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<i>Sir T. Browne. </i>

<h1>Gustatory</h1> <Xpage=659>

<hw>Gusta*to*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to, or subservient to, the sense of taste; <as>as, the gustatory nerve which supplies the front of the tongue</as>.</def>

<h1>Gustful</h1> <Xpage=659>

<hw>Gust"ful</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Tasteful; well-tasted.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <i>Sir K. Digby</i>. -- <wordforms><wf>Gust"ful*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt> <mark>[Obs.]</mark></wordforms>

<i>Barrow.</i>

<h1>Gustful</h1> <Xpage=659>

<hw>Gust"ful</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Gusty.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>A <b>gustful</b> April morn. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Gustless</h1> <Xpage=659>

<hw>Gust"less</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Tasteless; insipid.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Gusto</h1> <Xpage=659>

<hw>Gus"to</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[It. or Sp., fr. L. <ets>gustus</ets>; akin to E. <ets>choose</ets>. Cf. 2d <er>GUST</er>, <er>GOUR</er>.]</ety> <def>Nice or keen appreciation or enjoyment; relish; taste; fancy.</def>

<i>Dryden.</i>

<h1>Gustoso</h1> <Xpage=659>

<hw>Gus*to"so</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a. & adv.</tt> <ety>[It.]</ety> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>Tasteful; in a tasteful, agreeable manner.</def>

<h1>Gusty</h1> <Xpage=659>

<hw>Gust"y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Subject to, or characterized by, gusts or squalls; windy; stormy; tempestuous.</def>

<blockquote>Upon a raw and <b>gusty</b> day. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Gut</h1> <Xpage=659>

<hw>Gut</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>gut</ets>, <ets>got</ets>, AS. <ets>gut</ets>, prob. orig., a channel, and akin to <ets>ge\'a2tan</ets> to pour. See <er>FOUND</er> to cast.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A narrow passage of water; <as>as, the <ex>Gut</ex> of Canso</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>An intenstine; a bowel; the whole alimentary canal; the enteron; (<pluf>pl.</pluf>) bowels; entrails.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>One of the prepared entrails of an animal, esp. of a sheep, used for various purposes. See <er>Catgut</er>.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>The sac of silk taken from a silkworm (when ready to spin its cocoon), for the purpose of drawing it out into a thread. This, when dry, is exceedingly strong, and is used as the snood of a fish line.</def>

<cs><col>Blind gut</col>. <cd>See <er>C\'92cum</er>, <tt>n.</tt> <sd>(b)</sd>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Gut</h1> <Xpage=659>

<hw>Gut</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Gutted</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Gutting</er>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To take out the bowels from; to eviscerate.</def>

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