The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Gut \Gut\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gutted; p. pr. & vb. n. Gutting.] 1. To take out the bowels from; to eviscerate. [1913 Webster] 2. To plunder of contents; to destroy or remove the interior or contents of; as, a mob gutted the house. [1913 Webster] Tom Brown, of facetious memory, having gutted a proper name of its vowels, used it as freely as he pleased. --Addison. [1913 Webster]