Gut, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Gutted (?); p. pr. & vb. n.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.