Both Uses of
disgorge
in
The War of the Worlds
- What had happened in the last seven hours I still did not know; nor did I know, though I was beginning to guess, the relation between these mechanical colossi and the sluggish lumps I had seen disgorged from the cylinder.†
Chpt 1.11 *
- Then my brother's attention was distracted by a bearded, eagle-faced man lugging a small handbag, which split even as my brother's eyes rested on it and disgorged a mass of sovereigns that seemed to break up into separate coins as it struck the ground.†
Chpt 1.16
Definition:
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(disgorge) eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
or:
to spew, pour out, or discharge
or:
to be legally compelled to return or make restitution