Gaunt (?), a. [Cf. Norw.
gand a thin pointed stick, a tall and thin man, and
W. gwan weak.]
Attenuated, as with fasting
or suffering; lean; meager; pinched and grim. "The gaunt mastiff." Pope.
A mysterious
but visible pestilence, striding gaunt and fleshless across our land.
Nichols.
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