Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - stomach

 I. noun  Etymology: Middle English stomak, from Anglo-French estomac, from Latin ~us gullet, esophagus, ~, from Greek ~os, from stoma mouth; akin to Middle Breton staffn mouth, Avestan staman-  Date: 14th century  1.  a.  (1) a dilatation of the alimentary canal of a vertebrate communicating anteriorly with the esophagus and posteriorly with the duodenum  (2) one of the compartments of a ruminant ~ the abomasum is the fourth ~ of a ruminant  b. a cavity in an invertebrate animal that is analogous to a ~  c. the part of the body that contains the ~ ; belly, abdomen  2.  a. desire for food caused by hunger ; appetite  b. inclination, desire had no ~ for an argument; also courage, guts  3. obsolete  a. spirit, valor  b. pride  c. spleen, resentment  II. transitive verb  Date: 1523  1. archaic to take offense at  2. to bear without overt reaction or resentment ; put up with couldn't ~ office politics