maw-gut

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

maw-gut (plural maw-guts)

(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.

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