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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Gout \Go[^u]t\ (g[=oo]), n. [F., fr L. gustus taste. See {Gusto}.] Taste; relish. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Gout \Gout\ (gout), n. [F. goutte a drop, the gout, the disease being considered as a defluxion, fr L. gutta drop.] 1. A drop; a clot or coagulation. On thy blade and dudgeon gouts of blood. --Shak. 2. (Med.) A constitutional disease, occurring by paroxysms. It consists in an inflammation of the fibrous and ligamentous parts of the joints, and almost always attacks first the great toe, next the smaller joints, after which it may attack the greater articulations. It is attended with various sympathetic phenomena, particularly in the digestive organs. It may also attack internal organs, as the stomach, the intestines, etc --Dunglison. 3. A disease of cornstalks. See {Corn fly}, under {Corn}. {Gout stones}. See {Chalkstone}, n., 2. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: gout n : a painful inflammation of the big toe and foot caused by defects in uric acid metabolism resulting in deposits of the acid and its salts in the blood and joints [syn: {gouty arthritis}, {urarthritis}] From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]: GOUT, n. A physician's name for the rheumatism of a rich patient.
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