Definition for DIS-GORGE'

DIS-GORGE', v.t. [disgorj'. Fr. degorger; de, dis, and gorge, the throat.]

  1. To eject or discharge from the stomach, throat or mouth; to vomit.
  2. To throw out with violence; to discharge violently or in great quantities from a confined place. Thus, volcanoes are said to disgorge streams of burning lava, ashes and stones. Milton's infernal rivers disgorge their streams into a burning lake.

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