Stom"ach (?), n. [OE. stomak, F.
estomac, L. stomachus, fr. Gr. sto`machos
stomach, throat, gullet, fr. sto`ma a mouth, any outlet or
entrance.] 1. (Anat.) 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.
2. The desire for food caused by hunger;
appetite; as, a good stomach for roast beef.
Shak.
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.
Stomach pump (Med.), a small pump or
syringe with a flexible tube, for drawing liquids from the stomach, or
for injecting them into it. -- Stomach tube
(Med.), a long flexible tube for introduction into the
stomach. -- Stomach worm (Zoöl.),
the common roundworm (Ascaris lumbricoides) found in the
human intestine, and rarely in the stomach.
Stom"ach, v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Stomached (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Stomaching.] [Cf. L. stomachari, v.t. & i., to be angry
or vexed at a thing.] 1. To resent; to remember
with anger; to dislike. Shak.
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.]
Stom"ach, v. i. To be angry.
[Obs.] Hooker.
Stom"ach (?), n. [OE. stomak, F.
estomac, L. stomachus, fr. Gr. sto`machos
stomach, throat, gullet, fr. sto`ma a mouth, any outlet or
entrance.] 1. (Anat.) 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.
2. The desire for food caused by hunger;
appetite; as, a good stomach for roast beef.
Shak.
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.
Stomach pump (Med.), a small pump or
syringe with a flexible tube, for drawing liquids from the stomach, or
for injecting them into it. -- Stomach tube
(Med.), a long flexible tube for introduction into the
stomach. -- Stomach worm (Zoöl.),
the common roundworm (Ascaris lumbricoides) found in the
human intestine, and rarely in the stomach.
Stom"ach, v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Stomached (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Stomaching.] [Cf. L. stomachari, v.t. & i., to be angry
or vexed at a thing.] 1. To resent; to remember
with anger; to dislike. Shak.
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.]
Stom"ach, v. i. To be angry.
[Obs.] Hooker.
