‖n.; pl. Stomata [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, a mouth. ] 1. (Anat.) One of the minute apertures between the cells in many serous membranes. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) (a) The minute breathing pores of leaves or other organs opening into the intercellular spaces, and usually bordered by two contractile cells. (b) The line of dehiscence of the sporangium of a fern. It is usually marked by two transversely elongated cells. See Illust. of Sporangium. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Zool.) A stigma. See Stigma, n., 6 (a) & (b). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. stomak, F. estomac, L. stomachus, fr. Gr. sto`machos stomach, throat, gullet, fr. sto`ma a mouth, any outlet or entrance. ] 1. (Anat.) An enlargement, or series of enlargements, in the anterior part of the alimentary canal, in which food is digested; any cavity in which digestion takes place in an animal; a digestive cavity. See Digestion, and Gastric juice, under Gastric. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The desire for food caused by hunger; appetite; as, a good stomach for roast beef. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Hence appetite in general; inclination; desire. [ 1913 Webster ]

He which hath no stomach to this fight,
Let him depart. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Violence of temper; anger; sullenness; resentment; willful obstinacy; stubbornness. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Stern was his look, and full of stomach vain. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

This sort of crying proceeding from pride, obstinacy, and stomach, the will, where the fault lies, must be bent. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Pride; haughtiness; arrogance. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

He was a man
Of an unbounded stomach. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Stomach pump (Med.), a small pump or syringe with a flexible tube, for drawing liquids from the stomach, or for injecting them into it. --
Stomach tube (Med.), a long flexible tube for introduction into the stomach. --
Stomach worm (Zool.), the common roundworm (Ascaris lumbricoides) found in the human intestine, and rarely in the stomach. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Stomached p. pr. & vb. n. Stomaching. ] [ Cf. L. stomachari, v.t. & i., to be angry or vexed at a thing. ] 1. To resent; to remember with anger; to dislike. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

The lion began to show his teeth, and to stomach the affront. L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Parliament sit in that body . . . to be his counselors and dictators, though he stomach it. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To bear without repugnance; to brook. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To be angry. [ Obs. ] Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. stomacal. ] 1. Of or pertaining to the stomach; gastric. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Helping the stomach; stomachic; cordial. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A stomachic. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who stomachs. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. def>An ornamental covering for the breast, worn originally both by men and women. Those worn by women were often richly decorated. [ 1913 Webster ]

A stately lady in a diamond stomacher. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Willfully obstinate; stubborn; perverse. [ Obs. ] -- Stom"ach*ful*ly, adv. [Obs.] -- Stom"ach*ful*ness, n. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Med.) A medicine that strengthens the stomach and excites its action. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. stomachicus, Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. stomachique. ] 1. Of or pertaining to the stomach; as, stomachic vessels. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Strengthening to the stomach; exciting the action of the stomach; stomachal; cordial. [ 1913 Webster ]