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21Consumption of the bowels — Consumption Con*sump tion (?; 215), n. [L. consumptio: cf. F. consomption.] 1. The act or process of consuming by use, waste, etc.; decay; destruction. [1913 Webster] Every new advance of the price to the consumer is a new incentive to him to… …
22Movement of the bowels — Movement Move ment, n. [F. mouvement. See {Move}, and cf. {Moment}.] 1. The act of moving in space; change of place or posture; motion; as, the movement of an army in marching or maneuvering; the movement of a wheel or a machine. [1913 Webster] 2 …
23relax bowels — loosen the bowels, slacken the bowel muscles …
24loosen your bowels — to cause to defecate Although not necessarily become loose2. It was fit to loosen the bowels of a bronze statue. (Fraser, 1975) …
25the bowels of something — the deepest inner part of something a mineshaft that descends into the bowels of the earth …
26Don’t get your bowels in an uproar! — ex clam. Don’t get so excited! □ Now, now, don’t get your bowels in an uproar. Everything will be all right …
27open your bowels — see ↑bowel • • • Main Entry: ↑open …
28fore-bowels — fore bowels, bowline etc.: see fore prefix …
29locked bowels — Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. 1. constipation. 2. Older Use. appendicitis. * * * …
30thus far into the bowels of the land — Meaning Origin From Shakespeare s Richard III …