Dictionary entry

Glut

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Glut (glŭt), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Glutted; p. pr. & vb. n.Glutting.] [OE. glotten, fr. OF. glotir, gloutir, L. glutire, gluttire; cf. Gr. � to eat, Skr. gar. Cf. Gluttion, Englut.] 1. To swallow, or to swallow greedlly; to gorge.

Though every drop of water swear against it,

And gape at widest to glut him. Shak.

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

His faithful heart, a bloody sacrifice,

Torn from his breast, to glut the tyrant's eyes. Dryden.

The realms of nature and of art were ransacked to glut the wonder, lust, and ferocity of a degraded populace. C. Kingsley.

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