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eructation

  • a word derived from eruct.
    eruct
    verb (used with or without object)
    to belch forth, as gas from the stomach.
  • a word derived from eructate.
    eructate
    verb (used with or without object)
    to eruct.

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After the road was closed for the winter, in late October, the lake uttered yet one more eructation.

From Time Magazine Archive

At intervals Salinas suffered from a mild eructation of morality.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck

Disagreeable Breath and Eructation.—Beta-naphthol, given in pills containing ½ gr. each, is a valuable drug in cases of indigestion where eructation and disagreeable breath are noticeable.

From A Manual of Toy Dogs How to breed, rear, and feed them by Mrs. Leslie Williams

This may take place in the stomach; and if so, the life of the horse is in immediate danger, for the animal has no power to expel this dangerous flatus by eructation.

From Domestic Animals History and description of the horse, mule, cattle, sheep, swine, poultry and farm dogs; with directions for their management, breeding, crossing, rearing, feeding, and preparation for a profitable market; also their diseases and remedies. Together with full directions for the management of the dairy. by Richard L. Allen

The myopic digital calculation of coins, eructation consequent upon repletion.

From Ulysses by James Joyce

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