Meanings
nounmaw-gut (plural maw-guts)
plural maw-guts
- obsoleteThe duodenum.
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)
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Origin
- Middle Englishmawe gutte
- Englishmaw-gut
From Middle English mawe gutte (literally “the gut of the stomach cavity”).
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