01 n. The belly; the abdomen.
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The belly; the abdomen.[Obs.]“And he coveted to fill his woman of the cods that the hogs eat, and no man gave him.” — Wyclif (Luke xv. 16).“An I had but a belly of any indifferency, I were simply the most active fellow in Europe. My womb, my womb, my womb undoes me.” — Shak.
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The place where anything is generated or produced.“The womb of earth the genial seed receives.” — Dryden.
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Any cavity containing and enveloping anything.“The center spike of gold Which burns deep in the bluebell's womb.” — R. Browning.