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Webster 1913 Edition


Gulch

Gulch

,
Noun.
1.
Act of gulching or gulping.
[Obs.]
2.
A glutton.
[Obs.]
B. Jonson.
3.
A ravine, or part of the deep bed of a torrent when dry; a gully.

Gulch

,
Verb.
T.
[OE.
gulchen
; cf. dial. Sw.
gölka
to
gulch
, D.
gulzig
greedy, or E.
gulp
.]
To swallow greedily; to gulp down.
[Obs.]

Webster 1828 Edition


Gulch

GULCH

,
Noun.
A glutton; a swallowing or devouring. [Not used.]

GULCH

,
Verb.
T.
To swallow greedily. [Not used.]

Definition 2024


gulch

gulch

English

Verb

gulch (third-person singular simple present gulches, present participle gulching, simple past and past participle gulched)

  1. (obsolete) To swallow greedily; to gulp down.

Noun

gulch (plural gulches)

  1. A ravine-like or deep V-shaped valley, often eroded by flash floods; it is shallower than a canyon and deeper than a gully.
  2. (obsolete) An act of gulching or gulping.
  3. (obsolete) A glutton.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Ben Jonson to this entry?)

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