Gut (?), n. [OE. gut, got, AS. gut, prob. orig., a channel, and akin to geótan to pour. See FOUND to cast.]
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1. A narrow passage of water; as, the Gut of Canso.
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2. An intenstine; a bowel; the whole alimentary canal; the enteron; (pl.) bowels; entrails.
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3. One of the prepared entrails of an animal, esp. of a sheep, used for various purposes. See Catgut.
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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.
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Blind gut. See CÆcum, n. (b).
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