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Webster 1913 Edition

Verb.

[

imp. & p. p.

Expectorated

;

p. pr. & vb. n.

Expectorating

[L.

expecrorare

to drive from the breast;

out +

pectus

pectiris

, breast. See

To eject from the trachea or lungs; to discharge, as phlegm or other matter, by coughing, hawking, and spitting; to spit forth.

Verb.

To discharge matter from the lungs or throat by hawking and spitting; to spit.

Verb.

[L. expectoro; ex and pectus, the breast.]

To eject from the trachea or lungs; to discharge phlegm or other matter, by coughing, hawking and spitting.