Sekirov Dictionary

bowel

/ˈbaʊ.əl/

noun 5
verb 1
forms 5

noun[in the plural]5

A part or division of the intestines, usually the large intestine.
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The entrails or intestines; the internal organs of the stomach.
- And when he was hanged, brast asondre in the myddes, and all his bowels gusshed out. — 1526
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(figurative) The (deep) interior of something.
- The treasures were stored in the bowels of the ship.
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(no longer used) The seat of pity or the gentler emotions; pity or mercy.
- Thou thing of no bowels, thou! — 1602
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(no longer used) offspring
- Friend hast thou none, / For thine own bowels, which do call thee sire, — 1603

verb1

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(no longer used) To disembowel.
- Their bodies are first bowelled, then dried upon hurdles till they be very dry [...]. — 1624

forms

boweled · bowelled · boweling · bowelling · bowels

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