spue

American  

[spyoo] / spyu /

noun

spued, spuing

1. less common variant of spew.

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spue British  

/ spjuː /

verb

1. an archaic spelling of spew

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Other Word Forms

• spuer noun

Example Sentences

“I cannot vouch for that till Mason is out of England: nor even then. To live, for me, Jane, is to stand on a crater-crust which may crack and spue fire any day.”

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

So he threatens,—"I will spue thee out of my mouth," as a man's stomach loathes that which is nauseating.

From Notes on the Apocalypse by Steele, David

And, even if there were, it would spue him and all who are like him out of its mouth.

From Bunyan Characters (2nd Series) by Whyte, Alexander

Be his solicitor yourself: persevere, and be steadfast: whether the glaring dog-star shall cleave the infant statues; or Furius, destined with his greasy paunch, shall spue white snow over the wintery Alps.

From The Works of Horace by Horace

"The Arctics hawk-up their haunted heart, and raucous, spue; and north-winds, wawling calls, outstart, to droop anew; the clouds like scouts updart, depart, and truceless do, and droop anew."

From The Lord of the Sea by Shiel, M. P. (Matthew Phipps)