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KJV Dictionary / S / stomach

KJV Dictionary Definition: stomach

stomach

STOMACH, n. L.

1. In animal bodies, a membranous receptacle, the organ of digestion, in which food is prepared for entering into the several parts of the body for its nourishment.

2. Appetite; the desire of food caused by hunger; as a good stomach for roast beef. A popular use of the word.

3. Inclination; liking.

He which hath no stomach to this fight, let him depart--

4. Anger; violence of temper.

Stern was his look, and full of stomach vain.

5. Sullenness; resentment; willful obstinacy; stubbornness.

This sort of crying proceeding from pride, obstinacy and stomach, the will, where the fault lies, must be bent.

6. Pride; haughtiness.

He was a man of an unbounded stomach, ever ranking himself with princes.

Note. This word in all the foregoing senses, except the first, is nearly obsolete or inelegant.

STOMACH, v.t. L.

1. To resent; to remember with anger.

The lion began to show his teeth, and to stomach the affront.

This sense is not used in America, as far as my observation extends. In America, at least in New England, the sense is,

2. To brook; to bear without open resentment or without opposition. Not elegant.

STOMACH, v.i. To be angry. Not in use.

stomached

STOMACHED, a. Filled with resentment.

stomacher

STOMACHER, n. An ornament or support to the breast, worn by females. Isaiah 3.

stomachful

STOMACHFUL, a. Willfully obstinate; stubborn; perverse; as a stomachful boy.

stomachfulness

STOMACHFULNESS, n. Stubbornness; sullenness; perverse obstinacy.

stomachic

STOMACHIC, STOMACHICAL, a.

1. Pertaining to the stomach; as stomachic vessels.

2. Strengthening to the stomach; exciting the action of the stomach.

stomachical

STOMACHIC, STOMACHICAL, a.

1. Pertaining to the stomach; as stomachic vessels.

2. Strengthening to the stomach; exciting the action of the stomach.

stomaching

STOMACHING, n. Resentment. Not in use.

stomachous

STOMACHOUS, a. Stout; sullen; obstinate. Not in use.

Definitions from Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language, 1828.
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