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† unˈbowel, v. Obs.
[un-2 4.]
1. trans. To disembowel (a person or animal); to eviscerate, exenterate.
1552Huloet, Vnbowell, exentero. 1591R. W[ilmot] Tancred & Gism. Argt., Afterward..he commanded the Earle to be attached, imprisoned, strangled, vnbowelled. 1606S. Gardiner Bk. Angling 123 The hand of this cunning worke-man vnbowelleth him. 1651Howell Venice 84 After the Duke is dead, he is unbowell'd, his body embalm'd. a1691Boyle Hist. Air (1692) 182 This prepared, they first unbowelled the corps.
fig.1592Nashe Four Lett. Confut. Wks. (Grosart) II. 198 Before I vnbowell the leane Carcase of thy book any further. 1654Cokaine Dianea iv. 336 All Vices are Vices; but Cruelty holds the preheminence. It spoiles, unbowels, unsoules the World. 1713C'tess of Winchilsea Misc. Poems 389 Wou'd you then have me live, when thus unbowell'd, Without the Charms of my Aristor's presence?
b. refl. (a) To exhaust oneself; to expend one's strength or means; (b) to unbosom oneself.
(a)1647A. Ross Mystag. Poet. i. (1675) 30 Covetous men are like spiders, they unbowel, that is they consume and spend themselves with care and toyl to catch a fly. 1650Howell Giraffi's Rev. Naples i. 27 With such cries..they did unbowell themselves to provide furniture for the War.
(b)1650H. Brooke Conserv. Health 205 Thus..did this famous Deviner unbowel himself and thereby..made some amends for his former impostures. 1655Sanderson Serm. (1681) ii. Pref., Since I had thus adventured to unbowel my self.
2. fig. To empty of contents; to open up; to make hollow. Also in fig. context.
1597J. King On Jonas (1618) 78 They ransack all the corners of the shippe, vnbowell her inmost cells, throwe out commodities. 1610Histrio-m. iii. 62 Then stooping suiters..May groaning come, unbowelling the bagges Of their rich burthens in your wide-mouth'd deskes. 1646Gataker Mistake Removed To Rdr. 2 Partly to unbowel and lay open some part of that unsound stuff that lies closely couched in this covert vault. a1785Glover Athenaid xxvii, A native arch..Expands before an excavation deep, Unbowelling the hill.
b. To open up or disclose by investigation or exposition. (Common in 17th c.)
1606J. King Serm. Sept. 15 The whole book of God must be vnbowelled, and all the wit of man ransackt, to finde out a stile honorable enough for their new erected presbytery. 1659E. Hopton Encomium in T. Barker Art of Angling (ed. 2), Thou hast unbowell'd Dame Natures part In a Vade mecum. 1693Norris Pract. Disc. (1698) IV. 178 When this Great Thought comes to be open'd and unbowell'd, to be unravell'd and laid bare.
c. To display or reveal.
1650Baxter Saints' R. i. vii. 91 When we shall feed at Josephs own house,..when he shall fully unbowel his love unto us, and take us to dwell in Goshen by him.
Hence † unˈbowelling vbl. n. Obs.
a1639Spottiswoode Hist. Ch. Scot. (1655) vi. xiii. 306 Whether they perceived any sign of poyson at his unbowelling. a1653Binning Serm. (1845) 340 The not unbowelling of our hidden affections. 1694Westmacott Script. Herb. 41 The embalmer..then salted, without any Incision or unbowelling, the whole body with Sal Nitri. |