Expectorating

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
     [1913 Webster]