Hypertext Webster Gateway: "gout"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Gout \Go[^u]t\ (g[=oo]), n. [F., fr. L. gustus taste. See
{Gusto}.]
Taste; relish.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Gout \Gout\ (gout), n. [F. goutte a drop, the gout, the disease
being considered as a defluxion, fr. L. gutta drop.]
1. A drop; a clot or coagulation.
On thy blade and dudgeon gouts of blood. --Shak.
2. (Med.) A constitutional disease, occurring by paroxysms.
It consists in an inflammation of the fibrous and
ligamentous parts of the joints, and almost always attacks
first the great toe, next the smaller joints, after which
it may attack the greater articulations. It is attended
with various sympathetic phenomena, particularly in the
digestive organs. It may also attack internal organs, as
the stomach, the intestines, etc. --Dunglison.
3. A disease of cornstalks. See {Corn fly}, under {Corn}.
{Gout stones}. See {Chalkstone}, n., 2.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
gout
n : a painful inflammation of the big toe and foot caused by
defects in uric acid metabolism resulting in deposits of
the acid and its salts in the blood and joints [syn: {gouty
arthritis}, {urarthritis}]
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