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embowel
embowel, v. (ɛmˈbaʊɪl) Also 6–7 em-, enbowell, imbowel(l. [In senses 1–2 ad. OF. enboweler (recorded in pa. pple. enbowelé = OF. emboulé, *emboelé) an alteration (with substitution of the prefix em- for es-) of OFr. esboueler, f. es- repr. L. ex- out + bouel bowel. In senses 3–4 f. en- + bowel.] I. ...
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disembowel
disemˈbowel, v. [f. dis- 6 + embowel v. (in sense 3); but in sense 1 app. only an intensive of disbowel.] 1. trans. To remove the bowels or entrails of; to eviscerate; also, to rip up so as to cause the bowels to protrude.1613–8 Daniel Coll. Hist. Eng. (1626) 124 The Kings Physition disimbowelled hi...
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embowelling
embowelling, vbl. n. (ɛmˈbaʊɪlɪŋ) [f. embowel v. + -ing1.] = disembowelling.1725 Swift Drapier's Lett. Wks. 1755 V. ii. 79 Sentence of death with..hanging, beheading, quartering, embowelling. 1813 Sir S. Romilly in Examiner 22 Feb. 117/2 The..infliction of embowelling was at present left to the disc...
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embowelled
embowelled, ppl. a. (ɛmˈbaʊɪld) [f. prec.] 1. = disembowelled. lit. and fig.1594 Shakes. Rich. III, v. ii. 10 The Boare makes his trough In your embowel'd bosomes. 1695 Blackmore Pr. Arth. i. 261 Exploded Thunder tears th' Embowel'd Sky. 1789 Wolcott (P. Pindar) Subj. Painters 10 Sweeter than hist'r...
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embowelment
embowelment (ɛmˈbaʊɪlmənt) [f. embowel + -ment.] a. The action of disembowelling. b. The inward parts or contents of a thing.1823 Lamb Elia i. xviii. (1865) 135 A clock with its ponderous embowelments of lead and brass.
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untripe
unˈtripe, v. (un-2 4.)1611 Cotgr., Estripé, vntriped, vnbowelled, with his..bowels about his heeles. 1653 Urquhart Rabelais i. xliii. 190 The broile and defeat, wherein Tripet was untriped [F. estripé]. 1808 E. S. Barrett Missled General 69 We must either embowel them, or they will untripe us.
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doctrine
▪ I. doctrine, n. (ˈdɒktrɪn) Also 4–6 doctryn(e, 6–8 doctrin. [a. F. doctrine (12th c.), ad. L. doctrīna teaching, learning, f. doctor teacher, doctor: cf. pistrīna bakery, f. pistor baker.] † 1. The action of teaching or instructing; instruction; a piece of instruction, a lesson, precept. Obs.1382 ...
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wash
▪ I. wash, n. (wɒʃ) Forms: 5 wesche, wesshe, 5–6 was(c)he, 6 wasch, wasshe, wesch, Sc. weische, 7–9 dial. wesh, 7– wash. [f. wash v. in many unconnected applications. OE. had wæsc (sense 2) and ᵹewæsc ‘alluvio’ (sense 6). Cf. OHG. wasga fem. (MHG., early mod.G. wasche), wesga, weska fem. (MHG. wesch...
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un-
▪ I. un-, prefix1 expressing negation, representing OE. un-, = OFris. un-, on-, oen- (WFris. ûn-, on-, EFris. ûn-, NFris. ün-), MDu. (and Du.) on-, OS. (MLG., LG.), OHG. (MLG., G.), and Goth. un-, ON. {uacu}-, ó- (Icel. ó-, Sw. o-, Norw. and Da. u-), corresponding to OIr. in-, an-, L. in- (im-, il-,...
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