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boweling

boweling is the present participle and gerund of bowel.

Meaning of bowel

Verb

bowel (third-person singular simple present bowels, present participle (US) boweling or (UK) bowelling, simple past and past participle (US) boweled or (UK) bowelled)

  1. (archaic) To disembowel.
    • Their bodies are first bowelled, then dried upon hurdles till they be very dry [...].1624, John Smith, Generall Historie, Kupperman, published 1988, page 149

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Questions about boweling

What is boweling the present participle and gerund of?
Boweling is the present participle and gerund of bowel.

Words near boweling in the dictionary

  1. bowel movements
  2. bowel obstruction
  3. bowel obstructions
  4. bowel transit time
  5. boweled
  6. boweling
  7. bowelism
  8. Bowell
  9. bowelled
  10. bowelless
  11. bowelling

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