01 n. One of the intestines of an animal; an entrail, especially of man; a gut; -- generally used in the plural.
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One of the intestines of an animal; an entrail, especially of man; a gut; -- generally used in the plural.“He burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out.” — Acts i. 18.
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Hence, figuratively: The interior part of anything; as, the bowels of the earth.“His soldiers . . . cried out amain, And rushed into the bowels of the battle.” — Shak.
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The seat of pity or kindness. Hence: Tenderness; compassion.“Bloody Bonner, that corpulent tyrant, full (as one said) of guts, and empty of bowels.” — Fuller.
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Offspring.[Obs.]