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Anguilla latirostris

Glut \Glut\, n.

  1. That which is swallowed.
    --Milton

  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.

    1. A wooden wedge used in splitting blocks. [Prov. Eng.]

    2. (Mining) A piece of wood used to fill up behind cribbing or tubbing.
      --Raymond.

    3. (Bricklaying) A bat, or small piece of brick, used to fill out a course.
      --Knight.

    4. (Arch.) An arched opening to the ashpit of a kiln.

    5. A block used for a fulcrum.

  4. (Zo["o]l.) The broad-nosed eel ( Anguilla latirostris), found in Europe, Asia, the West Indies, etc.