Both Uses of
gaunt
in
Words by Heart
- She could see the windmill at home, fluttering like some kind of gaunt, tethered bird.†
Chpt 3 *
- Finally she could see the gaunt house.†
Chpt 12
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.