\Em*bow"el\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Emboweled}or {Embowelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Emboweling} or {Embowelling}.] 1. To disembowel. The barbarous practice of emboweling. --Hallam. The boar . . . makes his trough In your emboweled bosoms. --Shak. Note: Disembowel is the preferable word in this sense. 2. To imbed; to hide in the inward parts; to bury. Or deep emboweled in the earth entire. --Spenser.