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Definition of Disbowel
1. v. t. To disembowel.
Definition of Disbowel
1. Verb. (rare) To disembowel. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Disbowel
1. to remove the intestines of [v -ELED, -ELING, -ELS or -ELLED, -ELLING, -ELS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Disbowel
Literary usage of Disbowel
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"To disbowel, (dis-bcu'-el) va To evil- cerate ; to deprive of contents.
To DISBUD, (dis-bud') va To take away the branches or sprigs newly put forth. ..."
2. The Gentleman's Magazine (1833)
"... told, Yet clad with reliques of some trophies Lifting to heaven her aged hoary
head, Whose foot on ground hath left but feeble bold, But half disbowel'd ..."
3. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper by Samuel Johnson (1810)
"Nor the disbowel'd earth explore In search of the forbidden ore; Those glittering
ills, conceal'd within the min?, »hall lie untouch'd, and innocently shine ..."
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