Womb (w?m), n. [OE. wombe,
wambe, AS. wamb, womb; akin to D. wam belly,
OS. & OHG. wamba, G. wamme, wampe, Icel.
vömb, Sw. våmb, Dan. vom, Goth.
wamba.] 1. The belly; the abdomen.
[Obs.] Chaucer.
And he coveted to fill his woman of the cods that the
hogs eat, and no man gave him.
Wyclif (Luke xv.
16).
An I had but a belly of any indifferency, I were simply the
most active fellow in Europe. My womb, my womb, my
womb undoes me.
Shak.
2. (Anat.) The uterus. See
Uterus.
3. The place where anything is generated or
produced.
The womb of earth the genial seed
receives.
Dryden.
4. Any cavity containing and enveloping
anything.
The center spike of gold
Which burns deep in the bluebell's womb.
R.
Browning.Womb, v. t. To inclose in a womb, or as
in a womb; to breed or hold in secret. [Obs.] Shak.