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Rot
·noun Process of rotting; decay; putrefaction. II. Rot ·vt To make putrid; to cause to be wholly or...

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Gut
·noun A narrow passage of water; as, the Gut of Canso. II. Gut ·vt To take out the bowels from; to ...

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gut
A somewhat coarse term for the main part of a strait or channel, as the Gut of Gibraltar, Gut of Can...

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Water-rot
·vt To rot by steeping in water; to water-ret; as, to water-rot hemp or flax. ...

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barcoo rot
n. a disease affecting inhabitantsof various parts of the interior of Australia, but chieflybushmen...

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dry-rot
A disease destructive of timber, occasioned by a fungus, the Merulius lachrymans, which softens wood...

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Greedy-gut
·noun A <<Glutton>>. ...

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gut scraper
A fiddler. ...

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cat-gut
A term applied to the sea-laces or Fucus filum. (See sea-catgut.) ...

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flench-gut
The blubber of a whale laid out in long slices. ...

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flinch-gut
The whale's blubber; as well as the part of the hold into which it is thrown before being barrelled ...

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pinch-gut
A miserly purser. ...

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pinch-gut pay
The short allowance money. ...

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