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The middle part of the alimentary canal from the stomach, or entrance of the bile duct, to, or including, the large intestine.

Having but a single stomach.

Seasickness; hence, any similar sickness of the stomach accompanied with a propensity to vomit; qualm; squeamishness of the stomach; loathing.

haracterized by a sense of extreme uneasiness or discomfort (as of weight on the chest or stomach, impossibility of motion or speech, etc.), or by frightful or oppressive dreams, from which one wakes after extreme anxiety, in a troubled state of mind; incubus. Dunglison.

A visceral mass, containing the stomach and other organs, in Tunicata and some mollusks.

otes growth and repairs the natural waste of animal or vegetable life; food; aliment. The stomach returns what it has received, in strength and nutriment diffused into all parts of the body. South.

greeable; revolting; noxious; as, an offensive smell; offensive sounds. "Offensive to the stomach." Bacon.

Discharging an office or function. [Obs.] The stomach and other parts official unto nutrition. Sir T. Browne.

The third division of the stomach of ruminants. See Manyplies, and Illust. under Ruminant.

, or moral. The pain and sickness caused by manna are the effects of its operation on the stomach. Locke. Speculative painting, without the assistance of manual operation, can never attain to perfection. Dryden.

rt of the body); as, my lungs are oppressed by the damp air; excess of food oppresses the stomach.

Acid; producing acid; -applied especially to certain glands and cells in the stomach.

degree of intensity; to torment; to torture; as, his dinner or his wound pained him; his stomach pained him. Excess of cold, as well as heat, pains us. Lock

The stomach of a hawk. Ainsworth.

The belly and its contents; the abdomen; also, the first stomach, or rumen, of ruminants. See Rumen.

A payment; a tribute; something paid or given. [Obs.] The stomach's pension, and the time's expense. Sylvester.

An unorganized proteolytic ferment or enzyme contained in the secretory glands of the stomach. In the gastric juice it is united with dilute hydrochloric acid (0.2 per cent, approximately) and the two together constitute the active portion of the digestive fluid. It is the active agent in the gastric juice of all anima…

Surrounding the stomach; -- applied to the body cavity of Bryozoa and various other Invertebrata.

See Pit of the stomach (below).

A kind of stomacher, often adorned with jewels, worn in the fifteenth century and later.