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1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Glut \Glut\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Glutted}; p. pr & vb n. {Glutting}.] [OE. glotten, fr OF glotir gloutir L. glutire gluttire cf Gr ? to eat, Skr. gar. Cf {Gluttion}, {Englut}.] 1. To swallow, or to swallow greedlly; to gorge. Though every drop of water swear against it And gape at widest to glut him --Shak. 2. To fill to satiety; to satisfy fully the desire or craving of to satiate; to sate; to cloy. His faithful heart, a bloody sacrifice, Torn from his breast, to glut the tyrant's eyes. --Dryden. The realms of nature and of art were ransacked to glut the wonder, lust, and ferocity of a degraded populace. --C. Kingsley. {To glut the market}, to furnish an oversupply of any article of trade so that there is no sale for it
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