Found 4 hits - Term: venter, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
venter \vent"er\, n.
one who vents; one who utters, reports, or publishes. r.
--barrow.
1913 webster
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
venter \vent"er\, n. l.
1. anat.
a the belly; the abdomen; -- sometimes applied to any
large cavity containing viscera.
b the uterus, or womb.
c a belly, or protuberant part; a broad surface; as, the
venter of a muscle; the venter, or anterior surface,
of the scapula.
1913 webster
2. zool. the lower part of the abdomen in insects.
1913 webster
3. rom. o. e. law a pregnant woman; a mother; as, a has a
son b by one venter, and a daughter c by another venter;
children by different venters.
1913 webster
- [3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
venter
n 1: a speaker who expresses or gives vent to a personal opinion
or grievance
2: the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax
and the pelvis syn: abdomen, stomach, belly
3: the womb; "`in venter' is legal terminology for `conceived
but not yet born'"
4: a belly-like body part as the belly of a muscle
see also:
abdomen stomach belly
- [4] : Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
venter or ventre. signifies literally the belly. in law it is used
figuratively for the wife: for example, a man has three children by the
first, and one by the second venter.
2. a child is said to be in ventre sa mere before it is born; while it
is a foetus.
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