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Definition of Spews
1. spew [v] - See also: spew
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spews
Literary usage of Spews
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The anatomy of melancholy, by Democritus iunior by Robert Burton (1840)
"Our poets steal from Homer ; he spews, saith /Elian, they lick it up. Divines use
Austins words verbatim still, and our story-dressers do as much ; he that ..."
2. Horus in the Pyramid Texts by Thomas George Allen (1916)
"40 242 The eye spews (bis) or spews not. 1460(F 237-38) 243 The eye 'purged' (bd)
mouth of Horus. 72 244 In (m) Heliopolis. 1242(F 175), 2050(F 240) 245 In ..."
3. Horus in the Pyramid Texts by Thomas George Allen (1916)
"40 242 The eye spews (bss) or spews not. 1460(F 237-38) 243 The eye 'purged' (bd)
mouth of Horus. 72 244 In (TO) Heliopolis. 1242(F 175), 2050(F 240) 245 In ..."
4. The Poetical Works of John Dryden by John Dryden (1909)
"55° she sup, Swallows a swingeing preparation cup; V And then, to clear her
stomach, spews it | The deluge-vomit all the floor o'erflows, And the sour savor ..."
5. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Samuel Johnson (1810)
"She drinks again : again she spews a lake; Her wretched husband gees, and dares
not speak: But mutters many a curse against his wife; And damns himself for ..."
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