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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Retch \Retch\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Retched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Retching}.] [AS. hr[?]can to clear the throat, hawk, fr. hraca throat; akin to G. rachen, and perhaps to E. rack neck.] To make an effort to vomit; to strain, as in vomiting. [Written also {reach}.] Beloved Julia, hear me still beseeching! (Here he grew inarticulate with retching.) --Byron. | |
