Gaunt

created by Webster 1913

(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) Tue Dec 21 1999 at 23:51:13

Gaunt (?), a. [Cf. Norw. gand a thin pointed stick, a tall and thin man, and W. gwan weak.]

Attenuated, as with fasting or suffering; lean; meager; pinched and grim.

"The gaunt mastiff."

Pope.

A mysterious but visible pestilence, striding gaunt and fleshless across our land. Nichols.

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Settee	Sherlock Holmes	E2 node tracker	Potentate
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grift	Thin	The Sphinx	Flower-Gathering

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