English
gurt
see also: GURT
Pronunciation
  • (British) IPA: /ˈɡɜːt/
  • (West Country, British) IPA: /ˈɡɝːt/
  • (America) IPA: /ˈɡɜːɹt/
Noun

gurt (plural gurts)

  1. (mining) A gutter or channel for water, hewn out of the bottom of a working drift.
Adjective

gurt

  1. (UK dialect, West Country) Eye dialect spelling of great#English|great.
    Then I opens the cupboard door and I sees a gurt big spider looking up at me.
    • 1842, The Sportsman, Volume VI: January to June, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=tSkGAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA103&dq=%22gurt%22|%22gurts%22+-genetic+-genetics&hl=en&sa=X&ei=A9l2T4CPAcHFmQW8qbDpDw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22gurt%22|%22gurts%22%20-genetic%20-genetics&f=false page 103],
      Zo ′e bought a slap-up rod and tackle, and, ev coose, a darn gurt book vull o′ vlies — talk′d about ketchin′ whackin′ trout, and me — ap a salmon the fust time.
    • 1845, Douglas Jerrold (editor), Shilling Magazine, Volume II: July to December, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=2WMJAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA416&dq=%22gurt%22|%22gurts%22+-genetic+-genetics&hl=en&sa=X&ei=dN12T4zHM-HmmAXS_oDqDw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22gurt%22|%22gurts%22%20-genetic%20-genetics&f=false page 416],
      “That was the word,” said Farmer Forder. “Hav′n pocketed the tuppunce, the chap as show′d off the clock opened the case, and let me zee the works of ′un, and wonderful works they was : wheels within wheels, and all sorts o′ crinkum-crankums, like a gurt puzzle. […] ”
      “Down there, sir, under that gurt oak-tree.”
      Not a bird, however, was to be found.
GURT
Noun

gurt (uncountable)

  1. 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.


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