Webster's Dictionary 1913

3295

Gull (2)

Gull, n. 1. A cheating or cheat; trick; fraud. Shak.2. One easily cheated; a dupe. Shak.

3296

Gull (3)

Gull, n. [Of Celtic origin; cf. Corn. gullan, W. gwylan.] (Zoöl.) One of many species of long-winged sea birds of the genus Larus and allied genera.☞ Among the best known Americ...

3297

Gullage

Gull″age (?), n. Act of being gulled.Had you no quirk.To avoid gullage, sir, by such a creature? B. Jonson

3298

Guller

Gull″er (?), n. One who gulls; a deceiver.

3299

Gullery

Gull″er‐y (?), n. An act, or the practice, of gulling; trickery; fraud. “A mere gullery.” Selden.

3300

Gullet

Gul″let (?), n. [OE. golet, OF. Goulet, dim. of gole, goule, throat, F. gueule, L. gula; perh. akin to Skr. gula, G. kenle; cf. F. goulet the neck of a bottle, goulotte channel ...

3301

Gulleting

Gul″let‐ing (?), n.(Engin.) A system of excavating by means of gullets or channels.

3302

Gullible

Gul″li‐ble (?), a. Easily gulled; that may be duped. — Gul″li‐bii′i‐ty (#), n.Burke.

3303

Gullish

Gull″ish (?), a. Foolish; stupid.Gull″ish‐ness, n.

3304

Gully

Gul″ly (?), n.; pl.Gulles (#). [Etymol. uncertain] A large knife. Sir W. Scott.

3305

Gully (2)

Gul″ly, n.; pl.Gullies (#). [Formerly gullet.] 1. A channel or hollow worn in the earth by a current of water; a short deep portion of a torrent's bed when dry.2. A grooved iron...

3306

Gully (3)

Gul″ly, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Gullied (#); p. pr. & vb. n.Gullying.] To wear into a gully or into gullies.

3307

Gully (4)

Gul″ly, v. i. To flow noisily. Johnson.

3308

Gulosity

Gu‐los″i‐ty (?), n. [L. gulositas, fr. gulosus gluttonous. See Gullet.] Excessive appetite; greediness; voracity. Sir T. Browne.

3309

Gulp

Gulp (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Gulped (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Gulping.] [D. gulpen, cf. OD. golpe gulf.] To swallow eagerly, or in large draughts; to swallow up; to take down at one s...

3310

Gulp (2)

Gulp, n. 1. The act of taking a large mouthful; a swallow, or as much as is awallowed at once.2. A disgorging.

3311

Gulph

Gulph (?), n. See Gulf.

3312

Gult

Gult (?), n. Guilt. See Guilt. Chaucer.

3313

Gulty

Gult″y (?), a. Guilty. Chaucer.

3314

Guly

Gul″y (?), a. Of or pertaining to gules; red. “Those fatal guly dragons.” Milton.

3315

Gum

Gum (?), n. [OE. gome, AS. gama palate; akin Co G. gaumen, OHG. goumo, guomo, Icel. g�mr, Sw. gom; cf. Gr. � to gape.] The dense tissues which invest the teeth, and cover the ad...

3316

Gum (2)

Gum, v. t. To deepen and enlarge the spaces between the teeth of (a worn saw). See Gummer.

3317

Gum (3)

Gum, n. [OE. gomme, gumme, F. gomme, L. gummi and commis, fr. Gr. �, prob. from an Egyptian form kam�; cf. It. gomma.] 1. A vegetable secretion of many trees or plants that hard...

3318

Gum (4)

Gum, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Gummed (gŭmd); p. pr. & vb. n.Gumming.] To smear with gum; to close with gum; to unite or stiffen by gum or a gumlike substance; to make sticky with a gu...

3319

Gum (5)

Gum, v. i. To exude or form gum; to become gummy.

3320

Gumbo

Gum″bo (gŭm″bō̍), n. [Written also gombo.] 1. A soup thickened with the mucilaginous pods of the okra; okra soup.2. The okra plant or its pods.

3321

Gumboil

Gum″boil (gŭm″boil), n.(Med.) A small suppurating inflamed spot on the gum.