gound

== English == === Alternative forms === gund (dialectal) === Etymology === From Middle English gounde, gownde, from Old English gund (“matter, pus, poison”), from Proto-West Germanic *gund, from Proto-Germanic *gundaz (“sore, boil”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰendʰ- (“ulcer, sore, abscess, boil”). Cognate with Old High German gunt (“purulent matter”), dialectal Norwegian gund (“the scab of an ulcer”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡaʊnd/ Rhymes: -aʊnd Homophone: gowned === Noun === gound (uncountable) (UK dialectal) Mucus produced by the eyes during sleep. (UK dialectal) Gummy matter in sore eyes. ==== Synonyms ==== See synonyms at sleep. ==== Derived terms ==== goundy ==== Related terms ==== red-gum ==== Translations ==== ==== References ==== William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “gound”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. Wright, Joseph (1900), The English Dialect Dictionary‎[1], volume 2, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 692 === Anagrams === Duong, undog, ungod