Webster's Dictionary 1913

3403

Gusto

Gus″to (?), n. [It. or Sp., fr. L. gustus; akin to E. choose. Cf. 2d GUST, GOUR.] Nice or keen appreciation or enjoyment; relish; taste; fancy. Dryden.

3404

Gustoso

‖Gus‐to″so (?), a. & adv.(Mus.) Tasteful; in a tasteful, agreeable manner.

3405

Gusty

Gust″y (?), a. Subject to, or characterized by, gusts or squalls; windy; stormy; tempestuous.Upon a raw and gusty day. Shak.

3406

Gut

Gut (?), n. [OE. gut, got, AS. gut, prob. 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...

3407

Gut (2)

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 conten...

3408

Gutta

‖Gut″ta (?), n.; pl.GuttÆ (#). 1. A drop.2. (Arch.) 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 th...

3409

Gutta-percha

Gut″ta–per′cha (?), n. [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 ...

3410

Guttate

Gut″tate (?), a. [L. guttatus. Cf. Gutty.] Spotted, as if discolored by drops.

3411

Guttated

Gut″ta‐ted (?), a. [See Guttate.] Besprinkled with drops, or droplike spots. Bailey.

3412

Guttatrap

Gut″ta‐trap (?), n. 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.

3413

Gutter

Gut″ter (?), n. [OE. gotere, OF. goutiere, F. gouttière, fr. OF. gote, goute, drop, F. goutte, fr. L. gutta.]1. A channel at the eaves of a roof for conveying away the rain; an ...

3414

Gutter (2)

Gut‐ter, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Guttered (#); p. pr. & vb. n.Guttering.] 1. To cut or form into small longitudinal hollows; to channel. Shak.2. To supply with a gutter or gutters. D...

3415

Gutter (3)

Gut″ter, v. i. To become channeled, as a candle when the flame flares in the wind.

3416

Guttersnipe

Gut″ter‐snipe″ (?), n.(Slang) (a) A small poster, suitable for a curbstone. (b) A curbstone broker.

3417

Guttifer

‖Gut″ti‐fer′ (?), n. [NL., fr. L. gutta drop+ ferre to bear.] (Bot.) A plant that exudes gum or resin.

3418

Guttiferous

Gut‐tif″er‐ous (?), a.(Bot.) (a) Yielding gum or resinous substances. (b) Pertaining to a natural order of trees and shrubs (Guttiferæ) noted for their abounding in a resinous sap.

3419

Guttiform

Gut″ti‐form (?), a. [L. gutta a drop + -form.] Drop-shaped, as a spot of color.

3420

Guttle

Gut″tle (?), v. t. & i. [From GUT, n.] To put into the gut; to swallow greedily; to gorge; to gormandize. L'Estrange. Dryden.

3421

Guttler

Gut″tler (?), n. A greedy eater; a glutton.

3422

Guttulous

Gut″tu‐lous (?), a. [L. guttula a little drop, dim. of gutta drop.] In droplike form.In its guttulous descent from the air. Sir T. Browne.

3423

Guttural

Gut″tur‐al (?), a. [L. guttur throat: cf. F. gutural.] Of or pertaining to the throat; formed in the throat; relating to, or characteristic of, a sound formed in the throat.Chil...

3424

Guttural (2)

Gut″tur‐al, n. 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 s...

3425

Gutturalism

Gut″tur‐al‐ism (?), n. The quality of being guttural; as, the gutturalism of A [in the 16th cent.] Earle.

3426

Gutturality

Gut″tur‐al″i‐ty (?), n. The quality of being guttural. “The old gutturality of k.” Earle.

3427

Gutturalize

Gut″tur‐al‐ize (?), v. t. To speak gutturally; to give a guttural sound to.

3428

Gutturally

Gut″tur‐al‐ly, adv. In a guttural manner.

3429

Gutturalness

Gut″tur‐al‐ness, n. The quality of being guttural.