哺ほ

noun

food held in the mouth

Archaic noun referring to food held in one's mouth, now only encountered in the fixed expression 哺を吐く (to spit out food held in the mouth).

See also: 哺を吐く

• 「哺ほを吐はく」という古ふるい言いい回まわしがある。

  There is an old expression, 哺を吐く, meaning to spit out food held in the mouth.