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3. To cheat in a bargain; to chouse. [Slang, U. S.]

Gou"ger (?), n. (Zoˆl.) See Plum Gouger.

Gouge"shell` (?), n. (Zoˆl.) A sharp-edged, tubular, marine shell, of the genus Vermetus; also, the pinna. See Vermetus.

Gou"jere (?), n. [F. gouge prostitute, a camp trull. Cf. Good-year.] The venereal disease. [Obs.]

Gou"land (?), n. See Golding.

Gou*lard"s" ex"tract" (?). [Named after the introducer, Thomas Goulard, a French surgeon.] (Med.) An aqueous solution of the subacetate of lead, used as a lotion in cases of inflammation. Goulard's cerate is a cerate containing this extract.

Gour (?), n. [See Giaour.] 1. A fire worshiper; a Gheber or Gueber. Tylor.

2. (Zoˆl.) See Koulan.

||Gou"ra (?), n. (Zoˆl.) One of several species of large, crested ||ground pigeons of the genus Goura, inhabiting New Guinea and adjacent ||islands. The Queen Victoria pigeon (Goura Victoria) and the crowned ||pigeon (G. coronata) are among the best known species.

Gou"ra*mi (?), n. (Zoˆl.) A very largo East Indian freshwater fish (Osphromenus gorami), extensively reared in artificial ponds in tropical countries, and highly valued as a food fish. Many unsuccessful efforts have been made to introduce it into Southern Europe. [Written also goramy.]

Gourd (?), n. [F. gourde, OF. cougourde, gouhourde, fr. L. cucurbita gourd (cf. NPr. cougourdo); perh. akin to corbin basket, E. corb. Cf. Cucurbite.] 1. (Bot.) A fleshy, three-celled, many-seeded fruit, as the melon, pumpkin, cucumber, etc., of the order CucurbitaceÊ; and especially the bottle gourd (Lagenaria vulgaris) which occurs in a great variety of forms, and, when the interior part is removed, serves for bottles, dippers, cups, and other dishes.

2. A dipper or other vessel made from the shell of a gourd; hence, a drinking vessel; a bottle. Chaucer.

Bitter gourd, colocynth.

Gourd, n. A false die. See Gord.

{ Gourd, Gourde } n. [Sp. gordo large.] A silver dollar; -- so called in Cuba, Hayti, etc. Simmonds.

Gourd"i*ness (?), n. [From Gourdy.] (Far.) The state of being gourdy.

Gourd" tree" (?). (Bot.) A tree (the Crescentia Cujete, or calabash tree) of the West Indies and Central America.

Gourd"worm" (?), n. (Zoˆl.) The fluke of sheep. See Fluke.

Gourd"y (?), a. [Either fr. gourd, or fr. F. gourd benumbed.] (Far.) Swelled in the legs.

Gour"mand (?), n. [F.] A greedy or ravenous eater; a glutton. See Gormand.

That great gourmand, fat Apicius

B. Jonson.

||Gour`met" (gr`m"), n. [F.] A connoisseur in eating and drinking; an ||epicure.

Gour"net (g˚r"nt), n. (Zoˆl.) A fish. See Gurnet.

Gout (gout), n. [F. goutte a drop, the gout, the disease being considered as a defluxion, fr. L. gutta drop.]

1. A drop; a clot or coagulation.

On thy blade and dudgeon gouts of blood.

Shak.