Meaning of PAUNCH
| Pronunciation: | | ponch
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| | Definition: | | [n] a protruding abdomen |
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| | Synonyms: | | belly |
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| | See Also: | | adipose tissue, bay window, body, corporation, fat, fatty tissue, pot, potbelly, torso, trunk, tummy | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Paunch\, n. [OF. panch, pance, F. panse, L. pantex,
panticis.]
1. (Anat.) The belly and its contents; the abdomen; also, the
first stomach, or rumen, of ruminants. See {Rumen}.
2. (Naut.) A paunch mat; -- called also {panch}.
3. The thickened rim of a bell, struck by the clapper.
{Paunch mat} (Naut.), a thick mat made of strands of rope,
used to prevent the yard or rigging from chafing.
\Paunch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Paunched}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Paunching}.]
1. To pierce or rip the belly of; to eviscerate; to
disembowel. --Shak.
2. To stuff with food. [Obs.] --Udall.
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| | Related Terms: | | abdomen, abomasum, bay window, beerbelly, belly, bowel, breadbasket, corporation, craw, crop, diaphragm, disembowel, draw, embonpoint, first stomach, gizzard, gullet, gut, honeycomb stomach, kishkes, manyplies, maw, midriff, omasum, pot, potbelly, potgut, psalterium, pusgut, rennet bag, reticulum, rumen, second stomach, spare tire, stomach, swagbelly, third stomach, tummy, tum-tum, underbelly, ventripotence |
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