Paunch
Pronunciation : Paunch
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [OF. panch, pance, F. panse, L. pantex, panticis.]
Definition : 1. (Anat.)
Defn: The belly and its contents; the abdomen; also, the first stomach, or rumen, of ruminants. See Rumen.
2. (Naut.)
Defn: A paunch mat; -- called also panch.
3. The thickened rim of a bell, struck by the clapper. Paunch mat (Naut.), a thick mat made of strands of rope, used to prevent the yard or rigging from chafing.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Paunch
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : 1. To pierce or rip the belly of; to eviscerate; to disembowel. Shak.
2. To stuff with food. [Obs.] Udall.
t. [imp. & p. p. Paunched; p. pr. & vb. n. Paunching.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913