Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Obsolete spellings of stomach.

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  • noun Archaic form of stomach.
  • verb Archaic form of stomach.

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Examples

  • Our stomack is our bodies kitchin, which being distempered, how can we liue in temperate order: drinke not aboue foure times, and that moderately, at each meale: least the belly-God hale you at length captiue into his prison house of gurmandise, where you shall be afflicted with as many diseases as you haue deuoured dishes of sundry sorts. [c] The cups whereof you drinke, should be of siluer, or siluer and gilt.

    Early English Meals and Manners Frederick James Furnivall 1867

  • Page: 166 humane bodies there is a threefold Concoction the first in the stomack, which is commonly called the Chyle, and hath for its excrement that which is convey'd to Colon or the great Gut; the second concoction is in the Liver, and hath for its excrement the

    The Gentlewoman's Companion: or,%0AA Guide to the Female Sex 1675

  • To make this the more easily understood, take notice, that in humane bodies there is a threefold Concoction; the first in the stomack, which is commonly called the Chyle84, and hath for its excrement that which is convey'd to Colon or the great Gut; the second concoction is in the Liver, and hath for its excrement the Urine; the last is called Nutrition, and hath for its excrement certain fuliginous85 vapours, which by insensible transpiration do breath out themselves through the pores of the body, and by the sweat, which is apparent to the eye.

    The Gentlewomans Companion [Unknown] 1589

  • It starts with a burning sensation in my stomack and than brings about a cascade of symptoms such as stomack spasms and erratic heart rate.

    More statin madness | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2009

  • There is however, another enemy (though in some cases my dearest friend) whose power is resistless, and whose visits are perpetually made known by a rising of the stomack, and a redundance of water in the eyes.

    Letter 75 2009

  • I am sure had your beautiful wife developed a less of a sexy stomack you would still be attracted to her!

    6-Week Cure blog idea | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2009

  • Dr Mike, If men are attracted to women who display flat stomack for procreation purposes, what is the reason men are still attracted to the same women 25 years later post child bearing period and less flat stomack?

    6-Week Cure blog idea | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2009

  • He thinks its a vagal nerve response broguth on by my stomack.

    More statin madness | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2009

  • I cant stomack much of them afte what they did to my Giants in Superbowl few years back.

    Anatomy of a statin ad | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2009

  • I cant even do much walking as my heart starts racing and I ad been experiencing burping constanly, loss of appetite completely and stomack bloating all the time.

    I’ve succumbed to Twitter | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2009

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