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glutton
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Glutton \Glut"ton\, a.
Gluttonous; greedy; gormandizing. "Glutton souls." --Dryden.
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A glutton monastery in former ages makes a hungry
ministry in our days. --Fuller.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Glutton \Glut"ton\, v. t. & i.
To glut; to eat voraciously. [Obs.]
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Gluttoned at last, return at home to pine. --Lovelace.
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Whereon in Egypt gluttoning they fed. --Drayton.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Glutton \Glut"ton\, n. [OE. glotoun, glotun, F. glouton, fr. L. gluto, glutto. See Glut.] [1913 Webster] 1. One who eats voraciously, or to excess; a gormandizer. [1913 Webster] 2. Fig.: One who gluts himself. [1913 Webster] Gluttons in murder, wanton to destroy. --Granville. [1913 Webster] 3. (Zool.) A carnivorous mammal (Gulo gulo formerly {Gulo luscus}), of the weasel family Mustelid[ae], about the size of a large badger; called also wolverine, wolverene and carcajou. It was formerly believed to be inordinately voracious, whence the name. It is a native of the northern parts of America, Europe, and Asia. [1913 Webster +PJC] Glutton bird (Zool.), the giant fulmar ({Ossifraga gigantea}); -- called also Mother Carey's goose, and mollymawk. [1913 Webster] .
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Wolverene \Wol`ver*ene"\, Wolverine \Wol`ver*ine"\, n. [From Wolf, with a dim suffix; prob. so called from its supposed wolfish qualities.] 1. (Zool.) A carnivorous mammal (Gulo gulo formerly {Gulo luscus}), of the weasel family Mustelidae, about the size of a large badger; called also glutton and carcajou. It is a native of the northern parts of America, Europe, and Asia. [1913 Webster +PJC] 2. A nickname for an inhabitant of Michigan. [U. S.] [1913 Webster]
