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   Glutton , n. [OE. glotoun, glotun, F. glouton, fr. L. gluto, glutto. See Glut.]
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   One who eats voraciously, or to excess; a gormandizer.
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   Fig.: One who gluts himself.
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   Gluttons in murder, wanton to destroy.
   Granville.
   
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   (Zool.) A carnivorous mammal (Gulo gulo formerly Gulo luscus), of the weasel family Mustelidæ, about the size of a large badger; called also wolverine, wolverene and carcajou. It was formerly believed to be inordinately voracious, whence the name. It is a native of the northern parts of America, Europe, and Asia.
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   Glutton bird (Zool.), the giant fulmar (Ossifraga gigantea); -- called also Mother Carey's goose, and mollymawk. 
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   Glutton , a. Gluttonous; greedy; gormandizing. “Glutton souls.”
   Dryden.
   
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   A glutton monastery in former ages makes a hungry ministry in our days.
   Fuller.
   
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   Glutton, v. t. & i. To glut; to eat voraciously. [Obs.]
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   Gluttoned at last, return at home to pine.
   Lovelace.
   
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   Whereon in Egypt gluttoning they fed.
   Drayton.
   
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   { Wolverene, Wolverine } , n. [From Wolf, with a dim suffix; prob. so called from its supposed wolfish qualities.]
    (Zool.) A carnivorous mammal (Gulo gulo formerly Gulo luscus), of the weasel family Mustelidae, about the size of a large badger; called also glutton and carcajou. It is a native of the northern parts of America, Europe, and Asia.
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   A nickname for an inhabitant of Michigan. [U. S.]
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