maw-gut

noun
/ˈmɔːˌɡʌt/UK

Etymology

From Middle English mawe gutte (literally “the gut of the stomach cavity”).

  1. inherited from mawe gutte

Definitions

  1. The duodenum.

    • 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.

The neighborhood

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