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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Glut, n.
 1. That which is swallowed.
 2. Plenty, to satiety or repletion; a full supply; hence, often, a supply beyond sufficiency or to loathing; over abundance; as, a glut of the market.
    A glut of those talents which raise men to eminence.   --Macaulay.
 3. Something that fills up an opening; a clog.
 4. (a) A wooden wedge used in splitting blocks. [Prov. Eng.] (b) Mining A piece of wood used to fill up behind cribbing or tubbing. --Raymond. (c) Bricklaying A bat, or small piece of brick, used to fill out a course. --Knight. (d) Arch. An arched opening to the ashpit of a kiln. (e) A block used for a fulcrum.
 5. Zool. The broad-nosed eel (Anguilla latirostris), found in Europe, Asia, the West Indies, etc.
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