GAUNT
ADJECTIVES
1440 — GANT in a favourable or neutral sense: slim, slender, not fat; gaunt → obs.
1593 — RAW-BONE raw-boned; very lean or gaunt → obs.
1630 — HAGGARD half-starved; gaunt, lean → obs.
1694 — HAGGED lean, gaunt; haggard; worn-out, tired → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1746 — THIRDLE → THURDLE of persons and animals: gaunt, lank, thin, hungry-looking → Eng. dial.
1746 — THIRL of persons and animals: gaunt, lank, thin, hungry-looking → Eng. dial.
1900 — GANCE → GANSE thin, slender, gaunt → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1900 — GANTY-GUTTED gaunt, lean, and lanky → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
NOUNS, PERSON
1585 — GANGERELL → GANGREL → GANGRIL(L) a tall, lanky, loose-jointed person; a gaunt, lean, long-limbed person → arch. & Eng. dial.
1638 — RAW-BONE a very lean or gaunt person; a mere skeleton → obs.
1815 — BARROW-TRAM a raw-boned person; a gaunt person → Sc.
1901 — GANTLINE a gaunt or thin person → US nautical sl.
1904 — SCRAMMEL a lean, gaunt, ill-favoured person or animal → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1909 — ASH-CAT a gaunt African-American → Amer. dial.
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