goutIsh

[Eng. gout; -ish.] Inclined or predisposed to gout; in some degree affected by gout; gouty. Gouty. *gout-ous, *gowt-us, a. [O. Fr. gut us , guteux .] "A quene gowtus and croket." --Reliquiæ Antique , i. 196. gout-wort, s. [In this word gout seems to be a corruption of Eng. goat , and wort .] The same as GOAT-WEED (q. v.). gout-ý, a. [Eng. gout; -y.] I. Literally: governe ing of judgment and knowledge. To rule impiies rather the unqualified exercise of power, the making the will the rule ; a king governs his people by means of wise laws and an upright administration: a despot rules over a nation according to his arbitrary decision. These terms are applied either to persons or things: persons govern or rule others; or they govern , rule , or regulate things. In regard to persons, govern is always in a good sense, but rule is sometimes taken in a bad sense; it is naturally a ociated with an abuse of power: to govern is so perfectly discretionary, that we speak of governing ourselves; but we speak only of ruling others. To govern nece arily supposes the adoption of judicious means; but ruling is confined to no means 1. Suffering from or diseased with the gout; subbut such as will obtain the end of subjecting the ject to the gout. IMG:content-0655.png:[blocks in formation] will of one to that of another. Regulate is a species of governing simply by judgment; the word is applicable to things of minor moment, where the force of authority is not so requisite: one governs the affairs of a nation, or a large body where great interests are involved; we regulate the concerns of "The settlement of a gouty matter in the substance of an individual, or we regulate in cases where good the lungs."- Black more. 3. Swollen as though with gout. "Which makes the young shoots tumify and grow knotty and gouty." -Derham: Physico- Theology , bk. vi., ch. vi. (Note 22.) IMG:content-0656.png:[blocks in formation] Lat. gutta a drop.] I. Ordinary Language : 1. A drop. "I see thee still, And on the blade o' th' dudgeon gouts of blood." Shakesp .: Macbeth , ii. 1. 2. In the same sense as II. "The goute lette hir nothing for to daunce." Chaucer: C. T., 16,326. IMG:content-0657.png:[merged small][ocr errors] the use of spirits. The great toe is the part most frequently affected, pain and irritability are leading symptoms; it may become chronic, and is very intractable to treatment. When it attacks internal parts it is termed irregular or retrocedent gout, and is proportionately more dangerous. Diet requires strict regulation, with abstemiousne or abstine..ce from alcoholic liquors. Exce ive exertion and fatigue, or mental labor, have been known to produce gout also, but whenever it is, as it usually is, hereditary, extreme precautions ought to be taken to prevent the occurrence or recurrence of an attack. gout-stones, s. pl. Pathol.: The same as CHALK-STONES (q. v.). gout-weed, s. Bot.: Ægo podium podagra ria . [GOAT-WEED.] goût ( t silent) (2), s. [Fr. goût , from Lat. gusto =to taste.] A taste; a relish; a liking. [GUST.] "Catalogues serve for a direction to any one that has a gout for the like studies."-Woodward: On Fo ils. *gout-en, *gowt-on, v. i. [Fr. goutter , from Lat. gut to , from gutta =a drop.] To drop or gutter as a candle. "Gowton, as candelys. Gutto."- Prompt . Parv. gout-1-lý, adv . [Eng. gouty ; -ly.] In a gouty manner. Bottle-tree. *gōve, s. [GOFF (2).] A rick, stack, or mow of hay. *gōve, v . i . [GOVE, 8.] To put hay into a stack, rick, or mow. "In goving at harvest, learn skillfully how, Each grain for to lay by itself on a mow." Tu er: August's Husbandry.