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Webster 1913 Edition
Glut
Glut
(glŭt)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Glutted
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Glutting
.] 1.
To swallow, or to swallow greedlly; to gorge.
Though every drop of water swear against it,
And gape at widest to
And gape at widest to
glut
him. Shakespeare
2.
To fill to satiety; to satisfy fully the desire or craving of; to satiate; to sate; to cloy.
His faithful heart, a bloody sacrifice,
Torn from his breast, to
Torn from his breast, to
glut
the tyrant’s eyes. Dryden.
The realms of nature and of art were ransacked to
glut
the wonder, lust, and ferocity of a degraded populace. C. Kingsley.
To glut the market
, to furnish an oversupply of any article of trade, so that there is no sale for it.
Glut
,Verb.
I.
To eat gluttonously or to satiety.
Like three horses that have broken fence,
And
And
glutted
all night long breast-deep in corn. Tennyson.
Glut
,Noun.
1.
That which is swallowed.
Milton
2.
Plenty, to satiety or repletion; a full supply; hence, often, a supply beyond sufficiency or to loathing; over abundance;
as, a
. glut
of the marketA
glut
of those talents which raise men to eminence. Macaulay.
3.
Something that fills up an opening; a clog.
4.
(a)
A wooden wedge used in splitting blocks.
[Prov. Eng.]
(b)
(Mining)
A piece of wood used to fill up behind cribbing or tubbing.
Raymond
. (c)
(Bricklaying)
A bat, or small piece of brick, used to fill out a course.
Knight.
(d)
(Arch.)
An arched opening to the ashpit of a kiln.
(e)
A block used for a fulcrum.
5.
(Zool.)
The broad-nosed eel (
Anguilla latirostris
), found in Europe, Asia, the West Indies, etc. Webster 1828 Edition
Glut
GLUT
,Verb.
I.
1.
To swallow, or to swallow greedily; to gorge.2.
To cloy; to fill beyond sufficiency; to sate; to disgust; as, to glut the appetites.3.
To feast or delight even to satiety. His faithful heart, a bloody sacrifice,
Torn from his breast, to glut the tyrant's eyes.
4.
To fill or furnish beyond sufficiency; as, to glut the market.5.
To saturate.GLUT
,Noun.
1.
Plenty even to loathing. He shall find himself miserable, even in the very glut of his delights.
A glut of study and retirement.
2.
More than enough; superabundance.3.
Any thing that fills or obstructs the passage.4.
A wooden wedge.