*gust*

a. [ L. angustatus, p. p. of angustare to make narrow. ] Narrowed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of making narrow; a straitening or contacting. Wiseman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. angustus narrow + clavus a nail, a stripe. ] (Rom. Antiq.) A narrow stripe of purple worn by the equites on each side of the tunic as a sign of rank. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

{ } a. [ L. angustus narrow (see Anguish) + folium leaf. ] (Bot.) Having narrow leaves. Wright. [ 1913 Webster ]

See Angostura bark. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. augustus; cf. augere to increase; in the language of religion, to honor by offerings: cf. F. auguste. See Augment. ] Of a quality inspiring mingled admiration and reverence; having an aspect of solemn dignity or grandeur; sublime; majestic; having exalted birth, character, state, or authority. “Forms august.” Pope. “August in visage.” Dryden. “To shed that august blood.” Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

So beautiful and so august a spectacle. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

To mingle with a body so august. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Grand; magnificent; majestic; solemn; awful; noble; stately; dignified; imposing. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. Augustus. See note below, and August, a. ] The eighth month of the year, containing thirty-one days. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The old Roman name was Sextilis, the sixth month from March, the month in which the primitive Romans, as well as Jews, began the year. The name was changed to August in honor of Augustus Cæsar, the first emperor of Rome, on account of his victories, and his entering on his first consulate in that month. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. Augustanus, fr. Augustus. See August, n. ] 1. Of or pertaining to Augustus Cæsar or to his times. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Of or pertaining to the town of Augsburg. [ 1913 Webster ]

Augustan age of any national literature, the period of its highest state of purity and refinement; -- so called because the reign of Augustus Cæsar was the golden age of Roman literature. Thus the reign of Louis XIV. (b. 1638) has been called the Augustan age of French literature, and that of Queen Anne (b. 1664) the Augustan age of English literature. --
Augustan confession (Eccl. Hist.), or confession of Augsburg, drawn up at Augusta Vindelicorum, or Augsburg, by Luther and Melanchthon, in 1530, contains the principles of the Protestants, and their reasons for separating from the Roman Catholic church. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. (Eccl.) A member of one of the religious orders called after St. Augustine; an Austin friar. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to St. Augustine, bishop of Hippo in Northern Africa (b. 354 -- d. 430), or to his doctrines. [ 1913 Webster ]

Augustinian canons, an order of monks once popular in England and Ireland; -- called also regular canons of St. Austin, and black canons. --
Augustinian hermits or
Austin friars, an order of friars established in 1265 by Pope Alexander IV. It was introduced into the United States from Ireland in 1790. --
Augustinian nuns, an order of nuns following the rule of St. Augustine. --
Augustinian rule, a rule for religious communities based upon the 109th letter of St. Augustine, and adopted by the Augustinian orders. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One of a class of divines, who, following St. Augustine, maintain that grace by its nature is effectual absolutely and creatively, not relatively and conditionally. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ }, n. The doctrines held by Augustine or by the Augustinians. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an august manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being august; dignity of mien; grandeur; magnificence. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. degustare: cf. F. déguster. See Gust to taste. ] To taste. [ Obs. ] Cockeram. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. degustatio: cf. F. dégustation. ] (Physiol.) Tasting; the appreciation of sapid qualities by the taste organs. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Disgusted; p. pr. & vb. n. Disgusting. ] [ OF. desgouster, F. dégoûter; pref. des- (L. dis-) + gouster to taste, F. goûter, fr. L. gustare, fr. gustus taste. See Gust to taste. ] To provoke disgust or strong distaste in; to cause (any one) loathing, as of the stomach; to excite aversion in; to offend the moral taste of; -- often with at, with, or by. [ 1913 Webster ]

To disgust him with the world and its vanities. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ærius is expressly declared . . . to have been disgusted at failing. J. H. Newman. [ 1913 Webster ]

Alarmed and disgusted by the proceedings of the convention. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. OF. desgoust, F. dégoût. See Disgust, v. t. ] Repugnance to what is offensive; aversion or displeasure produced by something loathsome; loathing; strong distaste; -- said primarily of the sickening opposition felt for anything which offends the physical organs of taste; now rather of the analogous repugnance excited by anything extremely unpleasant to the moral taste or higher sensibilities of our nature; as, an act of cruelty may excite disgust. [ 1913 Webster ]

The manner of doing is more consequence than the thing done, and upon that depends the satisfaction or disgust wherewith it is received. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

In a vulgar hack writer such oddities would have excited only disgust. Macaulay.

Syn. -- Nausea; loathing; aversion; distaste; dislike; disinclination; abomination. See Dislike. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. having a strong distaste from surfeit.
Syn. -- fed up(predicate), sick of(predicate), tired of(predicate). [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Provoking disgust; offensive to the taste; exciting aversion; disgusting. [ 1913 Webster ]

That horrible and disgustful situation. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being disgustful. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. That causes disgust; sickening; offensive; revolting. -- Dis*gust"ing*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. [ Icel. gustr a cool breeze. Cf. Gush. ] 1. A sudden squall; a violent blast of wind; a sudden and brief rushing or driving of the wind. [ 1913 Webster ]

Snow, and hail, stormy gust and flaw. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A sudden violent burst of passion. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. gustus; cf. It. & Sp. gusto. √46. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The sense or pleasure of tasting; relish; gusto. [ 1913 Webster ]

An ox will relish the tender flesh of kids with as much gust and appetite. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Gratification of any kind, particularly that which is exquisitely relished; enjoyment. [ 1913 Webster ]

Destroy all creatures for thy sport or gust. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Intellectual taste; fancy. [ 1913 Webster ]

A choice of it may be made according to the gust and manner of the ancients. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Cf. L. gustare, It. gustare, Sp. gustar. See GUST a relish. ] To taste; to have a relish for. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Gust, v. ] [ Obs. ] 1. Capable of being tasted; tastable. [ 1913 Webster ]

This position informs us of a vulgar error, terming the gall
bitter; whereas there is nothing gustable sweeter. Harvey. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Pleasant to the taste; toothsome; savory. [ 1913 Webster ]

A gustable thing, seen or smelt, excites the appetite, and affects the glands and parts of the mouth. Derham. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Anything that can be tasted. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) The great bustard. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. gustatio: cf. F. gustation. ] The act of tasting. [ R. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. of or pertaining to taste.
Syn. -- gustatory. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Pertaining to, or subservient to, the sense of taste; as, the gustatory nerve which supplies the front of the tongue. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Tasteful; well-tasted. [ Obs. ] Sir K. Digby. -- Gust"ful*ness, n. [Obs.] Barrow. [1913 Webster]

a. Gusty. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A gustful April morn. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Tasteless; insipid. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ It. or Sp., fr. L. gustus; akin to E. choose. Cf. 2d Gust, Goût. ] Nice or keen appreciation or enjoyment; relish; taste; fancy; as, he ate it with gusto. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖a. & adv. [ It. ] (Mus.) Tasteful; in a tasteful, agreeable manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Subject to, or characterized by, gusts or squalls; windy; stormy; tempestuous. [ 1913 Webster ]

Upon a raw and gusty day. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. ingustabilis. See Gustable. ] Tasteless; insipid. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A bitter principle found in the bark of the privet (Ligustrum vulgare), and extracted as a white crystalline substance with a warm, bitter taste; -- called also ligustron. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. praegustans, p. pr. of praegustare to taste beforehand; prae before + gustare to taste. ] Tasting beforehand; having a foretaste. [ R. ] Ed. Rev. [ 1913 Webster ]