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The dried and twisted intestines of sheep, also of the horse and ass; used for the strings of musical instruments; also as bands in lathes…
a fine, strong, light gut, made of the drawn-out glands of the silkworm (see gut, n. 4d).
The intestines of animals employed for various purposes. In singular. The silken fibre obtained from the intestines of the silkworm. (In full silkwor…
transferred. A kind of catgut.