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To take out the entrails of; to disembowel; as, to hulk a hare. [R.] Beau. & Fl.

hat wet or watery; as, humid earth; consisting of water or vapor. Evening cloud, or humid bow. Milton.

A push or thrust, as with the elbow.

ound is produced by the friction of a wheel turned by a crank at the end, instead of by a bow, two of the strings being tuned as drones, while two or more, tuned in unison, are modulated by keys.

A table on which fiber is stirred and mixed by beating with a bowspring.

olemnities. Till Hymen brought his love-delighted hour, There dwelt no joy in Eden's rosy bower. Campbell.

A division of ganoid fishes, including the gar pikes and bowfins. -- Hy`o*ga"noid, a.

er suggesting an importance not justified by the event; as, the hype surrounding the superbowl is usually ludicrous. [PJC]

Salver-shaped; having a slender tube, expanding suddenly above into a bowl-shaped or spreading border, as in the blossom of the phlox and the lilac.

d; an idol. Chaucer. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, . . . thou shalt not bow down thyself to them. Ex. xx. 4, 5.

That which impedes or hinders progress, motion, activity, or effect. Thus far into the bowels of the land Have we marched on without impediment. Shak. Impediment in speech, a defect which prevents distinct utterance.

To bow; to incline the head. Chaucer.

The act of bowing, or bending the body, in respect or reverence. "The incurvations of the knee." Bp. Hall.

roots of which are used in medicine as a mild emetic; -- called also American ipecac, and bowman's root. Gray. -- Indian pink. (Bot.) (a) The Cypress vine (Ipomoea Quamoclit); -- so called in the West Indies. (b) See China pink, under China. -- Indian pipe (Bot.), a low, fleshy herb (Monotropa uniflora), growing in c…

To turn from a direct line or course; to bend; to incline, to deflect; to curve; to bow. Are they [the rays of the sun] not reflected, refracted, and inflected by one and the same principle Sir I. Newton.

The inward parts; entrails; bowels; hence, that which is within; private thoughts and feelings. Here's none but friends; we may speak Our insides freely. Massinger.

cunning. He would insinuate with thee but to make thee sigh. Shak. To insinuate, flatter, bow, and bend my limbs. Shak.

To strain; to make tense. [Obs.] When a bow is successively intended and remedied. Cudworth.

The bowels; entrails; viscera. Large intestine (Human Anat. & Med.), the lower portion of the bowel, terminating at the anus. It is adapted for the retention of fecal matter, being shorter, broader, and less convoluted than the small intestine; it consists of three parts, the cæcum, colon, and rectum. -- Small intesti…

Of or pertaining to the iris or rainbow; prismatic; as, the iridal colors. Whewell.