Glut

a. [Lat. glutire, onomatopoetic, from glut - glut, an imitation of the sound made by water in pa ing through a narrow aperture, or in being discharged from it. The same sound is represented by gluk and gulp.] To swallow greedily, or in large quantities; to gorge. To cloy; to fill or furnish beyond sufficiency; to sate; to satiate; to fill to satiety; to disgust. "Feed, but not glut our appetites." - Denham. liquid drawn off and evaporated. If linen or cotton -To overfill; to load; as, to glut the market. cloth, paper, or sawdust be moistened with concentrated -n. Plenty, even to loathing; more than enough.- "А Glu'ten, n. [Lat. glue. See GLUE.) (Chem.) If wheat- flour be put in a bag of coarse cloth, the starch and sol- uble matters will be carried off, and there will remain a gray sticky mucous ma , which is G. It is a character- istic ingredient of the cereals, and by its toughne and tenacity fits the flour of the wheat especially for the manufacture of bread, pastes, . By means of hot alcohol, G. may be divided into three distinct substances. One portion does not di olve, and is called vegetable fibrin. From the soluble part separates, on cooling, a white, flocculent substance resembling the caseine of milk. On adding water to the solution, a third sub- stance, resembling albumen, separates, which is called gliadin. G. contains traces of sulphur and phosphorus. It yields ammonia when subjected to destructive distil- lati on, and vegetables containing it give out a disagree- able odor when putrefying. sulphuric acid, a gummy ma is formed. After a few days this should be di olved in a large quantity of water, and boiled for 8 or 10 hours. After neutralizing and evaporating, the sugar is obtained as before. G. crystallizes in warty ma es, not ofter presenting regular faces. It is much le sweet than cane-sugar, and far le soluble in water, requiring 13 parts of water to di olve it, while cane-sugar requires only 1/3 part. It is used in the manufacture of beer and alcohol, and also for adulterating cane-sugar. It may be de glut of study." -Pope. -Anything that fills and obstructs the pa age; as, a glut of vehicles at a cro ing. The supply of any article in market beyond the demand. A large wooden wedge used in splitting timber, to facilitate the removal and reinsertion of the smaller iron wedges.