a. [f. BOWEL sb.1 + -LESS.] Without bowels; without compassion or pity; merciless, unfeeling.

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1649.  Jer. Taylor, Gt. Exemp., I. ii. 64. The most cruell and bowellesse hangmen.

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1752.  Young, Brothers, VI. i. Bowelless severity!

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1863.  W. B. Jerrold, Sign. Distress, 35. Bowelless imitators of their cries of agony.

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