EMBOWELS

Verb

embowels

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of embowel

Source: Wiktionary


EMBOWEL

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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