eruct
(ɪˈrʌkt)
[ad. L. ēruct-āre, f. ē out + ructāre to belch, emit. Cf. It. eruttare, Sp. erutar.]
1. intr. a. To void wind noisily from the stomach through the mouth. † b. To rise in eructation.
| 1666 G. Harvey Morb. Angl. iv. 46 By force of these torrid streams eructing into several parts..those flushings..are produced. 1755 Smollett Quix. (1803) IV. 40 Beware..of chewing on both sides of your mouth, as well as eructing before company. |
2. trans. a. To emit (fumes) by eructation; = belch 3. b. Of a volcano; = belch 5.
| 1774, 1869 [see eructed ppl. a.]. |