Gustless Gust"less adjective Tasteless; insipid. [ R.]
Gusto Gus"to noun [ Italian or Spanish , from Latin
gustus ; akin to English
choose . Confer 2d
GUST ,
GOUR .]
Nice or keen appreciation or enjoyment; relish; taste; fancy. Dryden.
Gustoso Gus·to"so adjective & adverb [ Italian ]
(Mus.) Tasteful; in a tasteful, agreeable manner.
Gusty Gust"y adjective Subject to, or characterized by, gusts or squalls; windy; stormy; tempestuous. Upon a raw and gusty day.
Shak.
Gut Gut noun [ Middle English
gut ,
got , Anglo-Saxon
gut , probably orig., a channel, and akin to
geótan to pour. See
FOUND to cast.]
1. A narrow passage of water; as, the Gut of Canso. 2. An intenstine; a bowel; the whole alimentary canal; the enteron; ( plural ) bowels; entrails. 3. One of the prepared entrails of an animal, esp. of a sheep, used for various purposes. See Catgut . 4. The sac of silk taken from a silkworm (when ready to spin its cocoon), for the purpose of drawing it out into a thread. This, when dry, is exceedingly strong, and is used as the snood of a fish line. Blind gut .
See CĘcum , noun (b) .
Gut Gut transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Gutted ;
present participle & verbal noun Gutting .]
1. To take out the bowels from; to eviscerate. 2. To plunder of contents; to destroy or remove the interior or contents of; as, a mob gutted the house. Tom Brown, of facetious memory, having gutted a proper
name of its vowels, used it as freely as he pleased.
Addison.
Gutta Gut"ta noun ;
plural GuttĘ . [ Latin ]
1. A drop. 2. (Architecture) 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; -- called also campana , and drop . Gutta serena [ Latin , lit. serene or clear drop]
(Medicine) ,
amaurosis. --
Guttę band >
(Architecture) ,
the listel or band from which the guttę hang.
Gutta-percha Gut"ta-per`cha noun [ Malay
gutah gum +
pertja the tree from which is it procured.]
A concrete juice produced by various trees found in the Malayan archipelago, especially by the Isonandra, or Dichopsis, Gutta . It becomes soft, and unpressible at the tamperature of boiling water, and, on cooling, retains its new shape. It dissolves in oils and ethers, but not in water. In many of its properties it resembles caoutchouc, and it is extensively used for many economical purposes. The Mimusops globosa of Guiana also yields this material.
Guttate Gut"tate adjective [ Latin
guttatus . Confer
Gutty .]
Spotted, as if discolored by drops.
Guttated Gut"ta·ted adjective [ See
Guttate .]
Besprinkled with drops, or droplike spots. Bailey.
Guttatrap Gut"ta·trap noun The inspissated juice of a tree of the genus Artocarpus ( A. incisa , or breadfruit tree), sometimes used in making birdlime, on account of its glutinous quality.
Gutter Gut"ter noun [ Middle English
gotere , Old French
goutiere , French
gouttičre , from Old French
gote ,
goute , drop, French
goutte , from Latin
gutta .]
1. A channel at the eaves of a roof for conveying away the rain; an eaves channel; an eaves trough. 2. A small channel at the roadside or elsewhere, to lead off surface water. Gutters running with ale.
Macaulay. 3. Any narrow channel or groove; as, a gutter formed by erosion in the vent of a gun from repeated firing. Gutter member (Architecture) ,
an architectural member made by treating the outside face of the gutter in a decorative fashion, or by crowning it with ornaments, regularly spaced, like a diminutive battlement. --
Gutter plane ,
a carpenter's plane with a rounded bottom for planing out gutters. --
Gutter snipe ,
a neglected boy running at large; a street Arab. [ Slang] --
Gutter stick (Printing) ,
one of the pieces of furniture which separate pages in a form.
Gutter Gut·ter transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Guttered ;
present participle & verbal noun Guttering .]
1. To cut or form into small longitudinal hollows; to channel. Shak. 2. To supply with a gutter or gutters. [ R.]
Dryden.
Gutter Gut"ter intransitive verb To become channeled, as a candle when the flame flares in the wind.
Guttersnipe Gut"ter·snipe" noun (Slang) (a) A small poster, suitable for a curbstone. (b) A curbstone broker. [ U. S.]
Guttifer Gut"ti·fer` noun [ New Latin , from Latin
gutta drop+
ferre to bear.]
(Botany) A plant that exudes gum or resin.
Guttiferous Gut·tif"er·ous adjective (Botany) (a) Yielding gum or resinous substances. (b) Pertaining to a natural order of trees and shrubs ( Guttiferę ) noted for their abounding in a resinous sap.
Guttiform Gut"ti·form adjective [ Latin
gutta a drop +
-form .]
Drop-shaped, as a spot of color.
Guttle Gut"tle transitive verb & i. [ From
GUT ,
noun ]
To put into the gut; to swallow greedily; to gorge; to gormandize. [ Obsolete] L'Estrange. Dryden.
Guttler Gut"tler noun A greedy eater; a glutton. [ Obsolete]
Guttulous Gut"tu·lous adjective [ Latin
guttula a little drop, dim. of
gutta drop.]
In droplike form. [ Obsolete]
In its [ hail's] guttulous descent from the air.
Sir T. Browne.
Guttural Gut"tur·al adjective [ Latin
guttur throat: confer French
gutural .]
Of or pertaining to the throat; formed in the throat; relating to, or characteristic of, a sound formed in the throat. Children are occasionally born with guttural swellings.
W. Guthrie. In such a sweet, guttural accent.
Landor.
Guttural Gut"tur·al noun A sound formed in the throat; esp., a sound formed by the aid of the back of the tongue, much retracted, and the soft palate; also, a letter representing such a sound.
Gutturalism Gut"tur·al·ism noun The quality of being guttural; as, the gutturalism of A [ in the 16th cent.] Earle.
Gutturality Gut"tur·al"i·ty noun The quality of being guttural. [ R.] "The old
gutturality of k."
Earle.
Gutturalize Gut"tur·al·ize transitive verb To speak gutturally; to give a guttural sound to.
Gutturally Gut"tur·al·ly adverb In a guttural manner.
Gutturalness Gut"tur·al·ness noun The quality of being guttural.
Gutturine Gut"tur·ine adjective [ Latin
guttur throat.]
Pertaining to the throat. [ Obsolete] "Gutturine tumor."
Ray.
Gutturize Gut"tur·ize transitive verb [ Latin
guttur throat.]
To make in the throat; to gutturalize. [ R.]
For which the Germans gutturize a sound.
Coleridge.
Gutturo- Gut"tur·o- A combining form denoting relation to the throat; as, gutturo -nasal, having both a guttural and a nasal character; gutturo -palatal.
Gutty Gut"ty adjective [ Latin
gutta drop: confer French
goutté . Confer
Guttated .]
(Her.) Charged or sprinkled with drops.
Gutwort Gut"wort` noun (Botany) A plant, Globularia Alypum , a violent purgative, found in Africa.
Guy Guy noun [ Spanish
guia guide, a guy or small rope used on board of ships to keep weighty things in their places; of Teutonic origin, and the same word as English
guide . See
Guide , and confer
Gye .]
A rope, chain, or rod attached to anything to steady it; as: a rope to steady or guide an object which is being hoisted or lowered; a rope which holds in place the end of a boom, spar, or yard in a ship; a chain or wire rope connecting a suspension bridge with the land on either side to prevent lateral swaying; a rod or rope attached to the top of a structure, as of a derrick, and extending obliquely to the ground, where it is fastened.
Guy Guy transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Guyed ;
present participle & verbal noun Guying .]
To steady or guide with a guy.
Guy Guy noun 1. A grotesque effigy, like that of Guy Fawkes, dressed up in England on the fifth of November, the day of the Gunpowder Plot. The lady . . . who dresses like a guy .
W. S. Gilbert. 2. A person of queer looks or dress. Dickens.
Guy Guy transitive verb To fool; to baffle; to make (a person) an object of ridicule. [ Local & Collog U.S.]
Guyle Guyle transitive verb To guile. [ Obsolete]
Spenser.
Guze Guze (gūz)
noun [ Confer
Gules .]
(Her.) A roundlet of tincture sanguine , which is blazoned without mention of the tincture.
Guzzle Guz"zle (gŭ"z'l)
intransitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Guzzled (-z'ld);
present participle & verbal noun Guzzling (-zlĭng).] [ OP.
gosillier , probably orig., to pass through the throat; akin to French
gosier throat; confer Italian
gozzo a bird's crop.]
To swallow liquor greedily; to drink much or frequently. Those that came to guzzle in his wine cellar.
Milton. Well-seasoned bowls the gossip's spirits raise,
Who, while she guzzles , chats the doctor's praise.
Roscommon. To fat the guzzling hogs with floods of whey.
Gay.
Guzzle Guz"zle transitive verb To swallow much or often; to swallow with immoderate gust; to drink greedily or continually; as, one who guzzles beer. Dryden.
Guzzle Guz"zle noun An insatiable thing or person. That sink of filth, that guzzle most impure.
Marston.
Guzzler Guz"zler (-zlẽr)
noun An immoderate drinker.
Gwiniad Gwin"i·ad (gwĭn"ĭ*ăd)
noun [ W.
gwyniad a whiting, the name of various fishes, from
gwyn white.]
(Zoology) A fish ( Coregonus ferus ) of North Wales and Northern Europe, allied to the lake whitefish; -- called also powan , and schelly . [ Written also
gwyniad ,
guiniad ,
gurniad .]
Gyall Gy"all (gī"al)
noun (Zoology) See Gayal .
Gyb Gyb (jĭb),
Gybe (jīb)
noun (Nautical) See Jib . [ Obsolete]
Gybe Gybe (jīb)
noun & v. See Gibe .
Gybe Gybe transitive verb & i. [
imperfect & past participle Gybed (jībd);
present participle & verbal noun Gybing .] [ See
Jibe .]
(Nautical) To shift from one side of a vessel to the other; -- said of the boom of a fore-and-aft sail when the vessel is steered off the wind until the sail fills on the opposite side. [ Also
jibe .]
Gye Gye (gī or gē)
transitive verb [ Old French
guier ; of German origin. See
Guide , and confer
Guy .]
To guide; to govern. [ Obsolete]
Discreet enough his country for to gye .
Chaucer.
Gyle Gyle (gīl)
noun [ French
guiller to ferment. Confer
Guillevat .]
Fermented wort used for making vinegar. Gyle tan
(Brewing) ,
a large vat in which wort ferments.
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