Definition of Bowel
Bow´el
n.
1.
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.
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.
The
seat
of
pity
or
kindness
.
Hence
:
Tenderness
;
compassion
.
Bloody
Bonner
,
that
corpulent
tyrant
,
full
(
as
one
said
)
of
guts
,
and
empty
of
bowels
.
- Fuller.
4.
Offspring
.
v. t.
1.
To
take
out
the
bowels
of
;
to
eviscerate
;
to
disembowel
.
[
imp
. &
p
.
p
.
Boweled
or
Bowelled
( )
;
p
.
pr
. &
vb
.
n
.
Boweling
or
Bowelling
.]
Related Words
abdomen
,
belly
,
gut
,
hindgut
,
internal
organ
,
intestine
,
large
intestine
,
small
intestine
,
stomach
,
venter
,
viscus
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