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(), n.[OE. gut, got, AS. gut, prob. orig., a channel, and akin to getan to pour. See FOUND to cast.] 1. A narrow passage of water; as, the Gut of Canso. 2. An intenstine; a bowel; the whole alimentary canal; the enteron; (pl.) bowels; entrails. 3. One of the prepared entrails of an animal, esp. of a sheep, used for various purposes. See Catgut. 4. 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. Blind gut. See Ccum, n.(b). 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 contents of; as, a mob gutted the house. Tom Brown, of facetious memory, having gutted a proper name of its vowels, used it as freely as he pleased. Addison. スポンサード リンク
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