Definitions
Sorry, no definitions found. Check out and contribute to the discussion of this word!
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word emboweled.
Examples
-
The mighty consitution has been gang-raped and systematically totured and slowly dis-emboweled by the administration.
-
But they reveal not the secrets of the place, which are known to but One, from whose eye no dark dells or earth-emboweled caves can hide the transgressor; and the tears, the sighs, the blood -- aye, the _blood_ -- of that solitary cavern are all known to Him, are all put down by the recording angel in the archives of heaven.
Eveline Mandeville The Horse Thief Rival Alvin Addison
-
On entering the crevice we recognised the proximity of tigers by a porcupine recently emboweled.
-
In due time and with all possible secrecy, they visited the region where this great mine was said to be emboweled in the earth.
Life of Tecumseh and of His Brother the Prophet Drake, Benjamin, 1794-1841 1841
-
Page view page image: emboweled, I will soon relieve the Arabs from thee, and truly Maseeka shall remain my wife.
Antar : 1820
-
He pierced the first, and hurled him to a distance; a second he deprived of existence; a third he emboweled; a fourth he made a warning to all that beheld him.
Antar : 1820
-
In due time and with all possible secrecy, they visited the region where this great mine was said to be emboweled in the earth.
Life of Tecumseh, and of His Brother the Prophet With a Historical Sketch of the Shawanoe Indians Benjamin Drake 1817
-
On entering the crevice we recognised the proximity of tigers by a porcupine recently emboweled.
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 Alexander von Humboldt 1814
-
a quarter of an hour's deliberation, brought in their verdict of guilty, and the brutal Chief-Justice condemned him to be hung, emboweled, and quartered on the 1st day of July, 1681.
A Popular History of Ireland : from the Earliest Period to the Emancipation of the Catholics — Complete Thomas D'Arcy McGee 1846
-
a quarter of an hour's deliberation, brought in their verdict of guilty, and the brutal Chief-Justice condemned him to be hung, emboweled, and quartered on the 1st day of July, 1681.
A Popular History of Ireland : from the Earliest Period to the Emancipation of the Catholics - Volume 2 Thomas D'Arcy McGee 1846
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.