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Bowel

//ˈbaʊ.əl// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A part or division of the intestines, usually the large intestine.
  2. 2
    the part of the alimentary canal between the stomach and the anus wordnet
  3. 3
    The entrails or intestines; the internal organs of the stomach. in-plural

    "And when he was hanged, brast asondre in the myddes, and all his bowels gusshed out."

  4. 4
    The (deep) interior of something. figuratively, in-plural

    "The treasures were stored in the bowels of the ship."

  5. 5
    The seat of pity or the gentler emotions; pity or mercy. archaic, in-plural

    "Thou thing of no bowels, thou!"

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  1. 6
    offspring in-plural, obsolete

    "Friend hast thou none, / For thine own bowels, which do call thee sire,"

Verb
  1. 1
    To disembowel. archaic

    "Their bodies are first bowelled, then dried upon hurdles till they be very dry [...]."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle French bouel, from Old French boïel, from Latin botellus, diminutive of botulus (“sausage”). Doublet of boyau.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Middle French bouel, from Old French boïel, from Latin botellus, diminutive of botulus (“sausage”). Doublet of boyau.

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