gustavia

[Named after Gustavus III., King of Sweden, who presented a large collection of Indian plants to the elder Linnæus.] Bot.: A genus of South American plants, order Barringtoniaceae. They are trees or shrubs, with large glo y leaves and racemes or umbels of white, pink-tinged flowers, five or six inches acro . Gus tavia urceolata has wood, which on exposure to the air becomes very fetid; it is used for making hoops. The fruit of G. speciosa , according to Humboldt and Bonpland, imparts a yellow color, lasting for about twenty-four or even forty-eight hours, to the children who eat it. The root of G. brasil i an a is emetic, and intoxicates fish; its root is acrid, aromatic, and bitter, and its leaves, which have a heavy, unpleasant smell, are employed in cases of indurated liver, as also to bring ulcers to a head. *gust'-ful, a . [Eng. gust (2); ful ( l ) .] Having a pleasant taste or relish; palatable, tasteful. "The said season being pa ed, there is no danger or difficulty to keep it gustful all the year long."-Digby: Of the Power of Sympathy. *gust-fül-ne , s . [Eng. gustful; -ne .] The quality or state of being gustful, palatable, or pleasant. "Then his food doth taste savorily, then his divertisements and recreations have a lively gust fulne , then his sleep is very sound and pleasant; according to that of the preacher, the sleep of the laboring man is sweet."Barrow: Sermons, vol. iii., rer. 19. *gust-le , a . [Eng. gust (2); -le .] Tastele , insipid. "No gustle or unsatisfying offal."- Browne : Miscel lanies, Tract 1. gus-tō, s. [Ital., from Latin gust us =taste.] [GUST, 2.] 1. A relish or enjoyment of anything; pleasure derived from or excited by anything. "He feels no relish or gusto in them."-Sharpe: Sermons, vol. vi., ser. 3. 2. Intellectual taste. "They are the rule of beauty, and give us a good gusto ." -Dryden: Dufresnoy . (Note 510.) gûs tōsō, adv. [Ital.] Music: With taste. IMG:content-0857.png:[blocks in formation] *gutta-serena, s . Pathol.: The same as AMAUROSIS (q. v.). gut-tą (2), s. [Malay=gum.] Chem.: A white substance obtained by treating gutta-perch a with boiling ether and allowing the filtrate to cool; the gutta is then deposited and again boiled with ether till the etherial solution retains nothing in solution on cooling. By dry distillation it yields hydrocarbons. The part of the gutta-perch a removed by the ether consists of alb am and fluavil, which are oxidized gutta. gutta-perch a, s. IMG:content-0858.png:[blocks in formation] "He digged out a gutter to receive the wine when it were pre ed."- Udall : Luke xx. (2) A channel worn by the action of water. "Rocks rise one above another, and have deep gutters worn in the sides of them by torrents of rain."-Add is on: On Italy. (3) A channel, paved or otherwise, at the side of a road or path to lead off surface-water. (4) A trough or channel collecting the water which runs from a roof, and leading it to pipes in which it descends to the earth. "Multitudes of all sorts of people in their streets, houses, windows, leads, and gutters ."-Stow: Queen Eliza beth (an. 1603). 2. Figuratively : (1) Mud, dirt, mire. (2) A receptacle for dirt or filth; a sink. "Thou Rome shall be the sinke and gutter of the filth in e e of Asie." -Golden Boke , let. 2. IMG:content-0859.png:[blocks in formation] (2) A device for raising water by the vertical oscillation of a trough. It is principally used for small lifts, but by a succe ion of lifts it may be useful for higher elevations. The jantu of the Bengalese is a counter-weighted gutter. 2. Print.: One of the sticks placed between the pages in a form to separate them to such a distance that when the sheet is printed and folded the margin shall be regular and uniform. 1. Botany : Isonandra gutta of Hooker, the tree which produces the substance described under 3 (q. v.). It is of the order Sapota cere. It is a large tree, sixty or seventy feet high, its trunk with a diameter of two or three feet. It grows in Borneo, Sumatra, Singapore, and other islands of South-- Scott : Heart of Mid - Lothian , ch. xviii.