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womb
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Womb \Womb\ (w[=oo]m), n. [OE. wombe, wambe, AS. wamb, womb;
akin to D. wam belly, OS. & OHG. wamba, G. wamme, wampe,
Icel. v["o]mb, Sw. v[*a]mb, Dan. vom, Goth. wamba.]
1. The belly; the abdomen. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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And he coveted to fill his woman of the cods that
the hogs eat, and no man gave him. --Wyclif (Luke
xv. 16).
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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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2. (Anat.) The uterus. See Uterus.
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3. The place where anything is generated or produced.
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The womb of earth the genial seed receives.
--Dryden.
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4. Any cavity containing and enveloping anything.
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The center spike of gold
Which burns deep in the bluebell's womb. --R.
Browning.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Womb \Womb\, v. t. To inclose in a womb, or as in a womb; to breed or hold in secret. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
