Renarder (French)
. To vomit, especially after too freely indulging in intoxicating drinks. Our word fox means also to be tipsy.
“Il luy visite la machoire,
Quand lʹautre luy renarde aux yeux.
Le baume quʹils venoient de boire
Pour se le rendre a qui mieux mieux.”
Sicur de St. Amant: Chambre de Desbauche.
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Entry taken from
Dictionary of Phrase and Fable,
edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.