midriff

In later years, I thought maybe the instructors were worried about the boys not learning if they were staring at girls in midriff tops.

Fashion and Discipline « Colleen Anderson 2009

Picture grown men, dressed in midriff-baring blouses, tight miniskirts, and beads, girating in the streets!

Anybody join in any Mardi Gras festivities in your towns? 2003

Next in order is the middle region, or chest, which comprehends the vital faculties and parts; which (as I have said) is separated from the lower belly by the diaphragma or midriff, which is a skin consisting of many nerves, membranes; and amongst other uses it hath, is the instrument of laughing.

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

Now that the midriff, which is a kind of outgrowth from the sides of the thorax, acts as a screen to prevent heat mounting up from below, is shown by what happens, should it, owing to its proximity to the stomach, attract thence the hot and residual fluid.

On the Parts of Animals 2002

For not a word has yet been said of the midriff, which is one of the parts that environ the viscera and therefore has to be considered with them.

On the Parts of Animals 2002

The belly, (Abdomen.) The breast, (thorax) and belly (abdomen,) are separated by a strong membrane, called the midriff or diaphragm, which will be described hereafter.

The Cherokee Physician, or Indian Guide to Health, as Given by Richard Foreman, a Cherokee Doctor; Comprising a Brief View of Anatomy, With General Rules for Preserving Health without the Use of Medicines. The Diseases of the U. States, with Their Symptoms, Causes, and Means of Prevention, are Treated on in a Satisfactory Manner. It Also Contains a Description of a Variety of Herbs and Roots, Many of which are not Explained in Any Other Book, and their Medical Virtues have Hitherto been Unknown to the Whites; To which is Added a Short Dispensatory. Richard Foreman 1849

From the vein that passes through the liver two branches separate off, of which one terminates in the diaphragm or so-called midriff, and the other runs up again through the armpit into the right arm and unites with the other veins at the inside of the bend of the arm; and it is in consequence of this local connexion that, when the surgeon opens this vein in the forearm, the patient is relieved of certain pains in the liver; and from the left-hand side of it there extends a short but thick vein to the spleen and the little veins branching off it disappear in that organ.

The History of Animals 2002

My favorite and well sewn dress pattern has that same kind of midriff, but the point faces north.

Jane Tise pattern aka "best midriff ever" - A Dress A Day 2006

That portion of the midriff which is near the ribs is fleshier and stronger than the rest, but the central part has more of a membranous character; for this structure conduces best to its strength and its extensibility.

On the Parts of Animals 2002

MR. KING: You have the same kind of midriff -- and he eats like you -- fast foods.

Remarks By Pres On Larry King Live ITY National Archives 1994