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Of or pertaining to the lungs and the stomach. -- n.

The glandular stomach of birds, situated just above the crop.

The third stomach of ruminants. See Manyplies.

To eject the contests of the stomach; to vomit; to spew. The infant Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms. Shak.

Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the pylorus; as, the pyloric end of the stomach.

The opening from the stomach into the intestine.

Sick at the stomach; affected with nausea or sickly languor; inclined to vomit. Shak. -- Qualm"ish*ly, adv. -- Qualm"ish*ness, n.

Sick at the stomach; affected with nausea; inclined to vomit; qualmish.

Fresh; bracing; sharp; keen. The air is quick there, And it pierces and sharpens the stomach. Shak.

The act of receiving; receipt; admission; as, the reception of food into the stomach; the reception of a letter; the reception of sensation or ideas; reception of evidence.

The fourth stomach of a ruminant; rennet. [Prov. Eng. or Scot.]

To vomit up; to eject from the stomach; to throw back. Hayward.

To be thrown or poured back; to rush or surge back. The food may regurgitatem the stomach into the esophagus and mouth. Quain.

The inner, or mucous, membrance of the fourth stomach of the calf, or other young ruminant; also, an infusion or preparation of it, used for coagulating milk. [Written also runnet.] Cheese rennet. (Bot.) See under Cheese. -- Rennet ferment (Physiol. Chem.), a ferment, present in rennet and in variable quantity in the…

The second stomach of ruminants, in which folds of the mucous membrane form hexagonal cells; -- also called the honeycomb stomach.

To be disgusted, shocked, or grossly offended; hence, to feel nausea; -- with at; as, the stomach revolts at such food; his nature revolts at cruelty.

A suborder of Turbellaria including those that have a simple cylindrical, or saclike, stomach, without an intestine.

A wrinkle; a fold; as, the rugæ of the stomach.

The first stomach of ruminants; the paunch; the fardingbag. See Illust. below.

A division of Artiodactyla having four stomachs. This division includes the camels, deer, antelopes, goats, sheep, neat cattle, and allies.