What is "emboweling"

Embowel \Em*bow"el\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Emboweledor 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.

vb. (present participle of embowel English)