n. [ OE. stomak, F. estomac, L. stomachus, fr. Gr. sto`machos stomach, throat, gullet, fr. sto`ma a mouth, any outlet or entrance. ] 1. (Anat.) An enlargement, or series of enlargements, in the anterior part of the alimentary canal, in which food is digested; any cavity in which digestion takes place in an animal; a digestive cavity. See Digestion, and Gastric juice, under Gastric. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. The desire for food caused by hunger; appetite; as, a good stomach for roast beef. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. Hence appetite in general; inclination; desire. [ 1913 Webster ] He which hath no stomach to this fight,
Let him depart. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] 4. Violence of temper; anger; sullenness; resentment; willful obstinacy; stubbornness. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] Stern was his look, and full of stomach vain. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ] This sort of crying proceeding from pride, obstinacy, and stomach, the will, where the fault lies, must be bent. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ] 5. Pride; haughtiness; arrogance. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] He was a man
Of an unbounded stomach. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Stomach pump (Med.), a small pump or syringe with a flexible tube, for drawing liquids from the stomach, or for injecting them into it. --
Stomach tube (Med.), a long flexible tube for introduction into the stomach. --
Stomach worm (Zool.), the common roundworm (Ascaris lumbricoides) found in the human intestine, and rarely in the stomach. [ 1913 Webster ]
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