Wams

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. The belly or stomach of a person or animal, a term used in Scottish dialect
2. A Scots word for the belly, referring to the part of the body that holds the stomach and bowels
3. In Scottish usage, the abdomen or paunch of a human or animal body

Etymology: The same ancestor gave English both "womb" and this Scots and northern English dialect word. Old English "wamb" meant the belly or stomach of a person or animal, and Middle English "wombe" kept that broad sense for centuries. The meaning only narrowed to the uterus later, while the older sense survived in dialect. In Scots, "wame" is the more common spelling of the same word, and "wams" is a variant form of it, still used for the stomach area.