glut it i on (glotishon)

[ This, however, does not, as a rule, prevent glut it i on , and in some instances does not even interfere with it. Medical News , LIII. 508. glutman (glut'man), n.; pl. glutmen (-men). In English custom-houses, an extra officer em- ployed when a glut of work demands a istance. gluts (gluts), n. Same as glut , 8. glutton (glut'n), n. and a. [ME. gloton , glo- toun , glutun , gloton , glout on, glutun, F. glout on = Pr. gloto = Sp. gloton = Pg. glotão = It. ghiottone , gluto ( n- ), glut to (n-), a glutton, glutire , gluttire , devour: see glut , v . Cf. glut , n., 2.] I. n. 1. One who indulges to exce in eating, or in eating and drinking; one who gorges himself with food; a gormandizer. Alas! the shorte throte, the tendre mouth, Maketh that Est and West, and North and South, In erthe, in eir, in water, men to-swinke, To gete a glotoun deyntee mete and drinke. Chaucer, Pardoner's Tale, 1. 58. The drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty. Prov. xxiii. 21. 2. One who indulges in anything to exce ; a greedy person. He dradde not that no glotouns Shulde stele his roses. Rom . of the Rose , 1. 4307. Love lace, Lucasta Post huma, p. 81.