From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:
gulch
n : a narrow gorge with a stream running through it [syn:
flume]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Gulch \Gulch\, n.
1. Act of gulching or gulping. [Obs.]
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2. A glutton. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
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3. A ravine, or part of the deep bed of a torrent when dry; a
gully.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Gulch \Gulch\, v. t. [OE. gulchen; cf. dial. Sw. g["o]lka to
gulch, D. gulzig greedy, or E. gulp.]
To swallow greedily; to gulp down. [Obs.]
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