Gout (gout), n. [F. goutte a
drop, the gout, the disease being considered as a defluxion, fr. L.
gutta drop.]
1. A drop; a clot or coagulation.
On thy blade and dudgeon gouts of
blood.
Shak.
2. (Med.) A constitutional disease,
occurring by paroxysms. It consists in an inflammation of the fibrous
and ligamentous parts of the joints, and almost always attacks first
the great toe, next the smaller joints, after which it may attack the
greater articulations. It is attended with various sympathetic
phenomena, particularly in the digestive organs. It may also attack
internal organs, as the stomach, the intestines, etc.
Dunglison.
3. A disease of cornstalks. See Corn
fly, under Corn.
Gout stones. See Chalkstone,
n., 2.