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G. 1913 Webster]
G(j1.G is the seventh letter of the English alphabet, and a vocal consonant. It has two sounds; one simple, as in gave, go, gull; the other compound (like that of j), as in gem, gin, dingy. See Guide to Pronunciation, 1913 Webster]
The form of G is from the Latin, in the alphabet which it first appeared as a modified form of C. The name is also from the Latin, and probably comes to us through the French. Etymologically it is most closely related to a c hard, k y, and w; as in corn, grain, kernel; kin L. genus, Gr. garden, yard; drag, draw; also to ch and h; as in get, prehensile; guest, host (an army); gall, choler; gust, choose. See C. 1913 Webster]
2.(Mus.)G is the name of the fifth tone of the natural or model scale; -- called also sol by the Italians and French. It was also originally used as the treble clef, and has gradually changed into the character represented in the margin. See Clef. G 1913 Webster]
Gab(g, n.[Cf. Gaff.](Steam Engine)The hook on the end of an eccentric rod opposite the strap. See. Illust. of Eccentric. 1913 Webster]
Gab, n.[OE. gabbe gabble, mocking, fr. Icel. gabb mocking, mockery, or OF. gab, gabe; perh. akin to E. gape, or gob. Cf. Gab, v. i., Gibber.]The mouth; hence, idle prate; chatter; unmeaning talk; loquaciousness. [Colloq.] 1913 Webster]
Gift of gab, facility of expression. [Colloq.] 1913 Webster]
Gab, v. i.[OE. gabben to jest, lie, mock, deceive, fr. Icel. gabba to mock, or OF. gaber. See 2d Gab, and cf. Gabble.]1.To deceive; to lie. [Obs.] Chaucer. 1913 Webster]
2.To talk idly; to prate; to chatter.Holinshed. 1913 Webster]
Gab"ar*age(?), n.A kind of coarse cloth for packing goods. [Obs.]
Gab`ar*dine", Gab`er*dine"(, n.[Sp. gabardina; cf. It. gavardina, OF. galvardine, calvardine, gavardine, galeverdine; perh. akin to Sp. & OF. gaban a sort of cloak or coat for rainy weather, F. caban great coat with a hood and sleeves, It. gabbano and perh. to E. cabin.]A coarse frock or loose upper garment formerly worn by Jews; a mean dress.Shak. 1913 Webster]
Gab"ber(?), n.1.A liar; a deceiver. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
2.One addicted to idle talk. 1913 Webster]
Gab"ble(?), v. i.[imp. & p. p.Gabbled(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Gabbling(?).][Freq. of gab. See Gab, v. i.]1.To talk fast, or to talk without meaning; to prate; to jabber.Shak. 1913 Webster]
2.To utter inarticulate sounds with rapidity; -- used of fowls as well as people; as, gabbling geese. 1913 Webster +PJC]
Gab"ble, n.1.Loud or rapid talk without meaning. 1913 Webster]
Forthwith a hideous gabble rises loud Milton. 1913 Webster]
2.Inarticulate sounds rapidly uttered; as of fowls. 1913 Webster]
Gab"bler(?), n.One who gabbles; a prater. 1913 Webster]
Gab"bro(?), n.[It.](Geol.)A name originally given by the Italians to a kind of serpentine, later to the rock called euphotide, and now generally used for a coarsely crystalline, igneous rock consisting of lamellar pyroxene (diallage) and labradorite, with sometimes chrysolite (olivine gabbro). 1913 Webster]
Ga"bel(?), n.[F. gabelle, LL. gabella, gabulum, gablum; of uncertain origin. Cf.Gavel tribute.](O. Eng. Law)A rent, service, tribute, custom, tax, impost, or duty; an excise.Burrill. 1913 Webster]
He enables St. Peter to pay his gabel by the ministry of a fish.Jer. Taylor. 1913 Webster]
Ga"bel*er(?), n.(O. Eng. Law)A collector of gabels or taxes. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Ga`belle"(?), n.[F. See Gabel.]A tax, especially on salt. [France] Brande & C. 1913 Webster]
Gab"er-lun`zie(?), n.[Gael. gabair talker + lunndair idler.]A beggar with a wallet; a licensed beggar. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott. 1913 Webster]
Gab"ert(?), n.[Cf.F.gabare, Arm. kobar, gobar.]A lighter, or vessel for inland navigation. [Scot.] Jamieson. 1913 Webster]
Ga"bi*on(?), n.[F., from It. gabbione a large cage, gabion, from gabbia cage, L. cavea. See Cage.]1.(Fort.)A hollow cylinder of wickerwork, like a basket without a bottom. Gabions are made of various sizes, and filled with earth in building fieldworks to shelter men from an enemy's fire. 1913 Webster]
2.(Hydraul. Engin.)An openwork frame, as of poles, filled with stones and sunk, to assist in forming a bar dyke, etc., as in harbor improvement. 1913 Webster]
Ga`bi*on*ade"(?), n.[F. gabionnade.]1.(Fort.)A traverse made with gabions between guns or on their flanks, protecting them from enfilading fire. 1913 Webster]
2.A structure of gabions sunk in lines, as a core for a sand bar in harbor improvements. 1913 Webster]
Ga"bi*on*age(?), n.[F. gabionnage.](Mil.)The part of a fortification built of gabions. 1913 Webster]
Ga"bi*oned(?), p. a.Furnished with gabions. 1913 Webster]
Ga"ble, n.[OE. gable, gabil, F. gable, fr. LL. gabalum front of a building, prob. of German or Scand. origin; cf. OHG. gibil, G. giebel gable, Icel. gafl, Goth. gibla pinnacle; perh. akin to Gr. cephalic, or to G. gabel fork, AS. geafl, E. gaffle, L. gabalus a kind of gallows.](Arch.)(a)The vertical triangular portion of the end of a building, from the level of the cornice or eaves to the ridge of the roof. Also, a similar end when not triangular in shape, as of a gambrel roof and the like. Hence: (b)The end wall of a building, as distinguished from the front or rear side.(c)A decorative member having the shape of a triangular gable, such as that above a Gothic arch in a doorway. 1913 Webster]
Bell gable. See under Bell. --
Gable roof, a double sloping roof which forms a gable at each end. --
Gable wall. Same as Gable(b). --
Gable window, a window in a gable. 1913 Webster]
gabledadj.furnished or constructed with a gable; -- of a house or roof; as, a gabled roof. Opposite of ungabled. WordNet 1.5]
Ga"blet(?), n.(Arch.)A small gable, or gable-shaped canopy, formed over a tabernacle, niche, etc. 1913 Webster]
Gab"lock(?), n.[See Gavelock.]A false spur or gaff, fitted on the heel of a gamecock.Wright. 1913 Webster]
Gaboneseadj.of or relating to Gabon or its inhabitants; as, Gabonese hills; Gabonese writers. WordNet 1.5]
Gabonesen.a native or inhabitant of Gabon. WordNet 1.5]
Ga"by(?), n.[Icel. gapi a rash, reckless man. Cf. Gafe.]A simpleton; a dunce; a lout. [Colloq.] 1913 Webster]
Gad(?), n.[OE. gad, Icel. gaddr goad, sting; akin to Sw. gadd sting, Goth. gazds, G. gerte switch. See Yard a measure.]1.The point of a spear, or an arrowhead. 1913 Webster]
2.A pointed or wedge-shaped instrument of metal, as a steel wedge used in mining, etc. 1913 Webster]
I will go get a leaf of brass, gad of steel will write these words.Shak. 1913 Webster]
3.A sharp-pointed rod; a goad. 1913 Webster]
4.A spike on a gauntlet; a gadling.Fairholt. 1913 Webster]
5.A wedge-shaped billet of iron or steel. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
Flemish steel . . . some in bars and some in gads.Moxon. 1913 Webster]
6.A rod or stick, as a fishing rod, a measuring rod, or a rod used to drive cattle with. [Prov. Eng. Local, U.S.] Halliwell. Bartlett. 1913 Webster]
Upon the gad, upon the spur of the moment; hastily. [Obs.] \'bdAll this done upon the gad!\'b8 Shak. 1913 Webster]
Gad, v. i.[imp. & p. p.Gadded; p. pr. & vb. n.Gadding.][Prob. fr. gad, n., and orig. meaning to drive about.]To walk about; to rove or go about, without purpose; hence, to run wild; to be uncontrolled. \'bdThe gadding vine.\'b8 Milton. 1913 Webster]
Why gaddest thou about so much to change thy way?Jer. ii. 36. 1913 Webster]
Gad"der(?), n.One who roves about idly, a rambling gossip. 1913 Webster]
Gad"ding, a. & n.Going about much, needlessly or without purpose. 1913 Webster]
Envy is a gadding passion, and walketh the streets.Bacon. 1913 Webster]
The good nuns would check her gadding tongue.Tennyson. 1913 Webster]
Gadding car, in quarrying, a car which carries a drilling machine so arranged as to drill a line of holes. 1913 Webster]
Gad"ding*ly(?), adv.In a roving, idle manner. 1913 Webster]
Gad"dish(?), a.Disposed to gad. -- Gad"dish*nes, n. \'bdGaddishness and folly.\'b8 Abp. Leighton. 1913 Webster]
Gade(?), n.[Cf. Cod the fish.](Zo\'94l.)(a)A small British fish (Motella argenteola) of the Cod family.(b)A pike, so called at Moray Firth; -- called also gead. [Prov. Eng.] 1913 Webster]
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Gad"er*e(?), Gad"re(, v. t. & i.To gather. [Obs.] Chaucer. 1913 Webster]
Gad"fly`(g, n.; pl.Gadflies(#).[Gad + fly.](Zo\'94l.)Any dipterous insect of the genus Oestrus, and allied genera of botflies. 1913 Webster]
gadfly (Oestrus ovis) deposits its young in the nostrils of sheep, and the larv\'91 develop in the frontal sinuses. The common species which infests cattle (Hypoderma bovis) deposits its eggs upon or in the skin where the larv\'91 or bots live and produce sores called wormels. The gadflies of the horse produce the intestinal parasites called bots. See Botfly, and Bots. The true horseflies are often erroneously called gadflies, and the true gadflies are sometimes incorrectly called breeze flies. 1913 Webster]
Gadfly petrel(Zo\'94l.), one of several small petrels of the genus Oestrelata. 1913 Webster]
Ga*dhel"ic(g, a.[See Gael.]Of, belonging to, or designating, that division of the Celtic languages which includes the Irish, Gaelic, and Manx. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Gad"ic(?), a.(Chem.)Pertaining to, or derived from, the cod (Gadus); -- applied to an acid obtained from cod-liver oil, viz., gadic acid. 1913 Webster]
Gad`i*ta`ni*an(?), a.[L. Gaditanus, fr. Gades Cadiz.]Of or relating to Cadiz, in Spain. -- n.A native or inhabitant of Cadiz. 1913 Webster]
Gad"ling(?), n.[Gad, n. + -ling.](Medi\'91val Armor) [R.] See Gad, n., 4. 1913 Webster]
Gad"ling, a.[See Gad, v. i.]Gadding about. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
Gad"ling, n.A roving vagabond. [Obs.] Rom. of R. 1913 Webster]
Gadman(?), n.A gadsman. 1913 Webster]
Ga"doid(?; 277), a.[NL. gadus cod + -oid: cf. F. gado\'8bde gadoid, Gr. gade.](Zo\'94l.)Of or pertaining to the family of fishes (Gadid\'91) which includes the cod, haddock, and hake. -- n.One of the Gadid\'91.[Written also gadid.] 1913 Webster]
Gad`o*lin"i*a(?), n.[NL. See Gadolinite.](Chem.)A rare earth associated with yttria and regarded as the oxide (Gd2O3) of a metallic element, gadolinium. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Gad`o*lin"ic(?), a.(Chem.)Pertaining to or containing gadolinium. 1913 Webster]
Gad"o*lin*ite(?), n.[Named after Gadolin, a Russian chemist.](Min.)A mineral of a nearly black color and vitreous luster, and consisting principally of the silicates of yttrium, cerium, and iron. 1913 Webster]
Gad`o*lin"i*um(?), n.[NL. See Gadolinite.](Chem.)A rare earth metallic element of the Lanthanide series, with a characteristic spectrum, found associated with yttrium and other rare earth elements. Symbol, Gd; it has an atomic number of 64, an atomic weight of 157.25 (C=12.011), and a valence of +3. 1913 Webster +PJC]
Gads"man(?), n.One who uses a gad or goad in driving. 1913 Webster]
Gad"u*in(?), n.[NL. gadus codfish.](Chem.)A yellow or brown amorphous substance, of indifferent nature, found in cod-liver oil. 1913 Webster]
Gad"wall(?), n.[Gad to walk about + well.](Zo\'94l.)A large duck (Anas strepera), valued as a game bird, found in the northern parts of Europe and America; -- called also gray duck.[Written also gaddwell.] 1913 Webster]
Gaea(j, prop. n.[Gr. Gai^a, Gh^](Mythol.)The goddess of the earth, considered as a personification of the earth. According to Hesiod she was the first-born of Chaos, and mother of Uranus, Pontus, Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.[Also spelled Gaia.] Syn. -- Gaia, Ge. WordNet 1.5]
Gaek"war(?), n.[Also Gaikwar, Guicowar.][Marathi g\'beekw\'ber, prop., a cowherd.]The title of the ruling Prince of Baroda, in Gujarat, in Bombay, India. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Gael(?), n.sing. & pl.[See Gaelic.](Ethnol.)A Celt or the Celts of the Scotch Highlands or of Ireland; now esp., a Scotch Highlander of Celtic origin. 1913 Webster]
Gael"ic(?; 277), a.[Gael. G\'85idhealach, Gaelach, from G\'85idheal, Gael, a Scotch Highlander.](Ethnol.)Of or pertaining to the Gael, esp. to the Celtic Highlanders of Scotland; as, the Gaelic language. 1913 Webster]
Gael"ic(?), n.[Gael. Gaelig, G\'85ilig.]The language of the Gaels, esp. of the Highlanders of Scotland. It is a branch of the Celtic. 1913 Webster]
Gaff(g, n.[OE. gaffe, F. gaffe an iron hook with which seamen pull great fishes into their ships; cf. Ir. gaf, gafa hook; perh. akin to G. gabel fork, Skr. gabhasti. Cf. Gaffle, Gable.]1.A barbed spear or a hook with a handle, used by fishermen in securing heavy fish. 1913 Webster]
2.(Naut.)The spar upon which the upper edge of a fore-and-aft sail is extended. 1913 Webster]
3.Same as Gaffle, 1.Wright. 1913 Webster]
Gaff, v. t.[imp. & p. p.Gaffed(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Gaffing.]To strike with a gaff or barbed spear; to secure by means of a gaff; as, to gaff a salmon. 1913 Webster]
Gaf"fer(g, n.[Possibly contr. fr. godfather; but prob. fr. gramfer for grandfather. Cf. Gammer.]1.An old fellow; an aged rustic. 1913 Webster]
Go to each gaffer and each goody.Fawkes. 1913 Webster]
Gaffer was originally a respectful title, now degenerated into a term of familiarity or contempt when addressed to an aged man in humble life. 1913 Webster]
2.A foreman or overseer of a gang of laborers. [Prov. Eng.] 1913 Webster]
Gaf"fle(?), n.[Cf. AS. geafl fork, LG., D., Sw., & Dan. gaffel, G. gabel, W. gafl, Ir. & Gael. gabhal. Cf. Gaff.]1.An artificial spur or gaff for gamecocks. 1913 Webster]
2.A lever to bend crossbows. 1913 Webster]
Gaff`-top"sail(?), n.(Naut.)A small triangular sail having its foot extended upon the gaff and its luff upon the topmast. 1913 Webster]
Gag(?), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Gagged(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Gagging(?).][Prob. fr. W. cegio to choke or strangle, fr. ceg mouth, opening, entrance.]1.To stop the mouth of, by thrusting sometimes in, so as to hinder speaking; hence, to silence by authority or by violence; not to allow freedom of speech to.Marvell. 1913 Webster]
The time was not yet come when eloquence was to be gagged, and reason to be hood winked.Maccaulay. 1913 Webster]
2.To pry or hold open by means of a gag. 1913 Webster]
Mouths gagged to such a wideness.Fortescue (Transl.). 1913 Webster]
3.To cause to heave with nausea. 1913 Webster]
Gag, v. i.1.To heave with nausea; to retch. 1913 Webster]
2.To introduce gags or interpolations. See Gag, n., 3. [Slang] Cornill Mag. 1913 Webster]
Gag, n.1.Something thrust into the mouth or throat to hinder speaking. 1913 Webster]
2.A mouthful that makes one retch; a choking bit; as, a gag of mutton fat.Lamb. 1913 Webster]
3.A speech or phrase interpolated offhand by an actor on the stage in his part as written, usually consisting of some seasonable or local allusion. [Slang]
<-- 4. a remark or act causing laughter.
5. A prank. --> 1913 Webster]
Gag rein(Harness), a rein for drawing the bit upward in the horse's mouth. --
Gag runner(Harness), a loop on the throat latch guiding the gag rein. 1913 Webster]
gagaadj.1.mentally or physically infirm with age. Syn. -- doddering, senile. WordNet 1.5]
2.marked by foolish or unreasoning fondness; as, gaga over his girlfriend. Syn. -- crazy about, dotty, enamored, infatuated, in love, smitten, soft on(predicate), taken with(predicate). WordNet 1.5]
Gag"ate(?; 48), n.[L. gagates. See Jet a black mineral.]Agate. [Obs.] Fuller. 1913 Webster]
Gage(g, n.[F. gage, LL. gadium, wadium; of German origin; cf. Goth. wadi, OHG. wetti, weti, akin to E. wed. See Wed, and cf. Wage, n.]1.A pledge or pawn; something laid down or given as a security for the performance of some act by the person depositing it, and forfeited by nonperformance; security. 1913 Webster]
Nor without gages to the needy lend.Sandys. 1913 Webster]
2.A glove, cap, or the like, cast on the ground as a challenge to combat, and to be taken up by the accepter of the challenge; a challenge; a defiance. \'bdThere I throw my gage.\'b8 Shak. 1913 Webster]
Gage(g, n.[So called because an English family named Gage imported the greengage from France, in the last century.]A variety of plum; as, the greengage; also, the blue gage, frost gage, golden gage, etc., having more or less likeness to the greengage. See Greengage. 1913 Webster]
Gage, v. t.[imp. & p. p.Gaged(g; p. pr & vb. n.Gaging(g.][Cf. F. gager. See Gage, n., a pledge.]1.To give or deposit as a pledge or security for some act; to wage or wager; to pawn or pledge. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
A moiety competent gaged by our king.Shak. 1913 Webster]
2.To bind by pledge, or security; to engage. 1913 Webster]
Great debts gaged.Shak. 1913 Webster]
Gage, n.A measure or standard. See Gauge, n. 1913 Webster]
Gage, v. t.To measure. See Gauge, v. t. 1913 Webster]
You shall not gage me By what we do to-night.Shak. 1913 Webster]
Ga"ger(g, n.A measurer. See Gauger. 1913 Webster]
Gag"ger(g, n.1.One who gags. 1913 Webster]
2.(Founding)A piece of iron imbedded in the sand of a mold to keep the sand in place. 1913 Webster]
Gag"gle(g, v. i.[imp. & p. p.Gaggled(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Gaggling(?).][Of imitative origin; cf. D. gaggelen, gagelen, G. gackeln, gackern, MHG. g, E. giggle, cackle.]To make a noise like a goose; to cackle.Bacon. 1913 Webster]
Gag"gle, n.[Cf. Gagglev. i.]1.(Zo\'94l.)A flock of wild geese, especially when on the ground. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell. 1913 Webster]
2.Hence:A gathering of people, especially a noisy one. PJC]
3.Hence:Any clustered group of related objects. PJC]
Gag law. (Parliamentary Law)A law or ruling prohibiting proper or free debate, as in closure. [Colloq. or Cant] Webster 1913 Suppl.]
\'d8Gail`lard"(?), a.[F. See Galliard.]Gay; brisk; merry; galliard.Chaucer. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Gail*liarde"(?), n.[See Galliard a dance.]A lively French and Italian dance. 1913 Webster]
Gai"ly(?), adv.[From Gay.]Merrily; showily. See gaily. 1913 Webster]
Gain(?), n.[Cf. W. gan a mortise.](Arch.)A square or beveled notch cut out of a girder, binding joist, or other timber which supports a floor beam, so as to receive the end of the floor beam. 1913 Webster]
Gain, a.[OE. gein, gain, good, near, quick; cf. Icel. gegn ready, serviceable, and gegn, adv., against, opposite. Cf. Ahain.]Convenient; suitable; direct; near; handy; dexterous; easy; profitable; cheap; respectable. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] 1913 Webster]
Gain(g, n.[OE. gain, gein, ga, gain, advantage, Icel. gagn; akin to Sw. gagn, Dan. gavn, cf. Goth. gageigan to gain. The word was prob. influenced by F. gain gain, OF. gaain. Cf. Gain, v. t.]1.That which is gained, obtained, or acquired, as increase, profit, advantage, or benefit; -- opposed to loss. 1913 Webster]
But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ.Phil. iii. 7. 1913 Webster]
Godliness with contentment is great gain.1 Tim. vi. 6. 1913 Webster]
Every one shall share in the gains.Shak. 1913 Webster]
2.The obtaining or amassing of profit or valuable possessions; acquisition; accumulation. \'bdThe lust of gain.\'b8 Tennyson. 1913 Webster]
Gain, v. t.[imp. & p. p.Gained(g; p. pr. & vb. n.Gaining.][From gain, n. but. prob. influenced by F. gagner to earn, gain, OF. gaaignier to cultivate, OHG. weidin, weidinen to pasture, hunt, fr. weida pasturage, G. weide, akin to Icel. vei hunting, AS. w, cf. L. venari to hunt, E. venison. See Gain, n., profit.] 1913 Webster]
1.To get, as profit or advantage; to obtain or acquire by effort or labor; as, to gain a good living. 1913 Webster]
What is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?Matt. xvi. 26. 1913 Webster]
To gain dominion, or to keep it gained.Milton. 1913 Webster]
For fame with toil we gain, but lose with ease.Pope. 1913 Webster]
2.To come off winner or victor in; to be successful in; to obtain by competition; as, to gain a battle; to gain a case at law; to gain a prize. 1913 Webster]
3.To draw into any interest or party; to win to one's side; to conciliate. 1913 Webster]
If he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.Matt. xviii. 15. 1913 Webster]
To gratify the queen, and gained the court.Dryden. 1913 Webster]
4.To reach; to attain to; to arrive at; as, to gain the top of a mountain; to gain a good harbor. 1913 Webster]
Forded Usk and gained the wood.Tennyson. 1913 Webster]
5.To get, incur, or receive, as loss, harm, or damage. [Obs. or Ironical] 1913 Webster]
Ye should . . . not have loosed from Crete, and to have gained this harm and loss.Acts xxvii. 21. 1913 Webster]
Gained day, the calendar day gained in sailing eastward around the earth. --
To gain ground, to make progress; to advance in any undertaking; to prevail; to acquire strength or extent. --
To gain over, to draw to one's party or interest; to win over. --
To gain the wind(Naut.), to reach the windward side of another ship.
Syn. -- To obtain; acquire; get; procure; win; earn; attain; achieve. See Obtain. -- To Gain, Win. Gain implies only that we get something by exertion; win, that we do it in competition with others. A person gains knowledge, or gains a prize, simply by striving for it; he wins a victory, or wins a prize, by taking it in a struggle with others. 1913 Webster]
Gain(?), v. i.To have or receive advantage or profit; to acquire gain; to grow rich; to advance in interest, health, or happiness; to make progress; as, the sick man gains daily. 1913 Webster]
Thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbors by extortion.Ezek. xxii. 12. 1913 Webster]
Gaining twist, in rifled firearms, a twist of the grooves, which increases regularly from the breech to the muzzle.
To gain onor
To gain upon. (a)To encroach on; as, the ocean gains on the land.(b)To obtain influence with.(c)To win ground upon; to move faster than, as in a race or contest.(d)To get the better of; to have the advantage of. 1913 Webster]
The English have not only gained upon the Venetians in the Levant, but have their cloth in Venice itself.Addison. 1913 Webster]
My good behavior had so far gained on the emperor, that I began to conceive hopes of liberty.Swift. 1913 Webster]
Gain"a*ble(?), a.[CF. F. gagnable. See Gain, v. t.]Capable of being obtained or reached.Sherwood. 1913 Webster]
Gain"age(?, 48), n.[OF. gaignage pasturage, crop, F. gaignage pasturage. See Gain, v. t.](O. Eng. Law)(a)The horses, oxen, plows, wains or wagons and implements for carrying on tillage.(b)The profit made by tillage; also, the land itself.Bouvier. 1913 Webster]
Gain"giv`ing(?), n.[See Again, and Give.]A misgiving. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
Gain"less, a.Not producing gain; unprofitable.Hammond. -- Gain"less/ness, n. 1913 Webster]
Gain"ly, adv.[See Gain, a.]Handily; readily; dexterously; advantageously. [Obs.] Dr. H. More. 1913 Webster]
Gain"pain`(?), n.[F. gagner to gain + pain bread.]Bread-gainer; -- a term applied in the Middle Ages to the sword of a hired soldier. 1913 Webster]
Gain`say"(? , v. t.[imp. & p. p.Gainsaid(? ; p. pr. & vb. n.Gainsaying.][OE. geinseien, ageinseien. See Again, and Say to utter.]To contradict; to deny; to controvert; to dispute; to forbid. 1913 Webster]
I will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist.Luke xxi. 15. 1913 Webster]
The just gods gainsay Shak. 1913 Webster]
Gain`say"er(?), n.One who gainsays, contradicts, or denies. \'bdTo convince the gainsayers.\'b8 Tit. i. 9. 1913 Webster]
Gains"borough hat(?). A woman's broad-brimmed hat of a form thought to resemble those shown in portraits by Thomas Gainsborough, the English artist (1727-88). Webster 1913 Suppl.]
'gainst(?), prep.A contraction of Against. 1913 Webster]
Gain"stand`(?), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Gainstood; p. pr. & vb. n.gainstanding.][See Again, and Stand.]To withstand; to resist. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
Durst . . . gainstand the force of so many enraged desires.Sir P. Sidney. 1913 Webster]
Gain"strive`(?), v. t. & i.[See Again, and Strive.]To strive or struggle against; to withstand. [Obs.] Spenser. 1913 Webster]
Gair"fowl`(?), n.(Zo\'94l.)See Garefowl.
Gair"ish(?), a., Gair"ish*ly, adv., Gair"ish/ness, n.Same as Garish, Garishly, Garishness. 1913 Webster]
Gait(?), n.[See Gate a way.]1.A going; a walk; a march; a way. 1913 Webster]
Good gentleman, go your gait, and let poor folks pass.Shak. 1913 Webster]
2.Manner of walking or stepping; bearing or carriage while moving. 1913 Webster]
'T is Cinna; I do know him by his gait.Shak. 1913 Webster]
Gait"ed(?), a.Having (such) a gait; -- used in composition; as, slow-gaited; heavy-gaited. 1913 Webster]
Gait"er(?), n.[F. gu\'88tre, cf. Armor. gweltren; or perh. of German origin, and akin to E. wear, v.]1.A covering of cloth or leather for the ankle and instep, or for the whole leg from the knee to the instep, fitting down upon the shoe. 1913 Webster]
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2.A kind of shoe, consisting of cloth, and covering the ankle. 1913 Webster]
Ga"la(?), n.[F. gala show, pomp, fr. It. gala finery, gala; of German origin. See Gallant.]Pomp, show, or festivity.Macaulay. 1913 Webster]
Gala day, a day of mirth and festivity; a holiday. 1913 Webster]
Ga*lac"ta-gogue(?), n.[Gr. (Med.)An agent exciting secretion of milk. 1913 Webster]
Ga*lac"tic(?), a.[Gr. Galaxy, and cf. Lactic.]1.Of or pertaining to milk; got from milk; as, galactic acid. 1913 Webster]
2.Of or pertaining to the galaxy or Milky Way. 1913 Webster]
Galactic circle(Astron.), the great circle of the heavens, to which the course of the galaxy most nearly conforms.Herschel. --
Galactic poles, the poles of the galactic circle. 1913 Webster]
Ga*lac"tin(?), n.[Gr. Lactin.](Chem.)(a)An amorphous, gelatinous substance containing nitrogen, found in milk and other animal fluids. It resembles peptone, and is variously regarded as a coagulating or emulsifying agent.(b)A white waxy substance found in the sap of the South American cow tree (Galactodendron).(c)An amorphous, gummy carbohydrate resembling gelose, found in the seeds of leguminous plants, and yielding on decomposition several sugars, including galactose. 1913 Webster]
Ga*lac`to*den*sim"e*ter(?), n.[Gr. densimeter.]Same as Galactometer. 1913 Webster]
Gal`ac*tom"e*ter(?), n.[Gr. -meter: cf. F. galactom\'8atre. Cf. Lactometer.]An instrument for ascertaining the quality of milk (i.e., its richness in cream) by determining its specific gravity; a lactometer. 1913 Webster]
Gal`ac*toph"a*gist(?), n.[Gr. One who eats, or subsists on, milk. 1913 Webster]
Gal`ac*toph"a*gous(?), a.[Gr. galactophade.]Feeding on milk. 1913 Webster]
Gal`ac*toph"o*rous(?), a.[Gr. fe`rein to bear: cf. F. galactophore. Cf. Lactiferous.](Anat.)Milk-carrying; lactiferous; -- applied to the ducts of mammary glands. 1913 Webster]
Ga*lac`to*poi*et"ic(?), a.[Gr. (Med.)Increasing the flow of milk; milk-producing. -- n.A galactopoietic substance. 1913 Webster]
Ga*lac"tose(?), n.(Chem.)A white, crystalline sugar, C6H12O6, isomeric with dextrose, obtained by the decomposition of milk sugar, and also from certain gums. When oxidized it forms mucic acid. Called also lactose (though it is not lactose proper).<-- lactose is a dimeric form of galactose, converted to galactose by acid or enzymatic activity (beta-galactosidase) --> 1913 Webster]
Ga*la"go(?), n.; pl.Galagos(#).[Native name.](Zo\'94l.)A genus of African lemurs, including numerous species. 1913 Webster]
grand galago (Galago crassicaudata) is about the size of a cat; the mouse galago (G. murinus)is about the size of a mouse.
{ Ga*lan"ga(?), Ga*lan"gal(?) }, n.[OE. galingale, OF. galingal, garingal, F. galanga (cf. Sp. galanga), prob. fr. Ar. khalanj. ]The pungent aromatic rhizome or tuber of certain East Indian or Chinese species of Alpinia (Alpinia Galanga and Alpinia officinarum) and of the K\'91mpferia Galanga), -- all of the Ginger family. 1913 Webster]
Gal`a*te"a(?), n.[After Galatea, a British man-of-war, the material being used for children's sailor suits.]A kind of striped cotton fabric, usually of superior quality and striped with blue or red on white. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Gal"an*tine(? or ?), n.[F. galantine.]A dish of veal, chickens, or other white meat, freed from bones, tied up, boiled, and served cold.Smart. 1913 Webster]
Gal"a*pee` tree"(?), (Bot.)The West Indian Sciadophyllum Brownei, a tree with very large digitate leaves. 1913 Webster]
Ga*la"tian(?), prop. a.Of or pertaining to Galatia or its inhabitants. -- A native or inhabitant of Galatia, in Asia Minor; a descendant of the Gauls who settled in Asia Minor. 1913 Webster]
Gal"ax*y(?), n.; pl.Galaxies(#).[F. galaxie, L. galaxias, fr. Gr. lac. Cf. Lacteal.] 1913 Webster]
1.(Astron.)1.The Milky Way, that luminous tract, or belt, which is seen at night stretching across the heavens, and which is composed of innumerable stars, so distant and blended as to be distinguishable only with the telescope.Nichol. 1913 Webster]
2.A very large collection of stars comparable in size to the Milky Way system, held together by gravitational force and separated from other such star systems by large distances of mostly empty space. Galaxies vary widely in shape and size, the most common nearby galaxies being over 70,000 light years in diameter and separated from each other by even larger distances. The number of stars in one galaxy varies, and may extend into the hundreds of billions. PJC]
3.A splendid or impressive assemblage of persons or things; as, a galaxy of movie stars. 1913 Webster + PJC]
{ Gal"ban, Gal"ba*num(?), }n.[L. galbanum, Gr. klekb'n: cf. F. galbanum.]A gum resin exuding from the stems of certain Asiatic umbelliferous plants, mostly species of Ferula. The Bubon Galbanum of South Africa furnishes an inferior kind of galbanum. It has an acrid, bitter taste, a strong, unpleasant smell, and is used for medical purposes, also in the arts, as in the manufacture of varnish. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Galbe(?), n.[F.; OF. garbe, fr. It. garbo grace, gracefulness. See Garb dress.](Art)The general outward form of any solid object, as of a column or a vase. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Galbulidaen.A natural family of tropical American birds comprising the jacamars. Syn. -- family Galbulidae. WordNet 1.5]
Gale(g, n.[Prob. of Scand. origin; cf. Dan. gal furious, Icel. galinn, cf. Icel. gala to sing, AS. galan to sing, Icel. galdr song, witchcraft, AS. galdor charm, sorcery, E. nightingale; also, Icel. gj gust of wind, gola breeze. Cf. Yell.]1.A strong current of air; a wind between a stiff breeze and a hurricane. The most violent gales are called tempests. 1913 Webster]
Gales have a velocity of from about eighteen (\'bdmoderate\'b8) to about eighty (\'bdvery heavy\'b8) miles an our.Sir. W. S. Harris. 1913 Webster]
2.A moderate current of air; a breeze. 1913 Webster]
A little gale will soon disperse that cloud.Shak. 1913 Webster]
And winds of gentlest gale Arabian odors fanned Milton. 1913 Webster]
3.A state of excitement, passion, or hilarity. 1913 Webster]
The ladies, laughing heartily, were fast getting into what, in New England, is sometimes called a gale.Brooke (Eastford). 1913 Webster]
Topgallant gale(Naut.), one in which a ship may carry her topgallant sails.<-- add: gale warning --> 1913 Webster]
Gale(?), v. i.(Naut.)To sale, or sail fast. 1913 Webster]
Gale, n.[OE. gal. See Gale wind.]A song or story. [Obs.] Toone. 1913 Webster]
Gale, v. i.[AS. galan. See 1st Gale.]To sing. [Obs.] \'bdCan he cry and gale.\'b8 Court of Love. 1913 Webster]
Gale, n.[AS. gagel, akin to D. gagel.](Bot.)A plant of the genus Myrica, growing in wet places, and strongly resembling the bayberry. The sweet gale (Myrica Gale) is found both in Europe and in America. 1913 Webster]
Gale, n.[Cf. Gabel.]The payment of a rent or annuity. [Eng.] Mozley & W. 1913 Webster]
Gale day, the day on which rent or interest is due. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Ga"le*a(?), n.[L., a helmet.]1.(Bot.)The upper lip or helmet-shaped part of a labiate flower. 1913 Webster]
2.(Surg.)A kind of bandage for the head. 1913 Webster]
3.(Pathol.)Headache extending all over the head. 1913 Webster]
4.(Paleon.)A genus of fossil echini, having a vaulted, helmet-shaped shell. 1913 Webster]
5.(Zo\'94l.)The anterior, outer process of the second joint of the maxillae in certain insects. 1913 Webster]
Gal"e*as(?), n.See Galleass.
{ Ga"le*ate(?), Ga"le*a`ted(?), }a.[L. galeatus, p. p. of galeare helmet.]1.Wearing a helmet; protected by a helmet; covered, as with a helmet. 1913 Webster]
2.(Biol.)Helmeted; having a helmetlike part, as a crest, a flower, etc.; helmet-shaped. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Ga"le*i(?), n. pl.[NL., fr. Galeus, name of one genus, fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.)That division of elasmobranch fishes which includes the sharks. 1913 Webster]
Ga*le"na(?), n.[L. galena lead ore, dross that remains after melting lead: cf. F. gal\'8ane sulphide of lead ore, antidote to poison, stillness of the sea, calm, tranquility.] 1913 Webster]
1.(Med.)A remedy or antidote for poison; theriaca. [Obs.] Parr. 1913 Webster]
2.(Min.)Lead sulphide; the principal ore of lead. It is of a bluish gray color and metallic luster, and is cubic in crystallization and cleavage. 1913 Webster]
False galena. See Blende.
Ga*len"ic(?), Ga*len"ic*al(, a.Pertaining to, or containing, galena.
Ga*len"ic, Ga*len"ic*al, a.[From Galen, the physician.]Relating to Galen or to his principles and method of treating diseases.Dunglison. 1913 Webster]
Galenic pharmacy, that branch of pharmacy which relates to the preparation of medicines by infusion, decoction, etc., as distinguished from those which are chemically prepared. 1913 Webster]
Ga"len*ism(?), n.The doctrines of Galen. 1913 Webster]
Ga*len*ist, n.A follower of Galen. 1913 Webster]
Ga*le"nite(?), n.(Min.)Galena; lead ore. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Ga`le*o*pi*the"cus(g, n.[NL., fr. Gr. gale`h a weasel + pi`qhkos an ape.](Zo\'94l.)A genus of flying Insectivora, formerly called flying lemurs. See Colugo.
galere, gal(gn.[F. gallery.]A group of people with some common characteristic, especially a coterie of undesirable people. Syn. -- rogue's gallery. WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
Gal`er*ic"u*late(?), a.[L. galericulum, dim. of galerum a hat or cap, fr. galea helmet.]Covered as with a hat or cap.Smart. 1913 Webster]
Gal"er*ite(?), n.[L. galerum a hat, cap: cf. F. gal\'82rite.](Paleon.)A cretaceous fossil sea urchin of the genus Galerites. 1913 Webster]
Ga*li"cian(?), a.[Cf. Sp. Galiciano, Gallego, fr. L. Gallaecus, Gallaicus, fr. Gallaeci a people in Western Spain.]Of or pertaining to Galicia, in Spain, or to Galicia, the kingdom of Austrian Poland. -- n.A native of Galicia in Spain; -- called also Gallegan. 1913 Webster]
Gal`i*le"an(?), a.Of or pertaining to Galileo; as, the Galilean telescope. See Telescope. 1913 Webster]
Gal`i*le"an(?), a.[L. Galilaeus, fr. Galilaea Galilee, Gr. galil\'82en.]Of or relating to Galilee. 1913 Webster]
Gal`i*le"an, n.1.A native or inhabitant of Galilee, the northern province of Palestine under the Romans. 1913 Webster]
2.(Jewish Hist.)One of the party among the Jews, who opposed the payment of tribute to the Romans; -- called also Gaulonite. 1913 Webster]
3.A Christian in general; -- used as a term of reproach by Mohammedans and Pagans.Byron. 1913 Webster]
Gal"i*lee(?), n.[Supposed to have been so termed in allusion to the scriptural \'bdGalilee of the Gentiles.\'b8 cf. OF. galil\'82e.](Arch.)A porch or waiting room, usually at the west end of an abbey church, where the monks collected on returning from processions, where bodies were laid previous to interment, and where women were allowed to see the monks to whom they were related, or to hear divine service. Also, frequently applied to the porch of a church, as at Ely and Durham cathedrals.Gwilt. 1913 Webster]
Her dress, like her talk, is a galimatias of several countries.Walpole. 1913 Webster]
Gal"in*gale(?), n.[See Galangal.](Bot.)A plant of the Sedge family (Cyperus longus) having aromatic roots; also, any plant of the same genus.Chaucer. 1913 Webster]
Meadow, set with slender galingale.Tennyson. 1913 Webster]
Gal"i*ot(?), n.[OE. galiote, F. galiote. See Galley.](Naut.)(a)A small galley, formerly used in the Mediterranean, built mainly for speed. It was moved both by sails and oars, having one mast, and sixteen or twenty seats for rowers.(b)A strong, light-draft, Dutch merchant vessel, carrying a mainmast and a mizzenmast, and a large gaff mainsail. 1913 Webster]
Gal"i*pot(?), n.[F. galipot; cf. OF. garipot the wild pine or pitch tree.]An impure resin of turpentine, hardened on the outside of pine trees by the spontaneous evaporation of its essential oil. When purified, it is called yellow pitch, white pitch, or Burgundy pitch. 1913 Webster]
Gall(g, n.[OE. galle, gal, AS. gealla; akin to D. gal, OS. & OHG. galla, Icel. gall, SW. galla, Dan. galde, L. fel, Gr. yellow. Yellow, and cf. Choler]1.(Physiol.)The bitter, alkaline, viscid fluid found in the gall bladder, beneath the liver. It consists of the secretion of the liver, or bile, mixed with that of the mucous membrane of the gall bladder. 1913 Webster]
Gall bladder(Anat.), the membranous sac, in which the bile, or gall, is stored up, as secreted by the liver; the cholecystis. See Illust. of Digestive apparatus. --
Gall duct, a duct which conveys bile, as the cystic duct, or the hepatic duct. --
Gall sickness, a remitting bilious fever in the Netherlands.Dunglison. --
Gall of the earth(Bot.), an herbaceous composite plant with variously lobed and cleft leaves, usually the Prenanthes serpentaria. 1913 Webster]
Gall(g, n.[F. galle, noix de galle, fr. L. galla.](Zo\'94l.)An excrescence of any form produced on any part of a plant by insects or their larvae. They are most commonly caused by small Hymenoptera and Diptera which puncture the bark and lay their eggs in the wounds. The larvae live within the galls. Some galls are due to aphids, mites, etc. See Gallnut. 1913 Webster]
galls, or gallnuts, of commerce are produced by insects of the genus Cynips, chiefly on an oak (Quercus infectoria syn. Quercus Lusitanica) of Western Asia and Southern Europe. They contain much tannin, and are used in the manufacture of that article and for making ink and a black dye, as well as in medicine. 1913 Webster]
Gall insect(Zo\'94l.), any insect that produces galls. --
Gall midge(Zo\'94l.), any small dipterous insect that produces galls. --
Gall oak, the oak (Quercus infectoria) which yields the galls of commerce. --
Gall of glass, the neutral salt skimmed off from the surface of melted crown glass;- called also glass gall and sandiver.Ure.--
Gall wasp. (Zo\'94l.)See Gallfly. 1913 Webster]
Gall, v. t.(Dyeing)To impregnate with a decoction of gallnuts.Ure. 1913 Webster]
Gall, v. t.[imp. & p. p.Galled(g; p. pr. & vb. n.Galling.][OE. gallen; cf. F. galer to scratch, rub, gale scurf, scab, G. galle a disease in horses' feet, an excrescence under the tongue of horses; of uncertain origin. Cf. Gall gallnut.]1.To fret and wear away by friction; to hurt or break the skin of by rubbing; to chafe; to injure the surface of by attrition; as, a saddle galls the back of a horse; to gall a mast or a cable. 1913 Webster]
I am loth to gall a new-healed wound.Shak. 1913 Webster]
2.To fret; to vex; as, to be galled by sarcasm. 1913 Webster]
They that are most galled with my folly, Shak. 1913 Webster]
3.To injure; to harass; to annoy; as, the troops were galled by the shot of the enemy. 1913 Webster]
In our wars against the French of old, we used to gall them with our longbows, at a greater distance than they could shoot their arrows.Addison. 1913 Webster]
Gall, v. i.To scoff; to jeer. [R.] Shak. 1913 Webster]
Gall, n.A wound in the skin made by rubbing. 1913 Webster]
Gal"lant(g, a.[F. gallant, prop. p. pr. of OF. galer to rejoice, akin to OF. gale amusement, It. gala ornament; of German origin; cf. OHG. geil merry, luxuriant, wanton, G. geil lascivious, akin to AS. g wanton, wicked, OS. g merry, Goth. gailjan to make to rejoice, or perh. akin to E. weal. See Gala, Galloon.] 1913 Webster]
The town is built in a very gallant place.Evelyn. 1913 Webster]
Our royal, good and gallant ship.Shak. 1913 Webster]
2.Noble in bearing or spirit; brave; high-spirited; courageous; heroic; magnanimous; as, a gallant youth; a gallant officer. 1913 Webster]
That gallant spirit hath aspired the clouds.Shak. 1913 Webster]
The gay, the wise, the gallant, and the grave.Waller.
Syn. -- Gallant, Courageous, Brave.Courageous is generic, denoting an inward spirit which rises above fear; brave is more outward, marking a spirit which braves or defies danger; gallant rises still higher, denoting bravery on extraordinary occasions in a spirit of adventure. A courageous man is ready for battle; a brave man courts it; a gallant man dashes into the midst of the conflict. 1913 Webster]
Gal*lant"(?; 277), a.Polite and attentive to ladies; courteous to women; chivalrous. 1913 Webster]
Gal*lant"(?; 277), n.1.A man of mettle or spirit; a gay, fashionable man; a young blood.Shak. 1913 Webster]
2.One fond of paying attention to ladies. 1913 Webster]
3.One who wooes; a lover; a suitor; in a bad sense, a seducer.Addison. 1913 Webster]
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Gal*lant"(?), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Gallanted; p. pr. & vb. n.Gallanting.]1.To attend or wait on, as a lady; as, to gallant ladies to the play. 1913 Webster]
2.To handle with grace or in a modish manner; as, to gallant a fan. [Obs.] Addison. 1913 Webster]
Gal*lant"ly(?), adv.In a polite or courtly manner; like a gallant or wooer. 1913 Webster]
Gal"lant*ly(?), adv.In a gallant manner. 1913 Webster]
Gal"lant*ness(?), n.The quality of being gallant. 1913 Webster]
Guess the gallantry of our church by this . . . when the desk whereon the priest read was inlaid with plates of silver.Fuller. 1913 Webster]
2.Bravery; intrepidity; as, the troops behaved with great gallantry. 1913 Webster]
3.Civility or polite attention to ladies; in a bad sense, attention or courtesy designed to win criminal favors from a female; freedom of principle or practice with respect to female virtue; intrigue. 1913 Webster]
Helenus, Antenor, and all the gallantry of Troy.Shak.
Syn. -- See Courage, and Heroism. 1913 Webster]
Gal"late(?; 277), n.[Cf. F. gallate. See Gall gallnut.](Chem.)A salt of gallic acid. 1913 Webster]
Gal"la*ture(?; 135), n.[From L. gallus a cock.](Zo\'94l.)The tread, treadle, or chalasa of an egg. 1913 Webster]
Gal"le*ass(?; 135), n.[F. gal\'82asse, gal\'82ace; cf. It. galeazza, Sp. galeaza; LL. galea a galley. See Galley.](Naut.)A large galley, having some features of the galleon, as broadside guns; esp., such a vessel used by the southern nations of Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries. See Galleon, and Galley.[Written variously galeas, gallias, etc.] 1913 Webster]
galleasses . . . were a third larger than the ordinary galley, and rowed each by three hundred galley slaves. They consisted of an enormous towering structure at the stern, a castellated structure almost equally massive in front, with seats for the rowers amidships.\'b8Motley.
{ Gal*le"gan(g, Gal*le"go(g, }n.[Sp. Gallego.]A native or inhabitant of Galicia, in Spain; a Galician. 1913 Webster]
Gal"le*\'8bn(?), n.[Pyrogallol + phthale\'8bn.](Chem.)A red crystalline dyestuff, obtained by heating together pyrogallic and phthalic acids. 1913 Webster]
Gal"le*on(?), n.[Sp. galeon, cf. F. galion; fr. LL. galeo, galio. See Galley.](Naut.)A sailing vessel of the 15th and following centuries, often having three or four decks, and used for war or commerce. The term is often rather indiscriminately applied to any large sailing vessel. 1913 Webster]
The galleons . . . were huge, round-stemmed, clumsy vessels, with bulwarks three or four feet thick, and built up at stem and stern, like castles.Motley. 1913 Webster]
Gal"le*ot(?), n.(Naut.)See Galiot. 1913 Webster]
Gal"ler*y(?), n.; pl.Galleries(#).[F. galerie, It. galleria, fr. LL. galeria gallery, perh. orig., a festal hall, banquetting hall; cf. OF. galerie a rejoicing, fr. galer to rejoice. Cf. Gallant, a.]1.A long and narrow corridor, or place for walking; a connecting passageway, as between one room and another; also, a long hole or passage excavated by a boring or burrowing animal. 1913 Webster]
2.A room for the exhibition of works of art; as, a picture gallery; hence, also, a large or important collection of paintings, sculptures, etc. 1913 Webster]
3.A long and narrow platform attached to one or more sides of public hall or the interior of a church, and supported by brackets or columns; -- sometimes intended to be occupied by musicians or spectators, sometimes designed merely to increase the capacity of the hall. 1913 Webster]
4.(Naut.)A frame, like a balcony, projecting from the stern or quarter of a ship, and hence called stern gallery or quarter gallery, -- seldom found in vessels built since 1850. 1913 Webster]
5.(Fort.)Any communication which is covered overhead as well as at the sides. When prepared for defense, it is a defensive gallery. 1913 Webster]
6.(Mining)A working drift or level. 1913 Webster]
Whispering gallery. See under Whispering. 1913 Webster]
Gal"le*tyle(?), n.[OE. gallytile. Cf. Gallipot.]A little tile of glazed earthenware. [Obs.] \'bdThe substance of galletyle.\'bd Bacon. 1913 Webster]
Gal"ley(?), n.; pl.Galleys(#).[OE. gale, galeie (cf. OF. galie, gal\'82e, LL. galea, LGr. 1.(Naut.)A vessel propelled by oars, whether having masts and sails or not; as: (a)A large vessel for war and national purposes; -- common in the Middle Ages, and down to the 17th century.(b)A name given by analogy to the Greek, Roman, and other ancient vessels propelled by oars.(c)A light, open boat used on the Thames by customhouse officers, press gangs, and also for pleasure.(d)One of the small boats carried by a man-of-war. 1913 Webster]
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2.The cookroom or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel; -- sometimes on merchant vessels called the caboose. 1913 Webster]
3.(Chem.)An oblong oven or muffle with a battery of retorts; a gallery furnace. 1913 Webster]
4.[F. gal\'82e; the same word as E. galley a vessel.](Print.)(a)An oblong tray of wood or brass, with upright sides, for holding type which has been set, or is to be made up, etc.(b)A proof sheet taken from type while on a galley; a galley proof. 1913 Webster]
Galley slave, a person condemned, often as a punishment for crime, to work at the oar on board a galley. \'bdTo toil like a galley slave.\'b8 Macaulay.--
Galley slice(Print.), a sliding false bottom to a large galley.Knight. 1913 Webster]
Gal"ley-bird`(?), n.[Etymol. uncertain.](Zo\'94l.)The European green woodpecker, called also the yaffle; also, the spotted woodpecker. [Prov. Eng.] 1913 Webster]
Gal"ley-worm`(?), n.[Prob. so called because the numerous legs along the sides move rhythmically like the oars of a galley.](Zo\'94l.)A chilognath myriapod of the genus Iulus, and allied genera, having numerous short legs along the sides; a milliped or \'bdthousand legs.\'b8 See Chilognatha. 1913 Webster]
Gall"fly`(?), n.; pl.Gallflies(.(Zo\'94l.)An insect that deposits its eggs in plants, and occasions galls, esp. any small hymenopteran of the genus Cynips and allied genera. See Illust. of Gall. 1913 Webster]
Gal`li*am"bic(?), a.[L. galliambus a song used by the priests of Cybele; Gallus (a name applied to these priests) + iambus](Pros.)Consisting of two iambic dimeters catalectic, the last of which lacks the final syllable; -- said of a kind of verse. 1913 Webster]
Gal"lic(?), a.[From Gallium.](Chem.)Pertaining to, or containing, gallium. 1913 Webster]
Gal"lic(277), a.[From Gall the excrescence.]Pertaining to, or derived from, galls, nutgalls, and the like. 1913 Webster]
Gallic acid(Chem.), an organic acid, very widely distributed in the vegetable kingdom, being found in the free state in galls, tea, etc., and produced artificially. It is a white, crystalline substance, C6H2(HO)3.CO2H, with an astringent taste, and is a strong reducing agent, as employed in photography. It is usually prepared from tannin, and both give a dark color with iron salts, forming tannate and gallate of iron, which are the essential ingredients of common black ink. 1913 Webster]
Gal"lic(?), a.[L. Gallicus belonging to the Gauls, fr. Galli the Gauls, Gallia Gaul, now France: cf. F. gallique.]Pertaining to Gaul or France; Gallican. 1913 Webster]
Gal"li*can(?), a.[L. Gallicanus: cf. F. gallican.]Of or pertaining to Gaul or France; Gallic; French; as, the Gallican church or clergy. 1913 Webster]
Gal"li*can, n.An adherent to, and supporter of, Gallicanism.Shipley. 1913 Webster]
Gal"li*can*ism(?), n.The principles, tendencies, or action of those, within the Roman Catholic Church in France, who (esp. in 1682) sought to restrict the papal authority in that country and increase the power of the national church.Schaff-Herzog Encyc. 1913 Webster]
Gal"li*cism(?), n.[F. gallicisme.]A mode of speech peculiar to the French; a French idiom; also, in general, a French mode or custom. 1913 Webster]
Gal"li*cize(?), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Gallicized(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Gallicizing(?).]To conform to the French mode or idiom. 1913 Webster]
Gal"lied(?), p. p. & a.(Naut.)Worried; flurried; frightened.Ham. Nav. Encyc. 1913 Webster]
Gal"li*form(?), a.(Zo\'94l.)Like the Gallinae (or Galliformes) in structure. 1913 Webster]
Gal`li*gas"kins(?), n. pl.[Prob. corrupted fr. It. Grechesco Grecian, a name which seems to have been given in Venice, and to have been afterwards confused with Gascony, as if they came from Gascony.]Loose hose or breeches; leather leg quards. The word is used loosely and often in a jocose sense. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Gal`li*ma"ti*a(? , n.Senseless talk. [Obs. or R.] See Galimatias. 1913 Webster]
Gal`li*mau"fry(?), n.; pl.Gallimaufries(#).[F. galimafr\'82e a sort of ragout or mixed hash of different meats.]1.A hash of various kinds of meats, a ragout. 1913 Webster]
Delighting in hodge-podge, gallimaufries, forced meat.King. 1913 Webster]
2.Any absurd medley; a hotchpotch. 1913 Webster]
The Mahometan religion, which, being a gallimaufry made up of many, partakes much of the Jewish.South. 1913 Webster]
Gal"lin(?), n.(Chem.)A substance obtained by the reduction of galle\'8bn. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Gal"li*nace*ae(?), n. pl.[NL. See Gallinaceous.](Zo\'94l.)Same as Gallinae. 1913 Webster]
Gal`li*na"cean(?), n.(Zo\'94l.)One of the Gallinae or gallinaceous birds. 1913 Webster]
Gal`li*na"ceous(?), a.[L. gallinaceus, fr. gallina hen, fr. gallus cock.](Zo\'94l.)Resembling the domestic fowls and pheasants; of or pertaining to the Gallinae. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Gal*li"nae(?), n.; pl.[NL., fr. L. gallina a hen, gallus a cock.](Zo\'94l.)An order of birds, including the common domestic fowls, pheasants, grouse, quails, and allied forms; -- sometimes called Rasores. 1913 Webster]
Gallinagon.A genus of birds consisting of certain of the snipes. Syn. -- genus Gallinago, Capella, genus Capella. WordNet 1.5]
Gall"ing(?), a.Fitted to gall or chafe; vexing; harassing; irritating. -- Gall"ing*ly, adv. 1913 Webster]
Gal"li*nip`per(?), n.A large mosquito. 1913 Webster]
Gal"li*nule(?), n.[L. gallinula chicken, dim. of gallina hen: cf. F. gallinule.](Zo\'94l.)One of several wading birds, having long, webless toes, and a frontal shield, belonging to the family Rallidae. They are remarkable for running rapidly over marshes and on floating plants. The purple gallinule of America is Ionornis Martinica, that of the Old World is Porphyrio porphyrio. The common European gallinule (Gallinula chloropus) is also called moor hen, water hen, water rail, moor coot, night bird, and erroneously dabchick. Closely related to it is the Florida gallinule (Gallinula galeata). 1913 Webster]
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Gal"li*ot(?), n.See Galiot. 1913 Webster]
Gal*lip"o*li oil`(?). An inferior kind of olive oil, brought from Gallipoli, in Italy. 1913 Webster]
Gal"li*pot(?), n.[Prob. fr. OD. gleypot, the first part of which is possibly akin to E. glad. See Glad, and Pot.]A glazed earthen pot or vessel, used by druggists and apothecaries for containing medicines, etc. 1913 Webster]
Gal"li*um(?), n.[NL.; perh. fr. L. Gallia France.](Chem.)A rare metallic element, found combined in certain zinc ores. It is white, hard, and malleable, resembling aluminium, and remarkable for its low melting point (86\'f8 F., 30\'f8 C.). Symbol, Ga; at. wt., 69.9. Gallium is chiefly trivalent, resembling aluminium and indium. It was predicted with most of its properties, under the name eka-aluminium, by the Russian chemist Mendelyeev on the basis of the periodic law. This prediction was verified in its discovery (in 1875) by the French chemist Lecoq de Boisbaudran by its characteristic spectrum (two violet lines), in an examination of a zinc blende from the Pyrenees. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Gal"li*vant(?), v. i.[From Gallant.]To play the beau; to wait upon the ladies; also, to roam about for pleasure without any definite plan. [Slang] Dickens. 1913 Webster]
Gal"li*vat(?), n.[Prob. fr. Pg. galeota; cf. E. galiot, galley.](Naut.)A small armed vessel, with sails and oars, -- used on the Malabar coast.A. Chalmers. 1913 Webster]
Gal"li*wasp`(?), n.[Etymol. uncertain.](Zo\'94l.)A West Indian lizard (Celestus occiduus), about a foot long, imagined by the natives to be venomous. 1913 Webster]
Gal"lize(?), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Gallized(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Gallizing(?).][After Dr. L. Gall, a French chemist, who invented the process.]In wine making, to add water and sugar to (unfermented grape juice) so as to increase the quantity of wine produced. -- Gal`li*za"tion(#), n. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Gall"nut`(?), n.(Zo\'94l.)A round gall produced on the leaves and shoots of various species of the oak tree. See Gall, and Nutgall. 1913 Webster]
gall-of-the-earthn.A common perennial herb (Nabalus serpentarius) widely distributed in southern and eastern U. S., having drooping clusters of pinkish flowers and thick basal leaves suggesting a lion's foot in shape; sometimes placed in the genus Prenanthes. Syn. -- lion's foot, gall of the earth, Nabalus serpentarius, Prenanthes serpentaria. WordNet 1.5]
Gal`lo*ma"ni*a(?), n.[L. Galli Gauls + mania madness.]An excessive admiration of what is French. -- Gal`lo*ma"ni*ac(#), n. 1913 Webster]
Gal"lon(?), n.[OF galon, jalon, LL. galo, galona, fr. galum a liquid measure; cf. F. jale large bowl. Cf. Gill a measure.]A measure of capacity, containing four quarts; -- used, for the most part, in liquid measure, but sometimes in dry measure. 1913 Webster]
standart gallon of the Unites States contains 231 cubic inches, or 8.3389 pounds avoirdupois of distilled water at its maximum density, and with the barometer at 30 inches. This is almost exactly equivalent to a cylinder of seven inches in diameter and six inches in height, and is the same as the old English wine gallon. The beer gallon, now little used in the United States, contains 282 cubic inches. The English imperial gallon contains 10 pounds avoirdupois of distilled water at 62 1913 Webster]
Gal*loon"(?), n.[From F. or Sp. galon. See Gala. ]1.A narrow tapelike fabric used for binding hats, shoes, etc., -- sometimes made ornamental. 1913 Webster]
2.A similar bordering or binding of rich material, such as gold lace. 1913 Webster]
Silver and gold galloons, with the like glittering gewgaws.Addison. 1913 Webster]
Gal*looned`(?), a.Furnished or adorned with galloon. 1913 Webster]
Gal"lop(?), v. i.[imp. & p. p.Galloped(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Galloping.][OE. galopen, F. galoper, of German origin; cf. assumed Goth. ga-hlaupan to run, OHG. giloufen, AS. gehle\'a0pan to leap, dance, fr. root of E. leap, and a prefix; or cf. OFlem. walop a gallop. See Leap, and cf. 1st Wallop.]1.To move or run in the mode called a gallop; as a horse; to go at a gallop; to run or move with speed. 1913 Webster]
But gallop lively down the western hill.Donne. 1913 Webster]
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2.To ride a horse at a gallop. 1913 Webster]
3.Fig.: To go rapidly or carelessly, as in making a hasty examination. 1913 Webster]
Such superficial ideas he may collect in galloping over it.Locke. 1913 Webster]
Gal"lop(?), v. t.To cause to gallop. 1913 Webster]
Gal"lop, n.[Cf. F. galop. See Gallop, v. i., and cf. Galop.]A mode of running by a quadruped, particularly by a horse, by lifting alternately the fore feet and the hind feet, in successive leaps or bounds. 1913 Webster]
Hand gallop, a slow or gentle gallop. 1913 Webster]
Gal"lo*pade`(?), n.[F. galopade. See Gallop, n.]1.I horsemanship, a sidelong or curveting kind of gallop. 1913 Webster]
2.A kind of dance; also, music to the dance; a galop. 1913 Webster]
Gal`lo*pade"(?), v. i.[imp. & p. p.Gallopaded; p. pr. & vb. n.Gallopading.]1.To gallop, as on horseback. 1913 Webster]
2.To perform the dance called gallopade. 1913 Webster]
Gal"lop*er(?), n.1.One who, or that which, gallops. 1913 Webster]
2.(Mil.)A carriage on which very small guns were formerly mounted, the gun resting on the shafts, without a limber.Farrow. 1913 Webster]
Galloper gun, a light gun, supported on a galloper, -- formerly attached to British infantry regiments. 1913 Webster]
Gal"lo*pin(?), n.[F. galopin. See Gallop, v. i.]An under servant for the kitchen; a scullion; a cook's errand boy. [Obs.] Halliwell. 1913 Webster]
Gal"lop*ing(?), a.Going at a gallop; progressing rapidly; as, a galloping horse. 1913 Webster]
Gal`lo*tan"nic(?), a.[Gall nutgall + tannic.](Chem.)Pertaining to the tannin or nutgalls. 1913 Webster]
Gallotannic acid. See Tannic acid, under Tannic. 1913 Webster]
Gal"low(?), v. t.[Cf. AS. \'begelwan to stupefy.]To fright or terrify. See Gally, v. t. [Obs.] Shak. 1913 Webster]
Gal"lo*way(?), n.(Zo\'94l.)A small horse of a breed raised at Galloway, Scotland; -- called also garran, and garron. 1913 Webster]
Gal"low*glass`(?), n.[Ir. galloglach. Cf. Gillie.]A heavy-armed foot soldier from Ireland and the Western Isles in the time of Edward Shak. 1913 Webster]
Gal"lows(?), n. sing.; pl.Gallowses(#)orGallows.[OE. galwes, pl., AS. galga, gealga, gallows, cross; akin to D. galg gallows, OS. & OHG. galgo, G. galgen, Icel. g\'belgi, Sw. & Dan. galge, Goth. galga a cross. Etymologically and historically considered, gallows is a noun in the plural number, but it is used as a singular, and hence is preceded by a; as, a gallows.]1.A frame from which is suspended the rope with which criminals are executed by hanging, usually consisting of two upright posts and a crossbeam on the top; also, a like frame for suspending anything. 1913 Webster]
So they hanged Haman on the gallows.Esther vii. 10. 1913 Webster]
If I hang, I'll make a fat pair of gallows.Shak. 1913 Webster]
O, there were desolation of gaolers and gallowses!Shak. 1913 Webster]
2.A wretch who deserves the gallows. [R.] Shak. 1913 Webster]
3.(Print.)The rest for the tympan when raised. 1913 Webster]
4.pl.A pair of suspenders or braces. [Colloq.] 1913 Webster]
Gallows bird, a person who deserves the gallows. [Colloq.] --
Gallows bitts(Naut.), one of two or more frames amidships on deck for supporting spare spars; -- called also gallows, gallows top, gallows frame, etc. --
Gallows frame. (a)The frame supporting the beam of an engine.(b)(Naut.)Gallows bitts. --
Gallows tree, or
Gallow tree, the gallows. 1913 Webster]
At length him nail\'82d on a gallow tree.Spenser. 1913 Webster]
Gall"stone`(?), n.A concretion, or calculus, formed in the gall bladder or biliary passages. See Calculus, n., 1. 1913 Webster]
Gal"ly(?), v. t.[See Gallow, v. t.]To frighten; to worry. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] T. Brown. 1913 Webster]
Gall"y(?), a.Like gall; bitter as gall.Cranmer. 1913 Webster]
Gal"ly(?), n.See Galley, n., 4. 1913 Webster]
Gal`ly*gas"kins, n. pl.See Galligaskins.
Ga*loche", Ga*loshe"(, [OE. galoche, galache, galage, shoe, F. galoche galoche, perh. altered fr. L. gallica a Gallic shoe, or fr. LL. calopedia wooden shoe, or shoe with a wooden sole, Gr. 1.A clog or patten. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
Nor were worthy [to] unbuckle his galoche.Chaucer. 1913 Webster]
2.Hence:An overshoe worn in wet weather, especially a waterproof rubber overshoe extending over the ankle, worn over one's regular shoes; now usually written galosh. It is used mostly in the plural. 1913 Webster +PJC]
3.A gaiter, or legging, covering the upper part of the shoe and part of the leg. 1913 Webster]
Ga*loot"(?), n.A noisy, swaggering, or worthless fellow; a rowdy. [Slang, U. S.] 1913 Webster]
Gal"op(?), n.[F.](Mus.)A kind of lively dance, in 2-4 time; also, the music to the dance. 1913 Webster]
Ga*lore"(?), n. & a.[Scot. gelore, gilore, galore, fr. Gael. gu le\'95r, enough; gu- to, also an adverbial prefix + le\'95r, le\'95ir, enough; or fr. Ir. goleor, the same word.]Plenty; abundance; in abundance. 1913 Webster]
Ga*losh"(?), n.1.Same as Galoche, Galoshe. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2.A strip of material, as leather, running around a shoe at and above the sole, as for protection or ornament. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Ga*loshe"(?), n.Same as Galoche. 1913 Webster]
Galpe(?), v. i.To gape,; to yawn. [Obs.] Chaucer. 1913 Webster]
Galt(?), n.[See Gault.]Same as Gault. 1913 Webster]
Gal*van"ic(?), a.[From Galvani, a professor of physiology at Bologna, on account of his connection (about 1780) with the discovery of dynamical or current electricity: cf. F. galvanique.]Of or pertaining to, or exhibiting the phenomena of, galvanism; employing or producing electrical currents. 1913 Webster]
Galvanic battery(Elec.), an apparatus for generating electrical currents by the mutual action of certain liquids and metals; -- now usually called voltaic battery. See Battery. --
Galvanic circuitor
Galvanic circle. (Elec.)See under Circuit. --
Galvanic pile(Elec.), the voltaic pile. See under Voltaic. 1913 Webster]
Gal"va*nism(?), n.[From Galvani: cf. F. galvanisme. See Galvanic.](Physics)(a)Electricity excited by the mutual action of certain liquids and metals; dynamical electricity.(b)The branch of physical science which treats of dynamical elecricity, or the properties and effects of electrical currents. 1913 Webster]
galvanism and galvanic, formerly in very general use, are now rarely employed. For the latter, voltaic, from the name of Volta, is commonly used. 1913 Webster]
Gal"va*nist(?), n.One versed in galvanism. 1913 Webster]
Gal"va*niza`tion(?), n.The act of process of galvanizing. 1913 Webster]
Gal"va*nize(?), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Galvanized(?); p pr. & vb. n.Galvanizing(?).][Cf. F. galvaniser.]1.To affect with galvanism; to subject to the action of electrical currents. 1913 Webster]
2.To plate, as with gold, silver, etc., by means of electricity. 1913 Webster]
3.To restore to consciousness by galvanic action (as from a state of suspended animation); hence, to stimulate or excite to a factitious animation or activity. 1913 Webster]
4.To coat, as iron, with zinc. See Galvanized iron. 1913 Webster]
Galvanized iron, formerly, iron coated with zink by electrical deposition; now more commonly, iron coated with zink by plunging into a bath of melted zink, after its surface has been cleaned by friction with the aid of dilute acid. 1913 Webster]
Gal"va*ni`zer(?), n.One who, or that which, galvanize. 1913 Webster]
Gal*van`o*caus"tic(?), a.[Galvanic + caustic.]Relating to the use of galvanic heat as a caustic, especially in medicine. 1913 Webster]
Gal*van`o*cau"ter*y(?), n.(Med.)Cautery effected by a knife or needle heated by the passage of a galvanic current. 1913 Webster]
Gal`va*nog"ly*phy(?), n.[Galvanic + Gr. Same as Glyphography. 1913 Webster]
Gal*van"o*graph(?), n.[Galvanic + -graph.](Engraving)A copperplate produced by the method of galvanography; also, a picture printed from such a plate. 1913 Webster]
Gal*van`o*graph"ic(?), a.Of or pertaining to galvanography. 1913 Webster]
Gal`va*nog"ra*phy(?), n.[Galvanic + -graphy.]1.The art or process of depositing metals by electricity; electrotypy. 1913 Webster]
2.A method of producing by means of electrotyping process (without etching) copperplates which can be printed from in the same manner as engraved plates. 1913 Webster]
Gal`va*nol"o*gist(?), n.One who describes the phenomena of galvanism; a writer on galvanism. 1913 Webster]
Gal`va*nol"o*gy(?)n.[Galvanic + -logy.]A treatise on galvanism, or a description of its phenomena. 1913 Webster]
Gal`va*nom"e*ter(?), n.[Galvanic + -meter: cf. F. galvanom\'8atre.](Elec.)An instrument or apparatus for measuring the intensity of an electric current, usually by the deflection of a magnetic needle. 1913 Webster]
Differential galvanometer. See under Differental, a. --
Sine galvanometer,
Cosine galvanometer,
Tangent galvanometer(Elec.), a galvanometer in which the sine, cosine, or tangent respectively, of the angle through which the needle is deflected, is proportional to the strength of the current passed through the instrument. 1913 Webster]
Gal*van`o*met"ric(?), a.Of, pertaining to, or measured by, a galvanometer. 1913 Webster]
Gal`va*nom"e*try(?), n.The art or process of measuring the force of electric currents. 1913 Webster]
Gal*van`o*plas"tic(?), a.[Galvanic + -plastic.]Of or pertaining to the art or process of electrotyping; employing, or produced by, the process of electolytic deposition; as, a galvano-plastic copy of a medal or the like. 1913 Webster]
Gal*van"o*plas`ty(?), n.[Cf. F. galanoplastie.]The art or process of electrotypy. 1913 Webster]
Gal*van`o*punc"ture(?), n.(Med.)Same as Electro-puncture. 1913 Webster]
Gal*van`o*scope(?), n.[Galvanic + -scope: cf. F. galvanoscope.](Elec.)An instrument or apparatus for detecting the presence of electrical currents, especially such as are of feeble intensity. 1913 Webster]
Gal*van`o*scop"ic(?), a.Of or pertaining to a galvanoscope. 1913 Webster]
Gal`va*nos"co*py(?), n.(Physiol.)The use of galvanism in physiological experiments. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Gal`va*not"o*nus(?), n.[NL., fr. E. galvanic + Gr. (Physiol.)Same as Electrotonus. 1913 Webster]
Gal`va*not"ro*pism(?), n.[Galvanic + Gr. (Bot.)The tendency of a root to place its axis in the line of a galvanic current. 1913 Webster]
Gam(g, n.[Orig. uncert., perh. from gammon, talk.]1.(Naut.)A herd, or school, of whales. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2.A visit between whalers at sea; a holding of social intercourse between those on different vessels at sea, or (Local U. S.) between persons ashore. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
3.A visit between whalers at sea; a holding of social intercourse between those on different vessels at sea, or (Local U. S.) between persons ashore. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Gam(g, n.[fr. gamba leg.]a leg. [slang] PJC]
Gam(g, v. i.[imp. & p. p.Gammed(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Gam"ming.](Naut.)(a)To gather in a gam; -- said of whales.(b)To engage in a gam, or (Local, U. S.) in social intercourse anywhere. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Gam(g, v. t.(Naut.)To have a gam with; to pay a visit to, esp. among whalers at sea. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Ga"ma grass`(?). [From Gama, a cluster of the Maldive Islands.](Bot.)A species of grass (Tripsacum dactyloides) tall, stout, and exceedingly productive; cultivated in the West Indies, Mexico, and the Southern States of North America as a forage grass; -- called also sesame grass. 1913 Webster]
Ga*mash"es(?), n. pl.[F. gamaches.]High boots or buskins; in Scotland, short spatterdashes or riding trousers, worn over the other clothing. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Gam"ba(?), n.A viola da gamba. 1913 Webster]
Gam*ba"does(?), n. pl.[I. or Sp. gamba leg. See Gambol, n.]Same as Gamashes. 1913 Webster]
His thin legs tenanted a pair of gambadoes fastened at the side with rusty clasps.Sir W. Scott. 1913 Webster]
Gam*beer"(?), v. t.[Cf. F. gambier a kind of hook.](Fishing)To gaff, as mackerel. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Gam"be*son(?), n.Same as Gambison. 1913 Webster]
Gam"bet(?), n.[Fr. gambette, or It. gambetta.](Zo\'94l.)Any bird of the genuis Totanus. See Tattler. 1913 Webster]
Gam"bier(?), n.[Malayan.](a)The inspissated juice of a plant (Uncaria Gambir) growing in Malacca. It is a powerful astringent, and, under the name of Terra Japonica, is used for chewing with the Areca nut, and is exported for tanning and dyeing.(b)Catechu.[Written also gambeer and gambir.] 1913 Webster]
Gam"bi*son(?), n.[OF. gambeson, gambaison, fr. gambais, wambais, of German origin: cf. MHG. wambeis, G. wams doublet, fr. OHG. wamba, stomach. See Womb.]A defensive garment formerly in use for the body, made of cloth stuffed and quilted. 1913 Webster]
Gam"bist(?), n.[It. gamba leg.](Mus.)A performer upon the viola di gamba. See under Viola. 1913 Webster]
Gam"bit(?), n.[F. gambit, cf. It. gambitto gambit, a tripping up. See Gambol, n.](Chess Playing)A mode of opening the game, in which a pawn is sacrificed to gain an attacking position.
<-- Hence, Fig. any stratagem; in conversation, a remark, often prepared in advance, calculated to provoke discussion, amuse, or make a point = a conversational gambit --> 1913 Webster]
Gam"ble(?), v. i.[imp. & p. p.Gambled(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Gambling(?).][Dim. of game. See 2d Game.]To play or game for money or other stake. 1913 Webster]
Gamble, v. t.To lose or squander by gaming; -- usually with away. \'bdBankrupts or sots who have gambled or slept away their estates.\'b8 Ames. 1913 Webster]
Gam"ble(?), n.An act of gambling; a transaction or proceeding involving gambling; hence, anything involving similar risk or uncertainty. [Colloq.] Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Gam"bler(?), n.One who gambles. 1913 Webster]
gamblingn.[p. pr. of gamble.]the act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize); as, his gambling cost him a fortune. Syn. -- gaming, play. WordNet 1.5]
Gam*boge"(?), n.A concrete juice, or gum resin, produced by several species of trees in Siam, Ceylon, and Malabar. It is brought in masses, or cylindrical rolls, from Cambodia, or Cambogia, -- whence its name. The best kind is of a dense, compact texture, and of a beatiful reddish yellow. Taken internally, it is a strong and harsh cathartic and emetic.[Written also camboge.] 1913 Webster]
Garcinia, a genus of trees of the order Guttifer\'91. The best Siam gamboge is thought to come from Garcinia Hanburii. Ceylon gamboge is from G. Morella. G. pictoria, of Western India, yields gamboge, and also a kind of oil called gamboge butter.
{ Gam*bo"gi*an(?), Gambogic(?), }a.Pertaining to, resembling, or containing, gamboge. 1913 Webster]
Gam"bol(?), n.[OE. gambolde, gambaulde, F. gambade, gambol, fr. It. gambata kick, fr. L. gamba leg, akin to F. jambe, OF. also, gambe, fr. L. gamba, hoof or perh. joint: cf. Gr. cam crooked; perhaps akin to E. chamber: cf.F. gambiller to kick about. Cf. Jamb, n., Gammon ham, Gambadoes.]A skipping or leaping about in frolic; a hop; a sportive prank.Dryden. 1913 Webster]
Gam"bolv. i.[imp. & p. p.Gamboled(?), or Gambolled; p. pr. & vb. n.Gamboling or Gambolling.]To dance and skip about in sport; to frisk; to skip; to play in frolic, like boys or lambs. 1913 Webster]
Gam"brel(?), n.[OF. gambe, jambe leg, F. jambe. Cf. Cambrel, Chambrel, and see Gambol. n.]1.The hind leg of a horse. 1913 Webster]
2.A stick crooked like a horse's hind leg; -- used by butchers in suspending slaughtered animals. 1913 Webster]
Gambrel roof(Arch.), a curb roof having the same section in all parts, with a lower steeper slope and an upper and flatter one, so that each gable is pentagonal in form. 1913 Webster]
Gam"brelv. t.To truss or hang up by means of a gambrel.Beau. & Fl. 1913 Webster]
Gam*broon"(?), n.A kind of twilled linen cloth for lining.Simmonds. 1913 Webster]
Gambusian.A genus of fish including some of the mosquitofish. Syn. -- genus Gambusia. WordNet 1.5]
Game(?), a.[Cf. W. cam crooked, and E. gambol, n.]Crooked; lame; as, a game leg. [Colloq.] 1913 Webster]
Game, n.[OE. game, gamen, AS. gamen, gomen, play, sport; akin to OS., OHG., & Icel. gaman, Dan. gammen mirth, merriment, OSw. gamman joy. Cf. Gammon a game, Backgammon, Gamblev. i.]1.Sport of any kind; jest, frolic. 1913 Webster]
We have had pastimes here, and pleasant game.Shak. 1913 Webster]
2.A contest, physical or mental, according to certain rules, for amusement, recreation, or for winning a stake; as, a game of chance; games of skill; field games, etc. 1913 Webster]
But war's a game, which, were their subject wise, Cowper. 1913 Webster]
games. 1913 Webster]
3.The use or practice of such a game; a single match at play; a single contest; as, a game at cards. 1913 Webster]
Talk the game o'er between the deal.Lloyd. 1913 Webster]
4.That which is gained, as the stake in a game; also, the number of points necessary to be scored in order to win a game; as, in short whist five points are game. 1913 Webster]
5.(Card Playing)In some games, a point credited on the score to the player whose cards counts up the highest. 1913 Webster]
6.A scheme or art employed in the pursuit of an object or purpose; method of procedure; projected line of operations; plan; project. 1913 Webster]
Your murderous game is nearly up.Blackw. Mag. 1913 Webster]
It was obviously Lord Macaulay's game to blacken the greatest literary champion of the cause he had set himself to attack.Saintsbury. 1913 Webster]
7.Animals pursued and taken by sportsmen; wild meats designed for, or served at, table. 1913 Webster]
Those species of animals . . . distinguished from the rest by the well-known appellation of game.Blackstone. 1913 Webster]
Confidence game. See under Confidence. --
To make game of, to make sport of; to mock.Milton. 1913 Webster]
Game, a.1.Having a resolute, unyielding spirit, like the gamecock; ready to fight to the last; plucky. 1913 Webster]
I was game . . . .I felt that I could have fought even to the death.W. Irving. 1913 Webster]
2.Of or pertaining to such animals as are hunted for game, or to the act or practice of hunting. 1913 Webster]
Game bag, a sportsman's bag for carrying small game captured; also, the whole quantity of game taken. --
Game bird, any bird commonly shot for food, esp. grouse, partridges, quails, pheasants, wild turkeys, and the shore or wading birds, such as plovers, snipe, woodcock, curlew, and sandpipers. The term is sometimes arbitrarily restricted to birds hunted by sportsmen, with dogs and guns. --
Game egg, an egg producing a gamecock. --
Game laws, laws regulating the seasons and manner of taking game for food or for sport. --
Game preserver, a land owner who regulates the killing of game on his estate with a view to its increase. [Eng.] --
To be game. (a)To show a brave, unyielding spirit.(b)To be victor in a game. [Colloq.] --
To die game, to maintain a bold, unyielding spirit to the last; to die fighting. 1913 Webster]
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Game(g, v. i.[imp. & p. p.Gamed(g; p. pr. & vb. n.Gaming.][OE. gamen, game, to rejoice, AS. gamenian to play. See Game, n.]1.To rejoice; to be pleased; -- often used, in Old English, impersonally with dative. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
God loved he best with all his whole hearte gamed or smarte.Chaucer. 1913 Webster]
2.To play at any sport or diversion. 1913 Webster]
3.To play for a stake or prize; to use cards, dice, billiards, or other instruments, according to certain rules, with a view to win money or some other thing waged upon the issue of the contest; to gamble. 1913 Webster]
gamebag, game bagn.a canvas or leather bag for carrying game (especially birds) killed by a hunter. WordNet 1.5]
Game"cock`(g, n.(Zo\'94l.)The male game fowl. 1913 Webster]
Game" fowl`(g. (Zo\'94l.)A handsome breed of the common fowl, remarkable for the great courage and pugnacity of the males. 1913 Webster]
Game"ful(g, a.Full of game or games. 1913 Webster]
Game"keep`er(g, n.One who has the care of game, especially in a park or preserve.Blackstone. 1913 Webster]
Game"less, a.Destitute of game. 1913 Webster]
game licensen.a license authorizing the bearer to kill a certain type of animal during a specified period of time.Syn. -- hunting license, game license. WordNet 1.5]
Game"ly, adv.In a plucky manner; spiritedly. 1913 Webster]
Game"ness(g, n.Endurance; pluck. 1913 Webster]
game of chancen.a game that involves gambling. Syn. -- game of chance, gambling game. WordNet 1.5]
game" plan`(g, n.A plan for achieving an objective (especially in some sport).
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game" room`(g, n.a recreation room for noisy activities (parties or children's play etc) or for table games. Syn. -- rumpus room, playroom, game room.
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game" show`(g, n.a television program in which contestants compete for awards. The contestants are members of the public selected to participate on the show, and not employed by the producer of the show. WordNet 1.5]
2.A person who plays at games; esp., one accustomed to play for a stake; a gambler; one skilled in games. 1913 Webster]
When lenity and cruelty play for a kingdom, the gentlest gamester is the soonest winner.Shak. 1913 Webster]
3.A prostitute; a strumpet. [Obs.] Shak. 1913 Webster]
gametangiumn.(Biol.)A cell or organ in which gametes develop. WordNet 1.5]
Gam"ete(gthe latter usually in compounds), n.[Gr. gameth` wife, or game`ths husband, fr. gamei^n to marry.](Biol.)A sexual cell or germ cell having a single set of unpaired chromosomes; a conjugating cell which unites with another of like or unlike character to form a new individual. In Bot., gamete designates esp. the similar sex cells of the lower thallophytes which unite by conjugation, forming a zygospore. The gametes of higher plants are of two sorts, sperm (male) and egg (female); their union is called fertilization, and the resulting zygote an o\'94spore. In Zo\'94l., gamete is most commonly used of the sexual cells of certain Protozoa, though also extended to the germ cells of higher forms. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
game theoryn.A branch of mathematics that deals with strategies for maximizing gains or minimizing losses in competitive situations having defined constraints and involving random factors.Game theory is used for modelling and analysis of various decision-making situations such as military strategy or business policy. The theoretical models study the interactions among opposing entities called "players," where different kinds of situation can arise, for which the probabilities of occurence are known. Also known is the set of decisions each player can take. When a player takes a decision he makes a gain or incurs a loss. Based on the available knowledge each player tries to adopt a "strategy" so as to maximize his gains. The entire procedure constitutes a game. Syn. -- theory of games. WordNet 1.5]
gametocyten.(Biol.)An immature animal or plant cell that develops into a gamete by meiosis. WordNet 1.5]
gametophoren.(Biol.)A modified branch bearing gametangia as in the thalloid liverworts. WordNet 1.5]
Ga*me"to*phyte(?), n.[Gamete + Gr. fyto`n plant.](Bot.)In the alternation of generations in plants, that generation or phase which bears sex organs and produces gametes. In the lower plants, as the alg\'91, the gametophyte is the conspicuous part of the plant body; in mosses it is the so-called moss plant; in ferns it is reduced to a small, early perishing body; and in seed plants it is usually microscopic or rudimentary. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
game wardenn.a public official who is responsible for the enforcement of laws regarding the hunting of animals.Syn. -- gamekeeper, game warden.
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gameyadj.1.suggestive of sexual impropriety; as, he skips asterisks and gives you the gamey details. Syn. -- blue, gamy, juicy, naughty, racy, risque, spicy, sexy. WordNet 1.5]
2.foul-smelling; -- used of the smell of game beginning to taint. Syn. -- gamy, high. WordNet 1.5]
4.willing to proceed or act. Syn. -- game. WordNet 1.5]
Gam"ic(?), a.[Gr. (Biol.)Pertaining to, or resulting from, sexual connection; formed by the union of the male and female elements. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Gam"in(?), n.[F.]A neglected and untrained city boy; a young street Arab. 1913 Webster]
In Japan, the gamins run after you, and say, 'Look at the Chinaman.'L. Oliphant. 1913 Webster]
gaminessn.behavior or language bordering on indelicacy. Syn. -- raciness, ribaldry, spiciness. WordNet 1.5]
gam"ing(g, n.The act or practice of playing games for stakes or wagers; gambling. 1913 Webster]
gam"ma(g, n.The third letter (G) of the Greek alphabet. 1913 Webster]
Gam*ma"di*on(?), n.A cross formed of four capital gammas, formerly used as a mysterious ornament on ecclesiastical vestments, etc. See Fylfot. 1913 Webster]
Gam"ma ray. n.(Physics)A very penetrating electromagnetic ray not appreciably deflected by a magnetic or electric field, emitted by radioactive substances. Gamma rays are photons of electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength shorter than that of X-rays, (i. e. shorter than 0.1 nanometer) and are correspondingly more penetrating than X-rays. In addition to being given off in certain types of radioactive decay, they may be found in cosmic radiation, though they are largely absorbed by the earth's atmosphere. Gamma-ray detectors orbited above the atmosphere have found bursts of gamma radiation, in some cases associated with visually observed supernova explosions, but in most cases from unidentified sources. Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
Gam"mer(g, n.[Possibly contr. fr. godmother; but prob. fr. grammer for grandmother. Cf. Gaffer.]An old wife; an old woman; -- correlative of gaffer, an old man. 1913 Webster]
Gam"mon(g, n.[OF. gambon, F. jambon, fr. OF. gambe leg, F. jambe. See Gambol, n., and cf. Ham.]The buttock or thigh of a hog, salted and smoked or dried; the lower end of a flitch.Goldsmith. 1913 Webster]
Gam"mon(g, v. t.[imp. & p. p.Gammoned(g; p. pr. & vb. n.Gammoning.]To make bacon of; to salt and dry in smoke. 1913 Webster]
2.A victory in the game of backgammon in which one player gammons another, i. e., the winner bears off all of his pieces before his opponent bears off any pieces; as, he won the match with three gammons in a row. PJC]
3.An imposition or hoax; humbug. [Colloq.] 1913 Webster]
Gam"mon, v. t.1.To beat in the game of backgammon, before an antagonist has been able to get his \'bdmen\'b8 or counters home and withdraw any of them from the board; as, to gammon a person. In certain variants of the game one who gammons an opponent scores twice the normal value of the game. 1913 Webster +PJC]
2.To impose on; to hoax; to cajole. [Colloq.] Hood. 1913 Webster]
Gam"mon, v. t.[Etymol. unknown.](Naut.)To fasten (a bowsprit) to the stem of a vessel by lashings of rope or chain, or by a band of iron.Totten. 1913 Webster]
Gam"mon*ing, n.[From 5th Gammon.](Naut.)The lashing or iron band by which the bowsprit of a vessel is secured to the stem to opposite the lifting action of the forestays. 1913 Webster]
Gammoning fashion, in the style of gammoning lashing, that is, having the turns of rope crossed. --
Gammoning hole(Naut.), a hole cut through the knee of the head of a vessel for the purpose of gammoning the bowsprit. 1913 Webster]
Gam"mon*ing, n.[From 4th Gammon.]The act of imposing upon or hoaxing a person. [Colloq.] 1913 Webster]
\'d8Gam`o*gen"e*sis(?), n.[Gr. genesis.](Biol.)The production of offspring by the union of parents of different sexes; sexual reproduction; -- the opposite of agamogenesis. 1913 Webster]
Gam`o*ge*net"ic(?), a.(Biol.)Relating to gamogenesis. -- Gam`o*ge*net"ic*al*ly, adv. 1913 Webster]
Gam`o*mor"phism(?), n.[Gr. morfh` form, shape.](Biol.)That stage of growth or development in an organism, in which the reproductive elements are generated and matured in preparation for propagating the species. 1913 Webster]
Gam`o*pet"al*ous(?), a.[Gr. petalous: cf. F. gamop\'82tale.](Bot.)Having the petals united or joined so as to form a tube or cup; monopetalous. 1913 Webster]
Ga*moph"yl*lous(?), a.[Gr. (Bot.)Composed of leaves united by their edges (coalescent).Gray. 1913 Webster]
Gam`o*sep"al*ous(?), a.[Gr. sepal.](Bot.)Formed of united sepals; monosepalous. 1913 Webster]
Gamp(g, n.A large umbrella; -- said to allude to Mrs. Gamp's umbrella, in Dickens's \'bdMartin Chuzzlewit.\'b8 Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Gam"ut(?), n.[F. gamme + ut the name of a musical note. F. gamme is fr. the name of the Greek letter Gamma, and Ut.](Mus.)The scale. 1913 Webster]
gam"y(?), a.1.(Cookery)Having the flavor of game, esp. of game kept uncooked till near the condition of tainting; high-flavored. 1913 Webster]
2.(Sporting)Showing an unyielding spirit to the last; plucky; furnishing sport; as, a gamy trout. 1913 Webster]
Gan was formerly used with the infinitive to form compound imperfects, as did is now employed. Gan regularly denotes the singular; the plural is usually denoted by gunne or gonne. 1913 Webster]
This man gan fall (i.e., fell) in great suspicion.Chaucer. 1913 Webster]
The little coines to their play gunne hie (i. e., hied).Chaucer. 1913 Webster]
Later writers use gan both for singular and plural. 1913 Webster]
Yet at her speech their rages gan relent.Spenser. 1913 Webster]
Ga*nan"cial(?), a.[Sp., pertaining to gain, held in common, fr. ganancia gain.](Law)Designating, pertaining to, or held under, the Spanish system of law (called
ganancial system) which controls the title and disposition of the property acquired during marriage by the husband or wife. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Ganch(?), v. t.[Cf. F. ganche, n., also Sp. & Pg. gancho hook, It. gancio.]To drop from a high place upon sharp stakes or hooks, as the Turks dropped malefactors, by way of punishment. 1913 Webster]
Ganching, which is to let fall from on high upon hooks, and there to hang until they die.Sandys. 1913 Webster]
Gan"der(?), n.[AS. gandra, ganra, akin to Prov. G. gander, ganter, and E. goose, gannet. See Goose.]The male of any species of goose. 1913 Webster]
Gandhiadj.Mohandas Gandhi, a Hindu nationalist and religious leader, who preached non-violent resistance to oppression. WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
Gandhianadj.of or pertaining to Mohandas Gandhi. WordNet 1.5]
Gane(?), v. i.[See Yawn.]To yawn; to gape. [Obs.] Chaucer. 1913 Webster]
Ga*ne"sa, Ganesh, Ganesha(?), prop. n.(Hindu Myth.)The Hindu god of wisdom, prudence and prophesy; the remover of obstacles. Syn. -- Ganapati. 1913 Webster WordNet 1.5]
Balfour. 1913 Webster]
Gang(g, v. i.[AS. gangan, akin to OS. & OHG. gangan, Icel. ganga, Goth. gaggan; cf. Lith. to walk, Skr. ja leg. Go.]To go; to walk. 1913 Webster]
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Gang, n.[Icel. gangr a going, gang, akin to AS., D., G., & Dan. gang a going, Goth. gaggs street, way. See Gang, v. i.]1.A going; a course. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
2.A number going in company; hence, a company, or a number of persons associated for a particular purpose; a group of laborers under one foreman; a squad; as, a gang of sailors; a chain gang; a gang of thieves. 1913 Webster]
3.A combination of similar implements arranged so as, by acting together, to save time or labor; a set; as, a gang of saws, or of plows. 1913 Webster]
4.(Naut.)A set; all required for an outfit; as, a new gang of stays. 1913 Webster]
5.[Cf. Gangue.](Mining)The mineral substance which incloses a vein; a matrix; a gangue. 1913 Webster]
6.A group of teenagers or young adults forming a more or less formalized group associating for social purposes, in some cases requiring initiation rites to join; as, a teen gang; a youth gang; a street gang.Youth gangs often associate with particular areas in a city, and may turn violent when they feel their territory is encroached upon. In Los Angeles the Crips and the Bloods are large gangs antagonistic to each other. PJC]
7.A group of persons organized for criminal purposes; a criminal organization; as, the Parker gang. PJC]
Gang board, or
Gang plank. (Naut.)(a)A board or plank, with cleats for steps, forming a bridge by which to enter or leave a vessel.(b)A plank within or without the bulwarks of a vessel's waist, for the sentinel to walk on. --
Gang cask, a small cask in which to bring water aboard ships or in which it is kept on deck. --
Gang cultivator,
Gang plow, a cultivator or plow in which several shares are attached to one frame, so as to make two or more furrows at the same time. --
Gang days, Rogation days; the time of perambulating parishes. See Gang week (below). --
Gang drill, a drilling machine having a number of drills driven from a common shaft. --
Gang master, a master or employer of a gang of workmen. --
Gang plank. See Gang board (above). --
Gang plow. See Gang cultivator (above). --
Gang press, a press for operating upon a pile or row of objects separated by intervening plates. --
Gang saw, a saw fitted to be one of a combination or gang of saws hung together in a frame or sash, and set at fixed distances apart. --
Gang tide. See Gang week (below). --
Gang tooth, a projecting tooth. [Obs.] Halliwell. --
Gang week, Rogation week, when formerly processions were made to survey the bounds of parishes.Halliwell. --
Live gang, or
Round gang, the Western and the Eastern names, respectively, for a gang of saws for cutting the round log into boards at one operation.Knight. --
Slabbing gang, an arrangement of saws which cuts slabs from two sides of a log, leaving the middle part as a thick beam. 1913 Webster]
gangboard, gang boardn.a temporary bridge for getting on and off a vessel at dockside. Syn. -- gangplank, gang plank, gangway. WordNet 1.5]
Gange(g, v. t.[imp. & p. p.Ganged(g; p. pr. & vb. n.Ganging(g.][Of uncertain origin.]1.To protect (the part of a line next a fishhook, or the hook itself) by winding it with wire. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2.To attach (a fishhook) to a line or snell, as by knotting the line around the shank of the hook. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Gang"er(?), n.One who oversees a gang of workmen. [R.] Mayhew. 1913 Webster]
Gan*get"ic(?), a.Pertaining to, or inhabiting, the Ganges River; as, the Gangetic shark. 1913 Webster]
Gang"-flow`er(?), n.(Bot.)The common English milkwort (Polygala vulgaris), so called from blossoming in gang week.Dr. Prior. 1913 Webster]
Gan"gion(?), n.[Etymol. uncertain.]A short line attached to a trawl. See Trawl, n.
{ Gan"gli*ac(?), Gan"gli*al(?), }a.(Anat.)Relating to a ganglion; ganglionic.
{ Gan"gli*ate(?), Gan"gli*a`ted(?), }a.(Anat.)Furnished with ganglia; as, the gangliated cords of the sympathetic nervous system.
{ Gan"gli*form`(?), Gan"gli*o*form`(?), }a.[Ganglion + -form.](Anat.)Having the form of a ganglion. 1913 Webster]
Gan"gli*on(?), n.; pl. L. Ganglia(#), E. Ganglions(#).[L. ganglion a sort of swelling or excrescence, a tumor under the skin, Gr. ganglion.]1.(Anat.)(a)A mass or knot of nervous matter, including nerve cells, usually forming an enlargement in the course of a nerve.(b)A node, or gland in the lymphatic system; as, a lymphatic ganglion. 1913 Webster]
2.(Med.)A globular, hard, indolent tumor, situated somewhere on a tendon, and commonly formed by the effusion of a viscid fluid into it; -- called also weeping sinew. 1913 Webster]
Ganglion cell, a nerve cell. See Illust. under Bipolar. 1913 Webster]
Gan"gli*on*a*ry(?), a.[Cf. F. ganglionnarie.](Anat.)Ganglionic. 1913 Webster]
Gan`gli*on"ic(?), a.[Cf. F. ganglionique.](Anat.)Pertaining to, containing, or consisting of, ganglia or ganglion cells; as, a ganglionic artery; the ganglionic columns of the spinal cord. 1913 Webster]
Gan"grel(?), a.[Cf. Gang, v. i.]Wandering; vagrant. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott. 1913 Webster]
Gan"gre*nate(?), v. t.To gangrene. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
Gan"grene(?), n.[F. gangr\'8ane, L. gangraena, fr. Gr. gras, gar, to devour, and E. voracious, also canker, n., in sense 3.](Med.)A term formerly restricted to mortification of the soft tissues which has not advanced so far as to produce complete loss of vitality; but now applied to mortification of the soft parts in any stage. 1913 Webster]
Gan"grene, v. t. & i.[imp. & p. p.Gangrened(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Gangrening.][Cf. F. gangr\'82ner.]To produce gangrene in; to be affected with gangrene. 1913 Webster]
Gan`gre*nes"cent(?), a.Tending to mortification or gangrene. 1913 Webster]
Gan"gre*nous(?), a.[Cf. F. gangr\'82neux.]Affected by, or produced by, gangrene; of the nature of gangrene. 1913 Webster]
Gangue(?), n.[F. gangue, fr. G. gang a metallic vein, a passage. See Gang, n.](Mining)The mineral or earthy substance associated with metallic ore. 1913 Webster]
Gang"way`(?), n.[See Gang, v. i.]1.A passage or way into or out of any inclosed place; esp., a temporary way of access formed of planks. 1913 Webster]
2.In the English House of Commons, a narrow aisle across the house, below which sit those who do not vote steadly either with the government or with the opposition. 1913 Webster]
3.(Naut.)The opening through the bulwarks of a vessel by which persons enter or leave it. 1913 Webster]
4.(Naut.)That part of the spar deck of a vessel on each side of the booms, from the quarter-deck to the forecastle; -- more properly termed the waist.Totten. 1913 Webster]
Gangway ladder, a ladder rigged on the side of a vessel at the gangway. --
To bring to the gangway, to punish (a seaman) by flogging him at the gangway. 1913 Webster]
Gan"il(?), n.[F.]A kind of brittle limestone. [Prov. Eng.] Kirwan.
Gan"is*ter(?), Gan"nis*ter, n.(Mech.)A refractory material consisting of crushed or ground siliceous stone, mixed with fire clay; -- used for lining Bessemer converters; also used for macadamizing roads. 1913 Webster]
Gan"ja(?), n.[Hind. g\'benjh\'be.]The dried hemp plant, used in India for smoking. It is extremely narcotic and intoxicating.<-- marijuana, hashish --> 1913 Webster]
Gan"net(?), n.[OE. gant, AS. ganet, ganot, a sea fowl, a fen duck; akin to D. gent gander, OHG. ganazzo. See Gander, Goose.](Zo\'94l.)One of several species of sea birds of the genus Sula, allied to the pelicans. 1913 Webster]
Sula bassana), is also called solan goose, chandel goose, and gentleman. In Florida the wood ibis is commonly called gannet. 1913 Webster]
Booby gannet. See Sula. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Gan`o*ceph"a*la(?), prop. n. pl.[NL., fr. Gr. (Paleon.)A group of fossil amphibians allied to the labyrinthodonts, having the head defended by bony, sculptured plates, as in some ganoid fishes. 1913 Webster]
Gan`o*ceph"a*lous(?), a.(Paleon.)Of or pertaining to the Ganocephala. 1913 Webster]
Ga"noid(?), a.[Gr. -oid.](Zo\'94l.)Of or pertaining to Ganoidei. -- n. One of the Ganoidei. 1913 Webster]
Ganoid scale(Zo\'94l.), one kind of scales of the ganoid fishes, composed of an inner layer of bone, and an outer layer of shining enamel. They are often so arranged as to form a coat of mail. 1913 Webster]
Ga*noid"al(?), a.(Zo\'94l.)Ganoid. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Ga*noi"de*i(?), n. pl.[NL. See Ganoid.](Zo\'94l.)One of the subclasses of fishes. They have an arterial cone and bulb, spiral intestinal valve, and the optic nerves united by a chiasma. Many of the species are covered with bony plates, or with ganoid scales; others have cycloid scales. 1913 Webster]
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Ga*noid"i*an(?), a. & n.(Zo\'94l.)Ganoid. 1913 Webster]
Ga"no*ine(?), n.(Zo\'94l.)A peculiar bony tissue beneath the enamel of a ganoid scale. 1913 Webster]
Gan"sa(?), n.Same as Ganza.Bp. Hall. 1913 Webster]
Gant"let(?), n.[Gantlet is corrupted fr. gantlope; gantlope is for gatelope, Sw. gatlopp, orig., a running down a lane; gata street, lane + lopp course, career, akin to l\'94pa to run. See Gate a way, and Leap.]A military punishment formerly in use, wherein the offender was made to run between two files of men facing one another, who struck him as he passed. 1913 Webster]
To run the gantlet, to suffer the punishment of the gantlet; hence, to go through the ordeal of severe criticism or controversy, or ill-treatment at many hands. 1913 Webster]
Winthrop ran the gantlet of daily slights.Palfrey. 1913 Webster]
gauntlet. 1913 Webster]
Gant"let, n.A glove. See Gauntlet. 1913 Webster]
Gant"line`(?), n.A line rigged to a mast; -- used in hoisting rigging; a girtline. 1913 Webster]
Gan"za(?), n.[Sp. gansa, ganso, goose; of Gothic origin. See Gannet, Goose.]A kind of wild goose, by a flock of which a virtuoso was fabled to be carried to the lunar world.[Also gansa.]Johnson. 1913 Webster]
Ganz system(?)A haulage system for canal boats, in which an electric locomotive running on a monorail has its adhesion materially increased by the pull of the tow rope on a series of inclined gripping wheels. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Gaol(j, n.[See Jail.]A place of confinement, especially for minor offenses or provisional imprisonment; a jail.[Preferably, and in the United States usually, written jail.] 1913 Webster]
Commission of general gaol delivery, an authority conferred upon judges and others included in it, for trying and delivering every prisoner in jail when the judges, upon their circuit, arrive at the place for holding court, and for discharging any whom the grand jury fail to indict. [Eng.] --
Gaol delivery. (Law)See Jail delivery, under Jail. 1913 Webster]
gaolbirdn.a person serving a prison sentence; a jail bird. [Chiefly Brit.] Syn. -- convict, inmate, jailbird, jail bird. WordNet 1.5]
gaolbreakn.an escape from jail; same as jailbreak. [Chiefly Brit.] Syn. -- break, breakout, jailbreak, prisonbreak, prison-breaking. WordNet 1.5]
Gaol"er(j, n.The keeper of a jail. Same as Jailer. 1913 Webster]
Gap(g, n.[OE. gap; cf. Icel. gap an empty space, Sw. gap mouth, breach, abyss, Dan. gab mouth, opening, AS. geap expanse; as adj., wide, spacious. See Gape.]1.An opening in anything made by breaking or parting; as, a gap in a fence; an opening for a passage or entrance; an opening which implies a breach or defect; a vacant space or time; a hiatus; a mountain pass. 1913 Webster]
Miseries ensued by the opening of that gap.Knolles. 1913 Webster]
It would make a great gap in your own honor.Shak. 1913 Webster]
2.(A\'89ronautics)The vertical distance between two superposed surfaces, esp. in a biplane. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Gap lathe(Mach.), a turning lathe with a deep notch in the bed to admit of turning a short object of large diameter. --
To stand in the gap, to expose one's self for the protection of something; to make defense against any assailing danger; to take the place of a fallen defender or supporter. --
To stop a gap, to secure a weak point; to repair a defect. 1913 Webster]
Gap, v. t.1.To notch, as a sword or knife. 1913 Webster]
2.To make an opening in; to breach. 1913 Webster]
Their masses are gapp'd with our grape.Tennyson. 1913 Webster]
Gape(gin Eng, commonly g, v. i.[imp. & p. p.Gaped(g; p. pr. & vb. n.Gaping][OE. gapen, AS. geapan to open; akin to D. gapen to gape, G. gaffen, Icel. & Sw. gapa, Dan. gabe; cf. Skr. jabh to snap at, open the mouth. Cf. Gaby, Gap.]1.To open the mouth wide; as:(a)Expressing a desire for food; as, young birds gape.Dryden.(b)Indicating sleepiness or indifference; to yawn. 1913 Webster]
She stretches, gapes, unglues her eyes, Swift. 1913 Webster]
(c)Showing unselfconsciousness in surprise, astonishment, expectation, etc. 1913 Webster]
With gaping wonderment had stared aghast.Byron.
(d)Manifesting a desire to injure, devour, or overcome. 1913 Webster]
They have gaped upon me with their mouth.Job xvi. 10. 1913 Webster]
2.To open or part widely; to exhibit a gap, fissure, or hiatus. 1913 Webster]
May that ground gape and swallow me alive!Shak. 1913 Webster]
3.To long, wait eagerly, or cry aloud for something; -- with for, after, or at. 1913 Webster]
The hungry grave for her due tribute gapes.Denham.
Syn. -- To gaze; stare; yawn. See Gaze. 1913 Webster]
Gape, n.1.The act of gaping; a yawn.Addison. 1913 Webster]
2.(Zo\'94l.)The width of the mouth when opened, as of birds, fishes, etc. 1913 Webster]
The gapes. (a)A fit of yawning.(b)A disease of young poultry and other birds, attended with much gaping. It is caused by a parasitic nematode worm (Syngamus trachealis), in the windpipe, which obstructs the breathing. See Gapeworm. 1913 Webster]
Gap"er(g, n.1.One who gapes. 1913 Webster]
2.(Zo\'94l.)(a)A European fish. See 4th Comber.(b)A large edible clam (Schizoth\'91rus Nuttalli), of the Pacific coast; -- called also gaper clam.(c)An East Indian bird of the genus Cymbirhynchus, related to the broadbills. 1913 Webster]
gapes(g, n.See as the gapes, under gape, n.. 1913 Webster]
Gape"worm`(? , n.(Zo\'94l.)The parasitic worm that causes the gapes in birds. See Illustration in Appendix. 1913 Webster]
Gap"ing*stock`(? , n.One who is an object of open-mouthed wonder. 1913 Webster]
I was to be a gapingstock and a scorn to the young volunteers.Godwin. 1913 Webster]
Gap"-toothed`(g, a.Having conspicuous interstices between the teeth; as, his gap-toothed grin.Dryden. 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]
Gar(?), n.[Prob. AS. g\'ber dart, spear, lance. The name is applied to the fish on account of its long and slender body and pointed head. Cf. Goad, Gore, v.](Zo\'94l.)(a)Any slender marine fish of the genera Belone and Tylosurus. See Garfish.(b)The gar pike. See Alligator gar (under Alligator), and Gar pike. 1913 Webster]
Gar pike, or
Garpike(Zo\'94l.), a large, elongated ganoid fish of the genus Lepidosteus, of several species, inhabiting the lakes and rivers of temperate and tropical America. 1913 Webster]
Gar, v. t.[Of Scand. origin. See Gear, n.]To cause; to make. [Obs. or Scot.] Spenser. 1913 Webster]
Ga`rage"(gor gor (Brit.) g, n.[F.]1.an enclosed structure for housing or parking motor vehicles, especially automobiles. Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
2.(A\'89ronautics)A shed for housing an airship or flying machine; a hangar. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
3.A side way or space in a canal to enable vessels to pass each other; a siding. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
4.a commercial establishment that repairs or services automobiles. PJC]
Ga`rage"(gor gor (Brit.) g, v. t.[imp. & p. p.Garaged(gor g; p. pr. & vb. n.Garaging(gor g.]To keep in a garage. [Colloq.] Webster 1913 Suppl.]
garambullan.1.An arborescent cactus of Western Mexico (Myrtillocactus geometrizans) bearing a small oblong edible berrylike fruit. Syn. -- garambulla cactus, Myrtillocactus geometrizans. WordNet 1.5]
2.The small berrylike fruit of the Myrtillocactus geometrizans. WordNet 1.5]
garandn.[From the inventor, John C. Garand.]A semiautomatic rifle, also called the M-1, used by soldiers of the U. S. army in World War II and Korea. It was the standard weapon issued to infantrymen. Syn. -- Garand rifle, M-1, M-1 rifle. WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
Gar"an*cin(?; 104), n.[F. garance madder, LL. garantia.](Chem.)An extract of madder by sulphuric acid. It consists essentially of alizarin. 1913 Webster]
Garb(g, n.[OF. garbe looks, countenance, grace, ornament, fr. OHG. garaw\'c6, garw\'c6, ornament, dress. akin to E. gear. See Gear, n.]1.(a)Clothing in general.(b)The whole dress or suit of clothes worn by any person, especially when indicating rank or office; as, the garb of a clergyman or a judge.(c)Costume; fashion; as, the garb of a gentleman in the 16th century. 1913 Webster]
2.External appearance, as expressive of the feelings or character; looks; fashion or manner, as of speech. 1913 Webster]
You thought, because he could not speak English in the native garb, he could not therefore handle an English cudgel.Shak. 1913 Webster]
Garb(g, n.[F. gerbe, OF. also garbe, OHG. garba, G. garbe; cf. Skr. g to seize, E. grab.](Her.)A sheaf of grain (wheat, unless otherwise specified). 1913 Webster]
Garb, v. t.To clothe; array; deck. 1913 Webster]
These black dog-Dons Garb themselves bravely.Tennyson. 1913 Webster]
Gar"bage(?; 48), n.[OE. also garbash, perh. orig., that which is purged or cleansed away; cf. OF. garber to make fine, neat, OHG. garawan to make ready, prepare, akin to E. garb dress; or perh. for garbleage, fr. garble; or cf. OF. garbage tax on sheaves, E. garb sheaf.]Offal, as the bowels of an animal or fish; refuse animal or vegetable matter from a kitchen; hence, anything worthless, disgusting, or loathsome.Grainger. 1913 Webster]
Gar"bage, v. t.To strip of the bowels; to clean. \'bdPilchards . . . are garbaged.\'b8 Holland. 1913 Webster]
Gar"bel(?), n.(Naut.)Same as Garboard. 1913 Webster]
Gar"bel, n.[Cf. Garble, v. t.]Anything sifted, or from which the coarse parts have been taken. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
Gar"ble(?), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Garbled(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Garbling.][Formerly, to pick out, sort, OF. grabeler, for garbeler to examine precisely, garble spices, fr. LL. garbellare to sift; cf. Sp. garbillar to sift, garbillo a coarse sieve, L. cribellum, dim. of cribrum sieve, akin to cernere to separate, sift (cf. E. Discern); or perh. rather from Ar. gharb\'bel, gharbil, sieve.]1.To sift or bolt, to separate the fine or valuable parts of from the coarse and useless parts, or from dros or dirt; as, to garble spices. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
2.To pick out such parts of as may serve a purpose; to mutilate; to pervert; as, to garble a quotation; to garble an account. 1913 Webster]
2.pl.Impurities separated from spices, drugs, etc.; -- also called garblings. 1913 Webster]
Gar"bler(?), n.One who garbles. 1913 Webster]
Gar"board(?), n.(Naut.)One of the planks next the keel on the outside, which form a garboard strake. 1913 Webster]
Garboard strakeor
Garboard streak, the first range or strake of planks laid on a ship's bottom next the keel.Totten. 1913 Webster]
Gar"boil(?), n.[OF. garbouil; cf. Sp. garbullo, It. garbuglio; of uncertain origin; the last part is perh. fr. L. bullire to boil, E. boil.]Tumult; disturbance; disorder. [Obs.] Shak. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Gar*cin"i*a(?), n.[NL.](Bot.)A genus of plants, including the mangosteen tree (Garcinia Mangostana), found in the islands of the Indian Archipelago; -- so called in honor of Dr. Garcin. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Gar`\'87on"(?), n.[F.]A boy; fellow; esp., a serving boy or man; a waiter; -- in Eng. chiefly applied to French waiters. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Gard(?), n.[See Garde, Yard]Garden. [Obs.] \'bdTrees of the gard.\'b8 F. Beaumont. 1913 Webster]
Gard, v. & n.See Guard. 1913 Webster]
Gar"dant(?), a.[F. See Guardant.](Her.)Turning the head towards the spectator, but not the body; -- said of a lion or other beast. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Garde` ci`vique"(?). [F.]See Army organization, above. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Gar"den(g, n.[OE. gardin, OF. gardin, jardin, F. jardin, of German origin; cf. OHG. garto, G. garten; akin to AS. geard. See Yard an inclosure.]1.A piece of ground appropriated to the cultivation of herbs, fruits, flowers, or vegetables. 1913 Webster]
2.A rich, well-cultivated spot or tract of country. 1913 Webster]
I am arrived from fruitful Lombardy, garden of great Italy.Shak. 1913 Webster]
Garden is often used adjectively or in self-explaining compounds; as, garden flowers, garden tools, garden walk, garden wall, garden house or gardenhouse. 1913 Webster]
Garden balsam, an ornamental plant (Impatiens Balsamina). --
Garden engine, a wheelbarrow tank and pump for watering gardens. --
Garden glass. (a)A bell glass for covering plants.(b)A globe of dark-colored glass, mounted on a pedestal, to reflect surrounding objects; -- much used as an ornament in gardens in Germany. --
Garden husbandry, the raising on a small scale of seeds, fruits, vegetables, etc., for sale. --
Garden moldor
Garden mould, rich, mellow earth which is fit for a garden.Mortimer. --
Garden nail, a cast nail, used for fastening vines to brick walls.Knight. --
Garden net, a net for covering fruits trees, vines, etc., to protect them from birds. --
Garden party, a social party held out of doors, within the grounds or garden attached to a private residence. --
Garden plot, a plot appropriated to a garden.
Garden pot, a watering pot. --
Garden pump, a garden engine; a barrow pump. --
Garden shears, large shears, for clipping trees and hedges, pruning, etc. --
Garden spider, (Zo\'94l.), the diadem spider (Epeira diadema), common in gardens, both in Europe and America. It spins a geometrical web. See Geometric spider, and Spider web. --
Garden stand, a stand for flower pots. --
Garden stuff, vegetables raised in a garden. [Colloq.] --
Garden syringe, a syringe for watering plants, sprinkling them with solutions for destroying insects, etc. --
Garden truck, vegetables raised for the market. [Colloq.] --
Garden ware, garden truck. [Obs.] Mortimer. --
Bear garden,
Botanic garden, etc. See under Bear, etc. --
Hanging garden. See under Hanging. --
Kitchen garden, a garden where vegetables are cultivated for household use. --
Market garden, a piece of ground where vegetable are cultivated to be sold in the markets for table use. 1913 Webster]
Gar"den, v. i.[imp. & p. p.Gardened(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Gardening.]To lay out or cultivate a garden; to labor in a garden; to practice horticulture. 1913 Webster]
Gar"den, v. t.To cultivate as a garden. 1913 Webster]
Gar"den*er(?), n.One who makes and tends a garden; a horticulturist. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Garde"ni*a(?), n.[NL.](Bot.)A genus of plants, some species of which produce beautiful and fragrant flowers; Cape jasmine; -- so called in honor of Dr. Alexander Garden. 1913 Webster]
Gar"den*ing(?), n.The art of occupation of laying out and cultivating gardens; horticulture. 1913 Webster]
Gar"den*less(?), a.Destitute of a garden.Shelley. 1913 Webster]
Gar"den*ly(?), a.Like a garden. [R.] W. Marshall. 1913 Webster]
Gar"don(?), n.[F](Zo\'94l.)A European cyprinoid fish; the id. 1913 Webster]
Gar`dy*loo"(?), n.[F. gare l'eau beware of the water.]An old cry in throwing water, slops, etc., from the windows in Edingburgh.Sir. W. Scott. 1913 Webster]
Gare(?), n.[Cf. Gear.]Coarse wool on the legs of sheep.Blount. 1913 Webster]
Gare"fowl`(?), n.(Zo\'94l.)The great auk; also, the razorbill. See Auk.[Written also gairfowl, and gurfel.] 1913 Webster]
Gar"fish`(?), n.[See Gar, n.](Zo\'94l.)(a)A European marine fish (Belone vulgaris); -- called also gar, gerrick, greenback, greenbone, gorebill, hornfish, longnose, mackerel guide, sea needle, and sea pike.(b)One of several species of similar fishes of the genus Tylosurus, of which one species (T. marinus) is common on the Atlantic coast. T. Caribb\'91us, a very large species, and T. crassus, are more southern; -- called also needlefish. Many of the common names of the European garfish are also applied to the American species. 1913 Webster]
Gar"ga*lize(?), v. t.[Cf. Gargle, Gargarize.]To gargle; to rinse. [Obs.] Marston. 1913 Webster]
Gar"ga*ney(?), n.(Zo\'94l.)A small European duck (Anas querquedula); -- called also cricket teal, and summer teal. 1913 Webster]
Gar*gan"tu*an(?; 135), a.[From Gargantua, an allegorical hero of Rabelais.]Characteristic of Gargantua, a gigantic, wonderful personage; enormous; prodigious; inordinate. 1913 Webster]
Gar"ga*rism(?), n.[F. gargarisme, L. gargarisma. See Gargarize.](Med.)A gargle. 1913 Webster]
Gar"ga*rize(?), v. t.[F. gargarizare, fr. Gr. To gargle; to rinse or wash, as the mouth and throat. [Obs.] Bacon. 1913 Webster]
Garget(?), n.[OE. garget, gargate, throat, OF. gargate. Cf. Gorge. The etymol. of senses 2, 3, & 4 is not certain.]1.The throat. [Obs.] Chaucer. 1913 Webster]
2.A diseased condition of the udders of cows, etc., arising from an inflammation of the mammary glands. 1913 Webster]
3.A distemper in hogs, indicated by staggering and loss of appetite.Youatt. 1913 Webster]
4.(Bot.)See Poke. 1913 Webster]
Gar"gil(?), n.[Cf. Garget, Gargoyle.]A distemper in geese, affecting the head. 1913 Webster]
Gar"gle(?), n.(Arch.)See Gargoyle. 1913 Webster]
Gar"gle, v. t.[imp. & p. p.Garggled(?), p. pr. & vb. n.Gargling ( [F. gargouiller to dabble, paddle, gargle. Cf. Gargoyle, Gurgle.]1.To wash or rinse, as the mouth or throat, particular the latter, agitating the liquid (water or a medicinal preparation) by an expulsion of air from the lungs. 1913 Webster]
2.To warble; to sing as if gargling [Obs.] Waller. 1913 Webster]
Gar"gle, n.A liquid, as water or some medicated preparation, used to cleanse the mouth and throat, especially for a medical effect. 1913 Webster]
Gar"gol(?), n.[Cf. Gargil.]A distemper in swine; garget.Mortimer. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Gar`gou*lette"(?), n.[F.]A water cooler or jug with a handle and spout; a gurglet.Mollett. 1913 Webster]
Gar"goyle(?), n.[OE. garguilie, gargouille, cf. Sp. g\'a0rgola, prob. fr. the same source as F. gorge throat, influenced by L. gargarizare to gargle. See Gorge and cf. Gargle, Gargarize.](Arch.)A spout projecting from the roof gutter of a building, often carved grotesquely.[Written also gargle, gargyle, and gurgoyle.] 1913 Webster]
Gar"gyle(?), n.(Arch.)See Gargoyle. 1913 Webster]
Ga`ri*bal"di(?), n.1.A jacket worn by women; -- so called from its resemblance in shape to the red shirt worn by the Italians patriot Garibaldi. 1913 Webster]
2.(Zo\'94l.)A California market fish (Pomancentrus rubicundus) of a deep scarlet color. 1913 Webster]
Gar"ish(g, a.[Cf. OE. gauren to stare; of uncertain origin. Cf. gairish.]1.Showy; dazzling; ostentatious; attracting or exciting attention. \'bdThe garish sun.\'b8 \'bdA garish flag.\'b8 Shak. \'bdIn . . . garish colors.\'b8 Asham. \'bdThe garish day.\'b8 J. H. Newman. 1913 Webster]
Garish like the laughters of drunkenness.Jer. Taylor. 1913 Webster]
2.strident color or excessive ornamentation. Syn. -- gaudiness. WordNet 1.5]
Gar"land(?), n.[OE. garland, gerlond, OF. garlande, F. guirlande; of uncertain origin; cf. OHG. wiara, wiera, crown, pure gold, MHG. wieren to adorn.] 1913 Webster]
1.The crown of a king. [Obs.] Graffon. 1913 Webster]
2.A wreath of chaplet made of branches, flowers, or feathers, and sometimes of precious stones, to be worn on the head like a crown; a coronal; a wreath.Pope. 1913 Webster]
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3.The top; the thing most prized.Shak. 1913 Webster]
4.A book of extracts in prose or poetry; an anthology. 1913 Webster]
They [ballads] began to be collected into little miscellanies under the name of garlands.Percy. 1913 Webster]
5.(Naut.)(a)A sort of netted bag used by sailors to keep provision in.(b)A grommet or ring of rope lashed to a spar for convenience in handling. 1913 Webster]
Gar"land(?), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Garlanded; p. pr. & vb. n.Garlanding.]To deck with a garland.B. Jonson. 1913 Webster]
Gar"land*less, a.Destitute of a garland.Shelley. 1913 Webster]
Gar"lic(?), n.[OE. garlek, AS. g\'berle\'a0c; gar spear, lance + le\'a0c leek. See Gar, n., and Leek.]1.(Bot.)A plant of the genus Allium (A. sativum is the cultivated variety), having a bulbous root, a very strong smell, and an acrid, pungent taste. Each root is composed of several lesser bulbs, called cloves of garlic, inclosed in a common membranous coat, and easily separable. 1913 Webster]
2.A kind of jig or farce. [Obs.] Taylor (1630). 1913 Webster]
Garlic mustard, a European plant of the Mustard family (Alliaria officinalis) which has a strong smell of garlic. --
Garlic pear tree, a tree in Jamaica (Crat\'91va gynandra), bearing a fruit which has a strong scent of garlic, and a burning taste. 1913 Webster]
Gar"lick*y(?), a.Like or containing garlic. 1913 Webster]
Gar"ment(?), n.[OE. garnement, OF. garnement, garniment, fr. garnir to garnish. See Garnish.]Any article of clothing, as a coat, a gown, etc. 1913 Webster]
No man putteth a piece of new cloth unto old garment.Matt. ix. 16. 1913 Webster]
Gar"ment*ed, p. a.Having on a garment; attired; enveloped, as with a garment. [Poetic] 1913 Webster]
A lovely lady garmented in light Shelley. 1913 Webster]
Gar"men*ture(?), n.Clothing; dress. 1913 Webster]
Gar"ner(?), n.[OE. garner, gerner, greiner, OF. gernier, grenier, F. grenier, fr. L. granarium, fr. granum. See 1st Grain, and cf. Granary.]A granary; a building or place where grain is stored for preservation. 1913 Webster]
Gar"ner, v. t.[imp. & p. p.Garnered(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Garnering.]To gather for preservation; to store, as in a granary; to treasure.Shak. 1913 Webster]
Gar"net(?), n.[OE. gernet, grenat, OF. grenet,grenat, F. grenat, LL. granatus, fr. L. granatum pomegranate, granatus having many grains or seeds, fr. granum grain, seed. So called from its resemblance in color and shape to the grains or seeds of the pomegranate. See Grain, and cf. Grenade, Pomegranate.](Min.)A mineral having many varieties differing in color and in their constituents, but with the same crystallization (isometric), and conforming to the same general chemical formula. The commonest color is red, the luster is vitreous, and the hardness greater than that of quartz. The dodecahedron and trapezohedron are the common forms. 1913 Webster]
grossularite, essonite, or cinnamon stone), or aluminia magnesia (pyrope), or aluminia iron (almandine), or aluminia manganese (spessartite), or iron lime (common garnet, melanite, allochroite), or chromium lime (ouvarovite, color emerald green). The transparent red varieties are used as gems. The garnet was, in part, the carbuncle of the ancients. Garnet is a very common mineral in gneiss and mica slate. 1913 Webster]
Garnet berry(Bot.), the red currant; -- so called from its transparent red color. --
Garnet brown(Chem.), an artificial dyestuff, produced as an explosive brown crystalline substance with a green or golden luster. It consists of the potassium salt of a complex cyanogen derivative of picric acid. 1913 Webster]
Gar"net, n.[Etymol. unknown.](Naut.)A tackle for hoisting cargo in or out. 1913 Webster]
Gar"ni*er*ite(?), n.[Named after the French geologist Garnier.](Min.)An amorphous mineral of apple-green color; a hydrous silicate of nickel and magnesia. It is an important ore of nickel. 1913 Webster]
Gar"nish(?), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Garnished(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Garnishing.][OE. garnischen, garnissen, OF. garnir to provide, strengthen, prepare, garnish, warn, F. garnir to provide, furnish, garnish, -- of German origin; cf. OHG. warn\'d3n to provide, equip; akin to G. wahren to watch, E. aware, ware, wary, and cf. also E. warn. See Wary, -ish, and cf. Garment, Garrison.]1.To decorate with ornamental appendages; to set off; to adorn; to embellish. 1913 Webster]
All within with flowers was garnished.Spenser. 1913 Webster]
2.(Cookery)To ornament, as a dish, with something laid about it; as, a dish garnished with parsley. 1913 Webster]
3.To furnish; to supply. 1913 Webster]
4.To fit with fetters. [Cant] Johnson. 1913 Webster]
5.(Law)To warn by garnishment; to give notice to; to garnishee. See Garnishee, v. t.Cowell. 1913 Webster]
Gar"nish, n.1.Something added for embellishment; decoration; ornament; also, dress; garments, especially such as are showy or decorated. 1913 Webster]
So are you, sweet, garnish of a boy.Shak. 1913 Webster]
Matter and figure they produce; garnish this, and that for use.Prior. 1913 Webster]
2.(Cookery)Something set round or upon a dish as an embellishment, such as parsley. See Garnish, v. t., 2.Smart. 1913 Webster]
3.Fetters. [Cant] 1913 Webster]
4.A fee; specifically, in English jails, formerly an unauthorized fee demanded by the old prisoners of a newcomer. [Cant] Fielding. 1913 Webster]
Garnish bolt(Carp.), a bolt with a chamfered or faceted head.Knight. 1913 Webster]
Gar`nish*ee"(?), n.(Law)One who is garnished; a person upon whom garnishment has been served in a suit by a creditor against a debtor, such person holding property belonging to the debtor, or owing him money. 1913 Webster]
garnishee order. 1913 Webster]
Gar`nish*ee", v. t.[imp. & p. p.Garnisheed(-; p. pr. & vb. n.Garnisheeing.](Law)(a)To make (a person) a garnishee; to warn by garnishment; to garnish.(b)To attach (the fund or property sought to be secured by garnishment); to trustee. 1913 Webster]
Gar"nish*er(?), n.One who, or that which, garnishes. 1913 Webster]
2.(Law)(a)Warning, or legal notice, to one to appear and give information to the court on any matter.(b)Warning to a person in whose hands the effects of another are attached, not to pay the money or deliver the goods to the defendant, but to appear in court and give information as garnishee. 1913 Webster]
3.A fee. See Garnish, n., 4. 1913 Webster]
Gar"ni*ture(?), n.[F. garniture. See Garnish, v. t.]That which garnishes; ornamental appendage; embellishment; furniture; dress. 1913 Webster]
The pomp of groves and garniture of fields.Beattie. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Ga*roo"kuh(?), n.A small fishing vessel met with in the Persian Gulf. 1913 Webster]
Ga"rous(?), a.[From Garum.]Pertaining to, or resembling, garum.Sir T. Browne.
Gar" pike`orGar"pike`. (Zo\'94l.)See under Gar. 1913 Webster]
Gar"ran(?), n.[Gael. garr\'a0n, gearr\'a0n, gelding, work horse, hack.](Zo\'94l.)See Galloway.[Scot. garron or gerron. Jamieson.] 1913 Webster]
Gar"ret(?), n.[OE. garite, garette, watchtower, place of lookout, OF. garite, also meaning, a place of refuge, F. gu\'82rite a place of refuge, donjon, sentinel box, fr. OF. garir to preserve, save, defend, F. gu\'82rir to cure; of German origin; cf. OHG. werian to protect, defend, hinder, G. wehren, akin to Goth. warjan to hinder, and akin to E. weir, or perhaps to wary. See Weir, and cf. Guerite.]1.A turret; a watchtower. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
He saw men go up and down on the garrets of the gates and walls.Ld. Berners. 1913 Webster]
2.That part of a house which is on the upper floor, immediately under or within the roof; an attic. 1913 Webster]
The tottering garrets which overhung the streets of Rome.Macaulay. 1913 Webster]
Gar"ret*ed, a.Protected by turrets. [Obs.] R. Carew. 1913 Webster]
Gar`ret*eer"(?), n.One who lives in a garret; a poor author; a literary hack.Macaulay. 1913 Webster]
Gar"ret*ing(?), n.Small splinters of stone inserted into the joints of coarse masonry.Weale. 1913 Webster]
Gar"ri*son(?), n.[OE. garnisoun, F. garnison garrison, in OF. & OE. also, provision, munitions, from garnir to garnish. See Garnish.](Mil.)(a)A body of troops stationed in a fort or fortified town.(b)A fortified place, in which troops are quartered for its security. 1913 Webster]
In garrison, in the condition of a garrison; doing duty in a fort or as one of a garrison. 1913 Webster]
Gar"ri*son, v. t.[imp. & p. p.Garrisoned(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Garrisoning.](Mil.)(a)To place troops in, as a fortification, for its defense; to furnish with soldiers; as, to garrison a fort or town.(b)To secure or defend by fortresses manned with troops; as, to garrison a conquered territory. 1913 Webster]
Gar"ron(?), n.Same as Garran. [Scot.] 1913 Webster]
Gar"rot(?), n.[F. Cf. Garrote.](Surg.)A stick or small wooden cylinder used for tightening a bandage, in order to compress the arteries of a limb. 1913 Webster]
Gar"rot, n.(Zo\'94l.)The European golden-eye. 1913 Webster]
Gar*rote"(?), n.[Sp. garrote, from garra claw, talon, of Celtic origin; cf. Armor. & W. gar leg, ham, shank. Cf. Garrot stick, Garter.]A Spanish mode of execution by strangulation, with an iron collar affixed to a post and tightened by a screw until life become extinct. 1913 Webster]
2.The instrument by means of which the garrote{1} is inflicted. Syn. -- garrote, garotte, iron collar. 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]
3.Hence:A short length of rope or other instrument used to strangle a person. PJC]
Gar*rote", v. t.[imp. & p. p.Garroted; p. pr. & vb. n.Garroting.]To strangle with the garrote; hence, to seize by the throat, from behind, with a view to strangle and rob. 1913 Webster]
gar*rot"er(?), n.One who seizes a person by the throat from behind, with a view to strangle and rob him. 1913 Webster]
Garrulinaeprop. n.A subfamily of the crow family, including the jays. Syn. -- subfamily Garrulinae. WordNet 1.5]
gar*ru"li*ty(?), n.[L. garrulitas: cf. F. garrulit\'82.]Talkativeness; loquacity. 1913 Webster]
Gar"ru*lous(?), a.[L. garrulus, fr. garrire to chatter, talk; cf. Gr. Call.]1.Talking much, especially about commonplace or trivial things; talkative; loquacious. 1913 Webster]
The most garrulous people on earth.De Quincey. 1913 Webster]
2.(Zo\'94l.)Having a loud, harsh note; noisy; -- said of birds; as, the garrulous roller.
Syn. -- Garrulous, Talkative, Loquacious. A garrulous person indulges in long, prosy talk, with frequent repetitions and lengthened details; talkative implies simply a great desire to talk; and loquacious a great flow of words at command. A child is talkative; a lively woman is loquacious; an old man in his dotage is garrulous.
-- Gar"ru*lous*ly, adv. -- Gar"ru*lous*ness, n. 1913 Webster]
Garrulusprop. n.The type genus of the Garrulinae, conmprising the Old World jays. Syn. -- genus Garrulus. WordNet 1.5]
Gar*ru"pa(?), n.[Prob. fr. Pg. garupa crupper. Cf. Grouper the fish.](Zo\'94l.)One of several species of California market fishes, of the genus Sebastichthys; -- called also rockfish. See Rockfish. 1913 Webster]
Gar"ter(?), n.[OE. gartier, F. jarreti\'8are, fr. OF. garet bend of the knee, F. jarret; akin to Sp. garra claw, Prov. garra leg. See Garrote.]1.A band used to prevent a stocking from slipping down on the leg. 1913 Webster]
2.The distinguishing badge of the highest order of knighthood in Great Britain, called the Order of the Garter, instituted by Edward III.; also, the Order itself. 1913 Webster]
3.(Her.)Same as Bendlet. 1913 Webster]
Garter fish(Zo\'94l.), a fish of the genus Lepidopus, having a long, flat body, like the blade of a sword; the scabbard fish. --
Garter king-at-arms, the chief of the official heralds of England, king-at-arms to the Order of the Garter; -- often abbreviated to Garter. --
Garter snake(Zo\'94l.), one of several harmless American snakes of the genus Eut\'91nia, of several species (esp. E. saurita and E. sirtalis); one of the striped snakes; -- so called from its conspicuous stripes of color. 1913 Webster]
Gar"ter(?), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Gartered(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Gartering.]1.To bind with a garter. 1913 Webster]
He . . . could not see to garter his hose.Shak. 1913 Webster]
2.To invest with the Order of the Garter.T. Warton. 1913 Webster]
Garter stitch. The simplest stitch in knitting. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Garth(g, n.[Icel. gar yard. See Yard.]1.A close; a yard; a croft; a garden; as, a cloister garth. 1913 Webster]
A clapper clapping in a garth Tennyson. 1913 Webster]
2.A dam or weir for catching fish. 1913 Webster]
Garth, n.[Girth.]A hoop or band. [Prov. Eng.] 1913 Webster]
Garudaprop. n.(Hinduism) supernatural half-man and half-bird vehicle or bearer of Vishnu. WordNet 1.5]
\'d8Ga"rum(g, n.[L., fr. Gr. ga`ros.]A sauce made of small fish. It was prized by the ancients. 1913 Webster]
Gar"vie(?), n.(Zo\'94l.)The sprat; -- called also garvie herring, and garvock. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] 1913 Webster]
Gas(g, n.; pl.Gases(g.[Invented by the chemist Van Helmont of Brussels, who died in 1644.]1.An a\'89riform fluid; -- a term used at first by chemists as synonymous with air, but since restricted to fluids supposed to be permanently elastic, as oxygen, hydrogen, etc., in distinction from vapors, as steam, which become liquid on a reduction of temperature. In present usage, since all of the supposed permanent gases have been liquified by cold and pressure, the term has resumed nearly its original signification, and is applied to any substance in the elastic or a\'89riform state. 1913 Webster]
2.(Popular Usage)(a)A complex mixture of gases, of which the most important constituents are marsh gas, olefiant gas, and hydrogen, artificially produced by the destructive distillation of gas coal, or sometimes of peat, wood, oil, resin, etc. It gives a brilliant light when burned, and is the common gas used for illuminating purposes.(b)Laughing gas.(c)Any irrespirable a\'89riform fluid. 1913 Webster]
3.same as gasoline; -- a shortened form. Also, the accelerator pedal of a motor vehicle; used in the term \'bd step on the gas\'b8. PJC]
4.the accelerator pedal of a motor vehicle; used in the term \'bd step on the gas\'b8. PJC]
5.Same as natural gas. PJC]
6.an exceptionally enjoyable event; a good time; as, The concert was a gas. [slang] PJC]
Gas is often used adjectively or in combination; as, gas fitter or gasfitter; gas meter or gas-meter, etc. 1913 Webster]
Air gas(Chem.), a kind of gas made by forcing air through some volatile hydrocarbon, as the lighter petroleums. The air is so saturated with combustible vapor as to be a convenient illuminating and heating agent. --
Gas battery(Elec.), a form of voltaic battery, in which gases, especially hydrogen and oxygen, are the active agents. --
Gas carbon,
Gas coke, etc. See under Carbon, Coke, etc. --
Gas coal, a bituminous or hydrogenous coal yielding a high percentage of volatile matters, and therefore available for the manufacture of illuminating gas.R. W. Raymond. --
Gas engine, an engine in which the motion of the piston is produced by the combustion or sudden production or expansion of gas; -- especially, an engine in which an explosive mixture of gas and air is forced into the working cylinder and ignited there by a gas flame or an electric spark.<-- = internal combustion engine --> --
Gas fitter, one who lays pipes and puts up fixtures for gas. --
Gas fitting. (a)The occupation of a gas fitter.(b)pl.The appliances needed for the introduction of gas into a building, as meters, pipes, burners, etc. --
Gas fixture, a device for conveying illuminating or combustible gas from the pipe to the gas-burner, consisting of an appendage of cast, wrought, or drawn metal, with tubes upon which the burners, keys, etc., are adjusted. --
Gas generator, an apparatus in which gas is evolved; as: (a)a retort in which volatile hydrocarbons are evolved by heat; (b)a machine in which air is saturated with the vapor of liquid hydrocarbon; a carburetor; (c)a machine for the production of carbonic acid gas, for a\'89rating water, bread, etc.Knight. --
Gas jet, a flame of illuminating gas. --
Gas machine, an apparatus for carbureting air for use as illuminating gas. --
Gas meter, an instrument for recording the quantity of gas consumed in a given time, at a particular place. --
Gas retort, a retort which contains the coal and other materials, and in which the gas is generated, in the manufacture of gas. --
Gas stove, a stove for cooking or other purposes, heated by gas. --
Gas tar, coal tar. --
Gas trap, a drain trap; a sewer trap. See 4th Trap, 5. --
Gas washer(Gas Works), an apparatus within which gas from the condenser is brought in contact with a falling stream of water, to precipitate the tar remaining in it.Knight. --
Gas water, water through which gas has been passed for purification; -- called also gas liquor and ammoniacal water, and used for the manufacture of sal ammoniac, carbonate of ammonia, and Prussian blue.Tomlinson. --
Gas well, a deep boring, from which natural gas is discharged.Raymond. --
Gas works, a manufactory of gas, with all the machinery and appurtenances; a place where gas is generated for lighting cities. --
Laughing gas. See under Laughing. --
Marsh gas(Chem.), a light, combustible, gaseous hydrocarbon, CH4, produced artificially by the dry distillation of many organic substances, and occurring as a natural product of decomposition in stagnant pools, whence its name. It is an abundant ingredient of ordinary illuminating gas, and is the first member of the paraffin series. Called also methane, and in coal mines, fire damp. --
Natural gas, gas obtained from wells, etc., in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and elsewhere, and largely used for fuel and illuminating purposes. It is chiefly derived from the Coal Measures. --
Olefiant gas(Chem.). See Ethylene. --
Water gas(Chem.), a kind of gas made by forcing steam over glowing coals, whereby there results a mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide. This gives a gas of intense heating power, but destitute of light-giving properties, and which is charged by passing through some volatile hydrocarbon, as gasoline.<-- = synthesis gas --> 1913 Webster]
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Gas(g, v. t.[imp. & p. p.Gassed(g; p. pr. & vb. n.Gassing.]1.(Textiles)To singe, as in a gas flame, so as to remove loose fibers; as, to gas thread. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2.To impregnate with gas; as, to gas lime with chlorine in the manufacture of bleaching powder. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
3.to expose to a poisonous or noxious gas \'bdThe protest threatened to become violent, and the police gassed the demonstrators to force them to disperse.\'b8 PJC]
Gas`a*lier"(?), n.[Formed from gas, in imitation of chandelier.]A chandelier arranged to burn gas. Syn. -- gaselier. 1913 Webster]
gasbagn.1.a person who talks a great deal about uninteresting topics. Syn. -- windbag. WordNet 1.5]
2.the bag containing the gas in a balloon. Syn. -- envelope. WordNet 1.5]
Gas"-burn`er(?), n.The jet piece of a gas fixture where the gas is burned as it escapes from one or more minute orifices. 1913 Webster]
Gascogneprop. n.A region of southwestern France; Gascony. Syn. -- Gascony. WordNet 1.5]
Gas"coines(?), n. pl.See Gaskins, 1.Lyly. 1913 Webster]
Gas"con(?; F. ?), a.[F.]Of or pertaining to Gascony, in France, or to the Gascons; also, braggart; swaggering. -- n.A native of Gascony; a boaster; a bully. See Gasconade. 1913 Webster]
Gas`con*ade"(?), n.[F. gasconnade, from Gascon an inhabitant of Gascony, the people of which were noted for boasting.]A boast or boasting; a vaunt; a bravado; a bragging; braggodocio.Swift. 1913 Webster]
Gas`con*ade", v. i.[imp. & p. p.Gasconaded; p. pr. & vb. n.Gasconading.]To boast; to brag; to bluster. 1913 Webster]
Gas`con*ad"er(?), n.A great boaster; a blusterer. 1913 Webster]
Gas"coynes(?), n. pl.Gaskins.Beau. & Fl. 1913 Webster]
Gas*e"i*ty(? , n.State of being gaseous. [R] Eng. Cyc. 1913 Webster]
Gas`e*lier"(?), n.[Formed from gas, in imitation of chandelier.]A chandelier arranged to burn gas. Syn. -- gasalier. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Gas engine. (Mach.)A kind of internal-combustion engine (which see) using fixed gas; also, broadly, any internal-combustion engine. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Gas"e*ous(? , a.[From Gas. Cf. F. gazeux.]1.In the form, or of the nature, of gas, or of an a\'89riform fluid. 1913 Webster]
2.Lacking substance or solidity; tenuous. \'bdUnconnected, gaseous information.\'b8 Sir J. Stephen. 1913 Webster]
Gash(g, v. t.[imp. & p. p.Gashed(g; p. pr. & vb. n.Gashing.][For older garth or garse, OF. garser to scarify, F. gercer to chap, perh. from an assumed LL. carptiare, fr. L. carpere, carptum, to pluck, separate into parts; cf. LL. carptare to wound. Cf. Carpet.]To make a gash, or long, deep incision in; -- applied chiefly to incisions in flesh. 1913 Webster]
Grievously gashed or gored to death.Hayward. 1913 Webster]
Gash, n.A deep and long cut; an incision of considerable length and depth, particularly in flesh. 1913 Webster]
Gas`i*fi*ca"tion(?), n.[See Gasify.]The act or process of converting into gas. 1913 Webster]
Gas"i*form, a.Having a form of gas; gaseous. 1913 Webster]
Gas"i*fy(?), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Gasified(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Gasifying.][Gas + -fy.]To convert into a gas, as by the application of heat, or by chemical processes. 1913 Webster]
Gas"i*fy(?), v. i.To become gas; to pass from a liquid to a gaseous state.Scientific American. 1913 Webster]
Gas"ket(?), n.[Cf. F. garcette, It. gaschetta, Sp. cajeta caburn, garceta reef point.]1.(Naut.)A line or band used to lash a furled sail securely. Sea gaskets are common lines; harbor gaskets are plaited and decorated lines or bands. Called also casket. 1913 Webster]
2.(Mech.)(a)The plaited hemp used for packing a piston, as of the steam engine and its pumps.(b)Any ring or washer of made of a compressible material, used to make joints impermeable to fluids. 1913 Webster]
Gas"kins(?), n. pl.[Cf. Galligaskins.]1.Loose hose or breeches; galligaskins. [Obs.] Shak. 1913 Webster]
gasmaskn.a mask with a filter which protects the face and lungs against poisonous gases. It is used in warfare, and also by police to allow them to effectively use tear gas or other disabling gas to disperse a crowd or force fugitives to leave a building. Syn. -- respirator, gas helmet. WordNet 1.5]
Gas"light`(?), n.1.The light yielded by the combustion of illuminating gas. 1913 Webster]
2.A gas jet or burner. 1913 Webster]
Gas"o*gen(?), n.[Gas + -gen.]1.An apparatus for the generation of gases, or for impregnating a liquid with a gas, or a gas with a volatile liquid. 1913 Webster]
2.A volatile hydrocarbon, used as an illuminant, or for charging illuminating gas. 1913 Webster]
Gas`o*lene(?), n.See Gasoline. 1913 Webster]
Gas`o*lier"(?), n.Same as Gasalier. 1913 Webster]
Gas"o*line, Gas"o*lene(? , n.A highly volatile mixture of fluid hydrocarbons, obtained mostly from petroleum, as also by the distillation of bituminous coal. It is used as a fuel for most automobiles and for many other vehicles with internal combustion engines. The gasoline of commerce is typically blended with additives to improve its performance in internal combustion engines. Gasoline was also used in the early 1900's in making air gas, and in giving illuminating power to water gas. See Carburetor. Syn. -- petrol[Brit].
[1913 Webster+PJC]
{ Gas"o*line en"gine, orGas"o*lene en"gine }. (Mach.)A kind of internal-combustion engine; -- in British countries called usually petrol engine. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Gas*om"e*ter(? , n.[Gas + -meter. Cf. F. gazom\'8atre.]An apparatus for holding and measuring of gas; in gas works, a huge iron cylinder closed at one end and having the other end immersed in water, in which it is made to rise or fall, according to the volume of gas it contains, or the pressure required.
{ Gas`o*met"ric(? , Gas`o*met"ric*al(?), }a.Of or pertaining to the measurement of gases; as, gasometric analysis. 1913 Webster]
Gas*om"e*try(? , n.The art or practice of measuring gases; also, the science which treats of the nature and properties of these elastic fluids.Coxe. 1913 Webster]
Gas"o*scope(?), n.[Gas + -scope.]An apparatus for detecting the presence of any dangerous gas, from a gas leak in a coal mine or a dwelling house. 1913 Webster]
Gasp(g, v. i.[imp. & p. p.Gasped(g; p. pr. & vb. n.Gasping.][OE. gaspen, gaispen, to yawn, gasp, Icel. geispa to yawn; akin to Sw. g\'84spa, Dan. gispe to gasp.]1.To open the mouth wide in catching the breath, or in laborious respiration; to labor for breath; to respire convulsively; to pant violently. 1913 Webster]
She gasps and struggles hard for life.Lloyd. 1913 Webster]
2.To pant with eagerness; to show vehement desire. 1913 Webster]
Quenching the gasping furrows' thirst with rain.Spenser. 1913 Webster]
Gasp, v. t.To emit or utter with gasps; -- with forth, out, away, etc. 1913 Webster]
And with short sobs he gasps away his breath.Dryden. 1913 Webster]
Gasp, n.The act of opening the mouth convulsively to catch the breath; a labored respiration; a painful catching of the breath. 1913 Webster]
At the last gasp, at the point of death.Addison. 1913 Webster]
Gas*se"ri*an(?), a.Relating to Casserio (L. Gasserius), the discover of the Gasserian ganglion. 1913 Webster]
Gasserian ganglion(Anat.), a large ganglion, at the root of the trigeminal, or fifth cranial, nerve. 1913 Webster]
Gas"sing(?), n.1.(Manuf.)The process of passing cotton goods between two rollers and exposing them to numerous minute jets of gas to burn off the small fibers; any similar process of singeing. 1913 Webster]
2.Boasting; insincere or empty talk. [Slang] 1913 Webster]
Gas"sy(?), a.1.Full of gas; like gas.Hence: [Colloq.] Inflated; full of boastful or insincere talk. 1913 Webster]
2.passing intestinal gas excessively; flatulent. PJC]
Gast(g, v. t.[OE. gasten, g to frighten, akin to Goth. usgaisjan. See Aghast, Ghastly, and cf. Gaze.]To make aghast; to frighten; to terrify. See Aghast. [Obs.] Chaucer. Shak. 1913 Webster]
Gast"er(?), v. t.To gast. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Gas`te*ro*my*ce"tes(?), n. pl.[NL., from Gr. (Bot.)An order of fungi, in which the spores are borne inside a sac called the peridium, as in the puffballs. 1913 Webster]
Gasterophilusn.The type genus of the Gasterophilidae, comprising the horse botflies. Syn. -- genus Gasterophilus. WordNet 1.5]
Gas"ter*o*pod(?), n.(Zo\'94l.)Same as Gastropod. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Gas`te*rop`o*da(?), n. pl.(Zo\'94l.)Same as Gastropoda. 1913 Webster]
Gas`ter*op"o*dous(?), a.(Zo\'94l.)Same as Gastropodous.
Gast"ful, Gast"ly(, a. [Obs.] See Ghastful, Ghastly. 1913 Webster]
Gas"tight`(?), a.So tightly fitted as to preclude the escape of gas; impervious to gas. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Gas*tor"nis(?), n.[NL., from Gaston M. Plante, the discover + Gr. (Paleon.)A genus of large eocene birds from the Paris basin. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Gas*tr\'91"a(?), n.[NL., from Gr. (Biol.)A primeval larval form; a double-walled sac from which, according to the hypothesis of Haeckel, man and all other animals, that in the first stages of their individual evolution pass through a two-layered structural stage, or gastrula form, must have descended. This idea constitutes the Gastr\'91a theory of Haeckel. See Gastrula. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Gas*tral"gi*a(?), n.[NL., fr. Gr. (Med.)Pain in the stomach or epigastrium, as in gastric disorders. 1913 Webster]
Gas"tric(?), a.[Gr. gastrique.]Of, pertaining to, or situated near, the stomach; as, the gastric artery. 1913 Webster]
Gastric digestion(Physiol.), the conversion of the albuminous portion of food in the stomach into soluble and diffusible products by the solvent action of gastric juice. --
Gastric fever(Med.), a fever attended with prominent gastric symptoms; -- a name applied to certain forms of typhoid fever; also, to catarrhal inflammation of the stomach attended with fever. --
Gastric juice(Physiol.), a thin, watery fluid, with an acid reaction, secreted by a peculiar set of glands contained in the mucous membrane of the stomach. It consists mainly of dilute hydrochloric acid and the ferment pepsin. It is the most important digestive fluid in the body, but acts only on proteid foods. --
Gastric remittent fever(Med.), a form of remittent fever with pronounced stomach symptoms. 1913 Webster]
Gas*tril"o*quist(?), n.[Gr. gasth`r, gastro`s, stomach + L. loqui to speak.]One who appears to speak from his stomach; a ventriloquist. 1913 Webster]
Gas*tril"o*quy(?), n.A voice or utterance which appears to proceed from the stomach; ventriloquy. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Gas*tri"tis(?), n.[NL., from. Gr. -itis.](Med.)Inflammation of the stomach, esp. of its mucuos membrane. 1913 Webster]
Gas"tro-(?). A combining form from the Gr. gastrocolic, gastrocele, gastrotomy. 1913 Webster]
Gas`troc*ne"mi*us(?), n.[NL., from Gr. (Anat.)The muscle which makes the greater part of the calf of the leg. 1913 Webster]
Gas`tro*col"ic(?), a.[Gastro- + colic.](Anat.)Pertaining to both the stomach and the colon; as, the gastrocolic, or great, omentum. 1913 Webster]
Gas`tro*disc(?), n.[Gastro- + disc.](Biol.)That part of blastoderm where the hypoblast appears like a small disk on the inner face of the epibladst. 1913 Webster]
Gas`tro*du"o*de"nal(?), a.[Gastro- + -duodenal.](Anat.)Pertaining to the stomach and duodenum; as, the gastroduodenal artery. 1913 Webster]
Gas`tro*du`o*de*ni"tis(?), n.[NL. See Gastroduodenal, and -itis.](Med.)Inflammation of the stomach and duodenum. It is one of the most frequent causes of jaundice. 1913 Webster]
Gas`tro*el`y*trot"o*my(?), n.[Gastro- + Gr (Surg.)The operation of cutting into the upper part of the vagina, through the abdomen (without opening the peritoneum), for the purpose of removing a fetus. It is a substitute for the C\'91sarean operation, and less dangerous. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Gas`tro*en`te*ri"tis(?), n.[NL. See Gastroenrteric, and -itis.](Med.)Inflammation of the lining membrane of the stomach and the intestines. 1913 Webster]
Gas`tro*ep`i*plo"ic(?), a.[Gastro- + -epiploic.](Anat.)Of or pertaining to the stomach and omentum. 1913 Webster]
Gas`tro*he*pat"ic(?), a.[Gastro- + -hepatic.](Med.)Pertaining to the stomach and liver; hepatogastric; as, the gastrohepatic, or lesser, omentum. 1913 Webster]
Gas`tro*hys`ter*ot"o*my(?), n.[Gastro- + Gr. to cut.](Surg.)C\'91sarean section. See under C\'91sarean. 1913 Webster]
Gas`tro*in*tes"ti*nal(?), a.[Gastro- + -intestinal.](Anat. & Med.)Of or pertaining to the stomach and intestines; gastroenteric. 1913 Webster]
Gas`tro*lith(?), n.[Gastro- + -lith.](Zo\'94l.)See Crab's eyes, under Crab. 1913 Webster]
Gas*trol"o*gy(?), n.[Gr gastrologie.]The science which treats of the structure and functions of the stomach; a treatise of the stomach. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Gas`tro*ma*la"ci*a(?), n.[NL., fr. Gr. (Med.)A softening of the coats of the stomach; -- usually a post-morten change. 1913 Webster]
Gas`tro*man"cy(?), n.[Gastro- + -mancy: cf. F. gastromancy.](Antiq.)(a)A kind of divination, by means of words seemingly uttered from the stomach.(b)A species of divination, by means of glasses or other round, transparent vessels, in the center of which figures are supposed to appear by magic art. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Gas`tro*my"ces(?), n.[NL., fr. Gr. (Biol.)The fungoid growths sometimes found in the stomach; such as Torula, etc. 1913 Webster]
Gas"tro*myth(?), n.[Gastro- + Gr. One whose voice appears to proceed from the stomach; a ventriloquist. [Obs.]
{ Gas"tro*nome(?), Gas*tron"o*mer(?), }n.[F. gastronome, fr. Gr. One fond of good living; an epicure.Sir W. Scott.
Gas`tro*nom"ic(?), Gas`tro*nom"ic*al(, a.[Cf. F. gastronomique.]Pertaining to gastromony. 1913 Webster]
Gas*tron"o*my(?), n.[Gr. gastronomie.]The art or science of good eating; epicurism; the art of good cheer. 1913 Webster]
Gas`tro*phren"ic(?), a.[Gastro- + -phrenic.](Anat.)Pertaining to the stomach and diaphragm; as, the gastrophrenic ligament. 1913 Webster]
Gas`tro*pneu*mat"ic(?), a.[Gastro- + pneumatic.](Anat.)Pertaining to the alimentary canal and air passages, and to the cavities connected with them; as, the gastropneumatic mucuos membranes. 1913 Webster]
Gas"tro*pod(?), n.(Zo\'94l.)One of the Gastropoda.[Written also gasteropod.] 1913 Webster]
\'d8Gas*trop"o*da(?), n. pl., [NL., fr. Gr. -poda.](Zo\'94l.)One of the classes of Mollusca, of great extent. It includes most of the marine spiral shells, and the land and fresh-water snails. They generally creep by means of a flat, muscular disk, or foot, on the ventral side of the body. The head usually bears one or two pairs of tentacles. See Mollusca.[Written also Gasteropoda.] 1913 Webster]
a) The Streptoneura or Dioecia, including the Pectinibranchiata, Rhipidoglossa, Docoglossa, and Heteropoda. (b) The Euthyneura, including the Pulmonata and Opisthobranchia. (c) The Amphineura, including the Polyplacophora and Aplacophora. 1913 Webster]
Gas*trop"o*dous(?), a.(Zo\'94l.)Of or pertaining to the Gastropoda. 1913 Webster]
Gas*tror"a*phy(?), n.[Gr.gastrorrhaphie.](Surg.)The operation of sewing up wounds of the abdomen.Quincy. 1913 Webster]
Gas"tro*scope(?), n.[Gastro- + -scope.](Med.)An instrument for viewing or examining the interior of the stomach. 1913 Webster]
Gas`tro*scop"ic(?), a.Of or pertaining to gastroscopy. 1913 Webster]
Gas*tros"co*py(?), n.(Med.)Examination of the abdomen or stomach, as with the gastroscope. 1913 Webster]
Gas`tro*splen"ic(?), n.[Gastro- + splenic.](Anat.)Pertaining to the stomach and spleen; as, the gastrosplenic ligament. 1913 Webster]
Gas*tros"tege(?), n.[Gastro- + Gr. (Zo\'94l.)One of the large scales on the belly of a serpent. 1913 Webster]
Gas*tros"to*my(?), n.[Gastro- + Gr. (Surg.)The operation of making a permanent opening into the stomach, for the introduction of food. 1913 Webster]
Gas*trot"o*my(?), n.[Gastro + Gr. gastrotomie.](Surg.)A cutting into, or opening of, the abdomen or the stomach. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Gas*trot"ri*cha(?), n. pl., [NL., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.)A group of small wormlike animals, having cilia on the ventral side. The group is regarded as an ancestral or synthetic one, related to rotifers and annelids. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Gas*trot"ro*cha(?), n.[NL., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.)A form of annelid larva having cilia on the ventral side. 1913 Webster]
Gas`tro*vas"cu*lar(?), a.[Gastro- + -vascular.](Zo\'94l.)Having the structure, or performing the functions, both of digestive and circulatory organs; as, the gastrovascular cavity of c. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Gas"tru*la(?), n.; pl.Gastrul\'91(#)[NL., dim. fr. Gr. (Biol.)An embryonic form having its origin in the invagination or pushing in of the wall of the planula or blastula (the blastosphere) on one side, thus giving rise to a double-walled sac, with one opening or mouth (the blastopore) which leads into the cavity (the archenteron) lined by the inner wall (the hypoblast). See Illust. under Invagination. In a more general sense, an ideal stage in embryonic development. See Gastr\'91a. -- a.Of or pertaining to a gastrula. 1913 Webster]
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Gas`tru*la"tion(g, n.(Biol.)The process of invagination, in embryonic development, by which a gastrula is formed. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Gas*tru"ra(g, n. pl.[NL., fr. Gr. gasth`r belly + o'yra` tail.](Zo\'94l.)See Stomatopoda. 1913 Webster]
Gas*tru"rous(g, a.(Zo\'94l.)Pertaining to the Gastrura. 1913 Webster]
Gat(g, imp. of Get. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
\'d8Gatch(g, n.[Per. gach mortar.]Plaster as used in Persian architecture and decorative art.
Gatch decoration, decoration in plaster often producing design of great beauty. --
Gatch work, work in which gatch is employed; also, articles of gatch ornamentation collectively. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Gate(g, n.[OE. , , giat, gate, door, AS. geat, gat, gate, door; akin to OS., D., & Icel. gat opening, hole, and perh. to E. gate a way, gait, and get, v. Cf. Gate a way, 3d Get.]1.A large door or passageway in the wall of a city, of an inclosed field or place, or of a grand edifice, etc.; also, the movable structure of timber, metal, etc., by which the passage can be closed. 1913 Webster]
2.An opening for passage in any inclosing wall, fence, or barrier; or the suspended framework which closes or opens a passage. Also, figuratively, a means or way of entrance or of exit. 1913 Webster]
Knowest thou the way to Dover? gate, horse way and footpath.Shak. 1913 Webster]
Opening a gate for a long war.Knolles. 1913 Webster]
3.A door, valve, or other device, for stopping the passage of water through a dam, lock, pipe, etc. 1913 Webster]
4.(Script.)The places which command the entrances or access; hence, place of vantage; power; might. 1913 Webster]
The gates of hell shall not prevail against it.Matt. xvi. 18. 1913 Webster]
5.In a lock tumbler, the opening for the stump of the bolt to pass through or into. 1913 Webster]
6.(Founding)(a)The channel or opening through which metal is poured into the mold; the ingate.(b)The waste piece of metal cast in the opening; a sprue or sullage piece.[Written also geat and git.] 1913 Webster]
Gate chamber, a recess in the side wall of a canal lock, which receives the opened gate. --
Gate channel. See Gate, 5. --
Gate hook, the hook-formed piece of a gate hinge. --
Gate money, entrance money for admission to an inclosure. --
Gate tender, one in charge of a gate, as at a railroad crossing. --
Gate valva, a stop valve for a pipe, having a sliding gate which affords a straight passageway when open. --
Gate vein(Anat.), the portal vein. --
To break gates(Eng. Univ.), to enter a college inclosure after the hour to which a student has been restricted. --
To stand in the gateor
To stand in the gates, to occupy places or advantage, power, or defense. 1913 Webster]
Gate, v. t.1.To supply with a gate. 1913 Webster]
2.(Eng. Univ.)To punish by requiring to be within the gates at an earlier hour than usual. 1913 Webster]
Gate, n.[Icel. gata; akin to SW. gata street, lane, Dan. gade, Goth. gatw\'94, G. gasse. Cf. Gate a door, Gait.]1.A way; a path; a road; a street (as in Highgate). [O. Eng. & Scot.] 1913 Webster]
I was going to be an honest man; but the devil has this very day flung first a lawyer, and then a woman, in my gate.Sir W. Scott. 1913 Webster]
2.Manner; gait. [O. Eng. & Scot.] 1913 Webster]
ga*teau", g(g, n.[F. cake.](Cookery)Any of various rich and elaborate cakes, particularly a light sponge cake having a rich filling or rich icing, such as gateau foret noire (Black Forest Cake). WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
gate"crash`v. t.to enter uninvited into a party or other social event. Syn. -- intrude, barge in, crash, gate-crash, irrupt. WordNet 1.5]
gate"crash`erv. t.A person who enters into a party or other social event without an invitation, or into a theater or other public performance without a ticket. PJC]
gate-crashingadj.entering a gathering uninvited; as, gate-crashing guests disrupted the party. WordNet 1.5]
Gat"ed(g, a.Having gates.Young. 1913 Webster]
Gate"house`(g, n.A house connected or associated with a gate. 1913 Webster]
Gate"less, a.Having no gate. 1913 Webster]
Gate"man(g, n.A gate keeper; a gate tender. 1913 Webster]
Gate"post`(g, n.1.A post to which a gate is hung; -- called also swinging postorhinging post. 1913 Webster]
2.A post against which a gate closes; -- called also shutting post. 1913 Webster]
Gate"way`(g, n.A passage through a fence or wall; a gate; also, a frame, arch, etc., in which a gate in hung, or a structure at an entrance or gate designed for ornament or defense. 1913 Webster]
Gate"wise`(g, adv.In the manner of a gate. 1913 Webster]
Three circles of stones set up gatewise.Fuller. 1913 Webster]
Gath"er(g, v. t.[imp. & p. p.Gathered(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Gathering.][OE. gaderen, AS. gaderian, gadrian, fr. gador, geador, together, fr. g\'91d fellowship; akin to E. good, D. gaderen to collect, G. gatte husband, MHG. gate, also companion, Goth. gadiliggs a sister's son. Good, and cf. Together.] 1913 Webster]
1.To bring together; to collect, as a number of separate things, into one place, or into one aggregate body; to assemble; to muster; to congregate. 1913 Webster]
And Belgium's capital had gathered them Byron. 1913 Webster]
When he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together.Matt. ii. 4. 1913 Webster]
2.To pick out and bring together from among what is of less value; to collect, as a harvest; to harvest; to cull; to pick off; to pluck. 1913 Webster]
A rose just gathered from the stalk.Dryden. 1913 Webster]
Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?Matt. vii. 16. 1913 Webster]
Gather us from among the heathen.Ps. cvi. 47. 1913 Webster]
3.To accumulate by collecting and saving little by little; to amass; to gain; to heap up. 1913 Webster]
He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.Prov. xxviii. 8. 1913 Webster]
To pay the creditor . . . he must gather up money by degrees.Locke. 1913 Webster]
4.To bring closely together the parts or particles of; to contract; to compress; to bring together in folds or plaits, as a garment; also, to draw together, as a piece of cloth by a thread; to pucker; to plait; as, to gather a ruffle. 1913 Webster]
Gathering his flowing robe, he seemed to stand Pope. 1913 Webster]
5.To derive, or deduce, as an inference; to collect, as a conclusion, from circumstances that suggest, or arguments that prove; to infer; to conclude. 1913 Webster]
Let me say no more! Gather the sequel by that went before.Shak. 1913 Webster]
6.To gain; to win. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
He gathers ground upon her in the chase.Dryden. 1913 Webster]
7.(Arch.)To bring together, or nearer together, in masonry, as where the width of a fireplace is rapidly diminished to the width of the flue, or the like. 1913 Webster]
8.(Naut.)To haul in; to take up; as, to gather the slack of a rope. 1913 Webster]
To be gathered to one's peopleor
To be gathered to one's fathersto die.Gen. xxv. 8. --
To gather breath, to recover normal breathing after being out of breath; to get one's breath; to rest.Spenser. --
To gather one's self together, to collect and dispose one's powers for a great effort, as a beast crouches preparatory to a leap. --
To gather way(Naut.), to begin to move; to move with increasing speed. 1913 Webster]
Gath"er(?), v. i.1.To come together; to collect; to unite; to become assembled; to congregate. 1913 Webster]
When small humors gather to a gout.Pope. 1913 Webster]
Tears from the depth of some divine despair gather to the eyes.Tennyson. 1913 Webster]
2.To grow larger by accretion; to increase. 1913 Webster]
Their snowball did not gather as it went.Bacon. 1913 Webster]
3.To concentrate; to come to a head, as a sore, and generate pus; as, a boil has gathered. 1913 Webster]
4.To collect or bring things together. 1913 Webster]
Thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strewed.Matt. xxv. 26. 1913 Webster]
Gath"er, n.1.A plait or fold in cloth, made by drawing a thread through it; a pucker. 1913 Webster]
2.(Carriage Making)The inclination forward of the axle journals to keep the wheels from working outward. 1913 Webster]
3.(Arch.)The soffit or under surface of the masonry required in gathering. See Gather, v. t., 7. 1913 Webster]
Gath"er*a*ble(?), a.Capable of being gathered or collected; deducible from premises. [R.] Godwin. 1913 Webster]
Gath"er*er(?), n.1.One who gathers or collects. 1913 Webster]
2.(Sewing Machine)An attachment for making gathers in the cloth. 1913 Webster]
Gath"er*ing, n.1.The act of collecting or bringing together. 1913 Webster]
2.That which is gathered, collected, or brought together; as: (a)A crowd; an assembly; a congregation.(b)A charitable contribution; a collection.(c)A tumor or boil suppurated or maturated; an abscess. 1913 Webster]
Gath"er*ing, a.Assembling; collecting; used for gathering or concentrating. 1913 Webster]
Gathering board(Bookbinding), a table or board on which signatures are gathered or assembled, to form a book.Knight. --
Gathering coal, a lighted coal left smothered in embers over night, about which kindling wood is gathered in the morning. --
Gathering hoop, a hoop used by coopers to draw together the ends of barrel staves, to allow the hoops to be slipped over them. --
Gathering peat. (a)A piece of peat used as a gathering coal, to preserve a fire.(b)In Scotland, a fiery peat which was sent round by the Borderers as an alarm signal, as the fiery cross was by the Highlanders. 1913 Webster]
Gat"ling gun`(. [From the inventor, R.J. Gatling.]An American machine gun, consisting of a cluster of barrels which, being revolved by a crank, are automatically loaded and fired. 1913 Webster]
Gatling gun can be fired at the rate of 1,200 shots per minute.Farrow. 1913 Webster]
GATTprop. n.[General Agreement on Tarriffs and Trade.]a United Nations agency created by a multinational treaty to promote trade by the reduction of tariffs and import quotas. [acronym] Syn. -- General Agreement on Tarriffs and Trade. WordNet 1.5]
Gat"ten tree`(?). [Cf. Prov. E. gatter bush.](Bot.)A name given to the small trees called guelder-rose (Viburnum Opulus), cornel (Cornus sanguinea), and spindle tree (Euonymus Europ\'91us). 1913 Webster]
Gat"-toothed`(?), a.[OE. gat goat + tooth. See Goat the animal.]Goat-toothed; having a lickerish tooth; lustful; wanton. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
\'d8Gau"cho(gou"ch, n., pl.Gauchos(gou"ch[Sp.]One of the native inhabitants of the South American pampas, of Spanish-American descent. They live mostly by rearing cattle. Hence, a South American cowboy, especially on the pampas. 1913 Webster]
2.A member of an Indian population, somewhat affected by Spanish blood, in the archipelagoes off the Chilean coast. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Gaud(?), n.[OE. gaude jest, trick, gaudi bead of a rosary, fr. L. gaudium joy, gladness. See Joy.]1.Trick; jest; sport. [Obs.] Chaucer. 1913 Webster]
3.An ornament; a piece of worthless finery; a trinket. \'bdAn idle gaud.\'b8 Shak. 1913 Webster]
Gaud, v. i.[Cf. F. se gaudir to rejoice, fr. L. gaudere. See Gaud, n.]To sport or keep festival. [Obs.] \'bdGauding with his familiars. \'b8 [Obs.] Sir T. North. 1913 Webster]
Gaud, v. t.[imp. & p. p.Gauded; p. pr. & vb. n.Gauding.]To bedeck gaudily; to decorate with gauds or showy trinkets or colors; to paint. [Obs.] \'bdNicely gauded cheeks.\'b8 Shak. 1913 Webster]
Gaud"-day`(?), n.See Gaudy, a feast. 1913 Webster]
Gauf"fer(?), v. t.[F. gaufrer to figure cloth, velvet, and other stuffs, fr. gaufre honeycomb, waffle; of German origin. See Waffle, Wafer, and cf. Goffer, Gopher an animal.]To plait, crimp, or flute; to goffer, as lace. See Goffer. 1913 Webster]
Gauf"fer*ing(?), n.A mode of plaiting or fluting. 1913 Webster]
Gauffering iron, a kind of fluting iron for fabrics. --
Gauffering press(Flower Manuf.), a press for crimping the leaves and petals into shape. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Gauf"fre(?), n.[See Gopher.](Zo\'94l.)A gopher, esp. the pocket gopher. 1913 Webster]
Gauge(g, v. t.[imp. & p. p.Gauged(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Gauging(?)][OF. gaugier, F. jauger, cf. OF. gauge gauge, measuring rod, F. jauge; of uncertain origin; perh. fr. an assumed L. qualificare to determine the qualities of a thing (see Qualify); but cf. also F. jalon a measuring stake in surveying, and E. gallon.][Written also gage.] 1913 Webster]
1.To measure or determine with a gauge. 1913 Webster]
2.To measure or to ascertain the contents or the capacity of, as of a pipe, barrel, or keg. 1913 Webster]
3.(Mech.)To measure the dimensions of, or to test the accuracy of the form of, as of a part of a gunlock. 1913 Webster]
The vanes nicely gauged on each side.Derham. 1913 Webster]
4.To draw into equidistant gathers by running a thread through it, as cloth or a garment. 1913 Webster]
5.To measure the capacity, character, or ability of; to estimate; to judge of. 1913 Webster]
You shall not gauge me Shak. 1913 Webster]
Gauge, n.[Written also gage.]1.A measure; a standard of measure; an instrument to determine dimensions, distance, or capacity; a standard. 1913 Webster]
This plate must be a gauge to file your worm and groove to equal breadth by.Moxon. 1913 Webster]
There is not in our hands any fixed gauge of minds.I. Taylor. 1913 Webster]
2.Measure; dimensions; estimate. 1913 Webster]
The gauge and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt.Burke. 1913 Webster]
3.(Mach. & Manuf.)Any instrument for ascertaining or regulating the dimensions or forms of things; a templet or template; as, a button maker's gauge. 1913 Webster]
4.(Physics)Any instrument or apparatus for measuring the state of a phenomenon, or for ascertaining its numerical elements at any moment; -- usually applied to some particular instrument; as, a rain gauge; a steam gauge. 1913 Webster]
5.(Naut.)(a)Relative positions of two or more vessels with reference to the wind; as, a vessel has the weather gauge of another when on the windward side of it, and the lee gauge when on the lee side of it.(b)The depth to which a vessel sinks in the water.Totten. 1913 Webster]
6.The distance between the rails of a railway. 1913 Webster]
standard gauge of railroads in most countries is four feet, eight and one half inches. Wide, or broad, gauge, in the United States, is six feet; in England, seven feet, and generally any gauge exceeding standard gauge. Any gauge less than standard gauge is now called narrow gauge. It varies from two feet to three feet six inches. 1913 Webster]
7.(Plastering)The quantity of plaster of Paris used with common plaster to accelerate its setting. 1913 Webster]
8.(Building)That part of a shingle, slate, or tile, which is exposed to the weather, when laid; also, one course of such shingles, slates, or tiles. 1913 Webster]
Gauge of a carriage,
car, etc., the distance between the wheels; -- ordinarily called the track. --
Gauge cock, a stop cock used as a try cock for ascertaining the height of the water level in a steam boiler. --
Gauge concussion(Railroads), the jar caused by a car-wheel flange striking the edge of the rail. --
Gauge glass, a glass tube for a water gauge. --
Gauge lathe, an automatic lathe for turning a round object having an irregular profile, as a baluster or chair round, to a templet or gauge. --
Gauge point, the diameter of a cylinder whose altitude is one inch, and contents equal to that of a unit of a given measure; -- a term used in gauging casks, etc. --
Gauge rod, a graduated rod, for measuring the capacity of barrels, casks, etc. --
Gauge saw, a handsaw, with a gauge to regulate the depth of cut.Knight. --
Gauge stuff, a stiff and compact plaster, used in making cornices, moldings, etc., by means of a templet. --
Gauge wheel, a wheel at the forward end of a plow beam, to determine the depth of the furrow. --
Joiner's gauge, an instrument used to strike a line parallel to the straight side of a board, etc. --
Printer's gauge, an instrument to regulate the length of the page. --
Rain gauge, an instrument for measuring the quantity of rain at any given place. --
Salt gauge, or
Brine gauge, an instrument or contrivance for indicating the degree of saltness of water from its specific gravity, as in the boilers of ocean steamers. --
Sea gauge, an instrument for finding the depth of the sea. --
Siphon gauge, a glass siphon tube, partly filled with mercury, -- used to indicate pressure, as of steam, or the degree of rarefaction produced in the receiver of an air pump or other vacuum; a manometer. --
Sliding gauge. (Mach.)(a)A templet or pattern for gauging the commonly accepted dimensions or shape of certain parts in general use, as screws, railway-car axles, etc.(b)A gauge used only for testing other similar gauges, and preserved as a reference, to detect wear of the working gauges.(c)(Railroads)See Note under Gauge, n., 5. --
Star gauge(Ordnance), an instrument for measuring the diameter of the bore of a cannon at any point of its length. --
Steam gauge, an instrument for measuring the pressure of steam, as in a boiler. --
Tide gauge, an instrument for determining the height of the tides. --
Vacuum gauge, a species of barometer for determining the relative elasticities of the vapor in the condenser of a steam engine and the air. --
Water gauge. (a)A contrivance for indicating the height of a water surface, as in a steam boiler; as by a gauge cock or glass.(b)The height of the water in the boiler. --
Wind gauge, an instrument for measuring the force of the wind on any given surface; an anemometer. --
Wire gauge, a gauge for determining the diameter of wire or the thickness of sheet metal; also, a standard of size. See under Wire. 1913 Webster]
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Gauge"a*ble(?), a.Capable of being gauged. 1913 Webster]
Gauged(?), p. a.Tested or measured by, or conformed to, a gauge. 1913 Webster]
Gauged brick, brick molded, rubbed, or cut to an exact size and shape, for arches or ornamental work. --
Gauged mortar. See Gauge stuff, under Gauge, n. 1913 Webster]
Gau"ger(?), n.One who gauges; an officer whose business it is to ascertain the contents of casks. 1913 Webster]
Gau"ger-ship, n.The office of a gauger. 1913 Webster]
Gau"ging rod`. See Gauge rod, under Gauge, n. 1913 Webster]
Gaul(?), n.[F. Gaule, fr. L. Gallia, fr. Gallus a Gaul.]1.The Anglicized form of Gallia, which in the time of the Romans included France and Upper Italy (Transalpine and Cisalpine Gaul). 1913 Webster]
2.A native or inhabitant of Gaul. 1913 Webster]
Gaul"ish(?), a.Pertaining to ancient France, or Gaul; Gallic. [R.] 1913 Webster]
Gault(?), n.[Cf. Norw. gald hard ground, Icel. gald hard snow.](Geol.)A series of beds of clay and marl in the South of England, between the upper and lower greensand of the Cretaceous period. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Gaul*the"ri*a(?), n.[NL.](Bot.)A genus of ericaceous shrubs with evergreen foliage, and, often, edible berries. It includes the American winter-green (Gaultheria procumbens), and the larger-fruited salal of Northwestern America (Gaultheria Shallon). 1913 Webster]
Gaunt(?), a.[Cf. Norw. gand a thin pointed stick, a tall and thin man, and W. gwan weak.]Attenuated, as with fasting or suffering; lean; meager; pinched and grim. \'bdThe gaunt mastiff.\'b8 Pope. 1913 Webster]
A mysterious but visible pestilence, striding gaunt and fleshless across our land.Nichols. 1913 Webster]
Gaunt"let(?), n.(Mil.)See Gantlet. 1913 Webster]
Gaunt"let(?), n.[F. gantelet, dim. of gant glove, LL. wantus, of Teutonic origin; cf. D. want, Sw. & Dan. vante, Icel. v\'94ttr, for vantr.]1.A glove of such material that it defends the hand from wounds. 1913 Webster]
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2.A long glove, covering the wrist. 1913 Webster]
3.(Naut.)A rope on which hammocks or clothes are hung for drying. 1913 Webster]
To take up the gauntlet, to accept a challenge. --
To throw down the gauntlet, to offer or send a challenge. The gauntlet or glove was thrown down by the knight challenging, and was taken up by the one who accepted the challenge; -- hence the phrases. 1913 Webster]
Gaunt"lett*ed, a.Wearing a gauntlet. 1913 Webster]
Gaunt"ly, adv.In a gaunt manner; meagerly.
{ Gaun"tree(?), Gaun"try(?), }n.[F. chantier, LL. cantarium, fr. L. canterius trellis, sort of frame.]1.A frame for supporting barrels in a cellar or elsewhere.Sir W. Scott. 1913 Webster]
2.(Engin.)A scaffolding or frame carrying a crane or other structure.Knight. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Gaur(gor gour), n.[Native name.](Zo\'94l.)An East Indian species of wild cattle (Bibos gauris), of large size and an untamable disposition.[Spelt also gour.] 1913 Webster]
Gaure(g, v. i.To gaze; to stare. [Obs.] Chaucer. 1913 Webster]
Gauss(gous), n.[So named after Karl F. Gauss, a German mathematician.]1.(Elec.)The C.G.S. unit of density of magnetic field, equal to a field of one line of force per square centimeter, being thus adopted as an international unit at Paris in 1900; sometimes used as a unit of intensity of magnetic field. It was previously suggested as a unit of magnetomotive force. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2.Karl F. Gauss, a German mathematician. PJC]
\'d8Gauss"age(?), n.(Elec.)The intensity of a magnetic field expressed in C.G.S. units, or gausses. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Gaussianprop. adj.of or pertaining to Gauss{2}; as, a Gaussian distribution. WordNet 1.5]
gauss"me*tern.an instrument to compare strengths of magnetic fields. Syn. -- magnetometer. WordNet 1.5]
Gau"ta*ma(gou"t, prop. n.The family name of Buddha, the founder of Buddhism; born ca. 563 b.c., died ca. 483 b.c. In He is worshipped by Buddhists as a god. See Buddha.[Also spelled Gotama.] Syn. -- Buddha, the Buddha, Siddhartha, Gotama, Gautama Buddha. WordNet 1.5]
Gauze(g, n.[F. gaze; so called because it was first introduced from Gaza, a city of Palestine.]A very thin, slight, transparent stuff, generally of silk; also, any fabric resembling silk gauze; as, wire gauze; cotton gauze. 1913 Webster]
Gauze dresser, one employed in stiffening gauze. 1913 Webster]
Gauze, a.Having the qualities of gauze; thin; light; as, gauze merino underclothing. 1913 Webster]
Gauz"i*ness(?), n.The quality of being gauzy; flimsiness.Ruskin. 1913 Webster]
Gauz"y(?), a.Pertaining to, or resembling, gauze; thin and slight as gauze. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Ga`vage"(g, n.[F., fr. gaver to gorge.]Forced feeding (as of poultry or infants) by means of a tube passed through the mouth down to the stomach. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Gav"el, n.[OF. gavelle, F. javelle, prob. dim. from L. capulus handle, fr. capere to lay hold of, seize; or cf. W. gafael hold, grasp. Cf. Heave.]A small heap of grain, not tied up into a bundle.Wright. 1913 Webster]
Gav"el, n.[Etymol. uncertain.]1.The mallet of the presiding officer in a legislative body, public assembly, court, masonic body, etc. 1913 Webster]
2.A mason's setting maul.Knight. 1913 Webster]
Gav"el, n.[OF. gavel, AS. gafol, prob. fr. gifan to give. See Give, and cf. Gabel tribute.](Law)Tribute; toll; custom. [Obs.] See Gabel.Cowell. 1913 Webster]
Gav"el*et(?), n.[From Gavel tribute.](O. Eng. Law)An ancient special kind of cessavit used in Kent and London for the recovery of rent. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
Gav"el*kind`(?), n.[OE. gavelkynde, gavelkende. See Gavel tribute, and Kind, n.](O. Eng. Law)A tenure by which land descended from the father to all his sons in equal portions, and the land of a brother, dying without issue, descended equally to his brothers. It still prevails in the county of Kent.Cowell. 1913 Webster]
Gav"e*loche(?), n.Same as Gavelock. 1913 Webster]
Gav"e*lock(?), n.[OE. gaveloc a dart, AS. gafeluc; cf. Icel. gaflok, MHG. gabil, OF. gavelot, glavelot, F. javelot, Ir. gabhla spear, W. gaflach fork, dart, E. glave, gaff]1.A spear or dart. [R. & Obs.] 1913 Webster]
2.An iron crow or lever. [Scot. & North of Eng.] 1913 Webster]
Ga"ver*ick(?), n.(Zo\'94l.)The European red gurnard (Trigla cuculus). [Prov. Eng.] 1913 Webster]
Gavidaeprop. n.A natural family of birds including the loons. Syn. -- family Gavidae. WordNet 1.5]
Gaviiformesprop. n.An order of large aquatic birds, including loons and some extinct forms. Syn. -- order Gaviiformes. WordNet 1.5]
\'d8Ga"vi\'91(?), n. pl.[NL., fr. L. gavia a sea mew.](Zo\'94l.)The division of birds which includes the gulls and terns. 1913 Webster]
Ga"vi*al(g, n.[Hind. gha: cf. F. gavial.](Zo\'94l.)A large Asiatic crocodilian (Gavialis Gangeticus); -- called also nako, and Gangetic crocodile. 1913 Webster]
gavial has a long, slender muzzle, teeth of nearly uniform size, and feet completely webbed. It inhabits the Ganges and other rivers of India. The name is also applied to several allied fossil species. 1913 Webster]
Gav"ot, Gav"otte(? , n.[F. gavotte, fr. Gavots, a people inhabiting a mountainous district in France, called Gap.](Mus.)A kind of difficult, old formal French dance in quadruple time.[wns=1] 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]
2.Music composed in quadruple time for dancing the gavotte, having a dance tune which has two brisk and lively, yet dignified, strains in common time, each played twice over.[wns=2] 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]
Gaw"by(g, n.A baby; a dunce. [Prov. Eng.] 1913 Webster]
2.A simpleton; a booby; a gawky.Carlyle. 1913 Webster]
Gawk, v. i.1.To act like a gawky. 1913 Webster]
2.To stare with empty-minded fascination; to stare stupidly; to gape; -- usually used with at. PJC]
Gawk"y(g, a.[Compar.Gawkier(g; superl.Gawkiest.]Foolish and awkward; clumsy; clownish; as, gawky behavior. -- n. A fellow who is awkward from being overgrown, or from stupidity, a gawk. 1913 Webster]
Gawn(g, n.[Corrupted fr. gallon.]A small tub or lading vessel. [Prov. Eng.] Johnson. 1913 Webster]
Gawn"tree(?), n.See Gauntree. 1913 Webster]
Gay(g, a.[Compar.Gayer(?); superl.Gayest.][F. gai, perhaps fr. OHG. g swift, rapid, G. g\'84h, j\'84h, steep, hasty; or cf. OHG. w beatiful, good. Cf. Jay.] 1913 Webster]
1.Excited with merriment; manifesting sportiveness or delight; inspiring delight; livery; merry. 1913 Webster]
Belinda smiled, and all the world was gay.Pope. 1913 Webster]
Gay hope is theirs by fancy fed.Gray. 1913 Webster]
2.Brilliant in colors; splendid; fine; richly dressed. 1913 Webster]
Why is my neighbor's wife so gay?Chaucer. 1913 Webster]
A bevy of fair women, richly gay Milton. 1913 Webster]
Gay"al(?), n.[Native name.](Zo\'94l.)A Southern Asiatic species of wild cattle (Bibos frontalis). 1913 Webster]
\'d8Gay"di*ang(?), n.(Naut.)A vessel of Anam, with two or three masts, lofty triangular sails, and in construction somewhat resembling a Chinese junk. 1913 Webster]
Gay"e*ty(?), n.; pl.Gayeties(.[Written also gaiety.][F. gaiet\'82. See Gay, a.]1.The state of being gay; merriment; mirth; acts or entertainments prompted by, or inspiring, merry delight; -- used often in the plural; as, the gayeties of the season. 1913 Webster]
Gay"ley proc"ess. (Med.)The process of removing moisture from the blast of an iron blast furnace by reducing its temperature so far that it will not remain suspended as vapor in the blast current, but will be deposited as snow in the cooling apparatus. The resultant uniformly dehydrated blast effects great economy in fuel consumption, and promotes regularity of furnace operation, and certainty of furnace control. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Gay"lus*site`(?), n.[Named after Gay-Lussac, the French chemist.](Min.)A yellowish white, translucent mineral, consisting of the carbonates of lime and soda, with water. 1913 Webster]
gay-wingsn.A common trailing perennial milkwort (Polygala paucifolia) of eastern North America having leaves like wintergreen and usually rosy-purple flowers with winged sepals. Syn. -- flowering wintergreen, gaywings, bird-on-the-wing, fringed polygala, Polygala paucifolia. WordNet 1.5]
gazanian.any plant of the genus Gazania valued for their showy daisy flowers. WordNet 1.5]
Gaze(g, v. i.[imp. & p. p.Gazed(g; p. pr. & vb. n.Gazing.][OE. gasen, akin to dial. Sw. gasa, cf. Goth. us-gaisjan to terrify, us-geisnan to be terrified. Cf. Aghast, Ghastly, Ghost, Hesitate.]To fix the eyes in a steady and earnest look; to look with eagerness or curiosity, as in admiration, astonishment, or with studious attention. 1913 Webster]
Why stand ye gazing up into heaven?Acts i. 11.
Syn. -- To gape; stare; look. -- To Gaze, Gape, Stare. To gaze is to look with fixed and prolonged attention, awakened by excited interest or elevated emotion; to gape is to look fixedly, with open mouth and feelings of ignorant wonder; to stare is to look with the fixedness of insolence or of idiocy. The lover of nature gazes with delight on the beauties of the landscape; the rustic gapes with wonder at the strange sights of a large city; the idiot stares on those around with a vacant look. 1913 Webster]
Gaze, v. t.To view with attention; to gaze on . [R.] 1913 Webster]
And gazed a while the ample sky.Milton. 1913 Webster]
Gaze, n.1.A fixed look; a look of eagerness, wonder, or admiration; a continued look of attention. 1913 Webster]
With secret gaze Milton. 1913 Webster]
2.The object gazed on. 1913 Webster]
Made of my enemies the scorn and gaze.Milton. 1913 Webster]
At gaze(a)(Her.)With the face turned directly to the front; -- said of the figures of the stag, hart, buck, or hind, when borne, in this position, upon an escutcheon.(b)In a position expressing sudden fear or surprise; -- a term used in stag hunting to describe the manner of a stag when he first hears the hounds and gazes round in apprehension of some hidden danger; hence, standing agape; idly or stupidly gazing. 1913 Webster]
I that rather held it better men should perish one by one, gaze like Joshua's moon in Ajalon!Tennyson. 1913 Webster]
Ga*zee"bo(?), n.[Humorously formed from gaze.]A summerhouse so situated as to command an extensive prospect. [Colloq.] 1913 Webster]
Ga*zelle"(?), n.[F. gazelle, OF. also, gazel; cf. Sp. gacela, Pr. gazella, It. gazella; all fr. Ar. ghaz a wild goat.](Zo\'94l.)One of several small, swift, elegantly formed species of antelope, of the genus Gazella, esp. G. dorcas; -- called also algazel, corinne, korin, and kevel. The gazelles are celebrated for the luster and soft expression of their eyes.[Written also gazel.]
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Gazella dorcas); the Arabian gazelle, or ariel (G. Arabica); the mohr of West Africa (G. mohr); the Indian (G. Bennetti); the ahu or Persian (G. subgutturosa); and the springbok or tsebe (G. euchore) of South Africa, are the best known. 1913 Webster]
Ga*zet(?), n.[It. gazeta, gazzetta, prob. dim. of L. gaza royal treasure.]A Venetian coin, worth about three English farthings, or one and a half cents. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
Ga*zette"(?), n.[F. gazette, It. gazzetta, perh. from gazetta a Venetian coin (see Gazet), said to have been the price of the first newspaper published at Venice; or perh. dim. of gazza magpie, a name perh. applied to the first newspaper; cf. OHG. agalstra magpie, G. elster.]A newspaper; a printed sheet published periodically; esp., the official journal published by the British government, and containing legal and state notices. 1913 Webster]
Ga*zette", v. t.[imp. & p. p.Gazetted; p. pr. & vb. n.Gazetting.]To announce or publish in a gazette; to announce officially, as an appointment, or a case of bankruptcy. 1913 Webster]
Gaz`et*teer"(?), n.[Cf. F. gazetier.]1.A writer of news, or an officer appointed to publish news by authority.Johnson. 1913 Webster]
2.A newspaper; a gazette. [Obs.] Burke. 1913 Webster]
3.A geographical dictionary; a book giving the names and descriptions, etc., of many places. 1913 Webster]
4.An alphabetical descriptive list of anything. 1913 Webster]
Gaz"ing*stock`(?), n.A person or thing gazed at with scorn or abhorrence; an object of curiosity or contempt.Bp. Hall. 1913 Webster]
Gaz"o*gene(?), n.[F. gazog\'8ane; gaz gas + -g\'8ane, E. -gen.]A portable apparatus for making soda water or a\'89rated liquids on a small scale.Knight. 1913 Webster]
Ga*zon"(?), n.[F. gazon turf, fr. OHG. waso, G. wasen.](Fort.)One of the pieces of sod used to line or cover parapets and the faces of earthworks. 1913 Webster]
Gen.The chemical symbol for germanium, a metalloid element of atomic number 32. See germanium.[wns=1] Syn. -- germanium. WordNet 1.5]
Gen.(Mythol.)goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology. See Gaea.[wns=2] Syn. -- Gaea, Gaia. WordNet 1.5]
Ge-(?). An Anglo-Saxon prefix. See Y-. 1913 Webster]
Geal(?), v. i.[F. geler, fr. L. gelare, fr. gelu. See Gelid.]To congeal. [Obs. or Scot.] 1913 Webster]
Gean(?), n.[F. guigne the fruit of the gean; cf. OHG. w\'c6hsila, G. weichsel.](Bot.)A species of cherry tree common in Europe (Prunus avium); also, the fruit, which is usually small and dark in color. 1913 Webster]
Ge`an*ti*cli"nal(?), n.[Gr. anticlinal.](Geol.)An upward bend or flexure of a considerable portion of the earth's crust, resulting in the formation of a class of mountain elevations called anticlinoria; -- opposed to geosynclinal. 1913 Webster]
Thus go they both together to their gear.Spenser. 1913 Webster]
8.(Mech.)(a)A toothed wheel, or cogwheel; as, a spur gear, or a bevel gear; also, toothed wheels, collectively.(b)An apparatus for performing a special function; gearing; as, the feed gear of a lathe.(c)Engagement of parts with each other; as, in gear; out of gear. 1913 Webster]
That servant of his that confessed and uttered this gear was an honest man.Latimer. 1913 Webster]
Bever gear. See Bevel gear. --
Core gear, a mortise gear, or its skeleton. See Mortise wheel, under Mortise. --
Expansion gear(Steam Engine), the arrangement of parts for cutting off steam at a certain part of the stroke, so as to leave it to act upon the piston expansively; the cut-off. See under Expansion. --
Feed gear. See Feed motion, under Feed, n. --
Gear cutter, a machine or tool for forming the teeth of gear wheels by cutting. --
Gear wheel, any cogwheel. --
Running gear. See under Running. --
To throw in gearor
To throw out of gear(Mach.), to connect or disconnect (wheelwork or couplings, etc.); to put in, or out of, working relation. 1913 Webster]
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Gear(gv. t.[imp. & p. p.Geared(g; p. pr. & vb. n.Gearing.]1.To dress; to put gear on; to harness. 1913 Webster]
2.(Mach.)To provide with gearing. 1913 Webster]
3.To adapt toward some specific purpose; as, they geared their advertising for maximum effect among teenagers. PJC]
Double geared, driven through twofold compound gearing, to increase the force or speed; -- said of a machine. 1913 Webster]
Gear, v. i.(Mach.)To be in, or come into, gear. 1913 Webster]
gear"box`n.the metal casing in which a train of gears is sealed. Syn. -- gear case. WordNet 1.5]
Gear"ing, n.1.Harness. 1913 Webster]
2.(Mach.)The parts by which motion imparted to one portion of an engine or machine is transmitted to another, considered collectively; as, the valve gearing of a locomotive engine; belt gearing; esp., a train of wheels for transmitting and varying motion in machinery. 1913 Webster]
Frictional gearing. See under Frictional. --
Gearing chain, an endless chain transmitting motion from one sprocket wheel to another. See Illust. of Chain wheel. --
Spur gearing, gearing in which the teeth or cogs are ranged round either the concave or the convex surface (properly the latter) of a cylindrical wheel; -- for transmitting motion between parallel shafts, etc. 1913 Webster]
gear"train`n.a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed. Syn. -- gearing, gears, power train, train. WordNet 1.5]
gear` up"n.To prepare (for an event or activity); as, to gear up for the election campaign. PJC]
Geastrumprop. n.The type genus of the Geastraceae, consisting of fungi whose outer peridium when dry splits into starlike segments. Syn. -- genus Geastrum. WordNet 1.5]
Geat(g, n.[See Gate a door.](Founding)The channel or spout through which molten metal runs into a mold in casting.[Written also git, gate.] 1913 Webster]
Gebn.(Mythol.)The god of the earth; father of Osiris and Isis. Syn. -- Keb. WordNet 1.5]
Ge`car*cin"i*an(j, n.[Gr. gh^ earth + karki`nos crab.](Zo\'94l.)A land crab of the genus Gecarcinus, or of allied genera. 1913 Webster]
Geck(?), n.[D. gek fool, fop; akin to G. geck; cf. Icel. gikkr a pert, rude person.]1.Scorn, derision, or contempt. [Prov. Eng.] 1913 Webster]
2.An object of scorn; a dupe; a gull. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
To become the geck and scorn Shak. 1913 Webster]
Geck, v. t.[Cf. OD. ghecken, G. gecken. See Geck, n.] 1913 Webster]
1.To deride; to scorn; to mock. [Prov. Eng.] 1913 Webster]
2.To cheat; trick, or gull. [Obs.] Johnson. 1913 Webster]
Geck, v. i.To jeer; to show contempt.Sir W. Scott. 1913 Webster]
Geck"o(g, n.; pl.Geckoes(g.[Cf. F. & G. gecko; -- so called from the sound which the animal utters.](Zo\'94l.)Any lizard of the family Geckonid\'91. The geckoes are small, carnivorous, mostly nocturnal animals with large eyes and vertical, elliptical pupils. Their toes are generally expanded, and furnished with adhesive disks, by which they can run over walls and ceilings. They are numerous in warm countries, and a few species are found in Europe and the United States. See Wall gecko, Fanfoot. 1913 Webster]
Geck*o"tian(?), n.(Zo\'94l.)A gecko.
Ged, Gedd(, n.The European pike. 1913 Webster]
Gee(?), v. i.[imp. & p. p.Geed(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Geeing.]1.To agree; to harmonize. [Colloq. or Prov. Eng.] Forby. 1913 Webster]
2.[Cf. G. j\'81, interj., used in calling to a horse, It. gi\'95, F. dia, used to turn a horse to the left.]To turn to the off side, or from the driver (i.e., in the United States, to the right side); -- said of cattle, or a team; used most frequently in the imperative, often with off, by drivers of oxen, in directing their teams, and opposed to haw, or hoi.[Written also jee.] 1913 Webster]
gee means to turn from the driver, and haw to turn toward him. 1913 Webster]
Gee ho, or
Gee whoa. Same as Gee. 1913 Webster]
geek(g, n.1.A performer in a carnival, often presented as a wild man, who performs grotesquely disgusting acts, such as biting the head off a live chicken or snake. PJC]
2.Hence:Any eccentric or strange person; an oddball; an eccentric.[wns=1] PJC]
3.Hence:A student who is socially inept and a misfit in his class, especially one who is an intellectual; a nerd; a dork. [Informal] PJC]
4.Hence:An intellectually inclined person, especially one who is interested in scientific or technical subjects; as, a group of geeks wearing pocket protectors; -- originally a deprecatory and contemptuous term, but in the 1990's, with the increase in popularity of computers and the frequency of accumulation of great wealth by computer entrepreneurs, it has come to be used with noticeable frequency by technically competent people to refer to themselves, ironically and sometimes proudly. [Informal] PJC]
Gee, v. t.[See Gee to turn.]To cause (a team) to turn to the off side, or from the driver.[Written also jee.]
Geer(?), Geer"ing. [Obs.] See Gear, Gearing. 1913 Webster]
Geese(g, n., pl. of Goose. 1913 Webster]
Geest(?), n.[Cf. LG. geest, geestland, sandy, dry and, OFries. g, g, glond, glond, fr. Fries. g barren. Cf. Geason.]Alluvial matter on the surface of land, not of recent origin.R. Jameson. 1913 Webster]
Geez(?), n.The original native name for the ancient Ethiopic language or people. See Ethiopic. 1913 Webster]
gee"zer(?), n.[Dial. corrupt. of Guiser a mummer.]A queer old fellow; an old chap; sometimes, an old woman. [Contemptuous, Slang.] Syn. -- bloke. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
ge"gen*schein`(gn.[German: counterglow.]A faint patch of light in the night sky that appears opposite the sun; a reflection of sunlight by micrometeoric material in space. Syn. -- counterglow. WordNet 1.5]
Ge*hen"na(g, prop. n.[L. Gehenna, Gr. Ge`enna, Heb. G.](Jewish Hist.)The valley of Hinnom, near Jerusalem, where some of the Israelites sacrificed their children to Moloch, which, on this account, was afterward regarded as a place of abomination, and made a receptacle for all the refuse of the city, perpetual fires being kept up in order to prevent pestilential effluvia. In the New Testament the name is transferred, by an easy metaphor, to Hell. 1913 Webster]
The pleasant valley of Hinnom. Tophet thence Gehenna called, the type of Hell.Milton. 1913 Webster]
ge"ic(j, a.[Gr. gh^ earth.](Chem.)Pertaining to, or derived from, earthy or vegetable mold. 1913 Webster]
gei"sha(g, n.; pl. geisha(g, Geishas(g. [Jap., art person.]A Japanese singing and dancing girl, trained to provide entertainment and company for a man or group of men. Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
Geis"sler tube`(?). (Elec.)A glass tube provided with platinum electrodes, and containing some gas under very low tension, which becomes luminous when an electrical discharge is passed through it; -- so called from the name of a noted maker in germany. It is called also Pl\'81cker tube, from the German physicist who devised it. 1913 Webster]
Gei"to*nog"a*my(?), n.[Gr. (Bot.)Fertilization of flowers by pollen from other flowers on the same plant. 1913 Webster]
Gel"a*ble(?), a.[L. gelare to congeal: cf. F. gelable. See Geal.]Capable of being congealed; capable of being converted into jelly. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Gel"a*da(?), n.(Zo\'94l.)A baboon (Gelada Ruppelli) of Abyssinia, remarkable for the length of the hair on the neck and shoulders of the adult male. 1913 Webster]
Ge*las"tic(?), a.[Gr. Pertaining to laughter; used in laughing. \'bdGelastic muscles.\'b8 Sir T. Browne. 1913 Webster]
Ge*lat"i*fi*ca"tion(?), n.[Gelatin + L. -ficare. (in comp.) to make. See -fy.](Physiol. Chem.)The formation of gelatin. 1913 Webster]
Gel`a*tig"e*nous(?), n.[Gelatin + -genous.](Physiol. Chem.)Producing, or yielding, gelatin; gelatiniferous; as, the gelatigeneous tissues.
Gel"a*tin, Gel"a*tine(, n.[F. g\'82latine, fr. L. gelare to congeal. See Geal.](Chem.)Animal jelly; glutinous material obtained from animal tissues by prolonged boiling. Specifically (Physiol. Chem.), a nitrogeneous colloid, not existing as such in the animal body, but formed by the hydrating action of boiling water on the collagen of various kinds of connective tissue (as tendons, bones, ligaments, etc.). Its distinguishing character is that of dissolving in hot water, and forming a jelly on cooling. It is an important ingredient of calf's-foot jelly, isinglass, glue, etc. It is used as food, but its nutritious qualities are of a low order. 1913 Webster]
tin and gelatine, are in good use, but the tendency of writers on physiological chemistry favors the form in -in, as in the United States Dispensatory, the United States Pharmacop\'d2ia, Fownes' Watts' Chemistry, Brande & Cox's Dictionary. 1913 Webster]
Blasting gelatin, an explosive, containing about ninety-five parts of nitroglycerin and five of collodion. --
Gelatin process, a name applied to a number of processes in the arts, involving the use of gelatin. Especially: (a)(Photog.)A dry-plate process in which gelatin is used as a substitute for collodion as the sensitized material. This is the dry-plate process in general use, and plates of extreme sensitiveness are produced by it.(b)(Print.)A method of producing photographic copies of drawings, engravings, printed pages, etc., and also of photographic pictures, which can be printed from in a press with ink, or (in some applications of the process) which can be used as the molds of stereotype or electrotype plates.(c)(Print. or Copying)A method of producing facsimile copies of an original, written or drawn in aniline ink upon paper, thence transferred to a cake of gelatin softened with glycerin, from which impressions are taken upon ordinary paper. --
Vegetable gelatin. See Gliadin. 1913 Webster]
Ge*lat"i*nate(?), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Gelatinated(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Gelatinating.]To convert into gelatin, or into a substance resembling jelly. 1913 Webster]
Ge*lat"i*nate, v. i.To be converted into gelatin, or into a substance like jelly. 1913 Webster]
Lapis lazuli, if calcined, does not effervesce, but gelatinates with the mineral acids.Kirwan. 1913 Webster]
Ge*lat`i*na"tion(?), n.The act of process of converting into gelatin, or a substance like jelly. 1913 Webster]
Gel"a*tine(?), n.Same as Gelatin. 1913 Webster]
Gel`a*tin*if"er*ous(?), a.[Gelatin + -ferous.](Physiol. Chem.)Yielding gelatin on boiling with water; capable of gelatination. 1913 Webster]
Gel`a*tin"i*form(?), a.Having the form of gelatin. 1913 Webster]
Ge*lat`i*ni*za"tion(?), n.Same as Gelatination. 1913 Webster]
Ge*lat"i*nize(?), v. t.1.To convert into gelatin or jelly. Same as Gelatinate, v. t. 1913 Webster]
2.(Photog.)To coat, or otherwise treat, with gelatin. 1913 Webster]
Ge*lat"i*nize(?), v. i.Same as Gelatinate, v. i. 1913 Webster]
Ge*lat"i*nous(?), a.[Cf. F. g\'82latineux.]Of the nature and consistence of gelatin or the jelly; resembling jelly; viscous. 1913 Webster]
Ge*la"tion(?), n.[L. gelatio a freezing, fr. gelare to freeze.](Astron.)The process of becoming solid by cooling; a cooling and solidifying. 1913 Webster]
Geld(?), n.[AS. gild, gield, geld, tribute, payment, fr. gieldan to pay, render. See Yield.]Money; tribute; compensation; ransom.[Obs.] 1913 Webster]
geld, or danegelt, a tax imposed by the Danes; weregeld, compensation for the life of a man, etc. 1913 Webster]
Geld(?), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Gelded or Gelt (p. pr. & vb. n. Gelding.][Icel. gelda to castrate; akin to Dan. gilde, Sw. g\'84lla, and cf. AS. gilte a young sow, OHG. galt dry, not giving milk, G. gelt, Goth. gilpa siclke.]1.To castrate; to emasculate. 1913 Webster]
2.To deprive of anything essential. 1913 Webster]
Bereft and gelded of his patrimony.Shak. 1913 Webster]
3.To deprive of anything exceptionable; as, to geld a book, or a story; to expurgate. [Obs.] Dryden. 1913 Webster]
Geld"a*ble(?), a.Capable of being gelded. 1913 Webster]
Geld"a*ble, a.[From Geld money.]Liable to taxation. [Obs.] Burrill. 1913 Webster]
Geld"er(?), n.One who gelds or castrates. 1913 Webster]
Gel"der-rose(?), n.Same as Guelder-rose. 1913 Webster]
Geld"ing(?), n.[Icel. gelding a gelding, akin to geldingr wether, eunuch, Sw. g\'84lling gelding, Dan. gilding eunuch. See Geld, v. t.]A castrated animal; -- usually applied to a horse, but formerly used also of the human male. 1913 Webster]
They went down both into the water, Philip and the gelding, and Philip baptized him.Wyclif (Acts viii. 38). 1913 Webster]
Geld"ing, p. pr., a., & vb. n.from Geld, v. t. 1913 Webster]
Gelechian.The type genus of the Gelechiidae, including pink bollworms. Syn. -- genus Gelechia. WordNet 1.5]
gelechiidn.a small slender-winged moth whose larvae are agricultural pests. Syn. -- gelechiid moth. WordNet 1.5]
Gelechiidaen.A family of moths which include important economic pests, feeding on the seeds of the cotton boll. Syn. -- family Gelechiidae. WordNet 1.5]
Gel"id(j, a.[L. gelidus, fr. gelu frost, cold. See Cold, and cf. Congeal, Gelatin, Jelly.]Cold; very cold; frozen. \'bdGelid founts.\'b8 Thompson. 1913 Webster]
Ge*lid"i*ty(?), n.The state of being gelid. 1913 Webster]
Gel"id*ly(?), adv.In a gelid manner; coldly. 1913 Webster]
Gel"id*ness, n.The state of being gelid; gelidity. 1913 Webster]
Gel"ly(j, n.Jelly. [Obs.] Spenser. 1913 Webster]
Ge*los"copy(?), n.[Gr. -scopy.]Divination by means of laughter. 1913 Webster]
Ge*lose"(?), n.[See Gelatin.](Chem.)An amorphous, gummy carbohydrate, found in Gelidium, agar-agar, and other seaweeds. 1913 Webster]
Gel*se"mic(?), a.Gelseminic. 1913 Webster]
Gel"se*mine(?), n.(Chem.)An alkaloid obtained from the yellow jasmine (Gelsemium sempervirens), as a bitter white semicrystalline substance; -- called also gelsemia. 1913 Webster]
Gel`se*min"ic(?), n.(Chem.)Pertaining to, or derived from, the yellow jasmine (Gelsemium sempervirens); as, gelseminic acid, a white crystalline substance resembling esculin. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Gel*se"mium(?), n.[NL., fr. It. gelsomino jasmine.]1.(Bot.)A genus of climbing plants. The yellow (false) jasmine (Gelsemium sempervirens) is a native of the Southern United States. It has showy and deliciously fragrant flowers. 1913 Webster]
2.(Med.)The root of the yellow jasmine, used in malarial fevers, etc. 1913 Webster]
Gem(?), n.[OE. gemme precious stone, F. gemme, fr. L. gemma a precious stone, bud.]1.(Bot.)A bud. 1913 Webster]
From the joints of thy prolific stem gem.Denham. 1913 Webster]
2.A precious stone of any kind, as the ruby, emerald, topaz, sapphire, beryl, spinel, etc., especially when cut and polished for ornament; a jewel.Milton. 1913 Webster]
3.Anything of small size, or expressed within brief limits, which is regarded as a gem on account of its beauty or value, as a small picture, a verse of poetry, a witty or wise saying. 1913 Webster]
Artificial gem, an imitation of a gem, made of glass colored with metallic oxide. Cf. Paste, and Strass. 1913 Webster]
Gemv. t.[imp. & p. p.Gemmed(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Gemming]1.To put forth in the form of buds. \'bdGemmed their blossoms.\'b8 [R.] Milton. 1913 Webster]
2.To adorn with gems or precious stones. 1913 Webster]
3.To embellish or adorn, as with gems; as, a foliage gemmed with dewdrops. 1913 Webster]
England is . . . gemmed with castles and palaces.W. Irving. 1913 Webster]
Ge*ma"ra(?), n.[Heb.](Jewish Law)The second part of the Talmud, or the commentary on the Mishna (which forms the first part or text). 1913 Webster]
Ge*mar"ic(?), a.Pertaining to the Gemara. 1913 Webster]
Ge*ma"rist(?), n.One versed in the Gemara, or adhering to its teachings. 1913 Webster]
Gem"el(?), a.[OF. gemel twin, F. jumeau, L. gemellus twin, doubled, dim. of geminus. See Gemini, and cf. Gimmal.](Her.)Coupled; paired. 1913 Webster]
Bars gemel(Her.), two barrulets placed near and parallel to each other. 1913 Webster]
Gem"el(?), n.1.One of the twins. [Obs.] Wyclif. 1913 Webster]
2.(Heb.)One of the barrulets placed parallel and closed to each other. Cf. Bars gemel, under Gemel, a. 1913 Webster]
Two gemels silver between two griffins passant.Strype. 1913 Webster]
Gemel hinge(Locksmithing), a hinge consisting of an eye or loop and a hook. --
Gemel ring, a ring with two or more links; a gimbal. See Gimbal. --
Gemel window, a window with two bays. 1913 Webster]
Gem"i*nate(?), a.[L. geminatus, p. p. of genimare to double. See Gemini.](Bot.)In pairs or twains; two together; binate; twin; as, geminate flowers.Gray. 1913 Webster]
Gem"i*nate(?), v. t.To double. [R.] B. Jonson. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Gem"i*ni(?), n. pl.[L., twins, pl. of geminus; cf. Skr. j related as brother or sister.](Astron.)A constellation of the zodiac, containing the two bright stars Castor and Pollux; also, the third sign of the zodiac, which the sun enters about May 20th. 1913 Webster]
Gem`i*ni*flo"rous(?), a.[L. geminus twin + flos, floris, flower.](Bot.)Having the flowers arranged in pairs. 1913 Webster]
Gem"i*nous(?), a.[L. geminus.]Double; in pairs.Sir T. Browne. 1913 Webster]
Gemi*ny(?), n.[See Gemini.]Twins; a pair; a couple. [Obs.] Shak. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Gem`i*to"res(?), n. pl.[NL., fr. L. gemere, gemitum, to sign, moan.](Zo\'94l.)A division of birds including the true pigeons. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Gem"ma(?), n.; pl.Gemm\'91(#).[L., a bud.]1.(Bot.)A leaf bud, as distinguished from a flower bud. 1913 Webster]
2.(Biol.)A bud spore; one of the small spores or buds in the reproduction of certain Protozoa, which separate one at a time from the parent cell. 1913 Webster]
Gem*ma"ceous(?), a.Of or pertaining to gems or to gemm\'91; of the nature of, or resembling, gems or gemm\'91. 1913 Webster]
Gem"ma*ry(?), a.[L. gemmarius. See Gem.]Of or pertaining to gems. 1913 Webster]
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Gem"ma*ry(?), n.A receptacle for jewels or gems; a jewel house; jewels or gems, collectively. 1913 Webster]
Gem"mate(?), a.[L. gemmatus, p. p. of gemmare to put forth buds, fr. gemma bud.](Bot.)Having buds; reproducing by buds. 1913 Webster]
Gem"ma*ted(?), a.Having buds; adorned with gems or jewels. 1913 Webster]
Gem*ma"tion(?), n.[Cf. F. gemmation.] 1913 Webster]
1.(Biol.)The formation of a new individual, either animal or vegetable, by a process of budding; an asexual method of reproduction; gemmulation; gemmiparity. See Budding. 1913 Webster]
2.(Bot.)The arrangement of buds on the stalk; also, of leaves in the bud. 1913 Webster]
Gem"me*ous(?), a.[L. gemmeus. See Gem.]Pertaining to gems; of the nature of gems; resembling gems.Pennant. 1913 Webster]
Gem*mif"er*ous(?), a.[L. gemma bud + -ferous: cf. F. gemmif\'8are.]Producing gems or buds; (Biol.)multiplying by buds. 1913 Webster]
Gem`mi*fi*ca"tion(?), n.[L. gemma bud + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See -fy.](Biol.)The production of a bud or gem. 1913 Webster]
Gem"mi*ness(?), n.The state or quality of being gemmy; spruceness; smartness.
{ \'d8Gem*mip"a*ra(?)\'d8Gem*mip"a*res(?) }n. pl.[NL., fr. L. gemma bud + parere to produce.](Zo\'94l.)Animals which increase by budding, as hydroids. 1913 Webster]
Gem`mi*par"i*ty(?), n.(Biol.)Reproduction by budding; gemmation. See Budding. 1913 Webster]
Gem*mip"a*rous(?), a.[Cf. F. gemmipare.](Biol.)Producing buds; reproducing by buds. See Gemmation, 1. 1913 Webster]
Gem*mos"i*ty(?), n.[L. gemmosus set with jewels. See Gem.]The quality or characteristics of a gem or jewel. [Obs.] Bailey. 1913 Webster]
Gem`mu*la"tion(?), n.[From L. gemmula, dim. of gemma bud.](Biol.)See Gemmation. 1913 Webster]
Gem"mule(?), n.[L. gemmula, dim. of gemma: cf. F. gemmule. See Gem.]1.(Bot.)(a)A little leaf bud, as the plumule between the cotyledons.(b)One of the buds of mosses.(c)One of the reproductive spores of alg\'91.(d)An ovule. 1913 Webster]
2.(Biol.)(a)A bud produced in generation by gemmation.(b)One of the imaginary granules or atoms which, according to Darwin's hypothesis of pangenesis, are continually being thrown off from every cell or unit, and circulate freely throughout the system, and when supplied with proper nutriment multiply by self-division and ultimately develop into cells like those from which they were derived. They are supposed to be transmitted from the parent to the offspring, but are often transmitted in a dormant state during many generations and are then developed. See Pangenesis. 1913 Webster]
Gem`mu*lif"er*ous(?), a.[Gemmule + -ferous.]Bearing or producing gemmules or buds. 1913 Webster]
Gem"my(?), a.[From Gem, n.] 1913 Webster]
1.Full of gems; bright; glittering like a gem. 1913 Webster]
The gemmy bridle glittered free.Tennyson. 1913 Webster]
2.Spruce; smart. [Colloq. Eng.] 1913 Webster]
Ge*mote"(?), n.[As. gem an assembly. See Meet, v. t.](AS. Hist.)A meeting; -- used in combination, as, Witenagemote, an assembly of the wise men. 1913 Webster]
Gems"bok(?), n.[D.; akin to G. gemsbock the male or buck of the chamois; gemse chamois, goat of the Alps + bock buck.](Zo\'94l.)A South African antelope (Oryx Capensis), having long, sharp, nearly straight horns. 1913 Webster]
Gems"-horn`(?), n.[G., prop., chamois horn.](Mus.)An organ stop with conical tin pipes. 1913 Webster]
Ge*mul"(?), n.(Zo\'94l.)A small South American deer (Furcifer Chilensis), with simple forked horns.[Written also guemul.] 1913 Webster]
-gen(?). [(1) From Gr. -gen-, from the same root as ge`nos race, stock (see Genus). (2) From Gr. suffix -genh`s born. Cf. F. -g\'8ane.]1.A suffix used in scientific words in the sense of producing, generating: as, amphigen, amidogen, halogen. 1913 Webster]
2.A suffix meaning produced, generated; as, exogen. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Ge"na(?), [L., the cheek.](Zo\'94l.)(a)The cheek; the feathered side of the under mandible of a bird.(b)The part of the head to which the jaws of an insect are attached. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Ge*nappe"(?), n.[From Genappe, in Belgium.]A worsted yarn or cord of peculiar smoothness, used in the manufacture of braid, fringe, etc.Simmonds. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Gen`darme"(?), n.; pl.Gendarmes(#), or Gens d'armes.[F.]1.(Mil.)One of a body of heavy cavalry. [Obs.] [France] 1913 Webster]
2.An armed policeman in France.Thackeray. 1913 Webster]
gen*darm"er*ien.[F. gendarmerie.]The French police force; the body of gendarmes or gendarmes collectively.[Also spelled gendarmery.] Syn. -- gendarmery. 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]
gen*darm"er*y(?), n.Same as gendarmerie. WordNet 1.5]
Gen"der(j, n.[OF. genre, gendre (with excrescent d.), F.genre, fr. L. genus, generis, birth, descent, race, kind, gender, fr. the root of genere, gignere, to beget, in pass., to be born, akin to E. kin. See Kin, and cf. Generate, Genre, Gentle, Genus.] 1913 Webster]
1.Kind; sort. [Obs.] \'bdOne gender of herbs.\'b8 Shak. 1913 Webster]
2.Sex, male or female. 1913 Webster]
gender to refer to the sex of an animal, especially a person, was once common, then fell into disuse as the term became used primarily for the distinction of grammatical declension forms in inflected words. In the late 1900's, the term again became used to refer to the sex of people, as a euphemism for the term sex, especially in discussions of laws and policies on equal treatment of sexes. Objections by prescriptivists that the term should be used only in a grammatical context ignored the earlier uses. PJC]
3.(Gram.)A classification of nouns, primarily according to sex; and secondarily according to some fancied or imputed quality associated with sex. 1913 Webster]
Gender is a grammatical distinction and applies to words only. Sex is natural distinction and applies to living objects.R. Morris. 1913 Webster]
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Gen"der(?), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Gendered(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Gendering.][OF. gendrer, fr. L. generare. See Gender, n.]To beget; to engender. 1913 Webster]
Gen"der, v. i.To copulate; to breed. [R.] Shak. 1913 Webster]
Gen"der*less, a.Having no gender. 1913 Webster]
Gen`e*a*gen"e*sis(?), n.[Gr. genesis.](Biol.)Alternate generation. See under Generation. 1913 Webster]
Gen`e*a*log"ic(?), a.Genealogical. 1913 Webster]
Gen`e*a*log"ic*al(?), a.[Cf. F. g\'82n\'82alogique.]Of or pertaining to genealogy; as, a genealogical table; genealogical order. -- Gen`e*a*log"ic*al*ly, adv. 1913 Webster]
Genealogical tree, a family lineage or genealogy drawn out under the form of a tree and its branches. 1913 Webster]
Gen`e*al"o*gist(?), n.[Cf. F. g\'82n\'82alogiste.]One who traces genealogies or the descent of persons or families. 1913 Webster]
Gen`e*al"o*gize(?), v. i.To investigate, or relate the history of, descents. 1913 Webster]
Gen`e*al"o*gy(?), n.; pl.Genealogies(#).[OE. genealogi, genelogie, OF. genelogie, F. g\'82n\'82alogie, L. genealogia, fr. Gr. genus) + 1913 Webster]
1.An account or history of the descent of a person or family from an ancestor; enumeration of ancestors and their children in the natural order of succession; a pedigree. 1913 Webster]
2.Regular descent of a person or family from a progenitor; pedigree; lineage. 1913 Webster]
Gen"e*arch(?), n.[Gr. The chief of a family or tribe. 1913 Webster]
Gen"e*ra(?), n. pl.See Genus. 1913 Webster]
Gen`er*a*bil"i*ty(?), n.Capability of being generated.Johnstone. 1913 Webster]
Gen"er*a*ble(?), a.[L. generabilis.]Capable of being generated or produced.Bentley. 1913 Webster]
Gen"er*al(?), a.[F. g\'82n\'82ral, fr. L. generalis. See Genus.]1.Relating to a genus or kind; pertaining to a whole class or order; as, a general law of animal or vegetable economy. 1913 Webster]
2.Comprehending many species or individuals; not special or particular; including all particulars; as, a general inference or conclusion. 1913 Webster]
3.Not restrained or limited to a precise import; not specific; vague; indefinite; lax in signification; as, a loose and general expression. 1913 Webster]
4.Common to many, or the greatest number; widely spread; prevalent; extensive, though not universal; as, a general opinion; a general custom. 1913 Webster]
This general applause and cheerful shout Shak. 1913 Webster]
5.Having a relation to all; common to the whole; as, Adam, our general sire.Milton. 1913 Webster]
6.As a whole; in gross; for the most part. 1913 Webster]
His general behavior vain, ridiculous.Shak. 1913 Webster]
7.Usual; common, on most occasions; as, his general habit or method. 1913 Webster]
general, annexed to a name of office, usually denotes chief or superior; as, attorney-general; adjutant general; commissary general; quartermaster general; vicar-general, etc. 1913 Webster]
General agent(Law), an agent whom a principal employs to transact all his business of a particular kind, or to act in his affairs generally. --
General assembly. See the Note under Assembly. --
General average,
General Court. See under Average, Court. --
General court-martial(Mil.), the highest military and naval judicial tribunal. --
General dealer(Com.), a shopkeeper who deals in all articles in common use. --
General demurrer(Law), a demurrer which objects to a pleading in general terms, as insufficient, without specifying the defects.Abbott. --
General epistle, a canonical epistle. --
General guides(Mil.), two sergeants (called the right, and the left, general guide) posted opposite the right and left flanks of an infantry battalion, to preserve accuracy in marching.Farrow. --
General hospitals(Mil.), hospitals established to receive sick and wounded sent from the field hospitals.Farrow.
General issue(Law), an issue made by a general plea, which traverses the whole declaration or indictment at once, without offering any special matter to evade it.Bouvier.Burrill. --
General lien(Law), a right to detain a chattel, etc., until payment is made of any balance due on a general account. --
General officer(Mil.), any officer having a rank above that of colonel. --
General orders(Mil.), orders from headquarters published to the whole command. --
General practitioner, in the United States, one who practices medicine in all its branches without confining himself to any specialty; in England, one who practices both as physician and as surgeon. --
General ship, a ship not chartered or let to particular parties. --
General term(Logic), a term which is the sign of a general conception or notion. --
General verdict(Law), the ordinary comprehensive verdict in civil actions, \'bdfor the plaintiff\'b8 or \'bdfor the defendant\'b8.Burrill. --
General warrant(Law), a warrant, now illegal, to apprehend suspected persons, without naming individuals.
Syn.General, Common, Universal.Common denotes primarily that in which many share; and hence, that which is often met with. General is stronger, denoting that which pertains to a majority of the individuals which compose a genus, or whole. Universal, that which pertains to all without exception. To be able to read and write is so common an attainment in the United States, that we may pronounce it general, though by no means universal. 1913 Webster]
Gen"er*al(?), n.[F. g\'82n\'82ral. See General., a.] 1913 Webster]
1.The whole; the total; that which comprehends or relates to all, or the chief part; -- opposed to particular. 1913 Webster]
In particulars our knowledge begins, and so spreads itself by degrees to generals.Locke. 1913 Webster]
2.(Mil.)One of the chief military officers of a government or country; the commander of an army, of a body of men not less than a brigade. In European armies, the highest military rank next below field marshal. 1913 Webster]
General of the Army has been created by temporary laws, and has been held only by Generals U. S. Grant, W. T. Sherman, and P. H. Sheridan. <-- = 5-star general. Eisenhower? MacArthur? Pershing? -->Popularly, the title General is given to various general officers, as General, Lieutenant general, Major general, Brigadier general, Commissary general, etc. See Brigadier general, Lieutenant general, Major general, in the Vocabulary. 1913 Webster]
3.(Mil.)The roll of the drum which calls the troops together; as, to beat the general. 1913 Webster]
4.(Eccl.)The chief of an order of monks, or of all the houses or congregations under the same rule. 1913 Webster]
5.The public; the people; the vulgar. [Obs.] Shak. 1913 Webster]
In general, in the main; for the most part. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Gen`e*ra"li*a(?), n. pl.[Neut. pl., fr. L. generalis.]Generalities; general terms.J. S. Mill. 1913 Webster]
generalisev.same as generalize. WordNet 1.5]
Gen`er*al*is"si*mo(?), n.[It., superl. of generale general. See General, a.]The chief commander of an army; especially, the commander in chief of an army consisting of two or more grand divisions under separate commanders; -- a title used in most foreign countries. 1913 Webster]
1.The state of being general; the quality of including species or particulars.Hooker. 1913 Webster]
2.That which is general; that which lacks specificalness, practicalness, or application; a general or vague statement or phrase. 1913 Webster]
Let us descend from generalities to particulars.Landor. 1913 Webster]
The glittering and sounding generalities of natural right which make up the Declaration of Independence.R. Choate. 1913 Webster]
3.The main body; the bulk; the greatest part; as, the generality of a nation, or of mankind. 1913 Webster]
Gen"er*al*i`za*ble(?), a.Capable of being generalized, or reduced to a general form of statement, or brought under a general rule. 1913 Webster]
Extreme cases are . . . not generalizable.Coleridge 1913 Webster]
Gen`er*al*i*za"tion(?), n.[Cf. F. g\'82n\'82ralisation.] 1913 Webster]
1.The act or process of generalizing; the act of bringing individuals or particulars under a genus or class; deduction of a general principle from particulars. 1913 Webster]
Generalization is only the apprehension of the one in the many.Sir W. Hamilton. 1913 Webster]
2.A general inference. 1913 Webster]
gen"er*al*ize(?), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Generalized(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Generalizing(?).][Cf. F. g\'82n\'82raliser.][Also spelled generalise.] 1913 Webster]
1.To bring under a genus or under genera; to view in relation to a genus or to genera. 1913 Webster]
Copernicus generalized the celestial motions by merely referring them to the moon's motion. Newton generalized them still more by referring this last to the motion of a stone through the air.W. Nicholson. 1913 Webster]
2.To apply to other genera or classes; to use with a more extensive application; to extend so as to include all special cases; to make universal in application, as a formula or rule. 1913 Webster]
When a fact is generalized, our discontent is quited, and we consider the generality itself as tantamount to an explanation.Sir W. Hamilton. 1913 Webster]
3.To derive or deduce (a general conception, or a general principle) from particulars.[wns=2] Syn. -- generalize, extrapolate, infer. 1913 Webster]
A mere conclusion generalized from a great multitude of facts.Coleridge. 1913 Webster]
4.To speak in generalities; to talk in abstract terms.[wns=1] Syn. -- generalise, speak generally. WordNet 1.5]
Gen"er*al*ize, v. i.To form into a genus; to view objects in their relations to a genus or class; to take general or comprehensive views. 1913 Webster]
Gen"er*al*ized(?), a.(Zo\'94l.)Comprising structural characters which are separated in more specialized forms; synthetic; as, a generalized type. 1913 Webster]
Gen"er*al*i`zer(, n.One who takes general or comprehensive views.Tyndall. 1913 Webster]
Gen"er*al*ly, adv.1.In general; commonly; extensively, though not universally; most frequently. 1913 Webster]
2.In a general way, or in general relation; in the main; upon the whole; comprehensively. 1913 Webster]
Generally speaking, they live very quietly.Addison. 1913 Webster]
3.Collectively; as a whole; without omissions. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
I counsel that all Israel be generally gathered unto thee.2 Sam. xvii. ll. 1913 Webster]
Gen"er*al*ness, n.The condition or quality of being general; frequency; commonness.Sir P. Sidney. 1913 Webster]
Gen"er*al sem*an"tics, n.(1933)a doctrine and philosophical approach to language and its relationship to thought and behavior, developed by Alfred Korzybski (1879-1950), which holds that the capacity to express ideas and thereby improve one's interaction with others and one's environment is enhanced by training in the more critical use of words and other symbols; -- sometimes also called semantics.More information can be found on the web site of the Institute of General Semantics. PJC]
General Semantics is the study of the relations between language, \'bdthought\'b8, and behavior: between how we talk, therefore how we think, therefore how we act.George Doris
Gen"er*al*ship, n.1.The office of a general; the exercise of the functions of a general; -- sometimes, with the possessive pronoun, the personality of a general. 1913 Webster]
Your generalship puts me in mind of Prince Eugene.Goldsmith. 1913 Webster]
2.Military skill in a general officer or commander. 1913 Webster]
3.Fig.: Leadership; management. 1913 Webster]
An artful stroke of generalship in Trim to raise a dust.Sterne. 1913 Webster]
Gen"er*al*ty(?), n.Generality. [R.] Sir M. Hale. 1913 Webster]
Gen"er*ant(?), a.[L. generans, p. pr. of generare.]Generative; producing; esp. (Geom.), acting as a generant. 1913 Webster]
Gen"er*ant, n.1.That which generates.Glanvill. 1913 Webster]
2.(Geom.)A generatrix. 1913 Webster]
Gen"er*ate(?), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Generated(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Generating.][L. generatus, p. p. of generare to generate, fr. genus. See Genus, Gender.] 1913 Webster]
1.To beget; to procreate; to propagate; to produce (a being similar to the parent); to engender; as, every animal generates its own species. 1913 Webster]
2.To cause to be; to bring into life.Milton. 1913 Webster]
3.To originate, especially by a vital or chemical process; to produce; to cause. 1913 Webster]
Whatever generates a quantity of good chyle must likewise generate milk.Arbuthnot. 1913 Webster]
4.(Math.)To trace out, as a line, figure, or solid, by the motion of a point or a magnitude of inferior order. 1913 Webster]
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Gen`er*a"tion(?), n.[OE. generacioun, F. g\'82n\'82ration, fr.L. generatio.]1.The act of generating or begetting; procreation, as of animals. 1913 Webster]
2.Origination by some process, mathematical, chemical, or vital; production; formation; as, the generation of sounds, of gases, of curves, etc. 1913 Webster]
3.That which is generated or brought forth; progeny; offspiring. 1913 Webster]
4.A single step or stage in the succession of natural descent; a rank or remove in genealogy. Hence: The body of those who are of the same genealogical rank or remove from an ancestor; the mass of beings living at one period; also, the average lifetime of man, or the ordinary period of time at which one rank follows another, or father is succeeded by child, usually assumed to be one third of a century; an age. 1913 Webster]
This is the book of the generations of Adam.Gen. v. 1. 1913 Webster]
Ye shall remain there [in Babylon] many years, and for a long season, namely, seven generations.Baruch vi. 3. 1913 Webster]
All generations and ages of the Christian church.Hooker. 1913 Webster]
5.Race; kind; family; breed; stock. 1913 Webster]
Thy mother's of my generation; what's she, if I be a dog?Shak. 1913 Webster]
6.(Geom.)The formation or production of any geometrical magnitude, as a line, a surface, a solid, by the motion, in accordance with a mathematical law, of a point or a magnitude; as, the generation of a line or curve by the motion of a point, of a surface by a line, a sphere by a semicircle, etc. 1913 Webster]
7.(Biol.)The aggregate of the functions and phenomene which attend reproduction. 1913 Webster]
scissiparity or by fissiparous generation, gemmiparity or by budding, germiparity or by germs, and oviparity or by ova. 1913 Webster]
Alternate generation(Biol.), alternation of sexual with asexual generation, in which the products of one process differ from those of the other, -- a form of reproduction common both to animal and vegetable organisms. In the simplest form, the organism arising from sexual generation produces offspiring unlike itself, agamogenetically. These, however, in time acquire reproductive organs, and from their impregnated germs the original parent form is reproduced. In more complicated cases, the first series of organisms produced agamogenetically may give rise to others by a like process, and these in turn to still other generations. Ultimately, however, a generation is formed which develops sexual organs, and the original form is reproduced. --
Spontaneous generation(Biol.), the fancied production of living organisms without previously existing parents from inorganic matter, or from decomposing organic matter, a notion which at one time had many supporters; abiogenesis. 1913 Webster]
Gen"er*a*tive(?), a.[Cf. F. g\'82n\'82ratif.]Having the power of generating, propagating, originating, or producing. \'bdThat generative particle.\'b8 Bentley. 1913 Webster]
Gen"er*a`tor(?), n.[L.]1.One who, or that which, generates, begets, causes, or produces. 1913 Webster]
2.An apparatus in which vapor or gas is formed from a liquid or solid by means of heat or chemical process, as a steam boiler, gas retort, or vessel for generating carbonic acid gas, etc. 1913 Webster]
3.(Mus.)The principal sound or sounds by which others are produced; the fundamental note or root of the common chord; -- called also generating tone. 1913 Webster]
4.(Elec.)Any machine that transforms mechanical into electrical energy; a dynamo. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
5.(Math.)a mathematical entity which, when subjected to an operation, yields another mathematical entity; also, a generatrix. PJC]
Gen`er*a"trix(?), n.; pl. L. Generatrices(#), E. Generatrixes(#).[L.](Geom.)That which generates; the point, or the mathematical magnitude, which, by its motion, generates another magnitude, as a line, surface, or solid; -- called also describent.
{ Ge*ner"ic(?), Ge*ner"ic*al(?), }a.[L. genus, generis, race, kind: cf. F. g\'82n\'82rique. See Gender.] 1913 Webster]
1.(Biol.)Pertaining to a genus or kind; relating to a genus, as distinct from a species, or from another genus; as, a generic description; a generic difference; a generic name.[wns=1] 1913 Webster]
2.Very comprehensive; pertaining or appropriate to large classes or their characteristics; -- opposed to specific.[wns=3] 1913 Webster]
3.(Commerce)Not protected by trademark; -- used especially of the names of medications; as, a generic drug; the generic name of Rogaine is minoxidil.[wns=2] PJC]
generic drug, i.e., sold under its generic name, though it can be referred to by its generic name. PJC]
Ge*ner"ic*al*ly, adv.With regard to a genus, or an extensive class; as, an animal generically distinct from another, or two animals or plants generically allied. 1913 Webster]
Ge*ner"ic*al*ness, n.The quality of being generic. 1913 Webster]
ge*ner"ic drug`, n.A medication sold under its generic name; -- usually legal only after the patent has expired, or if no patent was issued for the substance. Generic drugs are usually less expensive than proprietary medications. PJC]
ge*ner"ic name`, n.The name for a medication, as used in the pharmacopoeia; it cannot be a trademark. The name is typically given by the inventor or discoverer of the drug, but must be approved by a national or international naming authority. PJC]
Ge*ner`i*fi*ca"tion(?), n.[L. genus kind, class + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See -fy.]The act or process of generalizing. 1913 Webster]
Out of this the universal is elaborated by generification.Sir W. Hamilton. 1913 Webster]
2.The quality of being noble; noble-mindedness. 1913 Webster]
Generosity is in nothing more seen than in a candid estimation of other men's virtues and good qualities.Barrow. 1913 Webster]
3.Liberality in giving; munificence.
Syn. -- Magnanimity; liberality. 1913 Webster]
Gen"er*ous(?), a.[F. g\'82n\'82reux, fr. L. generous of noble birth, noble, excellent, magnanimous, fr. genus birth, race: cf. It. generoso. See 2d Gender.] 1913 Webster]
1.Of honorable birth or origin; highborn. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
The generous and gravest citizens.Shak. 1913 Webster]
2.Exhibiting those qualities which are popularly reregarded as belonging to high birth; noble; honorable; magnanimous; spirited; courageous. \'bdThe generous critic.\'b8 Pope. \'bdHis generous spouse.\'b8 Pope. \'bdA generous pack [of hounds].\'b8 Addison. 1913 Webster]
3.Open-handed; free to give; not close or niggardly; munificent; as, a generous friend or father. 1913 Webster]
4.Characterized by generosity; abundant; overflowing; as, a generous table.Swift. 1913 Webster]
5.Full of spirit or strength; stimulating; exalting; as, generous wine.
Syn. -- Magnanimous; bountiful. See Liberal.
-- Gen"er*ous*ly, adv. -- Gen"er*ous*ness, n. 1913 Webster]
Gen`e*see" ep"och(?). (Geol.)The closing subdivision of the Hamilton period in the American Devonian system; -- so called because the formations of this period crop out in Genesee, New York. 1913 Webster]
Ge*ne"sial(?), a.Of or relating to generation. 1913 Webster]
Ge*ne`si*ol"gy(?), n.[Gr. -logy.]The doctrine or science of generation. 1913 Webster]
Gen"e*sis(?), n.[L., from Gr. ge`nesis, fr. the root of gi`gnesqai to beget, be born; akin to L. genus birth, race. See Gender.] 1913 Webster]
1.The act of producing, or giving birth or origin to anything; the process or mode of originating; production; formation; origination. 1913 Webster]
The origin and genesis of poor Sterling's club.Carlyle. 1913 Webster]
2.The first book of the Old Testament; -- so called by the Greek translators, from its containing the history of the creation of the world and of the human race. 1913 Webster]
3.(Geom.)Same as Generation.
Gen"et(jor j, Ge*nette"(j, n.[F. genette, Sp. gineta, fr. Ar. jarnei.]1.(Zo\'94l.)One of several species of small Carnivora of the genus Genetta, allied to the civets, but having the scent glands less developed, and without a pouch. 1913 Webster]
Genetta vulgaris) of Southern Europe, Asia Minor, and North Africa, is dark gray, spotted with black. The long tail is banded with black and white. The Cape genet (Genetta felina), and the berbe (Genetta pardina), are related African species. 1913 Webster]
2.The fur of the common genet (Genetta vulgaris); also, any skin dressed in imitation of this fur. 1913 Webster]
Ge*neth"li*ac(?), a.[L. genethliacus, Gr. gene`qlh birth, fr. gi`gnesqai to be born.]Pertaining to nativities; calculated by astrologers; showing position of stars at one's birth.Howell. 1913 Webster]
Ge*neth"li*ac, n.1.A birthday poem. 1913 Webster]
2.One skilled in genethliacs. 1913 Webster]
Gen`eth*li"a*cal(?), a.Genethliac. 1913 Webster]
Ge*neth"li*acs(?), n.The science of calculating nativities, or predicting the future events of life from the stars which preside at birth.Johnson. 1913 Webster]
Ge*neth`li*al"o*gy(?), n.[Gr. geneqlhalogi`a astrology; gene`qlh birth + lo`gos discourse.]Divination as to the destinies of one newly born; the act or art of casting nativities; astrology. 1913 Webster]
Ge*neth`li*at"ic(?), n.One who calculates nativities.Sir W. Drummond. 1913 Webster]
Ge*net"ic(j, a.1.Same as Genetical. 1913 Webster]
2.Of or pertaining to genes or genetics; as, the genetic code. PJC]
Ge*net"ic*al(j, a.[See Genesis.]Pertaining to, concerned with, or determined by, the genesis of anything, or its natural mode of production or development. 1913 Webster]
This historical, genetical method of viewing prior systems of philosophy.Hare. 1913 Webster]
ge*net"ic*al*ly, adv.In a genetical manner. 1913 Webster]
ge*net"i*cistn.a scientist who specializes in genetics. WordNet 1.5]
Genettaprop. n.A genus of mammals comprising the genets. Syn. -- genus Genetta. WordNet 1.5]
Ge*ne"va(?), prop. n.The chief city of Switzerland. 1913 Webster]
Geneva Bible, a translation of the Bible into English, made and published by English refugees in Geneva (Geneva, 1560; London, 1576). It was the first English Bible printed in Roman type instead of the ancient black letter, the first which recognized the division into verses, and the first which omitted the Apocrypha. In form it was a small quarto, and soon superseded the large folio of Cranmer's translation. Called also Genevan Bible. --
Geneva convention(Mil.), an agreement made by representatives of the great continental powers at Geneva and signed in 1864, establishing new and more humane regulation regarding the treatment of the sick and wounded and the status of those who minister to them in war. Ambulances and military hospitals are made neutral, and this condition affects physicians, chaplains, nurses, and the ambulance corps. Great Britain signed the convention in 1865. --
Geneva cross(Mil.), a red Greek cross on a white ground; -- the flag and badge adopted in the Geneva convention. 1913 Webster]
Ge*ne"va(?), n.[F. geni\'8avre juniper, juniper berry, gin, OF. geneivre juniper, fr. L. juniperus the juniper tree: cf. D. jenever, fr. F. geni\'8avre. See Juniper, and cf. Gin a liquor.]A strongly alcoholic liquor, flavored with juniper berries; -- made in Holland; Holland gin; Hollands. 1913 Webster]
Ge*ne"van(?), a.Of or pertaining to Geneva, in Switzerland; Genevese. 1913 Webster]
Ge*ne"van, n.1.A native or inhabitant of Geneva. 1913 Webster]
2.A supported of Genevanism. 1913 Webster]
Ge*ne"van*ism(?), n.[From Geneva, where Calvin resided.]Strict Calvinism.Bp. Montagu. 1913 Webster]
Gen`e*vese"(?), a.[Cf. L. Genevensis, F. g\'82nevois.]Of or pertaining to Geneva, in Switzerland; Genevan. -- n. sing. & pl.A native or inhabitant of Geneva; collectively, the inhabitants of Geneva; people of Geneva. 1913 Webster]
Ge*ni"al(?), a.(Anat.)Same as Genian. 1913 Webster]
Gen"ial(?), a.[L. genialis: cf. OF. genial. See Genius.]1.Contributing to, or concerned in, propagation or production; generative; procreative; productive. \'bdThe genial bed.\'b8 Milton. 1913 Webster]
Creator Venus, genial power of love.Dryden. 1913 Webster]
2.Contributing to, and sympathizing with, the enjoyment of life; sympathetically cheerful and cheering; jovial and inspiring joy or happiness; exciting pleasure and sympathy; enlivening; kindly; as, she was of a cheerful and genial disposition. 1913 Webster]
So much I feel my genial spirits droop.Milton. 1913 Webster]
3.Belonging to one's genius or natural character; native; natural; inborn. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
Natural incapacity and genial indisposition.Sir T. Browne. 1913 Webster]
4.Denoting or marked with genius; belonging to the higher nature. [R.] 1913 Webster]
Men of genius have often attached the highest value to their less genial works.Hare. 1913 Webster]
Genial gods(Pagan Mythol.), the powers supposed to preside over marriage and generation. 1913 Webster]
Ge`ni*al"i*ty(?), n.[L. genialitas.]The quality of being genial; sympathetic cheerfulness; warmth of disposition and manners. 1913 Webster]
Gen"ial*ly(?), adv.1.By genius or nature; naturally. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
Some men are genially disposed to some opinions.Glanvill. 1913 Webster]
2.Gayly; cheerfully.Johnson. 1913 Webster]
Gen"ial*ness, n.The quality of being genial. 1913 Webster]
Ge*ni"an(?), a.[Gr. ge`neion chin; akin to Chin.](Anat.)Of or pertaining to the chin; mental; as, the genian prominence. 1913 Webster]
Ge*nic"u*late(?), a.[L. geniculatus, fr. geniculum little knee, knot or joint, dim. of genu knee. See Knee.]Bent abruptly at an angle, like the knee when bent; as, a geniculate stem; a geniculate ganglion; a geniculate twin crystal. 1913 Webster]
Ge*nic"u*late(?), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Geniculated(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Geniculating.]To form joints or knots on. [R.] Cockeram. 1913 Webster]
Ge*nic"u*la`ted(?), a.Same as Geniculate. 1913 Webster]
Ge*nic`u*la"tion(?), n.[L. geniculatio a kneeling.] 1913 Webster]
1.The act of kneeling. [R.] Bp. Hall. 1913 Webster]
2.The state of being bent abruptly at an angle. 1913 Webster]
ge"nie(j, n.[F.]Same as jinnee. PJC]
\'d8G\'82`nie(?), n.[F.]See Genius. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Ge"ni*o(j, n.[It. See Genius.]A man of a particular turn of mind. [R.] Tatler. 1913 Webster]
ge`ni*o*hy"oid(j, a.[Gr. ge`neion the chin + E. hyoid.](Anat.)Of or pertaining to the chin and hyoid bone; as, the geniohyoid muscle. 1913 Webster]
Gen"ip(?), n., orGenip tree. 1.Any tree or shrub of the genus Genipa. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2.The West Indian sapindaceous tree Melicocca bijuga, which yields the honeyberry; also, the related trees Exothea paniculata and E. trifoliata; called also ginep. Syn. -- Spanish lime, Spanish lime tree, honey berry, mamoncillo, Melicocca bijuga, Melicocca bijugatus. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Gen"i*pap(?), n.(Bot.)The edible fruit of a West Indian tree (Genipa Americana) of the order Rubiace\'91. It is oval in shape, as a large as a small orange, of a pale greenish color, and with dark purple juice. 1913 Webster]
Ge*nis"ta(?), prop. n.[L., broom.](Bot.)A genus of plants including the common broom of Western Europe. 1913 Webster]
Gen"i*tal(?), a.[L. genitalis, fr. genere, gignere, to beget: cf. F. g\'82nital. See Gender.]Pertaining to generation, or to the generative organs; as, genital herpes. 1913 Webster]
Genital cord(Anat.), a cord developed in the fetus by the union of portions of the Wolffian and M\'81llerian ducts and giving rise to parts of the urogenital passages in both sexes. 1913 Webster]
genitalian.The sex organs, especially the external sex organs, called the external genitalia; the genitals. Syn. -- genital, genitals, private parts, privates, crotch. WordNet 1.5]
Gen"i*tals(?), n. pl.[From Genital, a.: cf. L. genitalia.]The organs of generation; the sexual organs; the private parts. 1913 Webster]
Gen"i*ting(?), n.[See Jenneting.]A species of apple that ripens very early.Bacon. 1913 Webster]
Gen`i*ti"val(?), a.Possessing genitive from; pertaining to, or derived from, the genitive case; as, a genitival adverb. -- Gen`i*ti"val*ly, adv. 1913 Webster]
Gen"i*tive(?), a.[L. genitivus, fr. gignere, genitum, to beget: cf. F. g\'82nitif. See Gender.](Gram.)Of or pertaining to that case (as the second case of Latin and Greek nouns) which expresses source or possession. It corresponds to the possessive case in English. 1913 Webster]
Genitive absolute, a construction in Greek similar to the ablative absolute in Latin. See Ablative absolute. 1913 Webster]
Gen`i*to*cru"ral(?), a.[Genital + crural.](Anat.)Pertaining to the genital organs and the thigh; -- applied especially to one of the lumbar nerves. 1913 Webster]
Gen"i*tor(?), n.[L.]1.One who begets; a generator; an originator.Sheldon. 1913 Webster]
Gen"i*ture(?), n.[L. genitura: cf. F. g\'82niture.]Generation; procreation; birth.Dryden. 1913 Webster]
Gen"ius(?), n.; pl. E. Geniuses(#); in sense 1, L. Genii(#).[L. genius, prop., the superior or divine nature which is innate in everything, the spirit, the tutelar deity or genius of a person or place, taste, talent, genius, from genere, gignere, to beget, bring forth. See Gender, and cf. Engine.]1.A good or evil spirit, or demon, supposed by the ancients to preside over a man's destiny in life; a tutelary deity; a supernatural being; a spirit, good or bad. Cf. Jinnee. 1913 Webster]
The unseen genius of the wood.Milton. 1913 Webster]
We talk of genius still, but with thought how changed! The genius of Augustus was a tutelary demon, to be sworn by and to receive offerings on an altar as a deity.Tylor. 1913 Webster]
2.The peculiar structure of mind with which each individual is endowed by nature; that disposition or aptitude of mind which is peculiar to each man, and which qualifies him for certain kinds of action or special success in any pursuit; special taste, inclination, or disposition; as, a genius for history, for poetry, or painting. 1913 Webster]
3.Peculiar character; animating spirit, as of a nation, a religion, a language. 1913 Webster]
4.Distinguished mental superiority; uncommon intellectual power; especially, superior power of invention or origination of any kind, or of forming new combinations; as, a man of genius. 1913 Webster]
Genius of the highest kind implies an unusual intensity of the modifying power.Coleridge. 1913 Webster]
5.A man endowed with uncommon vigor of mind; a man of superior intellectual faculties and creativity; as, Shakespeare was a rare genius.
Syn. -- Genius, Talent.Genius implies high and peculiar gifts of nature, impelling the mind to certain favorite kinds of mental effort, and producing new combinations of ideas, imagery, etc. Talent supposes general strength of intellect, with a peculiar aptitude for being molded and directed to specific employments and valuable ends and purposes. Genius is connected more or less with the exercise of imagination, and reaches its ends by a kind of intuitive power. Talent depends more on high mental training, and a perfect command of all the faculties, memory, judgment, sagacity, etc. Hence we speak of a genius for poetry, painting. etc., and a talent for business or diplomacy. Among English orators, Lord Chatham was distinguished for his genius; William Pitt for his pre\'89minent talents, and especially his unrivaled talent for debate. 1913 Webster]
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\'d8Genius loci( [L.], the genius or presiding divinity of a place; hence, the pervading spirit of a place or institution, as of a college, etc. 1913 Webster]
Gen"o*a cake(?). (Cookery)A rich glazed cake, with almonds, pistachios, filberts, or other nuts; also, a rich currant cake with almonds on the top. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
gen`o*cid"ala.Of or pertaining to genocide; as, the genocidal policies of the Serbs in Bosnia. PJC]
gen"o*ciden.The systematic killing of a racial or cultural group; as, the Nazi genocide of Jews left few in Germany or Poland after World War II. Syn. -- race murder, racial extermination. WordNet 1.5]
Gen`o*ese"(?), a.Of or pertaining to Genoa, a city of Italy; as, the Genoese sailor we call Columbus. -- n. sing. & pl.A native or inhabitant of Genoa; collectively, the people of Genoa. Syn. -- Genovese. 1913 Webster]
gen"o*typen.(Genetics)A group of organisms sharing a specific genetic constitution.[wns=1] WordNet 1.5]
2.(Genetics)The genetic constitution of an organism, specifying the particular alleles at defined loci in the genome; -- used with respect to one gene, a specific group of genes, or the entire set of genes within the organism. Contrasted with phenotype. Syn. -- genetic constitution. WordNet 1.5 + PJC]
genotypicgenotypicaladj.of or pertaining to genotypes (definition 2); as, genotypical pattern. WordNet 1.5]
\'d8Ge*nouil`l\'8are"(?), n.[F.]1.(Anc. Armor)A metal plate covering the knee. 1913 Webster]
2.(Fort.)That part of a parapet which lies between the gun platform and the bottom of an embrasure. 1913 Webster]
Genoveseadj.1.same as Genoese. Syn. -- Genoese. PJC]
\'d8Gen"re(zh, n.[F. See Gender.]1.Kind; genus; class; form; style, esp. in literature.
French drama was lisping or still inarticulate; the great French genre of the fabliau was hardly born.Saintsbury.
A particular demand . . . that we shall pay special attention to the matter of genres -- that is, to the different forms or categories of literature.W. P. Trent. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2.(Fine Arts)A style of painting, sculpture, or other imitative art, which illustrates everyday life and manners. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Gens(j, n.; pl.Gentes(j.[L. See Gentle, a.](Rom. Hist.)1.A clan or family connection, embracing several families of the same stock, who had a common name and certain common religious rites; a subdivision of the Roman curia or tribe. 1913 Webster]
2.(Ethnol.)A minor subdivision of a tribe, among American aborigines. It includes those who have a common descent, and bear the same totem. 1913 Webster]
Gent(?), a.[OF. gent, fr. L. genitus born, or (less prob.) fr. gentilis. See Genteel.] 1913 Webster]
1.Gentle; noble; of gentle birth. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
All of a knight [who] was fair and gent.Chaucer. 1913 Webster]
Gen*teel"(?), a.[F. gentil noble, pretty, graceful. See Gentle.]1.Possessing or exhibiting the qualities popularly regarded as belonging to high birth and breeding; free from vulgarity, or lowness of taste or behavior; adapted to a refined or cultivated taste; polite; well-bred; as, genteel company, manners, address. 1913 Webster]
2.Graceful in mien or form; elegant in appearance, dress, or manner; as, the lady has a genteel person. Law. 1913 Webster]
3.Suited to the position of lady or a gentleman; as, to live in a genteel allowance.
Gen*teel"ly, adv.In a genteel manner. 1913 Webster]
Gen*teel"ness, n.The quality of being genteel.
Gen"ter*ie(?), Gen"trie(, n.[OE. See Gentry.]Nobility of birth or of character; gentility. [Obs.] Chaucer. 1913 Webster]
Gen"tian(jor j, n.[OE. genciane, F. gentiane, L. gentiana, fr. Gentius, an Illyrian king, said to have discovered its properties.](Bot.)Any one of a genus (Gentiana) of herbaceous plants with opposite leaves and a tubular four- or five-lobed corolla, usually blue, but sometimes white, yellow, or red. See Illust. of Capsule. 1913 Webster]
Gentiana verna, Gentiana Bavarica, and Gentiana excisa), and the American fringed gentians (Gentiana crinita and Gentiana detonsa). Several are used as tonics, especially the bitter roots of Gentiana lutea, the officinal gentian of the pharmacopoeias. 1913 Webster]
Horse gentian, fever root. --
Yellow gentian(Bot.), the officinal gentian (Gentiana lutea). See Bitterwort. 1913 Webster]
Gentianaprop. n.The type genus of the Gentianaceae; it is a genus of herbs nearly cosmopolitan in cool temperate regions; in some classifications it includes the genera Gentianopsis and Gentianella. Syn. -- genus Gentiana. WordNet 1.5]
Gentianaceaeprop. n.A natural family of chiefly herbaceous plants with showy flowers; some are cultivated as ornamentals. Syn. -- family Gentianaceae, gentian family. WordNet 1.5]
Gentianalesprop. n.An order of plants including the Gentianaceae; Apocyanaceae; Asclepiadaceae; Loganiaceae; Oleaceae; and Salvadoraceae. Syn. -- order Gentianales. WordNet 1.5]
Gen`tian*a"ceous(?), a.(Bot.)Of or pertaining to a natural family of plants (Gentianace\'91) of which the gentian is the type. 1913 Webster]
Gen`tian*el"la(?), n.[See Gentian.]A kind of blue color.Johnson. 1913 Webster]
Gen`ti*an"ic(?), a.Pertaining to or derived from the gentian; as, gentianic acid. 1913 Webster]
Gen"tian*ine(?), n.(Chem.)A bitter, crystallizable substance obtained from gentian. 1913 Webster]
Gen"tian*ose`(?), n.(Chem.)A crystallizable, sugarlike substance, with a slightly sweetish taste, obtained from the gentian. 1913 Webster]
Gen"til(?), a. & n.Gentle. [Obs.] Chaucer. 1913 Webster]
Gen"tile(j, n.[L. gentilis belonging to the same clan, stock, race, people, or nation; in opposition to Roman, a foreigner; in opposition to Jew or Christian, a heathen: cf. F. gentil. See Gentle, a.]1.One neither a Jew nor a Christian; a worshiper of false gods; a heathen. 1913 Webster]
2.A person who is not Jewish; -- used in this sense by Jews. Syn. -- goy[male], shiksa[female]. PJC]
g\'d3yim, or nations, all the tribes of men who had not received the true faith, and were not circumcised. The Christians translated g\'d3yim by the L. gentes, and imitated the Jews in giving the name gentiles to all nations who were neither Jews nor Christians. In civil affairs, the denomination was given to all nations who were not Romans. As used by Mormons, the term gentile designates any person who is not a Mormon.
Syn. -- Pagan; heathen. See Pagan. 1913 Webster]
Gen"tile, a.1.Belonging to the nations at large, as distinguished from the Jews; ethnic; of pagan or heathen people. 1913 Webster]
2.(Gram.)Denoting a race or country; as, a gentile noun or adjective. 1913 Webster]
Gen"til*ism(?), n.[Cf. F. gentilisme.] 1913 Webster]
1.Hethenism; paganism; the worship of false gods. 1913 Webster]
2.Tribal feeling; devotion to one's gens.
{ Gen`ti*li"tial(?), Gen`ti*li"tious(?), }a.[L. gentilitius. See Gentile.] [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
1.Peculiar to a people; national.Sir T. Browne. 1913 Webster]
2.Hereditary; entailed on a family.Arbuthnot. 1913 Webster]
Gen*til"i*ty(?), n.[L. gentilitas the relationship of those who belong to the same clan, also, heathenism: cf. F. gentilit\'82 heathenism. See Gentile.] 1913 Webster]
1.Good extraction; dignity of birth.Macaulay. 1913 Webster]
He . . . mines my gentility with my education.Shak. 1913 Webster]
2.The quality or qualities appropriate to those who are well born, as self-respect, dignity, courage, courtesy, politeness of manner, a graceful and easy mien and behavior, etc.; good breeding. 1913 Webster]
3.The class in society who are, or are expected to be, genteel; the gentry. [R.] Sir J. Davies. 1913 Webster]
1.To live like a gentile or heathen. [Obs.] Milton. 1913 Webster]
2.To act the gentleman; -- with it (see It, 5). [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
Gen"til*ize, v. i.To render gentile or gentlemanly; as, to gentilize your unworthy sones. [R.] Sylvester. 1913 Webster]
Gen"til*ly(?), adv.[From Gentil, a.]In a gentle or hoble manner; frankly. [Obs.] Chaucer. 1913 Webster]
Gen`ti*o*pi"krin(?), n.[Gentian + Gr. (Chem.)A bitter, yellow, crystalline substance, regarded as a glucoside, and obtained from the gentian. 1913 Webster]
Gen"ti*sin(?), n.(Chem.)A tasteless, yellow, crystalline substance, obtained from the gentian; -- called also gentianin. 1913 Webster]
Gen"tle(?), a.[Compar.Gentler(?); superl.Gentlest(?).][OE. gentil, F. gentil noble, pretty, graceful, fr. L. gentilis of the same clan or race, fr. gens, gentis, tribe, clan, race, orig. that which belongs together by birth, fr. the root of genere, gignere, to beget; hence gentle, properly, of birth or family, that is, of good or noble birth. See Gender, and cf. Genteel, Gentil, Gentile, Gentoo, Jaunty.]1.Well-born; of a good family or respectable birth, though not noble. 1913 Webster]
British society is divided into nobility, gentry, and yeomanry, and families are either noble, gentle, or simple.Johnson's Cyc. 1913 Webster]
The studies wherein our noble and gentle youth ought to bestow their time.Milton. 1913 Webster]
2.Quiet and refined in manners; not rough, harsh, or stern; mild; meek; bland; amiable; tender; as, a gentle nature, temper, or disposition; a gentle manner; a gentle address; a gentle voice. 1913 Webster]
3.A compellative of respect, consideration, or conciliation; as, gentle reader. \'bdGentle sirs.\'b8 \'bdGentle Jew.\'b8 \'bdGentle servant.\'b8 Shak. 1913 Webster]
4.Not wild, turbulent, or refractory; quiet and docile; tame; peaceable; as, a gentle horse. 1913 Webster]
5.Soft; not violent or rough; not strong, loud, or disturbing; easy; soothing; pacific; as, a gentle touch; a gentle gallop . \'bdGentle music.\'b8 Sir J. Davies. 1913 Webster]
O sleep! it is a gentle thing.Coleridge. 1913 Webster]
The gentle craft, the art or trade of shoemaking.
Syn. -- Mild; meek; placid; dovelike; quiet; peaceful; pacific; bland; soft; tame; tractable; docile. -- Gentle, Tame, Mild, Meek. Gentle describes the natural disposition; tame, that which is subdued by training; mild implies a temper which is, by nature, not easily provoked; meek, a spirit which has been schooled to mildness by discipline or suffering. The lamb is gentle; the domestic fowl is tame; John, the Apostle, was mild; Moses was meek. 1913 Webster]
Gen"tle, n.1.One well born; a gentleman. [Obs.] 1913 Webster]
Gentles, methinks you frown.Shak. 1913 Webster]
2.A trained falcon. See Falcon-gentil. 1913 Webster]
3.(Zo\'94l.)A dipterous larva used as fish bait. 1913 Webster]
Gent"le, v. t.1.To make genteel; to raise from the vulgar; to ennoble. [Obs.] Shak.
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2.To make smooth, cozy, or agreeable. [R. or Poet.] 1913 Webster]
To gentle life's descent, Young. 1913 Webster]
3.To make kind and docile, as a horse. [Colloq.]
Gen"tle*folk`(?), Gen"tle*folks`(, n. pl.Persons of gentle or good family and breeding. [Generally in the United States in the plural form.] Shak. 1913 Webster]
Gen"tle-heart`ed(?), a.Having a kind or gentle disposition.Shak. -- Gen"tle-heart`ed*ness, n. 1913 Webster]
Gen"tle*man(?), n.; pl.Gentlemen(#).[OE. gentilman nobleman; gentil noble + man man; cf. F. gentilhomme.] 1913 Webster]
1.A man well born; one of good family; one above the condition of a yeoman. 1913 Webster]
2.One of gentle or refined manners; a well-bred man. 1913 Webster]
3.(Her.)One who bears arms, but has no title. 1913 Webster]
4.The servant of a man of rank. 1913 Webster]
The count's gentleman, one Cesario.Shak. 1913 Webster]
5.A man, irrespective of condition; -- used esp. in the plural (= citizens; people), in addressing men in popular assemblies, etc. 1913 Webster]
gentleman is applied in a limited sense to those having coats of arms, but who are without a title, and, in this sense, gentlemen hold a middle rank between the nobility and yeomanry. In a more extended sense, it includes every man above the rank of yeoman, comprehending the nobility. In the United States, the term is applied to men of education and good breeding of every occupation. 1913 Webster]
Gentleman commoner, one of the highest class of commoners at the University of Oxford. --
Gentleman usher, one who ushers visitors into the presence of a sovereign, etc. --
Gentleman usher of the black rod, an usher belonging to the Order of the Garter, whose chief duty is to serve as official messenger of the House of Lords. --
Gentlemen-at-arms, a band of forty gentlemen who attend the sovereign on state occasions; formerly called gentlemen pensioners. [Eng.] 1913 Webster]
Gen"tle*man*hood(?), n.The qualities or condition of a gentleman. [R.] Thackeray.
{ Gen"tle*man*like`(?), Gen"tle*man*ly(?), }a.Of, pertaining to, resembling, or becoming, a gentleman; befitting a man of good breeding; well-behaved; courteous; polite; as, gentlemanly behavior. 1913 Webster]
Gen"tle*man*li*ness(?), n.The state of being gentlemanly; gentlemanly conduct or manners. 1913 Webster]
Gen"tle*man*ship, n.The carriage or quality of a gentleman. 1913 Webster]
Gen"tle*men's a*gree"ment(?). An agreement binding only as a matter of honor; often, specif., such an agreement among the heads of industrial or merchantile enterprises, the terms of which could not be included and enforced in a legal contract. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Gen"tle*ness, n.The quality or state of being gentle, well-born, mild, benevolent, docile, etc.; gentility; softness of manners, disposition, etc.; mildness. 1913 Webster]
Gen"tle*ship, n.The deportment or conduct of a gentleman. [Obs.] Ascham. 1913 Webster]
1.A woman of good family or of good breeding; a woman above the vulgar.Bacon. 1913 Webster]
2.A woman who attends a lady of high rank.Shak. 1913 Webster]
Gen"tly(?), adv.In a gentle manner. 1913 Webster]
My mistress gently chides the fault I made.Dryden. 1913 Webster]
Gen*too"(j, n.; pl.Gentoos(j.[Pg. gentio gentile, heathen. See Gentile.]A native of Hindostan; a Hindoo. [Archaic] 1913 Webster]
Gen*too"(j, n.; pl. Gentoos(j. A penguin (Pygosceles t\'91niata). [Falkland Is.] Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Gen"try(?), n.[OE. genterie, gentrie, noble birth, nobility, cf. gentrise, and OF. gentelise, genterise, E. gentilesse, also OE. genteleri high-mindedness. See Gent, a., Gentle, a.]1.Birth; condition; rank by birth. [Obs.] \'bdPride of gentrie.\'b8 Chaucer. 1913 Webster]
She conquers him by high almighty Jove, gentry, and sweet friendship's oath.Shak. 1913 Webster]
2.People of education and good breeding; in England, in a restricted sense, those between the nobility and the yeomanry.Macaulay. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Ge"nu(?), n.; pl.Genua(#).[L., the knee.](Anat.)(a)The knee.(b)The kneelike bend, in the anterior part of the callosum of the brain. 1913 Webster]
Gen`u*flect"(?), v. i.[imp. & p. p.Genuflected; p. pr. & vb. n.Genuflecting.][See Genuflection.]To bend the knee, as in worship. 1913 Webster]
gen`u*flec"tion, gen`u*flex"ion(?), n.[F. g\'82nuflexion, fr. LL. genuflexio, fr. L. genu knee + flexio a bending, fr. flectere, flexum, to bend. See Knee, Flexible.]The act of bending the knee, particularly in worship or reverence.Bp. Stillingfleet. 1913 Webster]
gen"u*ine(?), a.[L. genuinus, fr. genere, gignere, to beget, in pass., to be born: cf. F. g\'82nuine. See Gender.]Belonging to, or proceeding from, the original stock; native;hence,not counterfeit, spurious, false, or adulterated; authentic; real; natural; true; pure; as, a genuine text; a genuine production; genuine materials. \'bdTrue, genuine night.\'b8 Dryden.
Syn. -- Authentic; real; true; pure; unalloyed; unadulterated. See Authentic.
-- Gen"u*ine*ly, adv. -- Gen"u*ine*ness, n. 1913 Webster]
The evidence, both internal and external, against the genuineness of these letters, is overwhelming.Macaulay. 1913 Webster]
Ge"nus(j, n.; pl.Genera(#).[L., birth, race, kind, sort; akin to Gr. Gender, and cf. Benign.] 1913 Webster]
1.(Logic)A class of objects divided into several subordinate species; a class more extensive than a species; a precisely defined and exactly divided class; one of the five predicable conceptions, or sorts of terms. 1913 Webster]
2.(Biol.)An assemblage of species, having so many fundamental points of structure in common, that in the judgment of competent scientists, they may receive a common substantive name. A genus is not necessarily the lowest definable group of species, for it may often be divided into several subgenera. In proportion as its definition is exact, it is natural genus; if its definition can not be made clear, it is more or less an artificial genus. 1913 Webster]
Nightshade) and Carex (Sedge), others by few, and some by only one known species. 1913 Webster]
Subaltern genus(Logic), a genus which may be a species of a higher genus, as the genus denoted by quadruped, which is also a species of mammal. --
Summum genus[L.](Logic), the highest genus; a genus which can not be classed as a species, as being. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Ge"nys(j, n.[NL., fr. Gr. ge`nys the under jaw.](Zo\'94l.)See Gonys.
{ Ge`o*cen"tric(?), Ge`o*cen"tric*al(?), }a.[Gr. ge`a, gh^, the earth + ke`ntron center: cf. F. g\'82ocentrique.](Astron.)(a)Having, considering, or based on, the earth as center; as, the geocentric theory of the universe; in relation to or seen from the earth, -- usually opposed to heliocentric, as seen from the sun; as, the geocentric longitude or latitude of a planet. 1913 Webster + Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Geocentric latitude (of place) the angle included between the radius of the earth through the place and the plane of the equator, in distinction from geographic latitude. It is a little less than the geographic latitude. 1913 Webster]
Ge`o*cen"tric*al*ly, adv.In a geocentric manner. 1913 Webster]
Geochelonen.A genus of giant tortoises. Syn. -- genus Geochelone. WordNet 1.5]
ge`o*chem"is*try(j, n.[Gr. ge`a, gh^, the earth + chemistry.]The study of the chemical composition of, and of actual or possible chemical changes in, the crust of the earth. -- Ge`o*chem"ic*al(#), a. -- Ge`o*chem"ist(#), n. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Geococcyxn.The genus of birds comprising the roadrunners. Syn. -- genus Geococcyx. WordNet 1.5]
Ge*oc"ro*nite(?), n.[Gr. ge`a, gh^, the earth + Kro`nos Saturn, the alchemistic name of lead: cf. G. geokronit.](Min.)A lead-gray or grayish blue mineral with a metallic luster, consisting of sulphur, antimony, and lead, with a small proportion of arsenic. 1913 Webster]
Ge`o*cyc"lic(?), a.[Gr. ge`a, gh^, the earth + ky`klos circle.]1.Of, pertaining to, or illustrating, the revolutions of the earth; as, a geocyclic machine. 1913 Webster]
2.Circling the earth periodically. 1913 Webster]
Ge"ode(j, n.[F. g\'82ode, L. geodes, fr. Gr. ge`a, gh^, the earth + e'i^dos form.](Min.)(a)A nodule of stone, containing a cavity, lined with crystals or mineral matter.(b)The cavity in such a nodule. 1913 Webster]
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Ge`o*deph"a*gous(j, a.[Gr. ge`a, gh^, earth + 'adhfa`gos eating one's fill; gluttonous.](Zo\'94l.)Living in the earth; -- applied to the ground beetles.
{ Ge`o*des"ic(j, Ge`o*des"ic*al(-, }a.[Cf. F. g\'82od\'82sique.]1.(Math.)Of or pertaining to geodesy; geodetic. 1913 Webster]
2.(Architecture)Made of lightweight structural supporting elements connected in a manner to provide great rigidity; -- of structures; as, The geodesic dome was invented by R. Buckminster Fuller. PJC]
Ge`o*des"ic, n.A geodetic line or curve. 1913 Webster]
ge`o*des"ic dome, n.A domelike structure invented by R. Buckminster Fuller, in which straight structural parts are connected to form interlocking polygons, affording great strength and rigidity combined with light weight. The typical form has the outlines of the top half of an icosahedron, with the triangular spaces filled with structural members forming triangles, hexagons, and squares. PJC]
Ge*od"e*sist(?), n.One versed in geodesy. 1913 Webster]
Ge*od"e*sy(?), n.[Gr. ge`a, gh^, the earth + g\'82od\'82sie.](Math.)That branch of applied mathematics which determines, by means of observations and measurements, the figures and areas of large portions of the earth's surface, or the general figure and dimenshions of the earth; or that branch of surveying in which the curvature of the earth is taken into account, as in the surveys of States, or of long lines of coast.
{ Ge`o*det"ic(?), Ge`o*det"ic*al(?), }a.Of or pertaining to geodesy; obtained or determined by the operations of geodesy; engaged in geodesy; geodesic; as, geodetic surveying; geodetic observers. 1913 Webster]
Geodetic lineor
Geodetic curve, the shortest line that can be drawn between two points on the elipsoidal surface of the earth; a curve drawn on any given surface so that the osculating plane of the curve at every point shall contain the normal to the surface; the minimum line that can be drawn on any surface between any two points. 1913 Webster]
Ge`o*det"ic*al*ly, adv.In a geodetic manner; according to geodesy. 1913 Webster]
Ge"o*duck(?), n.[American Indian name.](Zo\'94l.)A gigantic clam (Glycimeris generosa) of the Pacific coast of North America, highly valued as an article of food. 1913 Webster]
Ge`og*no"sis(?), n.[See Geognosy.]Knowledge of the earth. [R.] G. Eliot. 1913 Webster]
Ge"og*nost(?), n.[Cf. F. g\'82ognoste.]One versed in geognosy; a geologist. [R.]
{ Ge`og*nos"tic(?), Ge`og*nos"tic*al(?), }a.[Cf. F. g\'82ognostique.]Of or pertaining to geognosy, or to a knowledge of the structure of the earth; geological. [R.] 1913 Webster]
Ge*og"no*sy(?), n.[Gr. ge`a, gh^, the earth + gnw^sis knowing, knowledge, fr. gignw`skein to know: cf. F. g\'82ognosie.]That part of geology which treats of the materials of the earth's structure, and its general exterior and interior constitution.
{ Ge`o*gon"ic(?), Ge`o*gon"ic*al(?), }a.[Cf. F. g\'82ogonique.]Of or pertaining to geogony, or to the formation of the earth. 1913 Webster]
Ge*og"o*ny(?), n.[Gr. ge`a, gh^, the earth + g\'82ogonie.]The branch of science which treats of the formation of the earth. 1913 Webster]
Ge*og"ra*pher(?), n.One versed in geography.
{ Ge`o*graph"ic(?), Ge`o*graph"ic*al(?), }a.[L. geographicus, Gr. g\'82ographique.]Of or pertaining to geography. 1913 Webster]
Geographical distribution. See under Distribution. --
Geographic latitude (of a place), the angle included between a line perpendicular or normal to the level surface of water at rest at the place, and the plane of the equator; differing slightly from the geocentric latitude by reason of the difference between the earth's figure and a true sphere. --
Geographical mile. See under Mile. --
Geographical variation, any variation of a species which is dependent on climate or other geographical conditions. 1913 Webster]
Ge`o*graph"ic*al*ly, adv.In a geographical manner or method; according to geography. 1913 Webster]
ge`o*graph"icsn.Same as geography. Syn. -- geography. WordNet 1.5]
ge*og"ra*phy(?), n.; pl.Geographies(#).[F. g\'82ographie, l. geographia, fr. Gr. ge`a, gh^, the earth + Graphic.]1.The science which treats of the world and its inhabitants; a description of the earth, or a portion of the earth, including its structure, features, products, political divisions, and the people by whom it is inhabited. It also includes the responses and adaptations of people to topography, climate, soil and vegetation 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]
2.A treatise on this science. 1913 Webster]
Astronomical,
or Mathematical, geography treats of the earth as a planet, of its shape, its size, its lines of latitude and longitude, its zones, and the phenomena due to to the earth's diurnal and annual motions. --
Physical geography treats of the conformation of the earth's surface, of the distribution of land and water, of minerals, plants, animals, etc., and applies the principles of physics to the explanation of the diversities of climate, productions, etc. --
Political geography treats of the different countries into which earth is divided with regard to political and social and institutions and conditions. 1913 Webster]
Ge*ol"a*try(?), n.[Gr. ge`a, gh^, the earth + The worship of the earth.G. W. Cox.
The Geological Series.
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{ Ge`o*log"ic(?), Ge`o*log"ic*al(?), }a.[Cf. F. g\'82ologique.]Of or pertaining to geology, or the science of the earth. 1913 Webster]
Ge`o*log"ic*al*ly, adv.In a geological manner. 1913 Webster]
Ge*ol"o*gist(?), n.[Cf. F. G\'82ologiste.]One versed in the science of geology. 1913 Webster]
Ge*ol"o*gize(?), v. i.[imp. & p. p.Geologized(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Geologizing(?).]To study geology or make geological investigations in the field; to discourse as a geologist. 1913 Webster]
During midsummer geologized a little in Shropshire.Darwin. 1913 Webster]
Ge*ol"o*gy(?), n.; pl.Geologies(#).[Gr. ge`a, gh^, the earth + -logy: cf. F. g\'82ologie.] 1913 Webster]
1.The science which treats: (a) Of the structure and mineral constitution of the globe; structural geology. (b) Of its history as regards rocks, minerals, rivers, valleys, mountains, climates, life, etc.; historical geology. (c) Of the causes and methods by which its structure, features, changes, and conditions have been produced; dynamical geology. See Chart of The Geological Series. 1913 Webster]
2.A treatise on the science. 1913 Webster]
Ge*om"a*lism(?), n.[Gr. ge`a, gh^, the earth + "omalismo`s a leveling.](Biol.)The tendency of an organism to respond, during its growth, to the force of gravitation. 1913 Webster]
Ge"o*man`cer(?), n.One who practices, or is versed in, geomancy. 1913 Webster]
Ge"o*man`cy(?), n.[OE. geomance, geomancie, F. g\'82omance, g\'82omancie, LL. geomantia, fr. Gr. ge`a, gh^, the earth + mantei`a divination.]A kind of divination by means of figures or lines, formed by little dots or points, originally on the earth, and latterly on paper.
{ Ge`o*man"tic(?), Ge`o*man"tic*al(?), }a.[Cf. F. g\'82omantique.]Pertaining or belonging to geomancy. 1913 Webster]
Ge*om"e*ter(?), n.[F. g\'82om\'8atre, L. geometres, geometra, fr. Gr. gewme`trhs, fr. ge`a, gh^, the earth + me`tron measure. See Meter measure.]1.One skilled in geometry; a geometrician; a mathematician.I. Watts. 1913 Webster]
2.(Zo\'94l.)Any species of geometrid moth; a geometrid. 1913 Webster]
Ge*om"e*tral(?), a.[Cf. F. g\'82om\'82tral.]Pertaining to geometry. [Obs.]
{ Ge`o*met"ric(?), Ge`o*met"ric*al(?), }a.[L. geometricus; Gr. g\'82om\'82trique.]1.Pertaining to, or according to the rules or principles of, geometry; determined by geometry; as, a geometrical solution of a problem. 1913 Webster]
2.(Art)characterized by simple geometric forms in design and decoration; as, a buffalo hide painted with red and black geometrical designs. Syn. -- geometric. WordNet 1.5]
Geometric is often used, as opposed to algebraic, to include processes or solutions in which the propositions or principles of geometry are made use of rather than those of algebra. 1913 Webster]
Geometrical is often used in a limited or strictly technical sense, as opposed to mechanical; thus, a construction or solution is geometrical which can be made by ruler and compasses, i. e., by means of right lines and circles. Every construction or solution which requires any other curve, or such motion of a line or circle as would generate any other curve, is not geometrical, but mechanical. By another distinction, a geometrical solution is one obtained by the rules of geometry, or processes of analysis, and hence is exact; while a mechanical solution is one obtained by trial, by actual measurements, with instruments, etc., and is only approximate and empirical. 1913 Webster]
Geometrical curve. Same as Algebraic curve; -- so called because their different points may be constructed by the operations of elementary geometry. --
Geometric lathe, an instrument for engraving bank notes, etc., with complicated patterns of interlacing lines; -- called also cycloidal engine. --
Geometrical pace, a measure of five feet. --
Geometric pen, an instrument for drawing geometric curves, in which the movements of a pen or pencil attached to a revolving arm of adjustable length may be indefinitely varied by changing the toothed wheels which give motion to the arm. --
Geometrical plane(Persp.), the same as Ground plane . --
Geometrical progression,
proportion,
ratio. See under Progression, Proportion and Ratio. --
Geometrical radius, in gearing, the radius of the pitch circle of a cogwheel.Knight. --
Geometric spider(Zo\'94l.), one of many species of spiders, which spin a geometrical web. They mostly belong to Epeira and allied genera, as the garden spider. See Garden spider. --
Geometric square, a portable instrument in the form of a square frame for ascertaining distances and heights by measuring angles. --
Geometrical staircase, one in which the stairs are supported by the wall at one end only. --
Geometrical tracery, in architecture and decoration, tracery arranged in geometrical figures. 1913 Webster]
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Ge`o*met"ric*al*ly(?), adv.According to the rules or laws of geometry. 1913 Webster]
Ge*om`e*tri"cian(?), n.One skilled in geometry; a geometer; a mathematician. 1913 Webster]
Ge*om"e*trid(?), a.(Zo\'94l.)Pertaining or belonging to the Geometrid\'91. 1913 Webster]
Ge*om"e*trid, n.(Zo\'94l.)One of numerous genera and species of moths, of the family Geometrid\'91; -- so called because their larv\'91 (called loopers, measuring worms, spanworms, and inchworms) creep in a looping manner, as if measuring. Many of the species are injurious to agriculture, as the cankerworms. 1913 Webster]
Geometridaeprop. n.A natural family of moths whose larvae are called measuring worms. Syn. -- family Geometridae. WordNet 1.5]
Ge*om"e*trize(?), v. i.[imp. & p. p.Geometrized(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Geometrizing(?).]To investigate or apprehend geometrical quantities or laws; to make geometrical constructions; to proceed in accordance with the principles of geometry. 1913 Webster]
Nature geometrizeth, and observeth order in all things.Sir T. Browne. 1913 Webster]
Ge*om"e*try(?), n.; pl.Geometries(#)[F. g\'82om\'82trie, L. geometria, fr. Gr. ge`a, gh^, the earth + Geometer.]1.That branch of mathematics which investigates the relations, properties, and measurement of solids, surfaces, lines, and angles; the science which treats of the properties and relations of magnitudes; the science of the relations of space. 1913 Webster]
2.A treatise on this science. 1913 Webster]
Analytical geometry, or
Co\'94rdinate geometry, that branch of mathematical analysis which has for its object the analytical investigation of the relations and properties of geometrical magnitudes. --
Descriptive geometry, that part of geometry which treats of the graphic solution of all problems involving three dimensions. --
Elementary geometry, that part of geometry which treats of the simple properties of straight lines, circles, plane surface, solids bounded by plane surfaces, the sphere, the cylinder, and the right cone. --
Higher geometry, that pert of geometry which treats of those properties of straight lines, circles, etc., which are less simple in their relations, and of curves and surfaces of the second and higher degrees. 1913 Webster]
Ge*oph"a*gism(?), n.[Gr. ge`a, gh^, earth + The act or habit of eating earth. See Dirt eating, under Dirt.Dunglison. 1913 Webster]
Ge*oph"a*gist(?), n.One who eats earth, as dirt, clay, chalk, etc. 1913 Webster]
Ge*oph"a*gous(?), a.Earth-eating. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Ge*oph"i*la(?), n. pl.[NL., from Gr. ge`a, gh^, earth + (Zo\'94l.)The division of Mollusca which includes the land snails and slugs.
Geophilidaen.A natural family of small extremely elongate earth-living centipedes. Syn. -- family Geophilidae. WordNet 1.5]
Geophilomorphan.an order of myriopod arthropods containing elongated centipedes living in soil and under stones and having more than 30 pairs of legs. Syn. -- order Geophilomorpha. WordNet 1.5]
Geophilusn.The type type genus of the Geophilidae, a cosmopolitan genus of centipedes sometimes called earwigs. Syn. -- genus Geophilus. WordNet 1.5]
geophysicaladj.of or pertaining to geophysics; as, geophysical sciences. WordNet 1.5]
geophysicistn.a specialist in geology. Syn. -- geologist. WordNet 1.5]
geophysicsn.A branch of geology that uses physical principles to study the properties of the earth. Syn. -- geophysical science. WordNet 1.5]
geophyten.a perennial plant propagated by overwintering buds on underground bulbs or tubers or corms. WordNet 1.5]
geopoliticaladj.of or pertaining to geopolitics. WordNet 1.5]
geopoliticsn.the study of the effects of economic geography on the powers of the state. WordNet 1.5]
{ Ge`o*pon"ic(?), Ge`o*pon"ic*al(?), }a.[Gr. ge`a, gh^, earth + g\'82oponique.]Pertaining to tillage of the earth, or agriculture. 1913 Webster]
Ge`o*pon"ics(?), n.[Gr. g\'82oponique.]The art or science of cultivating the earth; agriculture.Evelin. 1913 Webster]
Ge`o*ra"ma(?), n.[Gr. ge`a, gh^, the earth + g\'82orama.]A hollow globe on the inner surface of which a map of the world is depicted, to be examined by one standing inside. 1913 Webster]
Geor"die(?), n.A name given by miners to George Stephenson's safety lamp.Raymond. 1913 Webster]
George(j, prop. n.[F. George, or Georges, a proper name, fr. Gr. gewrgo`s husbandman, laborer; ge`a, gh^, the earth + 'e`rgein to work; akin to E. work. See Work.] 1913 Webster]
1.A figure of St. George (the patron saint of England) on horseback, appended to the collar of the Order of the Garter. See Garter. 1913 Webster]
2.A kind of brown loaf. [Obs.] Dryden. 1913 Webster]
3.Any coin having an image of Saint George. [Brit. slang] PJC]
George" no`ble(?). [So called from the image of St. George on it.]A gold noble of the time of Henry VIII. See Noble, n. 1913 Webster]
Geor"gi*an(?), a.1.Of or pertaining to Georgia, a former Soviet republic, now an independent country in the Causcuses in Asia, or to Georgia, one of the United States. 1913 Webster]
2.Of or relating to the reigns of the four Georges, kings of Great Britan; as, the Georgian era.
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Geor"gi*an, n.A native of, or dweller in, Georgia. 1913 Webster]
Georgian architecture. British or British colonial architecture of the period of the four Georges, especially that of the period before 1800. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Geor"gic(j, n.[L. georgicum (sc. carmen), and georgica, pl., Gr. bi`blion gewrgiko`n, and ta~ gewrgika`: cf. F. g\'82orgiques, pl. See Georgic, a.]A rural poem; a poetical composition on husbandry, containing rules for cultivating lands, etc.; as, the Georgics of Virgil.
{ Geor"gic(j, Geor"gic*al(j, }a.[L. georgicus, Gr. gewrgiko`s, fr. gewrgi`a tillage, agriculture: cf. F. g\'82orgique. See George.]Relating to agriculture and rural affairs. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Geor"gi*um Si`dus(?). [NL., the star of George (III. of England).](Astron.)The planet Uranus, so named by its discoverer, Sir W. Herschel. 1913 Webster]
Ge*os"co*py(?), n.[Gr. ge`a, gh^, the earth + -scopy: cf. F. g\'82oscopie.]Knowledge of the earth, ground, or soil, obtained by inspection.Chambers. 1913 Webster]
Ge`o*se*len"ic(?), a.[Gr. ge`a, gh^, the earth + Pertaining to the earth and moon; belonging to the joint action or mutual relations of the earth and moon; as, geoselenic phenomena. 1913 Webster]
Ge`o*stat"ic(?), a.[Gr. ge`a, gh^, earth + E. static.](Civil Engin.)Relating to the pressure exerted by earth or similar substance. 1913 Webster]
Geostatic arch, an arch having a form adapted to sustain pressure similar to that exerted by earth.Rankine. 1913 Webster]
Ge`o*syn*cli"nal(?), n.[Gr. ge`a, gh^, the earth + E. synclinal.](Geol.)the downward bend or subsidence of the earth's crust, which allows of the gradual accumulation of sediment, and hence forms the first step in the making of a mountain range; -- opposed to geanticlinal. 1913 Webster]
Ge`o*ther*mom"e*ter(?), n.[Gr. ge`a, gh^, the earth + E. thermometer.](Physics)A thermometer specially constructed for measuring temperetures at a depth below the surface of the ground. 1913 Webster]
Ge*ot"ic(?)a.[Gr. ge`a, gh^, the earth.]Belonging to earth; terrestrial. [Obs.] Bailey. 1913 Webster]
Ge`o*trop"ic(?), a.[See Geotropism.](Biol.)Relating to, or showing, geotropism. 1913 Webster]
Ge*ot"ro*pism(?), n.[Gr. ge`a, gh^, the earth + (Biol.)A disposition to turn or incline towards the earth; the influence of gravity in determining the direction of growth of an organ. 1913 Webster]
positively geotropic, and those growing in the opposite direction negatively geotropic. In animals, geotropism is supposed by some to have an influence either direct or indirect on the plane of division of the ovum. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Ge*phyr"e*a(?), n. pl.[NL., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.)An order of marine Annelida, in which the body is imperfectly, or not at all, annulated externally, and is mostly without set\'91. 1913 Webster]
Ge*phyr"e*an(?), a.(Zo\'94l.)Belonging to the Gephyrea. -- n. One of the Gerphyrea. 1913 Webster]
Ge*phyr"e*oid(?), a. & n.[Gephyrea + -oid.]Gephyrean. 1913 Webster]
\'d8Ge"rah(?), n.[Heb. g, lit., a bean.](Jewish Antiq.)A small coin and weight; 1-20th of a shekel. 1913 Webster]
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Ge*ra`ni*a"ceous(?), a.(Bot.)Of or pertaining to a natural order of pants (Geraniace\'91) which includes the genera Geranium, Pelargonium, and many others.
1.(Med.)A valuable astringent obtained from the root of the Geranium maculatum or crane's-bill. 1913 Webster]
2.(Chem.)A liquid terpene, obtained from the crane's-bill (Geranium maculatum), and having a peculiar mulberry odor.[Written also geraniin.] 1913 Webster]
ge*ra"ni*ol(?), n.[See Geranium.](Chem.)A terpene alcohol (C10H18O) which constitutes the principal part of the oil of palmarosa and the oil of rose. Chemically it is 3,7-Dimethyl-2,6-octadien-1-ol. It has a sweet rose odor.MI11 PJC]
Ge*ra"ni*um(j, n.[L., fr. Gr. gera`nion, from ge`ranos crane: cf. F. g\'82ranium. See Crane, n.] 1913 Webster]
1.(Bot.)A genus of plants having a beaklike torus or receptacle, around which the seed capsules are arranged, and membranous projections, or stipules, at the joints. Most of the species have showy flowers and a pungent odor. Called sometimes crane's-bill. 1913 Webster]
Geranium by the earlier botanists are now separated from it under the name of Pelargonium, which includes all the commonly cultivated \'bdgeraniums\'b8, mostly natives of South Africa. 1913 Webster]
Ge"rant(?), n.[F. g\'82rant.]The manager or acting partner of a company, joint-stock association, etc. 1913 Webster]
gerardian.any plant of the genus Gerardia. WordNet 1.5]
Gerbe(?), n.[F., prop. a sheaf.](Pyrotechny)A kind of ornamental firework.Farrow.
Gerberaprop. n.A genus of South African or Asiatic herbs having showy daisy-like flowers; it includes some of the African daisies. Syn. -- genus Gerbera. WordNet 1.5]
{ Ger"bil(j, \'d8Ger`bille"(zh, }n.[F. gerbille. Cf. Jerboa.]1.(Zo\'94l.)One of several species of small, jumping, murine burrowing rodents, of the genus Gerbillus and related genera of the subfamily Gerbillinae. They have long soft pale fur and hind legs adapted for leaping. In their leaping powers they resemble the jerboa. They inhabit Africa, India, and Southern Europe. 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]
2.(Zo\'94l.)A rodent (Meriones unguiculatus) of the subfamily Gerbillinae that is commonly kept as a pet; it is also called the tamarisk gerbil, sand rat and jird. Its natural habitats are the dry regions of Northern Africa and Asia. PJC]
Gerbillinaen.(Zool.)A natural family of rodents including the gerbils. Syn. -- subfamily Gerbillinae. WordNet 1.5]
Gerbillusn.The type genus of the Gerbillinae, comprising the typical gerbils{1}. Syn. -- genus Gerbillus. WordNet 1.5]
Gerean.A small genus of hairy herbs with yellow flowers. Syn. -- genus Gerea. WordNet 1.5]
Ge"rent(?), a.[L. gerens, p. pr. of gerere to bear, manage.]Bearing; carrying. [Obs.] Bailey. 1913 Webster]
ger"e*nuk(g, n.A slender East African antelope (Litocranius walleri) with a long slim neck and backward-curving horns; called also Waller's gazelle, and in German Giraffengazelle. It feeds on the foliage of bushes and trees, and often stands erect on its hind legs, leaning against the bush, to browse on the higher branches; in this habit it is distinctive and easy to recognize. Syn. --Litocranius walleri. WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
Ger"lind(?), n.(Zo\'94l.)A salmon returning from the sea the second time. [Prov. Eng.] 1913 Webster]
Germ(j, n.[F. germe, fr. L. germen, germinis, sprout, but, germ. Cf. Germen, Germane.]1.(Biol.)That which is to develop a new individual; as, the germ of a fetus, of a plant or flower, and the like; the earliest form under which an organism appears. 1913 Webster]
In the entire process in which a new being originates . . . two distinct classes of action participate; namely, the act of generation by which the germ is produced; and the act of development, by which that germ is evolved into the complete organism.Carpenter. 1913 Webster]
2.That from which anything springs; origin; first principle; as, the germ of civil liberty. 1913 Webster]
3.(Biol.)The germ cells, collectively, as distinguished from the somatic cells, or soma. Germ is often used in place of germinal to form phrases; as, germ area, germ disc, germ membrane, germ nucleus, germ sac, etc. Webster 1913 Suppl.]
4.A microorganism, especially a disease-causing bacterium or virus; -- used informally, as, the don't eat food that falls on the floor, it may have germs on it. PJC]
Disease germ(Biol.), a name applied to certain tiny bacterial organisms or their spores, such as Anthrax bacillus and the Micrococcus of fowl cholera, which have been demonstrated to be the cause of certain diseases; same as germ{4}. See Germ theory (below). --
Germ cell(Biol.), the germ, egg, spore, or cell from which the plant or animal arises. At one time a part of the body of the parent, it finally becomes detached, and by a process of multiplication and growth gives rise to a mass of cells, which ultimately form a new individual like the parent. See Ovum. --
Germ gland. (Anat.)See Gonad. --
Germ stock(Zo\'94l.), a special process on which buds are developed in certain animals. See Doliolum. --
Germ theory(Biol.), the theory that living organisms can be produced only by the evolution or development of living germs or seeds. See Biogenesis, and Abiogenesis. As applied to the origin of disease, the theory claims that the zymotic diseases are due to the rapid development and multiplication of various bacteria, the germs or spores of which are either contained in the organism itself, or transferred through the air or water. See Fermentation theory. 1913 Webster]
Germ(?), v. i.To germinate. [R.] J. Morley. 1913 Webster]
Ger*main"(?), a. [Obs.] See Germane. 1913 Webster]
Ger"man(?), a.[OE. german, germain, F. germain, fr. L. germanus full, own (said of brothers and sisters who have the same parents); akin to germen germ. Cf. Germ, Germane.]Nearly related; closely akin. 1913 Webster]
Wert thou a leopard, thou wert german to the lion.Shak. 1913 Webster]
Brother german. See Brother german. --
Cousins german. See the Note under Cousin. 1913 Webster]
Ger"man, n.; pl.Germans(#)[L. Germanus, prob. of Celtis origin.]1.A native or one of the people of Germany. 1913 Webster]
2.The German language. 1913 Webster]
3.(a)A round dance, often with a waltz movement, abounding in capriciosly involved figures.(b)A social party at which the german is danced. 1913 Webster]
High German, the Teutonic dialect of Upper or Southern Germany, -- comprising Old High German, used from the 8th to the 11th century; Middle H. G., from the 12th to the 15th century; and Modern or New H. G., the language of Luther's Bible version and of modern German literature. The dialects of Central Germany, the basis of the modern literary language, are often called Middle German, and the Southern German dialects Upper German; but High German is also used to cover both groups. --
Low German, the language of Northern Germany and the Netherlands, -- including Friesic; Anglo-Saxon or Saxon; Old Saxon; Dutch or Low Dutch, with its dialect, Flemish; and Plattdeutsch (called also Low German), spoken in many dialects. 1913 Webster]
Ger"man, a.[L. Germanus. See German, n.]Of or pertaining to Germany. 1913 Webster]
German Baptists. See Dunker. --
German bit, a wood-boring tool, having a long elliptical pod and a scew point. --
German carp(Zo\'94l.), the crucian carp. --
German millet(Bot.), a kind of millet (Setaria Italica, var.), whose seed is sometimes used for food. --
German paste, a prepared food for caged birds. --
German process(Metal.), the process of reducing copper ore in a blast furnace, after roasting, if necessary.Raymond. --
German sarsaparilla, a substitute for sarsaparilla extract. --
German sausage, a polony, or gut stuffed with meat partly cooked. --
German silver(Chem.), a silver-white alloy, hard and tough, but malleable and ductile, and quite permanent in the air. It contains nickel, copper, and zinc in varying proportions, and was originally made from old copper slag at Henneberg. A small amount of iron is sometimes added to make it whiter and harder. It is essentially identical with the Chinese alloy packfong. It was formerly much used for tableware, knife handles, frames, cases, bearings of machinery, etc., but is now largely superseded by other white alloys. --
German steel(Metal.), a metal made from bog iron ore in a forge, with charcoal for fuel. --
German text(Typog.), a character resembling modern German type, used in English printing for ornamental headings, etc., as in the words, 1913 Webster]
This line is German Text.
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German tinder. See Amadou. 1913 Webster]
Ger*man"der(?), n.[OE. germaunder, F. germandr\'82e, It. calamandrea, L. chamaedrys, fr. Gr.Humble, and Tree.](Bot.)A plant of the genus Teucrium (esp. Teucrium Cham\'91drys or wall germander), mintlike herbs and low shrubs. 1913 Webster]