n. [ L. argutatio. See Argue. ] Caviling; subtle disputation. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. argutus, p. p. of arguere. See Argue. ] 1. Sharp; shrill. [ Obs. ] Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Sagacious; acute; subtle; shrewd. [ 1913 Webster ]

The active preacher . . . the argue schoolman. Milman. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a subtle; shrewdly. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Acuteness. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. same as beer belly.
Syn. -- beer gut. [ PJC ]

n. [ Cat + gut. ] 1. A cord of great toughness made from the intestines of animals, esp. of sheep, used for strings of musical instruments, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A sort of linen or canvas, with wide interstices. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Anat.) The anterior part of the alimentary canal, from the mouth to the intestine, or to the entrance of the bile duct. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A glutton. [ Low ] Todd. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. gut, got, AS. gut, prob. orig., a channel, and akin to geótan to pour. See FOUND to cast. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A narrow passage of water; as, the Gut of Canso. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An intenstine; a bowel; the whole alimentary canal; the enteron; (pl.) bowels; entrails. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. One of the prepared entrails of an animal, esp. of a sheep, used for various purposes. See Catgut. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Blind gut. See Caecum, n. (b). [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Gutted p. pr. & vb. n. Gutting. ] 1. To take out the bowels from; to eviscerate. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To plunder of contents; to destroy or remove the interior or contents of; as, a mob gutted the house. [ 1913 Webster ]

Tom Brown, of facetious memory, having gutted a proper
name of its vowels, used it as freely as he pleased. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. lacking courage or vitality; as, he was a yellow gutless worm. Opposite of gutsy.
Syn. -- spineless. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. marked by courage and determination in the face of difficulties or danger.
Syn. -- courageous, plucky. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. rough or plain; not sophisticated or refined; earthy. Opposite of sophisticated, or refined.
Syn. -- earthy, lusty, robust. [ PJC ]

‖n.; pl. Guttae [ L. ] 1. A drop. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Arch.) One of a series of ornaments, in the form of a frustum of a cone, attached to the lower part of the triglyphs, and also to the lower faces of the mutules, in the Doric order; -- called also campana, and drop. [ 1913 Webster ]

Gutta serena [ L., lit. serene or clear drop ] (Med.), amaurosis. --
Guttæ band (Arch.), the listel or band from which the guttæ hang. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Malay gutah gum + pertja the tree from which is it procured. ] A concrete juice produced by various trees found in the Malayan archipelago, especially by the Isonandra Gutta, syn. Dichopsis Gutta. It becomes soft, and unpressible at the tamperature of boiling water, and, on cooling, retains its new shape. It dissolves in oils and ethers, but not in water. In many of its properties it resembles caoutchouc, and it is extensively used for many economical purposes. The Mimusops globosa of Guiana also yields this material. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. guttatus. Cf. Gutty. ] Spotted, as if discolored by drops. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Guttate. ] Besprinkled with drops, or droplike spots. Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The inspissated juice of a tree of the genus Artocarpus (A. incisa, or breadfruit tree), sometimes used in making birdlime, on account of its glutinous quality. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. gotere, OF. goutiere, F. gouttière, fr. OF. gote, goute, drop, F. goutte, fr. L. gutta. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A channel at the eaves of a roof for conveying away the rain; an eaves channel; an eaves trough. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A small channel at the roadside or elsewhere, to lead off surface water. [ 1913 Webster ]

Gutters running with ale. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Any narrow channel or groove; as, a gutter formed by erosion in the vent of a gun from repeated firing. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Bowling) Either of two sunken channels at either side of the bowling alley, leading directly to the sunken pit behind the pins. Balls not thrown accurately at the pins will drop into such a channel bypassing the pins, and resulting in a score of zero for that bowl. [ PJC ]

Gutter member (Arch.), an architectural member made by treating the outside face of the gutter in a decorative fashion, or by crowning it with ornaments, regularly spaced, like a diminutive battlement. --
Gutter plane, a carpenter's plane with a rounded bottom for planing out gutters. --
Gutter snipe, a neglected boy running at large; a street Arab. [ Slang ] --
Gutter stick (Printing), one of the pieces of furniture which separate pages in a form. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Guttered p. pr. & vb. n. Guttering. ] 1. To cut or form into small longitudinal hollows; to channel. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To supply with a gutter or gutters. [ R. ] Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To become channeled, as a candle when the flame flares in the wind. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A bowl in which the ball falls into the gutter{ 4 }, resulting in a score of zero for that bowl. [ PJC ]

n. (Slang) 1. (a) A small poster, suitable for a curbstone. (b) A curbstone broker. [ U. S. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. same as street Arab. [ PJC ]

3. a person of low moral character. [ PJC ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. L. gutta drop+ ferre to bear. ] (Bot.) A plant that exudes gum or resin. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) (a) Yielding gum or resinous substances. (b) Pertaining to a natural order of trees and shrubs (Guttiferæ) noted for their abounding in a resinous sap. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. gutta a drop + -form. ] Drop-shaped, as a spot of color. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. [ From Gut, n. ] To put into the gut; to swallow greedily; to gorge; to gormandize. [ Obs. ] L'Estrange. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A greedy eater; a glutton. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. guttula a little drop, dim. of gutta drop. ] In droplike form. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

In its [ hail's ] guttulous descent from the air. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A sound formed in the throat; esp., a sound formed by the aid of the back of the tongue, much retracted, and the soft palate; also, a letter representing such a sound. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. guttur throat: cf. F. gutural. ] Of or pertaining to the throat; formed in the throat; relating to, or characteristic of, a sound formed in the throat. [ 1913 Webster ]

Children are occasionally born with guttural swellings. W. Guthrie. [ 1913 Webster ]

In such a sweet, guttural accent. Landor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being guttural; as, the gutturalism of A [ in the 16th cent. ]. Earle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being guttural. [ R. ] “The old gutturality of k.” Earle. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To speak gutturally; to give a guttural sound to. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a guttural manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being guttural. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. guttur throat. ] Pertaining to the throat. [ Obs. ] “Gutturine tumor.” Ray. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. guttur throat. ] To make in the throat; to gutturalize. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

For which the Germans gutturize a sound. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

A combining form denoting relation to the throat; as, gutturo-nasal, having both a guttural and a nasal character; gutturo-palatal. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. gutta drop: cf. F. goutté. Cf. Guttated. ] (Her.) Charged or sprinkled with drops. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) A plant, Globularia Alypum, a violent purgative, found in Africa. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Hind, a. + gut. ] (Anat.) The posterior part of the alimentary canal, including the rectum, and sometimes the large intestine also. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Mid, a. + gut. ] (Anat.) The middle part of the alimentary canal from the stomach, or entrance of the bile duct, to, or including, the large intestine. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. redargutio. ] The act of redarguing; refutation. [ Obs. or R. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to, or containing, redargution; refutatory. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Bad small beer. [ Slang ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Any bad spirituous liquor, especially when adulterated so as to be very deleterious. [ Slang ] [ 1913 Webster ]