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<hw>Glut"ton</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>glotoun</ets>, <ets>glotun</ets>, F. <ets>glouton</ets>, fr. L. <ets>gluto</ets>, <ets>glutto</ets>. See <er>Glut</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>One who eats voraciously, or to excess; a gormandizer.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Fig.: One who gluts himself.</def>

<blockquote><b>Gluttons</b> in murder, wanton to destroy. <i>Granville.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A carnivorous mammal (<spn>Gulo luscus</spn>), of the family <spn>Mustelid\'91</spn>, about the size of a large badger. It was formerly believed to be inordinately voracious, whence the name; the wolverene. It is a native of the northern parts of America, Europe, and Asia.</def> <-- in 1996, spelled Wolverine, and spn = Gulo gulo -->

<cs><col>Glutton bird</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>the giant fulmar (<spn>Ossifraga gigantea</spn>); -- called also <altname>Mother Carey's goose</altname>, and <altname>mollymawk</altname>.</cd></cs> <-- glutton for punishment = one persistent in an effort in spite of harmful results -->

<h1>Glutton</h1> <Xpage=633>

<hw>Glut"ton</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Gluttonous; greedy; gormandizing.</def> "<i>Glutton</i> souls."

<i>Dryden.</i>

<blockquote>A <b>glutton</b> monastery in former ages makes a hungry ministry in our days. <i>Fuller.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Glutton</h1> <Xpage=633>

<hw>Glut"ton</hw>, <tt>v. t. & i.</tt> <def>To glut; to eat voraciously.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote><b>Gluttoned</b> at last, return at home to pine. <i>Lovelace.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Whereon in Egypt <b>gluttoning</b> they fed. <i>Drayton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Gluttonish</h1> <Xpage=633>

<hw>Glut"ton*ish</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Gluttonous; greedy.</def>

<i>Sir P. Sidney.</i>

<h1>Gluttonize</h1> <Xpage=633>

<hw>Glut"ton*ize</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Gluttonized</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Gluttonizing</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <def>To eat to excess; to eat voraciously; to gormandize.</def>

<i>Hallywell.</i>

<h1>Gluttonous</h1> <Xpage=633>

<hw>Glut"ton*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Given to gluttony; eating to excess; indulging the appetite; voracious; <as>as, a <ex>gluttonous</ex> age</as>.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Glut"ton*ous*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Glut"ton*ous*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Gluttony</h1> <Xpage=633>

<hw>Glut"ton*y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Gluttonies</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[OE. <ets>glotonie</ets>, OF. <ets>glotonie</ets>, <ets>gloutonnie</ets>.]</ety> <def>Excess in eating; extravagant indulgence of the appetite for food; voracity.</def>

<blockquote>Their sumptuous <b>gluttonies</b>, and gorgeous feasts. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Glycerate</h1> <Xpage=633>

<hw>Glyc"er*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A salt of glyceric acid.</def>

<h1>Glyceric</h1> <Xpage=633>