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manyplies, n. pl. Chiefly dial.|ˈmɛnɪplaɪz|
Forms: 8 monyple, 8–9 manyplus, 9 monny-, moni-, mani-, manyplies.
[f. many + plies, pl. of ply, fold. Cf. manifolds n.2]
The omasum or third stomach of a ruminant. Also, jocularly the stomach of a man.
1774Lambe Hist. Battell Flodden Notes 70 Monyple, a N.C. word. 1782A. Monro Compar. Anat. (ed. 3) 39 Omasum, vulgo the manyplus. 1803Prize Ess. Highl. Soc. Scotl. II. 218 In the fold of the second [sic] stomach or monnyplies. 1833M. Scott Tom Cringle xii. (1859) 268 As if he feared the very exertion of uttering a word or two might unsettle his moniplies. 1840Penny Cycl. XVII. 82/1 The third stomach, the manyplus. 1861Hume tr. Moquin-Tandon ii. i. 43 In all the ruminating animals there are four stomachs: the ingluvies;..the reticulum;..the omasum or many-plies; and the abomasum. |