Hypertext Webster Gateway: "expectorated"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Expectorate \Ex*pec"to*rate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Expectorated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Expectorating}.] [L.
expecrorare to drive from the breast; ex out + pectus,
pectiris, breast. See {Pectoral}.]
To eject from the trachea or lungs; to discharge, as phlegm
or other matter, by coughing, hawking, and spitting; to spit
forth.


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