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.
GUTTA
Gut"ta, n.; pl. GuttÆ. Etym: [L.]
1. A drop.
2. (Arch.)
Defn: One of a series of ornaments, in the form of a frustum of a cone, attached to the lower part of the triglyphs, and also to the lower faces of the mutules, in the Doric order; — called also campana, and drop. Gutta serena Etym: [L., lit. serene or clear drop] (Med.), amaurosis. — Guttæ band (Arch.), the listel or band from which the guttæ hang.
GUTTA-PERCHA Gut"ta-per`cha, n. Etym: [Malay gutah gum + pertja the tree from which is it procured.]
Defn: A concrete juice produced by various trees found in the Malayan archipelago, especially by the Isonandra, or Dichopsis, Gutta. It becomes soft, and unpressible at the tamperature of boiling water, and, on cooling, retains its new shape. It dissolves in oils and ethers, but not in water. In many of its properties it resembles caoutchouc, and it is extensively used for many economical purposes. The Mimusops globosa of Guiana also yields this material.
GUTTATE
Gut"tate, a. Etym: [L. guttatus. Cf. Gutty.]