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Webster 1828 Edition


Bowels

BOW'ELS

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Noun.
plu.
1.
The intestines of an animal; the entrails, especially of man. The heart. 2.Cor.6.12.
2.
The interior part of any thing; as the bowels of the earth.
3.
The seat of pity or kindness; hence, tenderness, compassion, a scriptural sense.
Bowel, in the singular, is sometimes used for gut.

Definition 2024


bowels

bowels

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Noun

bowels

  1. plural of bowel
  2. (plural only) The deepest or innermost part.
    down in the bowels of the Earth
  3. (plural only) The concept or quality that defines something at its very core.
    the project's bowels
  4. (plural only) The intestines.

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