maw-gut
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English mawe gutte (literally “gut of the stomach cavity”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: môʹgŭt', IPA(key): /ˈmɔːˌɡʌt/
Noun
[edit]- (obsolete) duodenum
- 1720: Edward Phillips (author) and John Kerſey (editor), The New World of Words : or, Univerſal Engliſh Dictionary, PU–PY (7th edition):
- Pylorus, the Keeper of a Gate, a Porter. In Anatomy, the lower Orifice or Mouth of the Stomach, by which the Meat is let into the Entrails, the Maw-gut : It is alſo call’d Janitor in Latin.
- 1720: Edward Phillips (author) and John Kerſey (editor), The New World of Words : or, Univerſal Engliſh Dictionary, PU–PY (7th edition):