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The internal parts; as, the entrails of the earth. That treasure . . . hid the dark entrails of America. Locke.

Divination by the entrails of human being.

of diviners among the Etruscans and Romans, who foretold events by the inspection of the entrails of victims offered on the altars of the gods.

Prognostication by inspection of the entrails of victims slain sacrifice.

Entrails. [Obs.] [Written also chaudron, chauldron.] Shak.

The frill to the breast of a shirt, which when ironed out resembled the small entrails. See Chitterlings. [Obs.] Gascoigne.

To disembowel; to let out or draw forth, as the entrails. [Obs.] As if he thought her soul to disentrail. Spenser.

To take out the entrails of; to disembowel; to gut.

To take out the bowels or entrails of; to disembowel; to eviscerate; as, exenterated fishes. [R.] Exenterated rule-mongers and eviscerated logicians. Hare.

Relating to the inspection of entrails for prognostication. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Vehement; ardent; very active; impetuous. Hath thy fiery heart so parched thine entrails Shak. The fiery spirit of his forefathers. W. Irwing.

To take out the entrails of (herrings).

An intenstine; a bowel; the whole alimentary canal; the enteron; (pl.) bowels; entrails.

Half-filled. [Obs.] Lions' half-clammed entrails roar food. Marston.

Divination by inspection of entrails of victims offered in sacrifice.

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

to yield passively to insult or humilitation; -- a phrase derived from a pie made of the entrails or humbles of a deer, which was formerly served to servants and retainers at a hunting feast. See Humbles. Halliwell. Thackeray.

Entrails of a deer. [Written also umbles.] Johnson.

Divination by the heads or the entrails of fishes.

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.