\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.
         And he coveted to fill his woman of the cods that
         the hogs eat, and no man gave him.    --Wyclif (Luke
                                               xv. 16).
         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.
2. (Anat.) The uterus. See {Uterus}.
3. The place where anything is generated or produced.
         The womb of earth the genial seed receives.
                                               --Dryden.
4. Any cavity containing and enveloping anything.
         The center spike of gold Which burns deep in the
         bluebell's womb.                      --R. Browning.

\Womb\, v. t.
To inclose in a womb, or as in a womb; to breed or hold in
secret. [Obs.] --Shak.