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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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†GUT, n.², v.². Also gutt, gout(te). [gu:t, gʌt]

I. n. 1. The gout. Also ¶goo by confusion with Goo, n.¹ Comb. louping gout, see Loup.Lnk. c.1779 D. Graham Writings (1883) II. 9:
Our guidame is a' gane wi' the gut.Sc. 1847 R. Chambers Pop. Rhymes 287:
Our cat Gilbert's Dead o' the gut!Gall. 1901 Trotter Gall. Gossip 290:
Rub yer fit wi't, an a' the time ye'r rubbin't keep sayin — Paddick cruds and snail broo; Confoond the deil an cure the goo.

2. A drop, esp. of medicine (Sc. 1755 Johnson Dict., gut s.v. gout). Also fig. = instillings.Sc. 1709 Atholl MSS. (6 Oct.):
You may take in the morning amongst a little wine or ale from 30 to 40, or 50 gutts.Sc. 1765 Scots Mag. (Nov.) 589:
Being interrogated, How many guts or drops of laudanum he was in use to take at a dose? He refuses to answer this question.Sc. 1818 Scott H. Midlothian xii.:
Not a goutte of his physic should gang through my father's son.Ayr. a.1878 H. Ainslie Pilgrimage (1892) 351:
Raking storms With gouts of thrashing hail.Kcb. 1896 Crockett Grey Man xlvi.:
There sprang a gout of black and oozy blood.Sc.(E) 1913 H. P. Cameron Imit. Christ iii. i.:
Blythe are the lugs whilk hae the gouttes o' the divine whusher, an' tak nae tent till the tittles o' the warl?Cai. 1992 James Miller A Fine White Stoor 165:
It was a wet, cold day, the north wind driving gouts of rain down over the land.

II. v. Only in ppl.adj. goutet, afflicted with gout.Ayr. 1789 D. Sillar Poems 44:
Those wha believe it not may doubt it, An' bouse till ance they're fairly goutet, An' then they'll ken.