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Definition of Disgorged
1. disgorge [v] - See also: disgorge
Lexicographical Neighbors of Disgorged
Literary usage of Disgorged
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Southey's Common-place Book by Robert Southey (1849)
"But in one of these attempts her tongue and lips adhered to the altar, when by
Divine interposition she was detected, and openly disgorged the secret theft. ..."
2. The Subterranean World by Georg Hartwig (1871)
"... and Ashes—Detonations—Explosion of Cones—Disastrous Effects of Showers of
Ashes and Lapilli—Mud Streams- Fish disgorged from Volcanic Caverns—Eruption ..."
3. The Flag-ship: Or, A Voyage Around the World in the United States Frigate by Fitch Waterman Taylor (1840)
"At half past seven the carriages disgorged their red-coats, and blue-coats of
the English army and American navy, and the black coats of the civil list, ..."
4. Animal Biography, Or, Authentic Anecdotes of the Lives, Manners, and Economy by William Bingley (1803)
"On this disgorged matter the female lays and hatches her eggs. When the young
are nearly full-feathered they are extremely voracious; and the old birds not ..."
5. Master Humphrey's Clock by Charles Dickens (1840)
"... and behold! there stood a strong man, with a mighty hamper, which being hauled
into the room and presently unpacked, disgorged such treasures of tea, ..."
6. The Natural History of Volcanoes: Including Submarine Volcanoes, and Other by Nicolas Ordinaire, [Claude Nicolas] Ordinaire, Robert Charles Dallas (1801)
"The manner in which it is disgorged. $ 64. J. HE substances ejected at the time
of the explosion of a volcano are not the lava: but, as we have observed, ..."
7. Our Animal Friends: An Illustrated Monthly Magazine (1894)
"One morning I found a " pellet " which had been disgorged on the island by some
owl. It contained the skull of a cotton-rat, which had probably fallen a ..."
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