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noun

Paunch n.

(Anat.) The belly and its contents; the abdomen; also, the first stomach, or rumen, of ruminants. See Rumen.

(Naut.) A paunch mat; called also panch.

The thickened rim of a bell, struck by the clapper.

A noticeably protruding belly; a potbelly.

Paunch mat (Naut.), a thick mat made of strands of rope, used to prevent the yard or rigging from chafing.

verb

Paunch v. t. (past & past part. paunched; pres. part. paunching)

To pierce or rip the belly of; to eviscerate; to disembowel.

To stuff with food. (Obs.)

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Etymology of 'Paunch'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Paunch" Quotes from Famous Books

... them all. "I've not tasted anything I liked do well for a long time," he said with a fat smile as he stroked his paunch. "That's because my little daughter has gathered them for me and my [Pg 149] dear wife has cooked them. Thanks, both of you." He nodded to his daughter and took hold of his ...

— Absolution • Clara Viebig

... with a wide grin. "We hold our stores of water in what you might call a 'reservoir' of deep honeycomb cells inside our paunch. These cells hold altogether as much as six quarts of fluid, and when we have taken a long drink the mouth of each cell contracts, so that the water is prevented from mixing ...

— The Junior Classics Volume 8 - Animal and Nature Stories • Selected and arranged by William Patten

... Fat-paunch: 'Plenty of words has that horned one who holds a staff in his hand crooked at the top like a wether's horn. But seeing that you, my good fellows, claim that your God works so many miracles, bespeak of Him for to-morrow that He let it be bright sunshine; and meet we then, and ...

— The Red True Story Book • Various

... fresh subject of derision for the Indians whose appetites however would not suffer them to waste long upon us a time so precious. They soon finished what the wolves had begun and with as little aid from the art of cookery, eating both the young moose and the contents of the paunch raw. ...

— The Journey to the Polar Sea • John Franklin

... certain medicines may bring relief. One of the most potent is the following: Give spirits of turpentine in doses of 1 to 5 tablespoonfuls, according to the size of the animal. Dilute with milk before administering. In bad cases, the paunch should be at once punctured. The best instruments are the trocar and canula, but in the absence of these a pocket knife and goose quill may be made to answer. The puncture is made on the left side, at a point midway between the last rib and hook point, and but a few inches from the backbone. ...

— Clovers and How to Grow Them • Thomas Shaw

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