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VENTBICOSE.<br />

ii-t Wee will beginnc nl the ventricle, commonly called the<br />

stomacke. 1620 Venner ( ia Recta viii. 182 That no part<br />

of the meat may sticke. .aljoiit the mouth of the stomacke,<br />

but may be carried into the ventricle, which is the bottome<br />

of the stomack. a 1676 Y^KwPrim. Orig. Man. I. 11. (1677)<br />

59 Whether I will or will not,, .my Heart beat.s,..my Ventricle<br />

digests what is in it. 1710 T. Fuller I'lmrm. Exiimf.<br />

i8PureinKAle..takesofftheslipperinessoftheVentncleand<br />

Intestines. 1805-6 Gary Dnnti; Inf. xxviti. ib .^angling<br />

wretched ventricle, That<br />

his entrails hung, the midriff. . and<br />

turns the enelutted aliment to dross.<br />

b. The digestive sac or organs in buds, fishes,<br />

insects, and certain reptiles.<br />

•S7S TuRBEHV. Faukonrie 249, I h*ve thruste my fore<br />

finger into hir gorge, .and by that meanes have caused hir<br />

to fill in the ventricle sooner than otherwiseshe woulde have<br />

done. 1607 Tol^ELL Four-/. Beasts 182 The powder of a<br />

Storks craw or Ventrickle. 1658 Rowland tr. Moufet's<br />

T/uat. Ins. 907 It may. .be termed the Chylus of the Bees,<br />

. . having its perfection and consummation from their<br />

ventricles. 1681 Chetfiam Anglers Vaiie-m. xli. § i (1689)<br />

307 His ventricle is large and capacious. 1704 Ray Creation<br />

(ed. 4) I. 30 The Meat (isL.transferr'd into the Gizzard. .,<br />

where by the working of the Muscles compounding the<br />

sides of that Ventricle,, .it is.. ground small. 1816 Kirby<br />

& Sp. Entomol. xlviii. IV. 424 That the Orthoptera have a<br />

ventricle or gizzard. 1868 Dl'SXAn Ins. World Introd. lo<br />

Two kinds of appendages belong to the chylific ventricle.<br />

1877 Hlxlev Anal. Inv. Anim. 412 That part of the<br />

alimentary canal which lies in front of the chylific ventricle<br />

(in cockroaches].<br />

t c. The l)elly. In o^oi. fig. Obs.<br />

1588 Shaks. L. L. L. IV. 11. 70 Ideas, apprehensions, . .are<br />

begot in the ventricle of memorie, nourisbt in the wombc of<br />

primater.<br />

d. atlrih. in + vtatrich unguent.<br />

1599 A. M. tr. Giibelhouer's Bk. I'kyskke i^%li [S. recipe<br />

for) -An excellent Ventricle vnguente, which is verye commodious<br />

for the Childebedde Woemen.<br />

4. Any small hollow or cavity in an animal body,<br />

serving as a place of organic function ; in later<br />

use, the recess or space between the true and false<br />

vocal cords on each side of the larynx ; a laryngeal<br />

pouch or sac.<br />

1641 Milton ChurchGovt. 11. Wits. 1851 III. 44 AH the<br />

faculties of the Soule are confin'd of old to their severall<br />

vessels, and ventricles. 169a Be.ntley Boyle Led. 109 The<br />

various ducts and ventricles of the body. 1730 Bailey (fol.),<br />

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