All 3 Uses of
gaunt
in
The Call of the Wild
- By evening Perrault secured another dog, an old husky, long and lean and gaunt, with a battle-scarred face and a single eye which flashed a warning of prowess that commanded respect.†
p. 31.9
- His club landed heavily on the gaunt ribs, and the grub-box was capsized on the ground.†
p. 50.4 *
- Then an old wolf, gaunt and battle-scarred, came forward.†
p. 181.6
Definitions:
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(1)
(gaunt) very thin and bony -- often from hunger or as though having been worn to the bone
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
More rarely, gaunt can reference a place such as a landscape or a home, in which case it indicates that the place is bleak or barren.