prop. n. The family name of Buddha, the founder of Buddhism; born ca. 563 b.c., died ca. 483 b.c. In He is worshipped by Buddhists as a god. See Buddha. [ Also spelled Gotama. ]
Syn. -- Buddha, the Buddha, Siddhartha, Gotama, Gautama Buddha. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ OE. gut, got, AS. gut, prob. orig., a channel, and akin to geótan to pour. See FOUND to cast. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A narrow passage of water; as, the Gut of Canso. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An intenstine; a bowel; the whole alimentary canal; the enteron; (pl.) bowels; entrails. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. One of the prepared entrails of an animal, esp. of a sheep, used for various purposes. See Catgut. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Blind gut. See Caecum, n. (b). [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Gutted p. pr. & vb. n. Gutting. ] 1. To take out the bowels from; to eviscerate. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To plunder of contents; to destroy or remove the interior or contents of; as, a mob gutted the house. [ 1913 Webster ]

Tom Brown, of facetious memory, having gutted a proper
name of its vowels, used it as freely as he pleased. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. lacking courage or vitality; as, he was a yellow gutless worm. Opposite of gutsy.
Syn. -- spineless. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. marked by courage and determination in the face of difficulties or danger.
Syn. -- courageous, plucky. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. rough or plain; not sophisticated or refined; earthy. Opposite of sophisticated, or refined.
Syn. -- earthy, lusty, robust. [ PJC ]

‖n.; pl. Guttae [ L. ] 1. A drop. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Arch.) 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Gutta serena [ L., lit. serene or clear drop ] (Med.), amaurosis. --
Guttæ band (Arch.), the listel or band from which the guttæ hang. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Malay gutah gum + pertja the tree from which is it procured. ] A concrete juice produced by various trees found in the Malayan archipelago, especially by the Isonandra Gutta, syn. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. guttatus. Cf. Gutty. ] Spotted, as if discolored by drops. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Guttate. ] Besprinkled with drops, or droplike spots. Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The inspissated juice of a tree of the genus Artocarpus (A. incisa, or breadfruit tree), sometimes used in making birdlime, on account of its glutinous quality. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Guttered p. pr. & vb. n. Guttering. ] 1. To cut or form into small longitudinal hollows; to channel. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To supply with a gutter or gutters. [ R. ] Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]