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englut, v. arch.|ɛnˈglʌt| Forms: α. 5 englot, 6 engloutte, 6– englut. β. 6 inglutte, 7, 9 inglut. [Really two words: (1) ad. OF. englotir (Fr. engloutir):—L. ingluttīre, f. in- (see in-) + gluttīre to gulp, swallow; (2) f. en-1 + glut v.] 1. trans. To swallow, swallow up; to gulp down.
1491Caxton Vitas Patr. (W. de W. 1495) i. li. 108 a/1, Bounden with the boundes of the deuyll, and englotted in his bely. 1534Ld. Berners Gold. Bk. M. Aurel. (1546) R viij, Wyll ye..entre agayne into the swalowe of the see, for to engloutte you? 1581J. Bell Haddon's Answ. Osor. 320 b Themselves engluttyng Partriches, Peacockes, Woodcockes. 1607Shakes. Timon ii. ii. 175 How many prodigall bits haue Slaues and Pezants This night englutted. 1814Cary Dante (Chandos) 169 Inveterate wolf! whose gorge ingluts more prey, Than any beast beside. 1832L. Hunt Transl. Wks. 262 Night..hath got thee; To clutch and to englut thee. 2. To glut, satiate. lit. and fig. Also refl.
1571R. Ascham Scholem. i. (Arb.) 50 Being once inglutted with vanitie, he will streight way loth all learning. 1593Nashe Christ's T. (1613) 157 Whosoeuer englutteth himselfe, is guilty of his owne death. 1610Histrio-mastix v. 183 To englut Their bestiall and more brutish appetites. 1619North's Gueuara's Diall Pr. 701/2 Hee hadde inglutted himselfe with the variety of meates hee did eat at the feast. c1800Downeman Ragnar Lodbrach, There the wild beast inglutted stood. 1872Blackie Lays Highl. 53 Hungry war Engluts his tiger-maw. Hence enˈglutted, ppl. a.
1814Cary Dante (Chandos) 86 Wretched ventricle, That turns th' englutted aliment to dross. |