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Stomach \Stom"ach\, n. [OE. stomak, F. estomac, L. stomachus,
fr. Gr. sto`machos stomach, throat, gullet, fr. sto`ma a
mouth, any outlet or entrance.]
1. (Anat.) An enlargement, or series of enlargements, in the
anterior part of the alimentary canal, in which food is
digested; any cavity in which digestion takes place in an
animal; a digestive cavity. See {Digestion}, and {Gastric
juice}, under {Gastric}.
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2. The desire for food caused by hunger; appetite; as, a good
stomach for roast beef. --Shak.
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3. Hence appetite in general; inclination; desire.
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He which hath no stomach to this fight,
Let him depart. --Shak.
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4. Violence of temper; anger; sullenness; resentment; willful
obstinacy; stubbornness. [Obs.]
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Stern was his look, and full of stomach vain.
--Spenser.
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This sort of crying proceeding from pride,
obstinacy, and stomach, the will, where the fault
lies, must be bent. --Locke.
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5. Pride; haughtiness; arrogance. [Obs.]
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He was a man
Of an unbounded stomach. --Shak.
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{Stomach pump} (Med.), a small pump or syringe with a
flexible tube, for drawing liquids from the stomach, or
for injecting them into it.
{Stomach tube} (Med.), a long flexible tube for introduction
into the stomach.
{Stomach worm} (Zool.), the common roundworm ({Ascaris
lumbricoides}) found in the human intestine, and rarely in
the stomach.
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