goutiness.html - n.
1 a disease with inflammation of the smaller joints, esp. the toe, as a result of excess uric acid salts in the blood.
2 archaic a a drop, esp. of blood. b a splash or spot.

gouty adj. goutily adv. goutiness n. [ME f. OF goute f. L gutta drop, with ref. to the medieval theory of the flowing down of humours]

goutiness.html - See: SAW WOOD or SAW GOURDS.

goutiness.html - n.
1 a method of painting in opaque pigments ground in water and thickened with a gluelike substance.
2 these pigments.
3 a picture painted in this way. [F f. It. guazzo]

goutiness.html - n.
a flat round usu. Dutch cheese with a yellow rind. [Gouda in Holland, where orig. made]

goutiness.html - n. & v.
--n.

1 a a chisel with a concave blade, used in carpentry, sculpture, and surgery. b an indentation or groove made with or as with this.
2 US colloq. a swindle.

--v.

1 tr. cut with or as with a gouge.
2 tr. a (foll. by out) force out (esp. an eye with the thumb) with or as with a gouge. b force out the eye of (a person).
3 tr. US colloq. swindle; extort money from.
4 intr. Austral. dig for opal.

gouger n. [F f. LL gubia, perh. of Celt. orig.]

goutiness.html - n.
1 a highly-seasoned Hungarian dish of meat and vegetables, usu. flavoured with paprika.
2 (in contract bridge) a re-deal, several cards at a time, of the four hands (unshuffled, but with each hand arranged in suits and order of value) when no player has bid. [Magyar gulyÁs-hÇs f. gulyÁs herdsman + hÇs meat]