Emily Dickinson Lexicon

GLUT'TON, n. [glut'n; Low L. gluto; Fr. glouton. See Glut.]

1. One who indulges to excess in eating.
2. One eager of any thing to excess. Gluttons in murder, wanton to destroy. Granville.
3. In zoology, the Gulo vulgaris, found in the north of Europe and Siberia. It grows to the length of three feet, but has short legs and moves slowly. It is a carnivorous animal, and in order to catch its prey, it climbs a tree and from that darts down upon a deer or other animal. It is named from its voracious appetite. Dict. Nat. Hist. Its voracity has been ridiculously exaggerated. Cuvier.