EMBOWEL

Etymology

Verb

embowel (third-person singular simple present embowels, present participle embowelling or emboweling, simple past and past participle embowelled or emboweled)

(obsolete) To enclose or bury.

To remove the bowels; disembowel.

Synonyms

• (enclose): enclose, bury, embed, inclose

• (remove the bowels): disembowel, eviscerate

Source: Wiktionary

Em*bow"el, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Emboweled or Embowelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Emboweling or Embowelling.]

1. To disembowel. The barbarous practice of emboweling. Hallam. The boar . . . makes his trough In your emboweled bosoms. Shak.

Note: Disembowel is the preferable word in this sense.

2. To imbed; to hide in the inward parts; to bury. Or deep emboweled in the earth entire. Spenser.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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