'Embowel' definitions:

Definition of 'Embowel'

From: GCIDE
  • Embowel \Em*bow"el\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Emboweledor Embowelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Emboweling or Embowelling.]
  • 1. To disembowel. [1913 Webster]
  • The barbarous practice of emboweling. --Hallam. [1913 Webster]
  • The boar . . . makes his trough In your emboweled bosoms. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • Note: Disembowel is the preferable word in this sense. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To imbed; to hide in the inward parts; to bury. [1913 Webster]
  • Or deep emboweled in the earth entire. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]

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