1. The mouth of a river; also, the mouth of a cannon.
2. (Mus.) (a) The mouthpiece of a wind instrument. (b) The shaping of the lips to the mouthpiece; as, a flute player has a good embouchure.
EMBOW
Em*bow", v. t.
Defn: To bend like a bow; to curve. "Embowed arches." [Obs. or R.]
Sir W. Scott.
With gilded horns embowed like the moon. Spenser.
EMBOWEL Em*bow"el, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Emboweled or Embowelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Emboweling or Embowelling.]
1. To disembowel. The barbarous practice of emboweling. Hallam. The boar . . . makes his trough In your emboweled bosoms. Shak.
Note: Disembowel is the preferable word in this sense.
2. To imbed; to hide in the inward parts; to bury. Or deep emboweled in the earth entire. Spenser.
EMBOWELER
Em*bow"el*er, n.
Defn: One who takes out the bowels. [Written also emboweller.]