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noun

Gust n.

A sudden squall; a violent blast of wind; a sudden and brief rushing or driving of the wind. "Snow, and hail, stormy gust and flaw."

A sudden violent burst of passion.

Gust n.

The sense or pleasure of tasting; relish; gusto. "An ox will relish the tender flesh of kids with as much gust and appetite."

Gratification of any kind, particularly that which is exquisitely relished; enjoyment. "Destroy all creatures for thy sport or gust."

Intellectual taste; fancy. "A choice of it may be made according to the gust and manner of the ancients."

verb

Gust v. t. To taste; to have a relish for. (Obs.)

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Etymology of 'Gust'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Gust" Quotes from Famous Books

... Phil came to grief. A gust of wind doubled the paper up, the pasted side smearing the bright colors of the face of the picture, until the colors were one hopeless daub. To cap the climax the whole thing came down over Phil's head, wrapping him in its ...

— The Circus Boys on the Plains • Edgar B. P. Darlington

... particular afternoon, I had, of course, a great desire to carry her the news of our cousin's coming, and so I gladly went to visit her; but forgetting all the warnings of Rosa I burst open the door like a gust ...

— Paula the Waldensian • Eva Lecomte

... an opening door was the only answer from the dark dining-room. The two Morgans started forward together. The sudden gust sucked the flame of the living-room lamp up into the chimney and after a brief, sharp struggle extinguished it. In the confusion it was a moment before a match could be found. When the lamp was relighted the Morgans ...

— Nan of Music Mountain • Frank H. Spearman

... Nullatartok bay, and got under way with a favourable, though rather boisterous wind at S.W. having been detained here for twelve days by the ice. After about an hour's sail, we were near the entrance of the inlet, when a sudden gust from the mountains carried away our after-top-mast, with sail and tackle. It fell with great noise on the deck, and into the sea. By God's mercy no one was hurt, and we were more particularly thankful, that of the five children on ...

— Journal of a Voyage from Okkak, on the Coast of Labrador, to Ungava Bay, Westward of Cape Chudleigh • Benjamin Kohlmeister and George Kmoch

... lips a gust of wind, more furious than any that had gone before, concentrated as it was through a gorge in the mountains, struck the caravel at the very mouth of the harbour, and laid her over on her beam ends. For ...

— Fair Margaret • H. Rider Haggard

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