Stomach — Defs

01 n. An enlargement, or series of enlargements, in the anterior part of the alimentary canal, in which food is digested; any cavity in which dig…

1.
An enlargement, or series of enlargements, in the anterior part of the alimentary canal, in which food is digested; any cavity in which digestion takes place in an animal; a digestive cavity. See Digestion, and Gastric juice, under Gastric.(Anat.) See: Digestion, Gastric
2.
The desire for food caused by hunger; appetite; as, a good stomach for roast beef.
3.
Hence appetite in general; inclination; desire.
“He which hath no stomach to this fight, Let him depart.” — Shak.
4.
Violence of temper; anger; sullenness; resentment; willful obstinacy; stubbornness.[Obs.]
“Stern was his look, and full of stomach vain.” — Spenser.

“This sort of crying proceeding from pride, obstinacy, and stomach, the will, where the fault lies, must be bent.” — Locke.
5.
Pride; haughtiness; arrogance.[Obs.]
“He was a man Of an unbounded stomach.” — Shak.

Phrases & compounds

Stomach pump — a small pump or syringe with a flexible tube, for drawing liquids from the stomach, or for injecting them into it.

Stomach tube — a long flexible tube for introduction into the stomach.

Stomach worm — the common roundworm (Ascaris lumbricoides) found in the human intestine, and rarely in the stomach.

02 v. t. To resent; to remember with anger; to dislike.

imp. & p. p. Stomached; p. pr. & vb. n. Stomaching

1.
To resent; to remember with anger; to dislike.
“The lion began to show his teeth, and to stomach the affront.” — L'Estrange.

“The Parliament sit in that body . . . to be his counselors and dictators, though he stomach it.” — Milton.
2.
To bear without repugnance; to brook.[Colloq.]

03 v. i. To be angry.