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Webster 1913 Edition

Paunch

Paunch

(pa̤nch or pänch; 277)
,
Noun.
[OF.
panch
,
pance
, F.
panse
, L.
pantex
,
panticis
.]
1.
(Anat.)
The belly and its contents; the abdomen; also, the first stomach, or rumen, of ruminants. See
Rumen
.
2.
(Naut.)
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.

Paunch

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Paunched
(pa̤ncht or päncht)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Paunching
.]
1.
To pierce or rip the belly of; to eviscerate; to disembowel.
Shak.
2.
To stuff with food.
[Obs.]
Udall.

Webster 1828 Edition

Paunch

PAUNCH

,
Noun.
[L. pantex.] The belly and its contents.
The paunch, in ruminating quadrupeds, is the first and largest stomach, into which the food is received before rumination.

PAUNCH

,
Verb.
T.
To pierce or rip the belly; to eviscerate; to take out the contents of the belly.

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