Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Gout \Gout\ (gout), n. [F. goutte a drop, the gout, the disease
   being considered as a defluxion, fr. L. gutta drop.]
   1. A drop; a clot or coagulation.

            On thy blade and dudgeon gouts of blood. --Shak.

   2. (Med.) A constitutional disease, occurring by paroxysms.
      It consists in an inflammation of the fibrous and
      ligamentous parts of the joints, and almost always attacks
      first the great toe, next the smaller joints, after which
      it may attack the greater articulations. It is attended
      with various sympathetic phenomena, particularly in the
      digestive organs. It may also attack internal organs, as
      the stomach, the intestines, etc. --Dunglison.

   3. A disease of cornstalks. See {Corn fly}, under {Corn}.

   {Gout stones}. See {Chalkstone}, n., 2.