n 1 a  :  the alimentary canal or part of it (as the intestine or stomach) <see whether an amebicide acts directly on the amoeba or on commensal organisms in the -Lancet>  <would feel hunger nudging my ribs, twisting my empty s until they ached -Richard Wright>   b  :  ABDOMEN 1a , BELLY - usu. used in pl.; not often in formal use <his huge hung far below his belt -L. M. Uris>   2  :  CATGUT
vt, gut*ted  gut*ting  :  to take out the bowels of  :  EVISCERATE .
 
 
 
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