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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Gūr'rah, n. p. 597A kind of plain, coarse Indian muslin.Gür'ry, n. p. 597An alvine evacuation. [Obs.] Holland.Gür'ry, n. p. 597A small fort. [India.]Gūrt, n. p. 598(Mining.) A gutter or channel for water hewn out of the bottom of a working drift. Page. 2. (pl.) Groats. [Obs.] Holland.Gūsh, v. i. p. 598To flow copiously; to issue with violence and rapidity, as a fluid; to rush forth as a fluid from confinement. He smote the rock that the waters gushed out. Ps. lxxviii. 20. A sea of blood gushed…Gūsh, v. t. p. 598To emit in a copious manner. [Rare.] The gaping wound gushed out a crimson flood. Dryden.Gūsh, n. p. 598A rapid outflowing; a sudden and violent issue of a fluid from an inclosed place; an emission of liquid in a large quantity, and with force; the fluid thus emitted. The gush of springs, And fall of…Gŭsh'ing, p. a. p. 598Rushing forth with violence, as a fluid; flowing copiously; as, gushing waters. “Gushing blood.” Milton. 2. Emitting copiously, as tears; hence, ready or easily made to shed tears; weakly and…Gūsh'ing-ly, adv. p. 598In a gushing manner; weakly; sentimentally. [Colloq.]Gŭs'set, n. p. 598A small piece of cloth inserted in a garment, for the purpose of strengthening or enlarging some part. 2. (Mach.) A kind of bracket, or angular piece of iron, fastened in the angles of a structure to…Gŭst, n. p. 598The sense or pleasure of tasting; relish. The joyous oil, whose gentle gust Made him so frolic. Spenser. An ox will relish the tender flesh of kids with as much gust and appetite. Bp. Taylor. 2.…Gūst, v. t. p. 598To taste; to have a relish of. [Obs.] Shak.Gūst, n. p. 598A sudden squall; a violent blast of wind; a sudden rushing or driving of the wind, of short duration. “Stormy gust and flaw.” Milton. 2. A sudden, violent burst of passion. Bacon.Gūst'a-ble, a. p. 598Capable of being tasted; tastable. This position informs us of a vulgar error, terming the gall bitter; whereas there is nothing gustable sweeter. Harvey. 2. Pleasant to the taste. A gustable thing…Gūst'a-ble, n. p. 598Any thing that can be tasted. [Obs.]Gus-tā'tion, n. p. 598The act of tasting. [Rare.] Browne.Gūst'a-to-ry, a. p. 598Pertaining to gust or taste.Gūst'ful, a. p. 598Tasteful; well-tasted. [Obs.] Digby.Gūst'ful-ness, n. p. 598The quality or state of being gustful. [Obs.] Barrow.Gūst'less, a. p. 598Tasteless; insipid. [Obs.] Browne.Gūs'to, n. p. 598Nice appreciation or enjoyment; relish; taste; fancy. Dryden.Gys-tō'so, adv. p. 598(Mus.) In a tasteful manner; elegantly.Gūst'y, a. p. 598Subject to, or attended by, gusts; stormy; tempestuous. Once upon a raw and gusty day. The troubled Tiber, chafing with his shores. Shak.Gŭt, n. p. 598The intestinal canal of an animal. 2. The whole mass formed by the natural convolutions of the intestine in the abdomen. 3. Gluttony; love of gormandizing. [Low.] 4. The substance made by pulling in…Gŭt, v. t. p. 598To take out the bowels from; to eviscerate. 2. To plunder of contents; to destroy the interior of; as, the mob gutted the house. Tom Brown, of facetious memory, having gutted a proper name of its…Gŭt'tă, n. p. 598A drop. 2. (Arch.) One of a series of ornaments, in the form of a frustum of a cone, attached to the lower part of the triglyphs, and also to the lower faces of the mutules, in the Doric order.Gŭt'tă-pēr'chă, n. p. 598A concrete juice produced by various trees found in the Malayan archipelago, especially by the Icosandra gutta. It becomes soft and impressible at the temperature of boiling water, and on cooling…Gŭt'ta Se-rē'na p. 598(Med.) Amaurosis; blindness occasioned by a palsied retina.Gŭt'tate, a. p. 598(Bot.) Spotted, as if by drops. Gray.Gŭt'tā-ted, a. p. 598Besprinkled with drops. Bailey.Gūt'tā-trāp, n. p. 598The inspissated juice of a tree of the genus Artocarpus (the A. incisa, or bread-fruit tree), sometimes used in making bird-lime, on account of its glutinous quality.Gŭt'ter, n. p. 598A channel at the eaves of a roof for conveying away the rain. 2. A small channel at the road side or elsewhere. “Gutters running with ale, and conduits spouting claret.” Macaulay.Gŭt'ter, v. t. p. 598To cut or form into small, longitudinal hollows.Gŭt'ter, v. i. p. 598To become hollowed or channeled, as a candle.Gŭt'ter-ing, n. p. 598Gutters or channels for carrying off water from the roofs of houses.Gūt'ti-fer, n. p. 598(Bot.) A plant that exudes gum or resin.Gut-tĭf'er-ous, a. p. 598(Bot.) Yielding gum or resinous substances.Gŭt'tle, v. t. p. 598To put into the gut; to swallow; to gormandize. [Obs.] L'Estrange.Gŭt'tle, v. i. p. 598To swallow greedily. [Obs.] Dryden.Gŭt'tler, n. p. 598A greedy eater.Gŭt'tu-loŭs, a. p. 598In the form of a small drop, or of small drops. [Obs.] “In its [hail’s] guttulous descent from the air.” Browne.Gŭt'tur-al, a. p. 598Pertaining to the throat; formed in the throat. “In such a sweet, guttural accent.” Landor.Gŭt'tur-al, n. p. 598A letter pronounced in the throat, as the Greek χ.Gŭt'tur-āl'i-ty, n. p. 598The quality of being guttural; gutturalness. [Rare.]Gŭt'tur-al-īze, v. t. p. 598To pronounce or speak gutturally.Gŭt'tur-al-ly, adv. p. 598In a guttural manner.Gŭt'tur-al-ness, n. p. 598The quality of being guttural.Gŭt'tur-ine, a. p. 598Pertaining to the throat. [Obs.] Roy.Gŭt'tur-īze, v. t. p. 598To make in the throat. [Rare.] “For which the Germans gutturize a sound.” Coleridge.Gŭt'ty, a. p. 598(Her.) Charged or sprinkled with drops.Găt'wort, n. p. 598(Bot.) A plant; Globularia alypum, a violent purgative, found in Africa.Guy, n. p. 598A rope attached to any thing to steady it, and bear it one way and another in hoisting or lowering. 2. (Engineering.) A rope or rod, generally a wire-rope, attached to any thing to steady it, and…Guy, n. p. 598A grotesque effigy of Guy Fawkes, such as is dressed up in England on the fifth of November, being the day of the Gunpowder Plot. 2. A person of queer looks or dress. Dickens.Guy'len, v. t. p. 598To guile. [Obs. and rare.] For who wears not that woman's subtilties Can guylen Argus? Spenser.Gūze, n. p. 598(Her.) A roundlet of a sanguine tint, representing an eyeball.Gūz'zie, v. i. p. 598(imp. & p. p. GUZZLED; p. pr. & vb. n. GUZZLING.) [A modification of guttle, q. v. Cf. Fr. gosier, throat, It. gozzo, a bird’s crop.] To swallow liquor greedily; to drink much; to drink frequently.…Gūz'zie, v. t. p. 598To swallow much or often; to swallow with immoderate gust. “Still guzzling must of wine.” Dryden.Gūz'le, n. p. 598An insatiable thing or person. “That sink of filth, that guzzle most impure.” Marston.Gūz'zler, n. p. 598One who guzzles; an immoderate drinker.Gwin'i-ad, n. p. 598(Ichth.) A fish (the Coregonus fera, or fresh-water herring) found in North Wales, and allied to the lake white-fish.