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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Disembowel \Dis`em*bow"el\ (d[i^]s`[e^]m*bou"[e^]l), v. t. [See
{Embowel}.]
1. To take or let out the bowels or interior parts of; to
eviscerate.
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Soon after their death, they are disemboweled.
--Cook.
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Roaring floods and cataracts that sweep
From disemboweled earth the virgin gold. --Thomson.
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2. To take or draw from the body, as the web of a spider.
[R.] "Her disemboweled web." --J. Philips.
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