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adj
Pronunciation spelling of great.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, West-Country, alt-of, dialectal, pronunciation-spelling
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noun
A gutter or channel for water, hewn out of the bottom of a working drift.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, mining
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noun
Acronym of Genetic use restriction technology, a generic term for proposed methods to restrict use of genetically modified plants by activating modified genes only by certain stimuli, particularly to ensure the sterility of any seeds.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable
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History
From Middle English girt, gert, a metathetic variant of gret (“great”). More at great.
Origin obscure. Possibly a metathesis of gutter. Cf. Middle English gout, got (“watercourse, ditch, sluice”)
