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.
| 1491 Caxton Vitas Patr. (W. de W. 1495) i. li. 108 a/1, Bounden with the boundes of the deuyll, and englotted in his bely. 1534 Ld. Berners Gold. Bk. M. Aurel. (1546) R viij, Wyll ye..entre agayne into the swalowe of the see, for to engloutte you? 1581 J. Bell Haddon's Answ. Osor. 320 b Themselves engluttyng Partriches, Peacockes, Woodcockes. 1607 Shakes. Timon ii. ii. 175 How many prodigall bits haue Slaues and Pezants This night englutted. 1814 Cary Dante (Chandos) 169 Inveterate wolf! whose gorge ingluts more prey, Than any beast beside. 1832 L. Hunt Transl. Wks. 262 Night..hath got thee; To clutch and to englut thee. |
2. To glut, satiate. lit. and fig. Also refl.
| 1571 R. Ascham Scholem. i. (Arb.) 50 Being once inglutted with vanitie, he will streight way loth all learning. 1593 Nashe Christ's T. (1613) 157 Whosoeuer englutteth himselfe, is guilty of his owne death. 1610 Histrio-mastix v. 183 To englut Their bestiall and more brutish appetites. 1619 North's Gueuara's Diall Pr. 701/2 Hee hadde inglutted himselfe with the variety of meates hee did eat at the feast. c 1800 Downeman Ragnar Lodbrach, There the wild beast inglutted stood. 1872 Blackie Lays Highl. 53 Hungry war Engluts his tiger-maw. |
Hence enˈglutted, ppl. a.
| 1814 Cary Dante (Chandos) 86 Wretched ventricle, That turns th' englutted aliment to dross. |