DISEMBOWEL

disembowel, eviscerate, draw

(verb) remove the entrails of; “draw a chicken”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

disembowel (third-person singular simple present disembowels, present participle disembowelling or disemboweling, simple past and past participle disembowelled or disemboweled)

(transitive) To take or let out the bowels or interior parts of; to eviscerate.

(transitive) To take or draw from the body, as the web of a spider.

Source: Wiktionary


Dis`em*bow"el, v. t. Etym: [See Embowel.]

1. To take or let out the bowels or interior parts of; to eviscerate. Soon after their death, they are disemboweled. Cook. Roaring floods and cataracts that sweep From disemboweled earth the virgin gold. Thomson.

2. To take or draw from the body, as the web of a spider. [R.] "Her disemboweled web." J. Philips.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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