Gut"tu*lous (?), a. [L. guttula a little drop, dim. of gutta drop.] In
droplike form. [Obs.]
In its [hail's] guttulous descent from the air.
Sir T. Browne.
Gut"tur*al (?), a. [L. guttur throat: cf. F. gutural.] Of or pertaining
to the throat; formed in the throat; relating to, or characteristic of,
a sound formed in the throat.
Children are occasionally born with guttural swellings.
W. Guthrie.
In such a sweet, guttural accent.
Landor.
Gut"tur*al, n. A sound formed in the throat; esp., a sound formed by
the aid of the back of the tongue, much retracted, and the soft palate;
also, a letter representing such a sound.
Gut"tur*al*ism (?), n. The quality of being guttural; as, the
gutturalism of A [in the 16th cent.] Earle.
Gut"tur*al"i*ty (?), n. The quality of being guttural. [R.] "The old
gutturality of k." Earle.
Gut"tur*al*ize (?), v. t. To speak gutturally; to give a guttural sound
to.
Gut"tur*al*ly, adv. In a guttural manner.
Gut"tur*al*ness, n. The quality of being guttural.
Gut"tur*ine (?), a. [L. guttur throat.] Pertaining to the throat.
[Obs.] "Gutturine tumor." Ray.
Gut"tur*ize (?), v. t. [L. guttur throat.] To make in the throat; to
gutturalize. [R.]
For which the Germans gutturize a sound.
Coleridge.
Gut"tur*o- (?). A combining form denoting relation to the throat; as,
gutturo-nasal, having both a guttural and a nasal character;
gutturo-palatal.
Gut"ty (?), a. [L. gutta drop: cf. F. gouttÈ. Cf. Guttated.] (Her.)
Charged or sprinkled with drops.
Gut"wort` (?), n. (Bot.) A plant, Globularia Alypum, a violent
purgative, found in Africa.
Guy (?), n. [Sp. guia guide, a guy or small rope used on board of ships
to keep weighty things in their places; of Teutonic origin, and the
same word as E. guide. See Guide, and cf. Gye.] A rope, chain, or rod
attached to anything to steady it; as: a rope to steady or guide an
object which is being hoisted or lowered; a rope which holds in place
the end of a boom, spar, or yard in a ship; a chain or wire rope
connecting a suspension bridge with the land on either side to prevent
lateral swaying; a rod or rope attached to the top of a structure, as
of a derrick, and extending obliquely to the ground, where it is
fastened.
Guy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Guyed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Guying.] To steady
or guide with a guy.
Guy, n. 1. A grotesque effigy, like that of Guy Fawkes, dressed up in
England on the fifth of November, the day of the Gunpowder Plot.
The lady . . . who dresses like a guy.
W. S. Gilbert.