GLUT
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Glut (glŭt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Glutted; p. pr. & vb. n. Glutting.] [OE. glotten, fr. OF. glotir, gloutir, L. glutire, gluttire; cf. Gr. &unr_; to eat, Skr. gar. Cf. Gluttion, Englut.] 1. To swallow, or to swallow greedlly; to gorge.
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Though every drop of water swear against it,
And gape at widest to glut him.
Shak.
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2. To fill to satiety; to satisfy fully the desire or craving of; to satiate; to sate; to cloy.
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His faithful heart, a bloody sacrifice,
Torn from his breast, to glut the tyrant's eyes.
Dryden.
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The realms of nature and of art were ransacked to glut the wonder, lust, and ferocity of a degraded populace.
C. Kingsley.
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To glut the market, to furnish an oversupply of any article of trade, so that there is no sale for it.
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Glut, v. i. To eat gluttonously or to satiety.
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Like three horses that have broken fence,
And glutted all night long breast-deep in corn.
Tennyson.
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Glut, n. 1. That which is swallowed. Milton
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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 market.
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A glut of those talents which raise men to eminence.
Macaulay.
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3. Something that fills up an opening; a clog.
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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.
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5. (Zo&ö;l.) The broad-nosed eel (Anguilla latirostris), found in Europe, Asia, the West Indies, etc.
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