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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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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.Gy'all, n. p. 598(Zoöl.) The Indian jungle-bull; Bos frontalis. Eng. Cyc.Gybe, n. & v. p. 598See GIBE.Gȳbe, v. t. & i. p. 598(Naut.) To shift from one side of a vessel to the other; — said of the boom of a fore-and-aft sail. Totten.Gŭye, v. t. p. 598To guide. [Obs.] [Written also gie.] Chaucer.Gym'mal, a. p. 598The same as GIMMAL. W. Scott.Gym-nā'si-arch, n. p. 598(Gr. Antiq.) An Athenian officer who superintended the gymnasia, and provided the oil and other necessaries at his own expense.Gym-nā'ṣi-um, n. p. 598A place where athletic exercises are performed. 2. A school for the higher branches of literature and science; a school secondary to the university or college. “More like ordinary schools of gymnasia…Gȳm'nast, n. p. 598One who teaches or practices gymnastic exercises; the manager of a gymnasium; a gymnastic.Ġym-năs'tic or Ġym-năs'tic-al, a. p. 598Pertaining to athletic exercises of the body, intended for health, defense, or diversion;—said of games or exercises, as running, leaping, wrestling, throwing the discus, the javelin, and the like…Ġym-năs'tic, n. p. 598Athletic exercise; disciplinary exercise for the intellect or character. 2. One who practices or teaches athletic exercises; a gymnast.Ġym-năs'tic-al-ly, adv. p. 598In a gymnastic manner.Gym-nās'tics, n. sing. p. 598The art of performing athletic or disciplinary exercises. [See Note under MATHEMATICS.]Gym'nic, n. p. 598Athletic exercise. [Obs.] Burton.Gym'nic or Gym'nic-al, a. p. 598Pertaining to athletic exercises of the body. 2. Performing athletic exercises. Have they not sword-players, and every sort Of gymnic artists, wrestlers, riders, runners? Milton.Gym̆'nite, n. p. 598(Min.) A hydrous silicate of magnesia.Gým'no-cār'poŭs, a. p. 598(Bot.) Naked-fruited; having no pubescence nor floral envelop about the fruit. Henslow.Gym'no-clā'dus, n. p. 598(Bot.) A genus of leguminous plants; the Kentucky coffee-tree. The leaves are cathartic, and the seeds are a good substitute for coffee.Gym'no-gēn, n. p. 598(Bot.) One of an order of plants, so called by Lindley, because the ova are fertilized by direct contact of the male principle, although, in other respects, the organs of the plants are essentially…Gym-nōs'o-phist, n. p. 598One of a sect of East Indian philosophers and religious teachers, who went almost naked, did not allow themselves the use of flesh, renounced all bodily pleasures, and employed themselves in the…Gym-nōs'o-phy, n. p. 598The doctrines of the Gymnosophists.Gym'no-spĕrm, n. p. 598(Bot.) A plant that bears naked seeds, as the common pine and hemlock.Gym'no-spĕrm'ŏŭs, a. p. 598(Bot.) (a.) Having naked seeds, or seeds not inclosed in a capsule or other vessel. (b.) Belonging to the order of plants consisting of gymnosperms.Gym'nōte or Gym-nō'tus, n. p. 599(Ichth.) A genus of fresh-water fishes, including the Gymnotus electricus, or electric eel, found in South America. It has an eel like body, of olive-green color above, and is possessed of electric…