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gurt.

A gutter or channel for water, hewn out of the bottom of a working drift.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈɡɜːt/UK/ˈɡɝːt/UK, West-Country/ˈɡɜːɹt/US
  1. A gutter or channel for water, hewn out of the bottom of a working drift.

Where this word comes from

Origin obscure. Possibly a metathesis of gutter. Cf. Middle English gout, got (“watercourse, ditch, sluice”)

adj/ˈɡɜːt/UK/ˈɡɝːt/UK, West-Country/ˈɡɜːɹt/US
  1. Pronunciation spelling of great.

    UK · West-Country · alt-of · dialectal · pronunciation-spelling
    Then I opens the cupboard door and I sees a gurt big spider looking up at me.
Where this word comes from

From Middle English girt, gert, a metathetic variant of gret (“great”). More at great.

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