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bowelling

bowelling 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 bowelling

What is bowelling the present participle and gerund of?
Bowelling is the present participle and gerund of bowel.

Words near bowelling in the dictionary

  1. boweling
  2. bowelism
  3. Bowell
  4. bowelled
  5. bowelless
  6. bowelling
  7. bowellism
  8. bowels
  9. Bowen
  10. Bowen Hills
  11. Bowen Mountain

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