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.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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