Part 4860

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To fill to satiety; to satisfy fully the desire or craving of; to satiate; to sate; to cloy.</def>

<blockquote>His faithful heart, a bloody sacrifice, Torn from his breast, to <b>glut</b> the tyrant's eyes. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The realms of nature and of art were ransacked to <b>glut</b> the wonder, lust, and ferocity of a degraded populace. <i>C. Kingsley.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>To glut the market</col>, <cd>to furnish an oversupply of any article of trade, so that there is no sale for it.</cd></cs>

<h1>Glut</h1> <Xpage=633>

<hw>Glut</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To eat gluttonously or to satiety.</def>

<blockquote>Like three horses that have broken fence, And <b>glutted</b> all night long breast-deep in corn. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Glut</h1> <Xpage=633>

<hw>Glut</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>That which is swallowed.</def>

<i>Milton</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Plenty, to satiety or repletion; a full supply; hence, often, a supply beyond sufficiency or to loathing; over abundance; <as>as, a <ex>glut</ex> of the market</as>.</def> <-- "of", not "on" the market! -->

<blockquote>A <b>glut</b> of those talents which raise men to eminence. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Something that fills up an opening; a clog.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A wooden wedge used in splitting blocks.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark> <sd>(b)</sd> <fld>(Mining)</fld> <def>A piece of wood used to fill up behind cribbing or tubbing. <spn>Raymond</spn>.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <fld>(Bricklaying)</fld> <def>A bat, or small piece of brick, used to fill out a course. <i>Knight.</i></def> <sd>(d)</sd> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>An arched opening to the ashpit of a klin.</def> <sd>(e)</sd> <def>A block used for a fulcrum.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The broad-nosed eel (<spn>Anguilla latirostris</spn>), found in Europe, Asia, the West Indies, etc.</def>

<h1>Glutaconic</h1> <Xpage=633>

<hw>Glu`ta*con"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Glut</ets>aric + <ets>acon</ets>itic.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to, or derived from, an acid intermediate between glutaric and aconitic acids.</def>

<h1>Glut\'91us</h1> <Xpage=633>

<hw>Glu*t\'91"us</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL. See <er>Gluteal</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The great muscle of the buttock in man and most mammals, and the corresponding muscle in many lower animals.</def>

<note>&hand; In man, the <i>glut\'91us</i> is composed of three distinct parts, which extend and abduct the thigh, and help support the body in standing.</note>

<h1>Glutamic</h1> <Xpage=633>

<hw>Glu*tam"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Glut</ets>en + <ets>-amic</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to gluten.</def>

<cs><col>Glutamic acid</col>, <cd>a nitrogenous organic acid obtained from certain albuminoids, as gluten; -- called also <altname>amido-glutaric acid</altname>.</cd></cs><-- one of the natural L-alpha-amino acids found in many proteins <chform>C5H9NO4</chform>. -->

<h1>Glutaric</h1> <Xpage=633>

<hw>Glu*tar"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Glut</ets>amic + tart<ets>aric</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid so called; <as>as, <ex>glutaric</ex> ethers</as>.</def>

<cs><col>Glutaric acid</col>, <cd>an organic acid obtained as a white crystalline substance, isomeric with pyrotartaric acid; -- called also <altname>normal pyrotartaric acid</altname>.</cd></cs><-- one of the natural L-alpha-amino acids found in many proteins -->

<h1>Glutazine</h1> <Xpage=633>

<hw>Glu"ta*zine</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A nitrogenous substance, forming a heavy, sandy powder, white or nearly so. It is a derivative of pyridine.</def>