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paunch🔊

The first compartment of the stomach of a ruminant, the rumen.

The contents of this stomach in a slaughtered animal, viewed as food or a byproduct.

The belly of a human, especially a large, fat protruding one.

(nautical) A paunch mat.

The thickened rim of a bell, struck by the clapper.

To remove the internal organs of a ruminant, prior to eating.

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Why, as I told thee, 'tis a custom with him / I' th' afternoon to sleep: there thou may'st brain him, / Having first seiz'd his books; or with a log / Batter his skull, or paunch him with a stake, / Or cut his wezand with thy knife
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