Webster's Dictionary 1828

1729

GURGION

GUR'GION, noun The coarser part of meal separated from the bran. [Not used.]

1730

GURGLE

GUR'GLE, verb intransitive [Latin gurges. See Gargle, which seems to be of the same family, or the same word differently applied.]To run as liquor with a purling noise; to run o...

1731

GURGLING

GURG'LING, participle present tense Running or flowing with a purling sound.

1732

GURHOFITE

GUR'HOFITE, noun A subvariety of magnesian carbonate of lime, found near Gurhof, in Lower Austria. It is snow white, and has a dull, slightly conchoidal, or even fracture.

1733

GURNARD

GUR'NARD, noun A fish of several species of the genus Trigla. The head is loricated with rough lines, or bony plates, and there are seven rays in the membranes of the gills.

1734

GURRAH

GUR'RAH, noun A kind of plain, coarse India muslin.

1735

GUSH

GUSH, verb intransitive1. To issue with violence and rapidity, as a fluid; to rush forth as a fluid from confinement; as, blood gushes from a vein in venesection.Behold, he smot...

1736

GUSHING

GUSH'ING, participle present tense Rushing forth with violence, as a fluid; flowing copiously; as gushing waters.1. Emitting copiously; as gushing eyes.

1737

GUSSET

GUS'SET, noun A small piece of cloth inserted in a garment, for the purpose of strengthening or enlarging some part.

1738

GUST

GUST, noun [Latin gustus, gusto; Gr. a contracted word, for it has taste.]1. Taste; tasting, or the sense of tasting. More generally, the pleasure of tasting; relish.2. Sensual ...

1739

GUSTABLE

GUST'ABLE, adjective That may be tasted; tastable.1. Pleasant to the taste. [Little used.]

1740

GUSTATION

GUSTA'TION, noun The act of tasting. [Little used.]

1741

GUSTFUL

GUST'FUL, adjective Tasteful; well-tasted; that relishes.

1742

GUSTFULNESS

GUST'FULNESS, noun Relish; pleasantness to the taste.

1743

GUSTLESS

GUST'LESS, adjective Tasteless.

1744

GUSTO

GUST'O, noun Relish; that which excites pleasant sensations in the palate or tongue.1. Intellectual taste. [Little used.]

1745

GUSTY

GUST'Y, adjective Subject to sudden blasts of wind; stormy; tempestuous.Once upon a raw and gusty day,The troubled Tyber chafing with his shores--

1746

GUT

GUT, noun The intestinal canal of an animal; a pipe or tube extending, with many circumvolutions, from the pylorus to the vent. This pipe is composed of three coats, and is atta...

1747

GUTTED

GUT'TED, participle passive Deprived of the bowels; eviscerated; deprived of contents.

1748

GUTTER

GUT'TER, noun [Latin gutta, a drop.]1. A channel for water; a hollow piece of timber, or a pipe, for catching and conveying off the water which drops from the eaves of a buildin...

1749

GUTTLE

GUT'TLE, verb transitive To swallow. [Not used.]GUT'TLE, verb intransitive To swallow greedily. [Not used.]

1750

GUTTULOUS

GUT'TULOUS, adjective [from Latin guttula, a little drop.]In the form of a small drop, or of small drops. [Little used.]

1751

GUTTURAL

GUT'TURAL, adjective [Latin guttur, the throat.] Pertaining to the throat; formed in the throat; as a guttural letter or sound; a guttural voice.GUT'TURAL, noun A letter pronoun...

1752

GUTTURALLY

GUT'TURALLY, adverb In a guttural manner; in the throat.

1753

GUTTURALNESS

GUT'TURALNESS, noun The quality of being guttural.

1754

GUTTURINE

GUT'TURINE, adjective Pertaining to the throat. [Not in use.]

1755

GUTTY

GUT'TY, adjective [from Latin gutta, a drop.] In heraldry, charged or sprinkled with drops.