Gout

Old French gote, gute, from Latin gutta ("drop")

Full definition of gout

(plural gouts)

(pathology, not countable) An extremely painful inflammation of joints, especially of the big toe, caused by a metabolic defect resulting in the accumulation of uric acid in the blood and the deposition of urates around the joints.
(usually followed by of) A spurt or splotch.

circa 1607 William Shakespeare, Macbeth, act 2, sc. 1:I see thee still,And on thy blade and dudgeon gouts of blood.
1981, P. D. James, Children of Men, ch. 20, p. 137:Small chunks of rubble and gouts of soot had fallen from the chimney, and were ground into the rug under his unwary feet.
2002, Mercedes Lackey, and , The Shadow of the Lion, (Google preview):Another blow sent gouts of blood flying, along with gobbets of flesh.

(rare) A disease of wheat and cornstalks, caused by insect larvae.Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.