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Gut : (noun)
1: the part of the alimentary canal between the stomach and the
anus [syn: intestine, bowel]
2: a strong cord made from the intestines of sheep and used in
surgery [syn: catgut]
(verb)
1: empty completely; destroy the inside of; "Gut the building"
2: remove the guts of; "gut the sheep"
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Gut : \Gut\, n. [OE. gut, got, AS. gut, prob. orig., a channel,
and akin to ge['o]tan 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 C[AE]cum, n.
(b) .
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Gut : \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 bouse.
Tom Brown, of facetious memory, having gutted a
proper name of its vowels, used it as freely as he
pleased. --Addison.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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