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Webster 1913 Edition


Gullet

Gul′let

,
Noun.
[OE.
golet
, OF.
Goulet
, dim. of
gole
,
goule
,
throat
, F.
gueule
, L.
gula
; perh. akin to Skr.
gula
, G.
kenle
; cf. F.
goulet
the neck of a bottle,
goulotte
channel gutter. Cf.
Gules
,
Gully
.]
1.
(Anat.)
The tube by which food and drink are carried from the pharynx to the stomach; the esophagus.
2.
Something shaped like the food passage, or performing similar functions
; as:
(a)
A channel for water.
(b)
(Engin.)
A preparatory cut or channel in excavations, of sufficient width for the passage of earth wagons.
(c)
A concave cut made in the teeth of some saw blades.

Webster 1828 Edition


Gullet

GUL'LET

,
Noun.
[L. gula.] The passage in the neck of an animal by which food and liquor are taken into the stomach; the esophagus.
1.
A stream or lake. [Not used.]