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gurt | curt |

As an acronym gurt

is ; a generic term for proposed or implemented methods to restrict use of genetically modified plants, by ensuring the sterility of any seeds .

As a proper noun curt is

a short form of the male given name curtis.

gurt

English

Etymology 1

Noun

(en noun)
  • (mining) A gutter or channel for water, hewn out of the bottom of a working drift.
  • (Page)
    (Webster 1913)

    Etymology 2

    From great.

    Alternative forms

    * gert

    Adjective

  • * 1842 , The Sportsman , Volume VI: January to June, 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, 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.”
  • * 1884 , John Coker Egerton, Sussex Folk and Sussex Ways: Stray Studies in the Wealden Formation of Human Nature , page 27,
  • “Well, Tom, where did those birds settle?”
    “Down there, sir, under that gurt oak-tree.”
    Not a bird, however, was to be found.

    curt

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Brief or terse, especially to the point of being rude.
  • *
  • Short or concise.
  • Synonyms

    * (terse to the point of being rude) abrupt, blunt, brusque

    Derived terms

    * curtly * curtness * curtail

    Anagrams

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