett, to People 11 1 He will
abhor the practice of sowing so Aoracious a vegetable after
wheat. 1784 CowpER Task iv. 450 Twitch'd from the perch.
He gives the princely biid, with all his wives, To hi& voracious
bag.
2. Characterized by voracity or greediness. Also
163s J. Tavlor (Water P.) Very OldMan in HJndley III.
12 All Creatures are Made for mans use, and may by Man
be us'd, Not by voracious Gluttony abus'd. 1710 Welton
Suffer. Son ofGod II. xxvii. 709 This Miscreant thought of
nothing else but how to glut his Voracious Appetite. x8oo
Med. Jrnl, III. 62 He had such a voracious appetite that
he would take with indifference either medicine or food.
187S Chambers^s Jrnl. 2 Jan. 45^2 [the snail's] appetite is
as voracious as its means of indulging it ai e perfect.
b. fig. Of desiies, interests, eic. : Insatiable.
171a Addison S^ect. No. 452 f 5 They have a Relisli for
every thing that is News, let the matter of it be what it will
or, to speak more properly, they are Men of a Voracious
Appetite, but no Taste. x8$s H. Rogers Ess. (1874) I. vii.
342 He took revenge for his transient tit of scepticism by
asubsequent most voracious dogmatism. ai854H.RFEO
Led. Brit, Poets x. {1857) II. 22 His appetite for argument
was as voracious as his physical appetite.
Voraciously (vor^'-Jasli), adv, [f. prec. +
-I.Y -.] In a voracious manner ; greedily, glutton-
ously, ravenously,
175* J. Hill Hist, Anim. 381 All four of the species of
this singular genus are fond of pepper, but this eats it most
voraciously. 1776 Mrs. Delany Li/e 4- Corr, (1S62) II.
tfbS They came starved,, .and eat their little dinner voraciously.
1839 DicKKNS Nickleby v, The boys began to eat
voraciously, and in desperate haste. 1864 C, Geikie Li/e
in /F