† debowelv.
Obsolete.
= disbowel v., disembowel.
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1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xx. 285 He debowalit [1489 Adv. debowaillyt] wes clenly, And bawlmyt syne full rychly.
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid iv. ii. 25 The beistis costis, as thai debowalit wer.
a1547 Earl of Surrey tr. Virgil Fourth Bk. Aeneas (1554) iv. sig. Bi Wyth gyftes that day, and beastes deboweled.
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