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Bowel

Bowel Meaning & Definition
Bowel Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Bowel?

[n] the part of the alimentary canal between the stomach and the anus

Synonyms | Synonyms for Bowel: gut | intestine

Related Terms | Find terms related to Bowel:

See Also | abdomen | belly | hindgut | internal organ | large intestine | small intestine | stomach | venter | viscus

Bowel In Webster's Dictionary

\Bow"el\, n. [OE. bouel, bouele, OF. boel, boele, F. boyau, fr. L. botellus a small sausage, in LL. also intestine, dim. of L. botulus sausage.] 1. One of the intestines of an animal; an entrail, especially of man; a gut; -- generally used in the plural. He burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out. --Acts i. 18. 2. pl. Hence, figuratively: The interior part of anything; as, the bowels of the earth. His soldiers . . . cried out amain, And rushed into the bowels of the battle. --Shak. 3. pl. The seat of pity or kindness. Hence: Tenderness; compassion. ``Thou thing of no bowels.'' --Shak. Bloody Bonner, that corpulent tyrant, full (as one said) of guts, and empty of bowels. --Fuller. 4. pl. Offspring. [Obs.] --Shak.
\Bow"el\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Boweled} or {Bowelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Boweling} or {Bowelling}.] To take out the bowels of; to eviscerate; to disembowel.

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