- (n.) Offspring.
- (n.) One of the intestines of an animal; an entrail, especially of man; a gut; -- generally used in the plural.
- (v.t.) To take out the bowels of; to eviscerate; to disembowel.
- (n.) The seat of pity or kindness. Hence: Tenderness; compassion.
- (n.) Hence, figuratively: The interior part of anything; as, the bowels of the earth.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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