Emily Dickinson Lexicon

SPEW, v.t. [Sax. spiwan; D. spuwen, spuigen; G. speien, contracted from speichen; Sw. spy; Dan. spyer; L. spuo.]

1. To vomit; to puke; to eject from the stomach.
2. To eject, to cast forth.
3. To cast out with abhorrence. – Lev. xviii.