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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Glut

Glūt, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [imp. & p. p. GLUTTED; p. pr. & vb. n. GLUTTING.] [Lat. glūtīre, Fr. engloutir, Pr. englotir, O. Sp. englutir, It. inghiottire. See ENGLUT.]

Sense 1. To swallow, or to swallow greedily; to gorge.

Though every drop of water swear against it, And gape at widest to glut him. Shak.

Sense 2. To fill to satiety; to satisfy fully the desire or craving of; to satiate; to sate.

His faithful heart, a bloody sacrifice, Torn from his breast, to glut the tyrant's eyes. Dryden.

I have for some time been glutted with the world. H. Walpole.

To glut the market, to furnish an over-supply of any article of trade, so that there is no sale for it.

Glūt, n.

noun

n. 1. That which is glutted or swallowed down.

Death Shall be deceived his glut. Milton.

Sense 2. Plenty to satiety or repletion; full supply; hence, often, supply beyond sufficiency or to loathing; over-abundance.

A glut of those talents which raise men to eminence. Macaulay.

Sense 3. A large wooden wedge used in splitting blocks. Halliwell.