1  "G () 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, // 231-6, 155, 176, 178, 179, 196, 211, 246."
   2  
   3  "G () 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/ (G sharp) is a tone intermediate between G and A."
   4  
   5  Gab (n.) The hook on the end of an eccentric rod opposite the strap. See. Illust. of Eccentric.
   6  
   7  "Gab (v. i.) The mouth; hence, idle prate; chatter; unmeaning talk; loquaciousness."
   8  
   9  Gab (v. i.) To deceive; to lie.
  10  
  11  Gab (v. i.) To talk idly; to prate; to chatter.
  12  
  13  Gabarage (n.) A kind of coarse cloth for packing goods.
  14  
  15  Gabardine (n.) Alt. of Gaberdine
  16  
  17  Gaberdine (n.) A coarse frock or loose upper garment formerly worn by Jews; a mean dress.
  18  
  19  Gabber (n.) A liar; a deceiver.
  20  
  21  Gabber (n.) One addicted to idle talk.
  22  
  23  Gabbled (imp. & p. p.) of Gabble
  24  
  25  Gabbling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gabble
  26  
  27  "Gabble (v. i.) To talk fast, or to talk without meaning; to prate; to jabber."
  28  
  29  "Gabble (v. i.) To utter inarticulate sounds with rapidity; as, gabbling fowls."
  30  
  31  Gabble (n.) Loud or rapid talk without meaning.
  32  
  33  Gabble (n.) Inarticulate sounds rapidly uttered; as of fowls.
  34  
  35  Gabbier (n.) One who gabbles; a prater.
  36  
  37  "Gabbro (n.) 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)."
  38  
  39  "Gabel (n.) A rent, service, tribute, custom, tax, impost, or duty; an excise."
  40  
  41  Gabeler (n.) A collector of gabels or taxes.
  42  
  43  "Gabelle (n.) A tax, especially on salt."
  44  
  45  Gabelleman (n.) A gabeler.
  46  
  47  Gaberdine (n.) See Gabardine.
  48  
  49  Gaber-lunzie (n.) A beggar with a wallet; a licensed beggar.
  50  
  51  "Gabert (n.) A lighter, or vessel for inland navigation."
  52  
  53  "Gabion (n.) 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."
  54  
  55  "Gabion (n.) An openwork frame, as of poles, filled with stones and sunk, to assist in forming a bar dyke, etc., as in harbor improvement."
  56  
  57  "Gabionade (n.) A traverse made with gabions between guns or on their flanks, protecting them from enfilading fire."
  58  
  59  "Gabionade (n.) A structure of gabions sunk in lines, as a core for a sand bar in harbor improvements."
  60  
  61  Gabionage (n.) The part of a fortification built of gabions.
  62  
  63  Gabioned (p. a.) Furnished with gabions.
  64  
  65  Gabionnade (n.) See Gabionade.
  66  
  67  Gable (n.) A cable.
  68  
  69  "Gable (n.) 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."
  70  
  71  "Gable (n.) The end wall of a building, as distinguished from the front or rear side."
  72  
  73  "Gable (n.) A decorative member having the shape of a triangular gable, such as that above a Gothic arch in a doorway."
  74  
  75  "Gablet (n.) A small gable, or gable-shaped canopy, formed over a tabernacle, niche, etc."
  76  
  77  "Gablock (n.) A false spur or gaff, fitted on the heel of a gamecock."
  78  
  79  Gaby (n.) A simpleton; a dunce; a lout.
  80  
  81  "Gad (n.) The point of a spear, or an arrowhead."
  82  
  83  "Gad (n.) A pointed or wedge-shaped instrument of metal, as a steel wedge used in mining, etc."
  84  
  85  Gad (n.) A sharp-pointed rod; a goad.
  86  
  87  Gad (n.) A spike on a gauntlet; a gadling.
  88  
  89  Gad (n.) A wedge-shaped billet of iron or steel.
  90  
  91  "Gad (n.) A rod or stick, as a fishing rod, a measuring rod, or a rod used to drive cattle with."
  92  
  93  Gadded (imp. & p. p.) of Gad
  94  
  95  Gadding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gad
  96  
  97  "Gad (n.) To walk about; to rove or go about, without purpose; hence, to run wild; to be uncontrolled."
  98  
  99  Gadabout (n.) A gadder
 100  
 101  Gadbee (n.) The gadfly.
 102  
 103  "Gadder (n.) One who roves about idly, a rambling gossip."
 104  
 105  "Gadding (a. & n.) Going about much, needlessly or without purpose."
 106  
 107  "Gaddingly (adv.) In a roving, idle manner."
 108  
 109  Gaddish (a.) Disposed to gad.
 110  
 111  Gade (n.) A small British fish (Motella argenteola) of the Cod family.
 112  
 113  "Gade (n.) A pike, so called at Moray Firth; -- called also gead."
 114  
 115  Gadere (v. t. & i.) Alt. of Gadre
 116  
 117  Gadre (v. t. & i.) To gather.
 118  
 119  Gadflies (pl. ) of Gadfly
 120  
 121  "Gadfly (n.) Any dipterous insect of the genus Oestrus, and allied genera of botflies."
 122  
 123  "Gadhelic (a.) Of or pertaining to that division of the Celtic languages, which includes the Irish, Gaelic, and Manx."
 124  
 125  "Gadic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, the cod (Gadus); -- applied to an acid obtained from cod-liver oil, viz., gadic acid."
 126  
 127  "Gaditanian (a.) Of or relating to Cadiz, in Spain."
 128  
 129  Gaditanian (n.) A native or inhabitant of Cadiz.
 130  
 131  "Gadling (n.) See Gad, n., 4."
 132  
 133  Gadling (v. i.) Gadding about.
 134  
 135  Gadling (n.) A roving vagabond.
 136  
 137  Gadman (n.) A gadsman.
 138  
 139  "Gadoid (a.) Of or pertaining to the family of fishes (Gadidae) which includes the cod, haddock, and hake."
 140  
 141  Gadoid (n.) One of the Gadidae.
 142  
 143  "Gadolinia (n.) A rare earth, regarded by some as an oxide of the supposed element gadolinium, by others as only a mixture of the oxides of yttrium, erbium, ytterbium, etc."
 144  
 145  Gadolinic (a.) Pertaining to or containing gadolinium.
 146  
 147  "Gadolinite (n.) A mineral of a nearly black color and vitreous luster, and consisting principally of the silicates of yttrium, cerium, and iron."
 148  
 149  "Gadolinium (n.) A supposed rare metallic element, with a characteristic spectrum, found associated with yttrium and other rare metals. Its individuality and properties have not yet been determined."
 150  
 151  Gadsman (n.) One who uses a gad or goad in driving.
 152  
 153  "Gaduin (n.) A yellow or brown amorphous substance, of indifferent nature, found in cod-liver oil."
 154  
 155  "Gadwall (n.) A large duck (Anas strepera), valued as a game bird, found in the northern parts of Europe and America; -- called also gray duck."
 156  
 157  "Gael (n.sing. & pl.) A Celt or the Celts of the Scotch Highlands or of Ireland; now esp., a Scotch Highlander of Celtic origin."
 158  
 159  "Gaelic (a.) Of or pertaining to the Gael, esp. to the Celtic Highlanders of Scotland; as, the Gaelic language."
 160  
 161  "Gaelic (n.) The language of the Gaels, esp. of the Highlanders of Scotland. It is a branch of the Celtic."
 162  
 163  "Gaff (n.) A barbed spear or a hook with a handle, used by fishermen in securing heavy fish."
 164  
 165  Gaff (n.) The spar upon which the upper edge of a fore-and-aft sail is extended.
 166  
 167  "Gaff (n.) Same as Gaffle, 1."
 168  
 169  Gaffed (imp. & p. p.) of Gaff
 170  
 171  Gaffing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gaff
 172  
 173  "Gaff (v. t.) To strike with a gaff or barbed spear; to secure by means of a gaff; as, to gaff a salmon."
 174  
 175  Gaffer (n.) An old fellow; an aged rustic.
 176  
 177  Gaffer (n.) A foreman or overseer of a gang of laborers.
 178  
 179  Gaffle (n.) An artificial spur or gaff for gamecocks.
 180  
 181  Gaffle (n.) A lever to bend crossbows.
 182  
 183  Gaff-topsail (n.) A small triangular sail having its foot extended upon the gaff and its luff upon the topmast.
 184  
 185  Gagged (imp. & p. p.) of Gag
 186  
 187  Gagging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gag
 188  
 189  "Gag (v. t.) 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."
 190  
 191  Gag (v. t.) To pry or hold open by means of a gag.
 192  
 193  Gag (v. t.) To cause to heave with nausea.
 194  
 195  Gag (v. i.) To heave with nausea; to retch.
 196  
 197  "Gag (v. i.) To introduce gags or interpolations. See Gag, n., 3."
 198  
 199  Gag (n.) Something thrust into the mouth or throat to hinder speaking.
 200  
 201  "Gag (n.) A mouthful that makes one retch; a choking bit; as, a gag of mutton fat."
 202  
 203  "Gag (n.) 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."
 204  
 205  Gagate (n.) Agate.
 206  
 207  "Gage (n.) 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."
 208  
 209  "Gage (n.) 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."
 210  
 211  "Gage (n.) 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."
 212  
 213  Gaged (imp. & p. p.) of Gage
 214  
 215  Gaging (p. pr & vb. n.) of Gage
 216  
 217  Gage (n.) To give or deposit as a pledge or security for some act; to wage or wager; to pawn or pledge.
 218  
 219  "Gage (n.) To bind by pledge, or security; to engage."
 220  
 221  "Gage (n.) A measure or standard. See Gauge, n."
 222  
 223  "Gage (v. t.) To measure. See Gauge, v. t."
 224  
 225  Gager (n.) A measurer. See Gauger.
 226  
 227  Gagger (n.) One who gags.
 228  
 229  Gagger (n.) A piece of iron imbedded in the sand of a mold to keep the sand in place.
 230  
 231  Gaggled (imp. & p. p.) of Gaggle
 232  
 233  Gaggling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gaggle
 234  
 235  Gaggle (v. i.) To make a noise like a goose; to cackle.
 236  
 237  Gaggle (v. i.) A flock of wild geese.
 238  
 239  Gagtooth (n.) A projecting tooth.
 240  
 241  Gag-toothed (a.) Having gagteeth.
 242  
 243  Gahnite (n.) Zinc spinel; automolite.
 244  
 245  Gaidic (a.) Pertaining to hypogeic acid; -- applied to an acid obtained from hypogeic acid.
 246  
 247  Gaiety (n.) Same as Gayety.
 248  
 249  Gailer (n.) A jailer.
 250  
 251  Gaillard (a.) Gay; brisk; merry; galliard.
 252  
 253  Gailliarde (n.) A lively French and Italian dance.
 254  
 255  Gaily (adv.) Merrily; showily. See gaily.
 256  
 257  "Gain (n.) 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."
 258  
 259  Gain (a.) Convenient; suitable; direct; near; handy; dexterous; easy; profitable; cheap; respectable.
 260  
 261  "Gain (v. t.) That which is gained, obtained, or acquired, as increase, profit, advantage, or benefit; -- opposed to loss."
 262  
 263  Gain (v. t.) The obtaining or amassing of profit or valuable possessions; acquisition; accumulation.
 264  
 265  Gained (imp. & p. p.) of Gain
 266  
 267  Gaining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gain
 268  
 269  "Gain (n.) To get, as profit or advantage; to obtain or acquire by effort or labor; as, to gain a good living."
 270  
 271  "Gain (n.) 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."
 272  
 273  Gain (n.) To draw into any interest or party; to win to one's side; to conciliate.
 274  
 275  "Gain (n.) To reach; to attain to; to arrive at; as, to gain the top of a mountain; to gain a good harbor."
 276  
 277  "Gain (n.) To get, incur, or receive, as loss, harm, or damage."
 278  
 279  "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."
 280  
 281  Gainable (v. t.) Capable of being obtained or reached.
 282  
 283  "Gainage (v. t.) The horses, oxen, plows, wains or wagons and implements for carrying on tillage."
 284  
 285  "Gainage (v. t.) The profit made by tillage; also, the land itself."
 286  
 287  Gainer (n.) One who gains.
 288  
 289  Gainful (a.) Profitable; advantageous; lucrative.
 290  
 291  Gaingiving (n.) A misgiving.
 292  
 293  Gainless (a.) Not producing gain; unprofitable.
 294  
 295  Gainly (a.) Handily; readily; dexterously; advantageously.
 296  
 297  Gainpain (n.) Bread-gainer; -- a term applied in the Middle Ages to the sword of a hired soldier.
 298  
 299  Gainsaid (imp. & p. p.) of Gainsay
 300  
 301  Gainsaying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gainsay
 302  
 303  Gainsay (v. t.) To contradict; to deny; to controvert; to dispute; to forbid.
 304  
 305  "Gainsayer (n.) One who gainsays, contradicts, or denies."
 306  
 307  Gainsome (a.) Gainful.
 308  
 309  Gainsome (a.) Prepossessing; well-favored.
 310  
 311  'Gainst (prep.) A contraction of Against.
 312  
 313  Gainstood (imp. & p. p.) of Gainstand
 314  
 315  gainstanding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gainstand
 316  
 317  Gainstand (v. t.) To withstand; to resist.
 318  
 319  Gainstrive (v. t. & i.) To strive or struggle against; to withstand.
 320  
 321  Gairfowl (n.) See Garefowl.
 322  
 323  Gairish (n.) Alt. of Gairish/ness
 324  
 325  Gairishly (n.) Alt. of Gairish/ness
 326  
 327  "Gairish/ness (n.) Same as Garish, Garishly, Garishness."
 328  
 329  Gait (n.) A going; a walk; a march; a way.
 330  
 331  Gait (n.) Manner of walking or stepping; bearing or carriage while moving.
 332  
 333  "Gaited (a.) Having (such) a gait; -- used in composition; as, slow-gaited; heavy-gaited."
 334  
 335  "Gaiter (n.) 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."
 336  
 337  "Gaiter (n.) A kind of shoe, consisting of cloth, and covering the ankle."
 338  
 339  Gaiter (v. t.) To dress with gaiters.
 340  
 341  Gaitre (n.) Alt. of Gaytre
 342  
 343  Gaytre (n.) The dogwood tree.
 344  
 345  "Gala (n.) Pomp, show, or festivity."
 346  
 347  Galacta-gogue (n.) An agent exciting secretion of milk.
 348  
 349  "Galactic (a.) Of or pertaining to milk; got from milk; as, galactic acid."
 350  
 351  Galactic (a.) Of or pertaining to the galaxy or Milky Way.
 352  
 353  "Galactin (n.) 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."
 354  
 355  Galactin (n.) A white waxy substance found in the sap of the South American cow tree (Galactodendron).
 356  
 357  "Galactin (n.) An amorphous, gummy carbohydrate resembling gelose, found in the seeds of leguminous plants, and yielding on decomposition several sugars, including galactose."
 358  
 359  Galactodensimeter (n.) Same as Galactometer.
 360  
 361  "Galactometer (n.) An instrument for ascertaining the quality of milk (i.e., its richness in cream) by determining its specific gravity; a lactometer."
 362  
 363  "Galactophagist (n.) One who eats, or subsists on, milk."
 364  
 365  Galactophagous (a.) Feeding on milk.
 366  
 367  Galactophorous (a.) Milk-carrying; lactiferous; -- applied to the ducts of mammary glands.
 368  
 369  Galactopoietic (a.) Increasing the flow of milk; milk-producing. -- n. A galactopoietic substance.
 370  
 371  "Galactose (n.) 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)."
 372  
 373  Galage (n.) See Galoche.
 374  
 375  Galagos (pl. ) of Galago
 376  
 377  "Galago (n.) A genus of African lemurs, including numerous species."
 378  
 379  Galanga (n.) Alt. of Galangal
 380  
 381  "Galangal (n.) The pungent aromatic rhizome or tuber of certain East Indian or Chinese species of Alpinia (A. Galanga and A. officinarum) and of the Kaempferia Galanga), -- all of the Ginger family."
 382  
 383  "Galantine (n.) A dish of veal, chickens, or other white meat, freed from bones, tied up, boiled, and served cold."
 384  
 385  "Galapee tree () The West Indian Sciadophyllum Brownei, a tree with very large digitate leaves."
 386  
 387  "Galatian (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."
 388  
 389  Galaxies (pl. ) of Galaxy
 390  
 391  "Galaxy (n.) 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. The term has recently been used for remote clusters of stars."
 392  
 393  Galaxy (n.) A splendid assemblage of persons or things.
 394  
 395  Galban (n.) Alt. of Galbanum
 396  
 397  "Galbanum (n.) 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."
 398  
 399  Gale (n.) A strong current of air; a wind between a stiff breeze and a hurricane. The most violent gales are called tempests.
 400  
 401  Gale (n.) A moderate current of air; a breeze.
 402  
 403  "Gale (n.) A state of excitement, passion, or hilarity."
 404  
 405  "Gale (v. i.) To sale, or sail fast."
 406  
 407  Gale (n.) A song or story.
 408  
 409  Gale (v. i.) To sing.
 410  
 411  "Gale (n.) 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."
 412  
 413  Gale (n.) The payment of a rent or annuity.
 414  
 415  Galea (n.) The upper lip or helmet-shaped part of a labiate flower.
 416  
 417  Galea (n.) A kind of bandage for the head.
 418  
 419  Galea (n.) Headache extending all over the head.
 420  
 421  "Galea (n.) A genus of fossil echini, having a vaulted, helmet-shaped shell."
 422  
 423  "Galea (n.) The anterior, outer process of the second joint of the maxillae in certain insects."
 424  
 425  Galeas (n.) See Galleass.
 426  
 427  Galeate (a.) Alt. of Galeated
 428  
 429  "Galeated (a.) Wearing a helmet; protected by a helmet; covered, as with a helmet."
 430  
 431  "Galeated (a.) Helmeted; having a helmetlike part, as a crest, a flower, etc.; helmet-shaped."
 432  
 433  Galei (n. pl.) That division of elasmobranch fishes which includes the sharks.
 434  
 435  Galena (n.) A remedy or antidose for poison; theriaca.
 436  
 437  "Galena (n.) Lead sulphide; the principal ore of lead. It is of a bluish gray color and metallic luster, and is cubic in crystallization and cleavage."
 438  
 439  Galenic (a.) Alt. of Galenical
 440  
 441  "Galenical (a.) Pertaining to, or containing, galena."
 442  
 443  Galenic (an.) Alt. of Galenical
 444  
 445  Galenical (an.) Relating to Galen or to his principles and method of treating diseases.
 446  
 447  Galenism (n.) The doctrines of Galen.
 448  
 449  Galenist (n.) A follower of Galen.
 450  
 451  Galenite (n.) Galena; lead ore.
 452  
 453  "Gale-opithecus (n.) A genus of flying Insectivora, formerly called flying lemurs. See Colugo."
 454  
 455  Galericu-late (a.) Covered as with a hat or cap.
 456  
 457  Galerite (n.) A cretaceous fossil sea urchin of the genus Galerites.
 458  
 459  "Galician (a.) Of or pertaining to Galicia, in Spain, or to Galicia, the kingdom of Austrian Poland."
 460  
 461  Galician (n.) A native of Galicia in Spain; -- called also Gallegan.
 462  
 463  "Galilean (a.) Of or pertaining to Galileo; as, the Galilean telescope. See Telescope."
 464  
 465  Galilean (a.) Of or relating to Galilee.
 466  
 467  "Galilean (n.) A native or inhabitant of Galilee, the northern province of Palestine under the Romans."
 468  
 469  "Galilean (n.) One of the party among the Jews, who opposed the payment of tribute to the Romans; -- called also Gaulonite."
 470  
 471  Galilean (n.) A Christian in general; -- used as a term of reproach by Mohammedans and Pagans.
 472  
 473  "Galilee (n.) 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."
 474  
 475  Galimatias (n.) Nonsense; gibberish; confused and unmeaning talk; confused mixture.
 476  
 477  "Galingale (n.) A plant of the Sedge family (Cyperus longus) having aromatic roots; also, any plant of the same genus."
 478  
 479  "Galiot (n.) 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."
 480  
 481  "Galiot (n.) A strong, light-draft, Dutch merchant vessel, carrying a mainmast and a mizzenmast, and a large gaff mainsail."
 482  
 483  "Galipot (n.) 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."
 484  
 485  "Gall (n.) 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."
 486  
 487  Gall (n.) The gall bladder.
 488  
 489  Gall (n.) Anything extremely bitter; bitterness; rancor.
 490  
 491  Gall (n.) Impudence; brazen assurance.
 492  
 493  "Gall (n.) 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."
 494  
 495  Gall (v. t.) To impregnate with a decoction of gallnuts.
 496  
 497  Galled (imp. & p. p.) of Gall
 498  
 499  Galling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gall
 500  
 501  "Gall (v. t.) 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."
 502  
 503  "Gall (v. t.) To fret; to vex; as, to be galled by sarcasm."
 504  
 505  "Gall (v. t.) To injure; to harass; to annoy; as, the troops were galled by the shot of the enemy."
 506  
 507  Gall (v. i.) To scoff; to jeer.
 508  
 509  Gall (n.) A wound in the skin made by rubbing.
 510  
 511  Gallant (a.) Showy; splendid; magnificent; gay; well-dressed.
 512  
 513  "Gallant (a.) Noble in bearing or spirit; brave; high-spirited; courageous; heroic; magnanimous; as, a gallant youth; a gallant officer."
 514  
 515  Gallant (a.) Polite and attentive to ladies; courteous to women; chivalrous.
 516  
 517  Gallant (n.) A man of mettle or spirit; a gay; fashionable man; a young blood.
 518  
 519  Gallant (n.) One fond of paying attention to ladies.
 520  
 521  "Gallant (n.) One who wooes; a lover; a suitor; in a bad sense, a seducer."
 522  
 523  Gallanted (imp. & p. p.) of Gallant
 524  
 525  Gallanting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gallant
 526  
 527  "Gallant (v. t.) To attend or wait on, as a lady; as, to gallant ladies to the play."
 528  
 529  "Gallant (v. t.) To handle with grace or in a modish manner; as, to gallant a fan."
 530  
 531  Gallantly (adv.) In a polite or courtly manner; like a gallant or wooer.
 532  
 533  Gallantly (adv.) In a gallant manner.
 534  
 535  Gallantness (n.) The quality of being gallant.
 536  
 537  Gallantries (pl. ) of Gallantry
 538  
 539  Gallantry (n.) Splendor of appearance; ostentatious finery.
 540  
 541  "Gallantry (n.) Bravery; intrepidity; as, the troops behaved with great gallantry."
 542  
 543  "Gallantry (n.) 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."
 544  
 545  "Gallantry (n.) Gallant persons, collectively."
 546  
 547  Gallate (n.) A salt of gallic acid.
 548  
 549  "Gallature (n.) The tread, treadle, or chalasa of an egg."
 550  
 551  "Galleass (n.) 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."
 552  
 553  Gallegan (n.) Alt. of Gallego
 554  
 555  "Gallego (n.) A native or inhabitant of Galicia, in Spain; a Galician."
 556  
 557  "Gallein (n.) A red crystalline dyestuff, obtained by heating together pyrogallic and phthalic acids."
 558  
 559  "Galleon (n.) 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."
 560  
 561  Galleot (n.) See Galiot.
 562  
 563  Galleries (pl. ) of Gallery
 564  
 565  "Gallery (a.) 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."
 566  
 567  "Gallery (a.) A room for the exhibition of works of art; as, a picture gallery; hence, also, a large or important collection of paintings, sculptures, etc."
 568  
 569  "Gallery (a.) 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."
 570  
 571  "Gallery (a.) 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."
 572  
 573  "Gallery (a.) Any communication which is covered overhead as well as at the sides. When prepared for defense, it is a defensive gallery."
 574  
 575  Gallery (a.) A working drift or level.
 576  
 577  Galletyle (n.) A little tile of glazed earthenware.
 578  
 579  Galleys (pl. ) of Galley
 580  
 581  "Galley (n.) A vessel propelled by oars, whether having masts and sails or not"
 582  
 583  "Galley (n.) A large vessel for war and national purposes; -- common in the Middle Ages, and down to the 17th century."
 584  
 585  "Galley (n.) A name given by analogy to the Greek, Roman, and other ancient vessels propelled by oars."
 586  
 587  "Galley (n.) A light, open boat used on the Thames by customhouse officers, press gangs, and also for pleasure."
 588  
 589  Galley (n.) One of the small boats carried by a man-of-war.
 590  
 591  Galley (n.) The cookroom or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel; -- sometimes on merchant vessels called the caboose.
 592  
 593  Galley (n.) An oblong oven or muffle with a battery of retorts; a gallery furnace.
 594  
 595  "Galley (n.) An oblong tray of wood or brass, with upright sides, for holding type which has been set, or is to be made up, etc."
 596  
 597  Galley (n.) A proof sheet taken from type while on a galley; a galley proof.
 598  
 599  "Galley-bird (n.) The European green woodpecker; also, the spotted woodpecker."
 600  
 601  "Galley-worm (n.) A chilognath myriapod of the genus Iulus, and allied genera, having numerous short legs along the sides; a milliped or ""thousand legs."" See Chilognatha."
 602  
 603  Gallflies (pl. ) of Gallfly
 604  
 605  "Gallfly (n.) 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."
 606  
 607  "Gallyambic (a.) Consisting of two iambic dimeters catalectic, the last of which lacks the final syllable; -- said of a kind of verse."
 608  
 609  Gallian (a.) Gallic; French.
 610  
 611  Galliard (a.) Gay; brisk; active.
 612  
 613  "Galliard (n.) A brisk, gay man."
 614  
 615  "Galliard (a.) A gay, lively dance. Cf. Gailliarde."
 616  
 617  Galliardise (a.) Excessive gayety; merriment.
 618  
 619  Galliardness (n.) Gayety.
 620  
 621  Galliass (n.) Same as Galleass.
 622  
 623  "Gallic (a.) Pertaining to, or containing, gallium."
 624  
 625  "Gallic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, galls, nutgalls, and the like."
 626  
 627  Gallic (a.) Pertaining to Gaul or France; Gallican.
 628  
 629  "Gallican (a.) Of or pertaining to Gaul or France; Gallic; French; as, the Gallican church or clergy."
 630  
 631  "Gallican (n.) An adherent to, and supporter of, Gallicanism."
 632  
 633  "Gallicanism (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."
 634  
 635  "Gallicism (n.) A mode of speech peculiar to the French; a French idiom; also, in general, a French mode or custom."
 636  
 637  Gallicized (imp. & p. p.) of Gallicize
 638  
 639  Gallicizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gallicize
 640  
 641  Gallicize (v. t.) To conform to the French mode or idiom.
 642  
 643  Gallied (p. p. & a.) Worried; flurried; frightened.
 644  
 645  Galliform (a.) Like the Gallinae (or Galliformes) in structure.
 646  
 647  Galligaskins (n. pl.) Loose hose or breeches; leather leg quards. The word is used loosely and often in a jocose sense.
 648  
 649  Gallimatia (n.) Senseless talk. [Obs. or R.] See Galimatias.
 650  
 651  Gallimaufries (pl. ) of Gallimaufry
 652  
 653  "Gallimaufry (n.) A hash of various kinds of meats, a ragout."
 654  
 655  Gallimaufry (n.) Any absurd medley; a hotchpotch.
 656  
 657  Gallin (n.) A substance obtained by the reduction of gallein.
 658  
 659  Gallinaceae (n. pl.) Same as Gallinae.
 660  
 661  Gallinacean (n.) One of the Gallinae or gallinaceous birds.
 662  
 663  Gallinaceous (a.) Resembling the domestic fowls and pheasants; of or pertaining to the Gallinae.
 664  
 665  "Gallinae (n.) An order of birds, including the common domestic fowls, pheasants, grouse, quails, and allied forms; -- sometimes called Rasores."
 666  
 667  Galling (a.) Fitted to gall or chafe; vexing; harassing; irritating.
 668  
 669  Gallinipper (n.) A large mosquito.
 670  
 671  "Gallinule (n.) 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)."
 672  
 673  Galliot (n.) See Galiot.
 674  
 675  "Gallipoli oil () An inferior kind of olive oil, brought from Gallipoli, in Italy."
 676  
 677  "Gallipot (n.) A glazed earthen pot or vessel, used by druggists and apothecaries for containing medicines, etc."
 678  
 679  "Gallium (n.) A rare metallic element, found in certain zinc ores. It is white, hard, and malleable, resembling aluminium, and remarcable for its low melting point (86/ F., 30/C). Symbol Ga. Atomic weight 69.9."
 680  
 681  "Gallivant (v. i.) To play the beau; to wait upon the ladies; also, to roam about for pleasure without any definite plan."
 682  
 683  "Gallivat (n.) A small armed vessel, with sails and oars, -- used on the Malabar coast."
 684  
 685  "Galliwasp (n.) A West Indian lizard (Celestus occiduus), about a foot long, imagined by the natives to be venomous."
 686  
 687  "Gallnut (n.) A round gall produced on the leaves and shoots of various species of the oak tree. See Gall, and Nutgall."
 688  
 689  Gallomania (n.) An excessive admiration of what is French.
 690  
 691  "Gallon (n.) A measure of capacity, containing four quarts; -- used, for the most part, in liquid measure, but sometimes in dry measure."
 692  
 693  "Galloon (n.) A narrow tapelike fabric used for binding hats, shoes, etc., -- sometimes made ornamental."
 694  
 695  "Galloon (n.) A similar bordering or binding of rich material, such as gold lace."
 696  
 697  Gallooned (a.) Furnished or adorned with galloon.
 698  
 699  Galloped (imp. & p. p.) of Gallop
 700  
 701  Galloping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gallop
 702  
 703  Gallop (v. i.) To move or run in the mode called a gallop; as a horse; to go at a gallop; to run or move with speed.
 704  
 705  Gallop (v. i.) To ride a horse at a gallop.
 706  
 707  "Gallop (v. i.) Fig.: To go rapidly or carelessly, as in making a hasty examination."
 708  
 709  Gallop (v. t.) To cause to gallop.
 710  
 711  "Gallop (v. i.) 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."
 712  
 713  "Gallopade (n.) I horsemanship, a sidelong or curveting kind of gallop."
 714  
 715  "Gallopade (n.) A kind of dance; also, music to the dance; a galop."
 716  
 717  Gallopaded (imp. & p. p.) of Gallopade
 718  
 719  Gallopading (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gallopade
 720  
 721  "Gallopade (v. i.) To gallop, as on horseback."
 722  
 723  Gallopade (v. i.) To perform the dance called gallopade.
 724  
 725  "Galloper (n.) One who, or that which, gallops."
 726  
 727  "Galloper (n.) A carriage on which very small guns were formerly mounted, the gun resting on the shafts, without a limber."
 728  
 729  Gallopin (v. i.) An under servant for the kitchen; a scullion; a cook's errand boy.
 730  
 731  "Galloping (a.) Going at a gallop; progressing rapidly; as, a galloping horse."
 732  
 733  Gallotannic (a.) Pertaining to the tannin or nutgalls.
 734  
 735  "Gallow (v. t.) To fright or terrify. See Gally, v. t."
 736  
 737  "Galloway (n.) A small horse of a breed raised at Galloway, Scotland; -- called also garran, and garron."
 738  
 739  Gallowglass (n.) A heavy-armed foot soldier from Ireland and the Western Isles in the time of Edward /
 740  
 741  Gallowses (pl. ) of Gallows
 742  
 743  Gallows (pl. ) of Gallows
 744  
 745  "Gallows (n. sing.) 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."
 746  
 747  Gallows (n. sing.) A wretch who deserves the gallows.
 748  
 749  Gallows (n. sing.) The rest for the tympan when raised.
 750  
 751  Gallows (n. sing.) A pair of suspenders or braces.
 752  
 753  "Gallstone (n.) A concretion, or calculus, formed in the gall bladder or biliary passages. See Calculus, n., 1."
 754  
 755  Gally (v. t.) To frighten; to worry.
 756  
 757  Gally (a.) Like gall; bitter as gall.
 758  
 759  "Gally (n.) See Galley, n., 4."
 760  
 761  Gallygaskins (n. pl.) See Galligaskins.
 762  
 763  Galoche () Alt. of Galoshe
 764  
 765  Galoshe () A clog or patten.
 766  
 767  Galoshe () Hence: An overshoe worn in wet weather.
 768  
 769  "Galoshe () A gaiter, or legging, covering the upper part of the shoe and part of the leg."
 770  
 771  "Galoot (n.) A noisy, swaggering, or worthless fellow; a rowdy."
 772  
 773  "Galop (n.) A kind of lively dance, in 2-4 time; also, the music to the dance."
 774  
 775  Galore (n. & a.) Plenty; abundance; in abundance.
 776  
 777  Galoshe (n.) Same as Galoche.
 778  
 779  "Galpe (v. i.) To gape,; to yawn."
 780  
 781  Galsome (a.) Angry; malignant.
 782  
 783  Galt (n.) Same as Gault.
 784  
 785  "Galvanic (a.) Of or pertaining to, or exhibiting the phenomena of, galvanism; employing or producing electrical currents."
 786  
 787  Galvanism (n.) Electricity excited by the mutual action of certain liquids and metals; dynamical electricity.
 788  
 789  "Galvanism (n.) The branch of physical science which treats of dynamical elecricity, or the properties and effects of electrical currents."
 790  
 791  Galvanist (n.) One versed in galvanism.
 792  
 793  Galvanization (n.) The act of process of galvanizing.
 794  
 795  Galvanized (imp. & p. p.) of Galvanize
 796  
 797  Galvanizing (p pr. & vb. n.) of Galvanize
 798  
 799  Galvanize (v. t.) To affect with galvanism; to subject to the action of electrical currents.
 800  
 801  "Galvanize (v. t.) To plate, as with gold, silver, etc., by means of electricity."
 802  
 803  "Galvanize (v. t.) 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."
 804  
 805  "Galvanize (v. t.) To coat, as iron, with zinc. See Galvanized iron."
 806  
 807  "Galvanizer (n.) One who, or that which, galvanize."
 808  
 809  "Galvanocaustic (a.) Relating to the use of galvanic heat as a caustic, especially in medicine."
 810  
 811  Galvanocautery (n.) Cautery effected by a knife or needle heated by the passage of a galvanic current.
 812  
 813  Galvanoglyphy (n.) Same as Glyphography.
 814  
 815  "Galvanograph (n.) A copperplate produced by the method of galvanography; also, a picture printed from such a plate."
 816  
 817  Galvanographic (a.) Of or pertaining to galvanography.
 818  
 819  Galvanography (n.) The art or process of depositing metals by electricity; electrotypy.
 820  
 821  Galvanography (n.) A method of producing by means of electrotyping process (without etching) copperplates which can be printed from in the same manner as engraved plates.
 822  
 823  Galvanologist (n.) One who describes the phenomena of galvanism; a writer on galvanism.
 824  
 825  "Galvanology (n.) A treatise on galvanism, or a description of its phenomena."
 826  
 827  "Galvanometer (n.) An instrument or apparatus for measuring the intensity of an electric current, usually by the deflection of a magnetic needle."
 828  
 829  "Galvanometric (a.) Of, pertaining to, or measured by, a galvanometer."
 830  
 831  Galvanometry (n.) The art or process of measuring the force of electric currents.
 832  
 833  "Galvanoplastic (a.) 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."
 834  
 835  Galvanoplasty (n.) The art or process of electrotypy.
 836  
 837  Galvanopuncture (n.) Same as Electro-puncture.
 838  
 839  "Galvanoscope (n.) An instrument or apparatus for detecting the presence of electrical currents, especially such as are of feeble intensity."
 840  
 841  Galvanoscopic (a.) Of or pertaining to a galvanoscope.
 842  
 843  Galvanoscopy (n.) The use of galvanism in physiological experiments.
 844  
 845  Galvanotonus (n.) Same as Electrotonus.
 846  
 847  Galvanotropism (n.) The tendency of a root to place its axis in the line of a galvanic current.
 848  
 849  Galwes (n.) Gallows.
 850  
 851  "Gama grass () 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."
 852  
 853  "Gamashes (n. pl.) High boots or buskins; in Scotland, short spatterdashes or riding trousers, worn over the other clothing."
 854  
 855  Gamba (n.) A viola da gamba.
 856  
 857  Gambadoes (n.) Same as Gamashes.
 858  
 859  Gambeson (n.) Same as Gambison.
 860  
 861  Gambet (n.) Any bird of the genuis Totanus. See Tattler.
 862  
 863  "Gambier (n.) 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."
 864  
 865  Gambier (n.) Catechu.
 866  
 867  "Gambison (n.) A defensive garment formerly in use for the body, made of cloth stuffed and quilted."
 868  
 869  Gambist (n.) A performer upon the viola di gamba. See under Viola.
 870  
 871  "Gambit (n.) A mode of opening the game, in which a pawn is sacrificed to gain an attacking position."
 872  
 873  Gambled (imp. & p. p.) of Gamble
 874  
 875  Gambling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gamble
 876  
 877  Gamble (v. i.) To play or game for money or other stake.
 878  
 879  Gamble (v. t.) To lose or squander by gaming; -- usually with away.
 880  
 881  Gambler (n.) One who gambles.
 882  
 883  "Gamboge (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. Taking internally, it is a strong and harsh cathartic and emetic."
 884  
 885  Gambogian (a.) Alt. of Gambogic
 886  
 887  "Gambogic (a.) Pertaining to, resembling, or containing, gamboge."
 888  
 889  Gambol (n.) A skipping or leaping about in frolic; a hop; a sportive prank.
 890  
 891  Gamboled (imp. & p. p.) of Gambol
 892  
 893  Gambolled () of Gambol
 894  
 895  Gamboling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gambol
 896  
 897  Gambolling () of Gambol
 898  
 899  "Gambol (v. i.) To dance and skip about in sport; to frisk; to skip; to play in frolic, like boys or lambs."
 900  
 901  Gambrel (n.) The hind leg of a horse.
 902  
 903  Gambrel (n.) A stick crooked like a horse's hind leg; -- used by butchers in suspending slaughtered animals.
 904  
 905  Gambrel (v. t.) To truss or hang up by means of a gambrel.
 906  
 907  Gambroon (n.) A kind of twilled linen cloth for lining.
 908  
 909  "Game (n.) Crooked; lame; as, a game leg."
 910  
 911  "Game (v. i.) Sport of any kind; jest, frolic."
 912  
 913  "Game (v. i.) 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."
 914  
 915  "Game (v. i.) The use or practice of such a game; a single match at play; a single contest; as, a game at cards."
 916  
 917  "Game (v. i.) 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."
 918  
 919  "Game (v. i.) In some games, a point credited on the score to the player whose cards counts up the highest."
 920  
 921  Game (v. i.) A scheme or art employed in the pursuit of an object or purpose; method of procedure; projected line of operations; plan; project.
 922  
 923  "Game (v. i.) Animals pursued and taken by sportsmen; wild meats designed for, or served at, table."
 924  
 925  "Game (a.) Having a resolute, unyielding spirit, like the gamecock; ready to fight to the last; plucky."
 926  
 927  "Game (a.) Of or pertaining to such animals as are hunted for game, or to the act or practice of hunting."
 928  
 929  Gamed (imp. & p. p.) of Game
 930  
 931  Gaming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Game
 932  
 933  "Game (n.) To rejoice; to be pleased; -- often used, in Old English, impersonally with dative."
 934  
 935  Game (n.) To play at any sport or diversion.
 936  
 937  "Game (n.) 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 other thing waged upon the issue of the contest; to gamble."
 938  
 939  Gamecock (n.) The male game fowl.
 940  
 941  "Game fowl () A handsome breed of the common fowl, remarkable for the great courage and pugnacity of the males."
 942  
 943  Gameful (a.) Full of game or games.
 944  
 945  "Gamekeeper (n.) One who has the care of game, especially in a park or preserve."
 946  
 947  Gameless (a.) Destitute of game.
 948  
 949  Gamely (adv.) In a plucky manner; spiritedly.
 950  
 951  Gameness (n.) Endurance; pluck.
 952  
 953  Gamesome (a.) Gay; sportive; playful; frolicsome; merry.
 954  
 955  "Gamester (n.) A merry, frolicsome person."
 956  
 957  "Gamester (n.) A person who plays at games; esp., one accustomed to play for a stake; a gambler; one skilled in games."
 958  
 959  Gamester (n.) A prostitute; a strumpet.
 960  
 961  "Gamic (a.) Pertaining to, or resulting from, sexual connection; formed by the union of the male and female elements."
 962  
 963  Gamin (n.) A neglected and untrained city boy; a young street Arab.
 964  
 965  Gaming (n.) The act or practice of playing games for stakes or wagers; gambling.
 966  
 967  "Gamma (n.) The third letter (/, / = Eng. G) of the Greek alphabet."
 968  
 969  "Gammadion (n.) A cross formed of four capital gammas, formerly used as a mysterious ornament on ecclesiastical vestments, etc. See Fylfot."
 970  
 971  "Gammer (n.) An old wife; an old woman; -- correlative of gaffer, an old man."
 972  
 973  "Gammon (n.) The buttock or thigh of a hog, salted and smoked or dried; the lower end of a flitch."
 974  
 975  Gammoned (imp. & p. p.) of Gammon
 976  
 977  Gammoning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gammon
 978  
 979  Gammon (v. t.) To make bacon of; to salt and dry in smoke.
 980  
 981  Gammon (n.) Backgammon.
 982  
 983  Gammon (n.) An imposition or hoax; humbug.
 984  
 985  "Gammon (v. t.) To beat in the game of backgammon, before an antagonist has been able to get his ""men"" or counters home and withdraw any of them from the board; as, to gammon a person."
 986  
 987  Gammon (v. t.) To impose on; to hoax; to cajole.
 988  
 989  "Gammon (v. t.) To fasten (a bowsprit) to the stem of a vessel by lashings of rope or chain, or by a band of iron."
 990  
 991  Gammoning (n.) 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.
 992  
 993  Gammoning (n.) The act of imposing upon or hoaxing a person.
 994  
 995  Gamogenesis (n.) The production of offspring by the union of parents of different sexes; sexual reproduction; -- the opposite of agamogenesis.
 996  
 997  Gamogenetic (a.) Relating to gamogenesis.
 998  
 999  "Gamomorphism (n.) That stage of growth or development in an organism, in which the reproductive elements are generated and matured in preparation for propagating the species."
1000  
1001  Gamopetalous (a.) Having the petals united or joined so as to form a tube or cup; monopetalous.
1002  
1003  Gamophyllous (a.) Composed of leaves united by their edges (coalescent).
1004  
1005  Gamosepalous (a.) Formed of united sepals; monosepalous.
1006  
1007  Gamut (n.) The scale.
1008  
1009  "Gamy (a.) Having the flavor of game, esp. of game kept uncooked till near the condition of tainting; high-flavored."
1010  
1011  "Gamy (a.) Showing an unyielding spirit to the last; plucky; furnishing sport; as, a gamy trout."
1012  
1013  Gan (v.) Began; commenced.
1014  
1015  "Ganch (n.) To drop from a high place upon sharp stakes or hooks, as the Turks dropped malefactors, by way of punishment."
1016  
1017  Gander (n.) The male of any species of goose.
1018  
1019  Gane (v. i.) To yawn; to gape.
1020  
1021  Ganesa (n.) The Hindoo god of wisdom or prudence.
1022  
1023  Gang (v. i.) To go; to walk.
1024  
1025  Gang (v. i.) A going; a course.
1026  
1027  "Gang (v. i.) 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."
1028  
1029  "Gang (v. i.) 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."
1030  
1031  "Gang (v. i.) A set; all required for an outfit; as, a new gang of stays."
1032  
1033  Gang (v. i.) The mineral substance which incloses a vein; a matrix; a gangue.
1034  
1035  Ganger (n.) One who oversees a gang of workmen.
1036  
1037  "Gangetic (a.) Pertaining to, or inhabiting, the Ganges; as, the Gangetic shark."
1038  
1039  "Gang-flower (n.) The common English milkwort (Polygala vulgaris), so called from blossoming in gang week."
1040  
1041  "Gangion (n.) A short line attached to a trawl. See Trawl, n."
1042  
1043  Gangliac (a.) Alt. of Ganglial
1044  
1045  Ganglial (a.) Relating to a ganglion; ganglionic.
1046  
1047  Gangliate (a.) Alt. of Gangliated
1048  
1049  "Gangliated (a.) Furnished with ganglia; as, the gangliated cords of the sympathetic nervous system."
1050  
1051  Gangliform (a.) Alt. of Ganglioform
1052  
1053  Ganglioform (a.) Having the form of a ganglion.
1054  
1055  Ganglia (pl. ) of Ganglion
1056  
1057  Ganglions (pl. ) of Ganglion
1058  
1059  "Ganglion (n.) A mass or knot of nervous matter, including nerve cells, usually forming an enlargement in the course of a nerve."
1060  
1061  "Ganglion (n.) A node, or gland in the lymphatic system; as, a lymphatic ganglion."
1062  
1063  "Ganglion (n.) 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."
1064  
1065  Ganglionary (a.) Ganglionic.
1066  
1067  "Ganglionic (a.) Pertaining to, containing, or consisting of, ganglia or ganglion cells; as, a ganglionic artery; the ganglionic columns of the spinal cord."
1068  
1069  Gangrel (v. i.) Wandering; vagrant.
1070  
1071  Gangrenate (v. t.) To gangrene.
1072  
1073  Gangrene (n.) 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.
1074  
1075  Gangrened (imp. & p. p.) of Gangrene
1076  
1077  Gangrening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gangrene
1078  
1079  Gangrene (v. t. & i.) To produce gangrene in; to be affected with gangrene.
1080  
1081  Gangrenescent (a.) Tending to mortification or gangrene.
1082  
1083  "Gangrenous (a.) Affected by, or produced by, gangrene; of the nature of gangrene."
1084  
1085  Gangue (n.) The mineral or earthy substance associated with metallic ore.
1086  
1087  "Gangway (v. i.) A passage or way into or out of any inclosed place; esp., a temporary way of access formed of planks."
1088  
1089  "Gangway (v. i.) 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."
1090  
1091  Gangway (v. i.) The opening through the bulwarks of a vessel by which persons enter or leave it.
1092  
1093  "Gangway (v. i.) 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."
1094  
1095  Ganil (n.) A kind of brittle limestone.
1096  
1097  Ganister (n.) Alt. of Gannister
1098  
1099  "Gannister (n.) A refractory material consisting of crushed or ground siliceous stone, mixed with fire clay; -- used for lining Bessemer converters; also used for macadamizing roads."
1100  
1101  "Ganja (n.) The dried hemp plant, used in India for smoking. It is extremely narcotic and intoxicating."
1102  
1103  "Gannet (n.) One of several species of sea birds of the genus Sula, allied to the pelicans."
1104  
1105  "Ganocephala (n. pl.) A group of fossil amphibians allied to the labyrinthodonts, having the head defended by bony, sculptured plates, as in some ganoid fishes."
1106  
1107  Ganocephalous (a.) Of or pertaining to the Ganocephala.
1108  
1109  Ganoid (a.) Of or pertaining to Ganoidei. -- n. One of the Ganoidei.
1110  
1111  Ganoidal (a.) Ganoid.
1112  
1113  "Ganoidei (n. pl.) 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."
1114  
1115  Ganoidian (a. & n.) Ganoid.
1116  
1117  Ganoine (n.) A peculiar bony tissue beneath the enamel of a ganoid scale.
1118  
1119  Gansa (n.) Same as Ganza.
1120  
1121  "Gantlet (n.) 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."
1122  
1123  Gantlet (n.) A glove. See Gauntlet.
1124  
1125  Gantline (n.) A line rigged to a mast; -- used in hoisting rigging; a girtline.
1126  
1127  Gantlope (n.) See Gantlet.
1128  
1129  Gantry (n.) See Gauntree.
1130  
1131  "Ganza (n.) A kind of wild goose, by a flock of which a virtuoso was fabled to be carried to the lunar world."
1132  
1133  "Gaol (n.) A place of confinement, especially for minor offenses or provisional imprisonment; a jail."
1134  
1135  Gaoler (n.) The keeper of a jail. See Jailer.
1136  
1137  "Gap (n.) 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."
1138  
1139  "Gap (v. t.) To notch, as a sword or knife."
1140  
1141  Gap (v. t.) To make an opening in; to breach.
1142  
1143  Gaped (imp. & p. p.) of Gape
1144  
1145  Gaping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gape
1146  
1147  Gape (v. i.) To open the mouth wide
1148  
1149  "Gape (v. i.) Expressing a desire for food; as, young birds gape."
1150  
1151  Gape (v. i.) Indicating sleepiness or indifference; to yawn.
1152  
1153  "Gape (v. i.) To pen or part widely; to exhibit a gap, fissure, or hiatus."
1154  
1155  "Gape (v. i.) To long, wait eagerly, or cry aloud for something; -- with for, after, or at."
1156  
1157  Gape (n.) The act of gaping; a yawn.
1158  
1159  "Gape (n.) The width of the mouth when opened, as of birds, fishes, etc."
1160  
1161  The gapes () A fit of yawning.
1162  
1163  "The gapes () 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."
1164  
1165  Gaper (n.) One who gapes.
1166  
1167  Gaper (n.) A European fish. See 4th Comber.
1168  
1169  "Gaper (n.) A large edible clam (Schizothaerus Nuttalli), of the Pacific coast; -- called also gaper clam."
1170  
1171  "Gaper (n.) An East Indian bird of the genus Cymbirhynchus, related to the broadbills."
1172  
1173  Gapeseed (n.) Any strange sight.
1174  
1175  Gapesing (n.) Act of gazing about; sightseeing.
1176  
1177  Gapeworm (n.) The parasitic worm that causes the gapes in birds. See Illustration in Appendix.
1178  
1179  Gapingstock (n.) One who is an object of open-mouthed wonder.
1180  
1181  Gap-toothed (a.) Having interstices between the teeth.
1182  
1183  Gar (v.) Any slender marine fish of the genera Belone and Tylosurus. See Garfish.
1184  
1185  "Gar (v.) The gar pike. See Alligator gar (under Alligator), and Gar pike."
1186  
1187  Gar (n.) To cause; to make.
1188  
1189  Garancin (n.) An extract of madder by sulphuric acid. It consists essentially of alizarin.
1190  
1191  Garb (n.) Clothing in general.
1192  
1193  "Garb (n.) 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."
1194  
1195  "Garb (n.) Costume; fashion; as, the garb of a gentleman in the 16th century."
1196  
1197  "Garb (n.) External appearance, as expressive of the feelings or character; looks; fashion or manner, as of speech."
1198  
1199  "Garb (n.) A sheaf of grain (wheat, unless otherwise specified)."
1200  
1201  Garb (v. t.) To clothe; array; deck.
1202  
1203  "Garbage (n.) Offal, as the bowels of an animal or fish; refuse animal or vegetable matter from a kitchen; hence, anything worthless, disgusting, or loathsome."
1204  
1205  Garbage (v. t.) To strip of the bowels; to clean.
1206  
1207  Garbed (a.) Dressed; habited; clad.
1208  
1209  Garbel (n.) Same as Garboard.
1210  
1211  "Garbel (v. t.) Anything sifted, or from which the coarse parts have been taken."
1212  
1213  Garbled (imp. & p. p.) of Garble
1214  
1215  Garbling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Garble
1216  
1217  "Garble (v. t.) 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."
1218  
1219  "Garble (v. t.) To pick out such parts of as may serve a purpose; to mutilate; to pervert; as, to garble a quotation; to garble an account."
1220  
1221  Garble (n.) Refuse; rubbish.
1222  
1223  "Garble (n.) Impurities separated from spices, drugs, etc.; -- also called garblings."
1224  
1225  Garbler (n.) One who garbles.
1226  
1227  "Garboard (n.) One of the planks next the keel on the outside, which form a garboard strake."
1228  
1229  Garboil (n.) Tumult; disturbance; disorder.
1230  
1231  "Garcinia (n.) 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."
1232  
1233  Gard (n.) Garden.
1234  
1235  Gard (v. & n.) See Guard.
1236  
1237  "Gardant (a.) Turning the head towards the spectator, but not the body; -- said of a lion or other beast."
1238  
1239  "Garden (n.) A piece of ground appropriated to the cultivation of herbs, fruits, flowers, or vegetables."
1240  
1241  "Garden (n.) A rich, well-cultivated spot or tract of country."
1242  
1243  Gardened (imp. & p. p.) of Garden
1244  
1245  Gardening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Garden
1246  
1247  Garden (v. i.) To lay out or cultivate a garden; to labor in a garden; to practice horticulture.
1248  
1249  Garden (v. t.) To cultivate as a garden.
1250  
1251  Gardener (n.) One who makes and tends a garden; a horticulturist.
1252  
1253  "Gardenia (n.) A genus of plants, some species of which produce beautiful and fragrant flowers; Cape jasmine; -- so called in honor of Dr. Alexander Garden."
1254  
1255  Gardening (n.) The art of occupation of laying out and cultivating gardens; horticulture.
1256  
1257  Gardenless (a.) Destitute of a garden.
1258  
1259  Gardenly (a.) Like a garden.
1260  
1261  Gardenship (n.) Horticulture.
1262  
1263  Gardon (n.) A European cyprinoid fish; the id.
1264  
1265  "Gardyloo (n.) An old cry in throwing water, slops, etc., from the windows in Edingburgh."
1266  
1267  Gare (n.) Coarse wool on the legs of sheep.
1268  
1269  "Garefowl (n.) The great auk; also, the razorbill. See Auk."
1270  
1271  "Garfish (n.) A European marine fish (Belone vulgaris); -- called also gar, gerrick, greenback, greenbone, gorebill, hornfish, longnose, mackerel guide, sea needle, and sea pike."
1272  
1273  "Garfish (n.) One of several species of similar fishes of the genus Tylosurus, of which one species (T. marinus) is common on the Atlantic coast. T. Caribbaeus, 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."
1274  
1275  Gargalize (v. t.) To gargle; to rinse.
1276  
1277  "Garganey (n.) A small European duck (Anas querquedula); -- called also cricket teal, and summer teal."
1278  
1279  "Gargantuan (a.) Characteristic of Gargantua, a gigantic, wonderful personage; enormous; prodigious; inordinate."
1280  
1281  Gargarism (n.) A gargle.
1282  
1283  "Gargarize (v. t.) To gargle; to rinse or wash, as the mouth and throat."
1284  
1285  Garget (n.) The throat.
1286  
1287  "Garget (n.) A diseased condition of the udders of cows, etc., arising from an inflammation of the mammary glands."
1288  
1289  "Garget (n.) A distemper in hogs, indicated by staggering and loss of appetite."
1290  
1291  Garget (n.) See Poke.
1292  
1293  "Gargil (n.) A distemper in geese, affecting the head."
1294  
1295  Gargle (n.) See Gargoyle.
1296  
1297  Garggled (imp. & p. p.) of Gargle
1298  
1299  Gargling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gargle
1300  
1301  "Gargle (v. t.) 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."
1302  
1303  Gargle (v. t.) To warble; to sing as if gargling
1304  
1305  "Gargle (n.) A liquid, as water or some medicated preparation, used to cleanse the mouth and throat, especially for a medical effect."
1306  
1307  Gargol (n.) A distemper in swine; garget.
1308  
1309  Gargoulette (n.) A water cooler or jug with a handle and spout; a gurglet.
1310  
1311  "Gargoyle (n.) A spout projecting from the roof gutter of a building, often carved grotesquely."
1312  
1313  Gargyle (n.) See Gargoyle.
1314  
1315  Garibaldi (n.) A jacket worn by women; -- so called from its resemblance in shape to the red shirt worn by the Italians patriot Garibaldi.
1316  
1317  Garibaldi (n.) A California market fish (Pomancentrus rubicundus) of a deep scarlet color.
1318  
1319  Garish (a.) Showy; dazzling; ostentatious; attracting or exciting attention.
1320  
1321  Garish (a.) Gay to extravagance; flighty.
1322  
1323  Garland (n.) The crown of a king.
1324  
1325  "Garland (n.) 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."
1326  
1327  Garland (n.) The top; the thing most prized.
1328  
1329  Garland (n.) A book of extracts in prose or poetry; an anthology.
1330  
1331  Garland (n.) A sort of netted bag used by sailors to keep provision in.
1332  
1333  Garland (n.) A grommet or ring of rope lashed to a spar for convenience in handling.
1334  
1335  Garlanded (imp. & p. p.) of Garland
1336  
1337  Garlanding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Garland
1338  
1339  Garland (v. t.) To deck with a garland.
1340  
1341  Garlandless (a.) Destitute of a garland.
1342  
1343  "Garlic (n.) 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."
1344  
1345  Garlic (n.) A kind of jig or farce.
1346  
1347  Garlicky (a.) Like or containing garlic.
1348  
1349  "Garment (n.) Any article of clothing, as a coat, a gown, etc."
1350  
1351  "Garmented (p. a.) Having on a garment; attired; enveloped, as with a garment."
1352  
1353  Garmenture (n.) Clothing; dress.
1354  
1355  Garner (n.) A granary; a building or place where grain is stored for preservation.
1356  
1357  Garnered (imp. & p. p.) of Garner
1358  
1359  Garnering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Garner
1360  
1361  "Garner (v. t.) To gather for preservation; to store, as in a granary; to treasure."
1362  
1363  "Garnet (n.) 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."
1364  
1365  Garnet (n.) A tackle for hoisting cargo in our out.
1366  
1367  Garnetiferous (a.) Containing garnets.
1368  
1369  Garnierite (n.) An amorphous mineral of apple-green color; a hydrous silicate of nickel and magnesia. It is an important ore of nickel.
1370  
1371  Garnished (imp. & p. p.) of Garnish
1372  
1373  Garnishing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Garnish
1374  
1375  Garnish (v. t.) To decorate with ornamental appendages; to set off; to adorn; to embellish.
1376  
1377  "Garnish (v. t.) To ornament, as a dish, with something laid about it; as, a dish garnished with parsley."
1378  
1379  Garnish (v. t.) To furnish; to supply.
1380  
1381  Garnish (v. t.) To fit with fetters.
1382  
1383  "Garnish (v. t.) To warn by garnishment; to give notice to; to garnishee. See Garnishee, v. t."
1384  
1385  "Garnish (n.) Something added for embellishment; decoration; ornament; also, dress; garments, especially such as are showy or decorated."
1386  
1387  "Garnish (n.) Something set round or upon a dish as an embellishment. See Garnish, v. t., 2."
1388  
1389  Garnish (v. t.) Fetters.
1390  
1391  "Garnish (v. t.) A fee; specifically, in English jails, formerly an unauthorized fee demanded by the old prisoners of a newcomer."
1392  
1393  "Garnishee (n.) 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."
1394  
1395  Garnisheed (imp. & p. p.) of Garnishee
1396  
1397  Garnisheeing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Garnishee
1398  
1399  Garnishee (v. t.) To make (a person) a garnishee; to warn by garnishment; to garnish.
1400  
1401  Garnishee (v. t.) To attach (the fund or property sought to be secured by garnishment); to trustee.
1402  
1403  "Garnisher (n.) One who, or that which, garnishes."
1404  
1405  Garnishment (n.) Ornament; embellishment; decoration.
1406  
1407  "Garnishment (n.) Warning, or legal notice, to one to appear and give information to the court on any matter."
1408  
1409  "Garnishment (n.) 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."
1410  
1411  "Garnishment (n.) A fee. See Garnish, n., 4."
1412  
1413  Garniture (v. t.) That which garnishes; ornamental appendage; embellishment; furniture; dress.
1414  
1415  Garookuh (n.) A small fishing vessel met with in the Persian Gulf.
1416  
1417  "Garous (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, garum."
1418  
1419  Gar pike () Alt. of Garpike
1420  
1421  Garpike () See under Gar.
1422  
1423  Garran (n.) See Galloway.
1424  
1425  Garret (n.) A turret; a watchtower.
1426  
1427  "Garret (n.) That part of a house which is on the upper floor, immediately under or within the roof; an attic."
1428  
1429  Garreted (a.) Protected by turrets.
1430  
1431  Garreteer (n.) One who lives in a garret; a poor author; a literary hack.
1432  
1433  Garreting (n.) Small splinters of stone inserted into the joints of coarse masonry.
1434  
1435  Garrison (n.) A body of troops stationed in a fort or fortified town.
1436  
1437  "Garrison (n.) A fortified place, in which troops are quartered for its security."
1438  
1439  Garrisoned (imp. & p. p.) of Garrison
1440  
1441  Garrisoning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Garrison
1442  
1443  "Garrison (v. t.) To place troops in, as a fortification, for its defense; to furnish with soldiers; as, to garrison a fort or town."
1444  
1445  "Garrison (v. t.) To secure or defend by fortresses manned with troops; as, to garrison a conquered territory."
1446  
1447  Garron (n.) Same as Garran.
1448  
1449  "Garrot (n.) A stick or small wooden cylinder used for tightening a bandage, in order to compress the arteries of a limb."
1450  
1451  Garrot (n.) The European golden-eye.
1452  
1453  "Garrote (n.) A Spanish mode of execution by strangulation, with an iron collar affixed to a post and tightened by a screw until life become extinct; also, the instrument by means of which the punishment is inflicted."
1454  
1455  Garroted (imp. & p. p.) of Garrote
1456  
1457  Garroting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Garrote
1458  
1459  "Garrote (v. t.) To strangle with the garrote; hence, to seize by the throat, from behind, with a view to strangle and rob."
1460  
1461  "Garroter (n.) One who seizes a person by the throat from behind, with a view to strangle and rob him."
1462  
1463  Garrulity (n.) Talkativeness; loquacity.
1464  
1465  "Garrulous (a.) Talking much, especially about commonplace or trivial things; talkative; loquacious."
1466  
1467  "Garrulous (a.) Having a loud, harsh note; noisy; -- said of birds; as, the garrulous roller."
1468  
1469  "Garrupa (n.) One of several species of California market fishes, of the genus Sebastichthys; -- called also rockfish. See Rockfish."
1470  
1471  Garter (n.) A band used to prevent a stocking from slipping down on the leg.
1472  
1473  "Garter (n.) 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."
1474  
1475  Garter (n.) Same as Bendlet.
1476  
1477  Gartered (imp. & p. p.) of Garter
1478  
1479  Gartering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Garter
1480  
1481  Garter (v. t.) To bind with a garter.
1482  
1483  Garter (v. t.) To invest with the Order of the Garter.
1484  
1485  "Garth (n.) A close; a yard; a croft; a garden; as, a cloister garth."
1486  
1487  Garth (n.) A dam or weir for catching fish.
1488  
1489  Garth (n.) A hoop or band.
1490  
1491  Garum (n.) A sauce made of small fish. It was prized by the ancients.
1492  
1493  "Garvie (n.) The sprat; -- called also garvie herring, and garvock."
1494  
1495  Gases (pl. ) of Gas
1496  
1497  "Gas (n.) An aeriform 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 aeriform state."
1498  
1499  "Gas (n.) 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."
1500  
1501  Gas (n.) Laughing gas.
1502  
1503  Gas (n.) Any irrespirable aeriform fluid.
1504  
1505  Gasalier (n.) A chandelier arranged to burn gas.
1506  
1507  Gas-burner (n.) The jet piece of a gas fixture where the gas is burned as it escapes from one or more minute orifices.
1508  
1509  "Gascoines (n. pl.) See Gaskins, 1."
1510  
1511  "Gascon (a.) Of or pertaining to Gascony, in France, or to the Gascons; also, braggart; swaggering."
1512  
1513  Gascon (n.) A native of Gascony; a boaster; a bully. See Gasconade.
1514  
1515  Gasconade (n.) A boast or boasting; a vaunt; a bravado; a bragging; braggodocio.
1516  
1517  Gasconaded (imp. & p. p.) of Gasconade
1518  
1519  Gasconading (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gasconade
1520  
1521  Gasconade (v. i.) To boast; to brag; to bluster.
1522  
1523  Gasconader (n.) A great boaster; a blusterer.
1524  
1525  Gascoynes (n. pl.) Gaskins.
1526  
1527  Gaseity (n.) State of being gaseous.
1528  
1529  "Gaseous (a.) In the form, or of the nature, of gas, or of an aeriform fluid."
1530  
1531  Gaseous (a.) Lacking substance or solidity; tenuous.
1532  
1533  Gashed (imp. & p. p.) of Gash
1534  
1535  Gashing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gash
1536  
1537  "Gash (v. t.) To make a gash, or long, deep incision in; -- applied chiefly to incisions in flesh."
1538  
1539  "Gash (n.) A deep and long cut; an incision of considerable length and depth, particularly in flesh."
1540  
1541  Gashful (a.) Full of gashes; hideous; frightful.
1542  
1543  Gasification (n.) The act or process of converting into gas.
1544  
1545  Gasiform (a.) Having a form of gas; gaseous.
1546  
1547  Gasified (imp. & p. p.) of Gasify
1548  
1549  Gasifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gasify
1550  
1551  "Gasify (v. t.) To convert into gas, or an aeriform fluid, as by the application of heat, or by chemical processes."
1552  
1553  Gasify (v. i.) To become gas; to pass from a liquid to a gaseous state.
1554  
1555  Gasket (n.) 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.
1556  
1557  "Gasket (n.) The plaited hemp used for packing a piston, as of the steam engine and its pumps."
1558  
1559  Gasket (n.) Any ring or washer of packing.
1560  
1561  Gaskins (n.pl.) Loose hose or breeches; galligaskins.
1562  
1563  Gaskins (n.pl.) Packing of hemp.
1564  
1565  Gaskins (n.pl.) A horse's thighs.
1566  
1567  Gaslight (n.) The light yielded by the combustion of illuminating gas.
1568  
1569  Gaslight (n.) A gas jet or burner.
1570  
1571  "Gasogen (n.) An apparatus for the generation of gases, or for impregnating a liquid with a gas, or a gas with a volatile liquid."
1572  
1573  "Gasogen (n.) A volatile hydrocarbon, used as an illuminant, or for charging illuminating gas."
1574  
1575  Gasolene (n.) See Gasoline.
1576  
1577  Gasolier (n.) Same as Gasalier.
1578  
1579  "Gasoline (n.) A highly volatile mixture of fluid hydrocarbons, obtained from petroleum, as also by the distillation of bituminous coal. It is used in making air gas, and in giving illuminating power to water gas. See Carburetor."
1580  
1581  "Gasometer (n.) 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."
1582  
1583  Gasometric (a.) Alt. of Gasometrical
1584  
1585  "Gasometrical (a.) Of or pertaining to the measurement of gases; as, gasometric analysis."
1586  
1587  "Gasometry (n.) The art or practice of measuring gases; also, the science which treats of the nature and properties of these elastic fluids."
1588  
1589  "Gasoscope (n.) An apparatus for detecting the presence of any dangerous gas, from a gas leak in a coal mine or a dwelling house."
1590  
1591  Gasped (imp. & p. p.) of Gasp
1592  
1593  Gasping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gasp
1594  
1595  "Gasp (v. i.) To open the mouth wide in catching the breath, or in laborious respiration; to labor for breath; to respire convulsively; to pant violently."
1596  
1597  Gasp (v. i.) To pant with eagerness; to show vehement desire.
1598  
1599  "Gasp (v. t.) To emit or utter with gasps; -- with forth, out, away, etc."
1600  
1601  Gasp (n.) The act of opening the mouth convulsively to catch the breath; a labored respiration; a painful catching of the breath.
1602  
1603  Gaspereau (n.) The alewife.
1604  
1605  "Gasserian (a.) Relating to Casserio (L. Gasserius), the discover of the Gasserian ganglion."
1606  
1607  Gassing (n.) 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.
1608  
1609  Gassing (n.) Boasting; insincere or empty talk.
1610  
1611  Gassy (a.) Full of gas; like gas. Hence: [Colloq.] Inflated; full of boastful or insincere talk.
1612  
1613  Gast (v. t.) To make aghast; to frighten; to terrify. See Aghast.
1614  
1615  Gaster (v. t.) To gast.
1616  
1617  "Gasteromycetes (n. pl.) An order of fungi, in which the spores are borne inside a sac called the peridium, as in the puffballs."
1618  
1619  Gasteropod (n.) Same as Gastropod.
1620  
1621  Gasteropoda (n. pl.) Same as Gastropoda.
1622  
1623  Gasteropodous (a.) Same as Gastropodous.
1624  
1625  Gastful (a.) Alt. of Gastly
1626  
1627  "Gastly (a.) See Ghastful, Ghastly."
1628  
1629  Gastight (a.) So tightly fitted as to preclude the escape of gas; impervious to gas.
1630  
1631  Gastness (n.) See Ghastness.
1632  
1633  Gastornis (n.) A genus of large eocene birds from the Paris basin.
1634  
1635  "Gastraea (n.) 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 Gastraea theory of Haeckel. See Gastrula."
1636  
1637  "Gastralgia (n.) Pain in the stomach or epigastrium, as in gastric disorders."
1638  
1639  "Gastric (a.) Of, pertaining to, or situated near, the stomach; as, the gastric artery."
1640  
1641  Gastriloquist (n.) One who appears to speak from his stomach; a ventriloquist.
1642  
1643  Gastriloquous (a.) Ventriloquous.
1644  
1645  Gastriloquy (n.) A voice or utterance which appears to proceed from the stomach; ventriloquy.
1646  
1647  "Gastritis (n.) Inflammation of the stomach, esp. of its mucuos membrane."
1648  
1649  "Gastro- () A combining form from the Gr. /, /, the stomach, or belly; as in gastrocolic, gastrocele, gastrotomy."
1650  
1651  Gastrocnemius (n.) The muscle which makes the greater part of the calf of the leg.
1652  
1653  "Gastrocolic (a.) Pertaining to both the stomach and the colon; as, the gastrocolic, or great, omentum."
1654  
1655  Gastrodisc (n.) That part of blastoderm where the hypoblast appears like a small disk on the inner face of the epibladst.
1656  
1657  "Gastroduodenal (a.) Pertaining to the stomach and duodenum; as, the gastroduodenal artery."
1658  
1659  Gastroduodenitis (n.) Inflammation of the stomach and duodenum. It is one of the most frequent causes of jaundice.
1660  
1661  "Gastroelytrotomy (n.) 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 Caesarean operation, and less dangerous."
1662  
1663  Gastroenteric (a.) Gastrointestinal.
1664  
1665  Gastroenteritis (n.) Inflammation of the lining membrane of the stomach and the intestines.
1666  
1667  Gastroepiploic (a.) Of or pertaining to the stomach and omentum.
1668  
1669  "Gastrohepatic (a.) Pertaining to the stomach and liver; hepatogastric; as, the gastrohepatic, or lesser, omentum."
1670  
1671  Gastrohysterotomy (n.) Caesarean section. See under Caesarean.
1672  
1673  Gastrointestinal (a.) Of or pertaining to the stomach and intestines; gastroenteric.
1674  
1675  "Gastrolith (n.) See Crab's eyes, under Crab."
1676  
1677  Gastrology (n.) The science which treats of the structure and functions of the stomach; a treatise of the stomach.
1678  
1679  Gastromalacia (n.) A softening of the coats of the stomach; -- usually a post-morten change.
1680  
1681  "Gastromancy (n.) A kind of divination, by means of words seemingly uttered from the stomach."
1682  
1683  "Gastromancy (n.) 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."
1684  
1685  "Gastromyces (n.) The fungoid growths sometimes found in the stomach; such as Torula, etc."
1686  
1687  Gastromyth (n.) One whose voice appears to proceed from the stomach; a ventriloquist.
1688  
1689  Gastronome (n.) Alt. of Gastronomer
1690  
1691  Gastronomer (n.) One fond of good living; an epicure.
1692  
1693  Gastronomic (a.) Alt. of Gastronomical
1694  
1695  Gastronomical (a.) Pertaining to gastromony.
1696  
1697  Gastronomist (n.) A gastromomer.
1698  
1699  Gastronomy (n.) The art or science of good eating; epicurism; the art of good cheer.
1700  
1701  "Gastrophrenic (a.) Pertaining to the stomach and diaphragm; as, the gastrophrenic ligament."
1702  
1703  "Gastropneumatic (a.) Pertaining to the alimentary canal and air passages, and to the cavities connected with them; as, the gastropneumatic mucuos membranes."
1704  
1705  Gastropod (n.) One of the Gastropoda.
1706  
1707  "Gastropoda (n. pl.) 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."
1708  
1709  Gastropodous (a.) Of or pertaining to the Gastropoda.
1710  
1711  Gastroraphy (n.) The operation of sewing up wounds of the abdomen.
1712  
1713  Gastroscope (n.) An instrument for viewing or examining the interior of the stomach.
1714  
1715  Gastroscopic (a.) Of or pertaining to gastroscopy.
1716  
1717  "Gastroscopy (n.) Examination of the abdomen or stomach, as with the gastroscope."
1718  
1719  "Gastrosplenic (n.) Pertaining to the stomach and spleen; as, the gastrosplenic ligament."
1720  
1721  Gastrostege (n.) One of the large scales on the belly of a serpent.
1722  
1723  "Gastrostomy (n.) The operation of making a permanent opening into the stomach, for the introduction of food."
1724  
1725  "Gastrotomy (n.) A cutting into, or opening of, the abdomen or the stomach."
1726  
1727  "Gastrotricha (n. pl.) 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."
1728  
1729  Gastrotrocha (n.) A form of annelid larva having cilia on the ventral side.
1730  
1731  "Gastrovascular (a.) Having the structure, or performing the functions, both of digestive and circulatory organs; as, the gastrovascular cavity of c/lenterates."
1732  
1733  Gastrulae (pl. ) of Gastrula
1734  
1735  "Gastrula (n.) 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 Gastraea."
1736  
1737  Gastrula (a.) Of or pertaining to a gastrula.
1738  
1739  "Gastrulation (n.) The process of invagination, in embryonic development, by which a gastrula is formed."
1740  
1741  Gastrura (n. pl.) See Stomatopoda.
1742  
1743  Gastrurous (a.) Pertaining to the Gastrura.
1744  
1745  Gat () imp. of Get.
1746  
1747  "Gate (n.) 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."
1748  
1749  "Gate (n.) 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."
1750  
1751  "Gate (n.) A door, valve, or other device, for stopping the passage of water through a dam, lock, pipe, etc."
1752  
1753  "Gate (n.) The places which command the entrances or access; hence, place of vantage; power; might."
1754  
1755  "Gate (n.) In a lock tumbler, the opening for the stump of the bolt to pass through or into."
1756  
1757  Gate (n.) The channel or opening through which metal is poured into the mold; the ingate.
1758  
1759  Gate (n.) The waste piece of metal cast in the opening; a sprue or sullage piece.
1760  
1761  Gate (v. t.) To supply with a gate.
1762  
1763  Gate (v. t.) To punish by requiring to be within the gates at an earlier hour than usual.
1764  
1765  Gate (n.) A way; a path; a road; a street (as in Highgate).
1766  
1767  Gate (n.) Manner; gait.
1768  
1769  Gated (a.) Having gates.
1770  
1771  Gatehouse (n.) A house connected or associated with a gate.
1772  
1773  Gateless (a.) Having no gate.
1774  
1775  Gateman (n.) A gate keeper; a gate tender.
1776  
1777  Gatepost (n.) A post to which a gate is hung; -- called also swinging / hinging post.
1778  
1779  Gatepost (n.) A post against which a gate closes; -- called also shutting post.
1780  
1781  "Gateway (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."
1782  
1783  Gatewise (adv.) In the manner of a gate.
1784  
1785  Gathered (imp. & p. p.) of Gather
1786  
1787  Gathering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gather
1788  
1789  "Gather (v. t.) 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."
1790  
1791  "Gather (v. t.) 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."
1792  
1793  Gather (v. t.) To accumulate by collecting and saving little by little; to amass; to gain; to heap up.
1794  
1795  "Gather (v. t.) 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."
1796  
1797  "Gather (v. t.) To derive, or deduce, as an inference; to collect, as a conclusion, from circumstances that suggest, or arguments that prove; to infer; to conclude."
1798  
1799  Gather (v. t.) To gain; to win.
1800  
1801  "Gather (v. t.) 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."
1802  
1803  "Gather (v. t.) To haul in; to take up; as, to gather the slack of a rope."
1804  
1805  Gather (v. i.) To come together; to collect; to unite; to become assembled; to congregate.
1806  
1807  Gather (v. i.) To grow larger by accretion; to increase.
1808  
1809  "Gather (v. i.) To concentrate; to come to a head, as a sore, and generate pus; as, a boil has gathered."
1810  
1811  Gather (v. i.) To collect or bring things together.
1812  
1813  "Gather (n.) A plait or fold in cloth, made by drawing a thread through it; a pucker."
1814  
1815  Gather (n.) The inclination forward of the axle journals to keep the wheels from working outward.
1816  
1817  "Gather (n.) The soffit or under surface of the masonry required in gathering. See Gather, v. t., 7."
1818  
1819  Gatherable (a.) Capable of being gathered or collected; deducible from premises.
1820  
1821  Gatherer (n.) One who gathers or collects.
1822  
1823  Gatherer (n.) An attachment for making gathers in the cloth.
1824  
1825  Gathering (n.) The act of collecting or bringing together.
1826  
1827  "Gathering (n.) That which is gathered, collected, or brought together"
1828  
1829  Gathering (n.) A crowd; an assembly; a congregation.
1830  
1831  Gathering (n.) A charitable contribution; a collection.
1832  
1833  Gathering (n.) A tumor or boil suppurated or maturated; an abscess.
1834  
1835  Gathering (a.) Assembling; collecting; used for gathering or concentrating.
1836  
1837  "Gatling gun () An American machine gun, consisting of a cluster of barrels which, being revolved by a crank, are automatically loaded and fired."
1838  
1839  "Gatten tree () A name given to the small trees called guelder-rose (Viburnum Opulus), cornel (Cornus sanguinea), and spindle tree (Euonymus Europaeus)."
1840  
1841  Gat-toothed (a.) Goat-toothed; having a lickerish tooth; lustful; wanton.
1842  
1843  "Gauche (n.) Left handed; hence, awkward; clumsy."
1844  
1845  Gauche (n.) Winding; twisted; warped; -- applied to curves and surfaces.
1846  
1847  Gaucherie (n.) An awkward action; clumsiness; boorishness.
1848  
1849  Gauchos (pl. ) of Gaucho
1850  
1851  "Gaucho (n.) One of the native inhabitants of the pampas, of Spanish-American descent. They live mostly by rearing cattle."
1852  
1853  Gaud (n.) Trick; jest; sport.
1854  
1855  Gaud (n.) Deceit; fraud; artifice; device.
1856  
1857  Gaud (n.) An ornament; a piece of worthless finery; a trinket.
1858  
1859  Gaud (n.) To sport or keep festival.
1860  
1861  Gauded (imp. & p. p.) of Gaud
1862  
1863  Gauding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gaud
1864  
1865  Gaud (v. t.) To bedeck gaudily; to decorate with gauds or showy trinkets or colors; to paint.
1866  
1867  "Gaud-day (n.) See Gaudy, a feast."
1868  
1869  Gaudery (n.) Finery; ornaments; ostentatious display.
1870  
1871  Gaudful (a.) Joyful; showy.
1872  
1873  Gaudily (adv.) In a gaudy manner.
1874  
1875  Gaudiness (n.) The quality of being gaudy.
1876  
1877  Gaudish (a.) Gaudy.
1878  
1879  Gaudless (a.) Destitute of ornament.
1880  
1881  "Gaudy (superl.) Ostentatiously fine; showy; gay, but tawdry or meretricious."
1882  
1883  Gaudy (superl.) Gay; merry; festal.
1884  
1885  Gaudies (pl. ) of Gaudy
1886  
1887  Gaudy (n.) One of the large beads in the rosary at which the paternoster is recited.
1888  
1889  Gaudy (n.) A feast or festival; -- called also gaud-day and gaudy day.
1890  
1891  Gaudygreen (a. / n.) Light green.
1892  
1893  "Gauffer (v. t.) To plait, crimp, or flute; to goffer, as lace. See Goffer."
1894  
1895  Gauffering (n.) A mode of plaiting or fluting.
1896  
1897  "Gauffre (n.) A gopher, esp. the pocket gopher."
1898  
1899  Gauged (imp. & p. p.) of Gauge
1900  
1901  Gauging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gauge
1902  
1903  Gauge (v. t.) To measure or determine with a gauge.
1904  
1905  "Gauge (v. t.) To measure or to ascertain the contents or the capacity of, as of a pipe, barrel, or keg."
1906  
1907  "Gauge (v. t.) To measure the dimensions of, or to test the accuracy of the form of, as of a part of a gunlock."
1908  
1909  "Gauge (v. t.) To draw into equidistant gathers by running a thread through it, as cloth or a garment."
1910  
1911  "Gauge (v. t.) To measure the capacity, character, or ability of; to estimate; to judge of."
1912  
1913  "Gauge (n.) A measure; a standard of measure; an instrument to determine dimensions, distance, or capacity; a standard."
1914  
1915  Gauge (n.) Measure; dimensions; estimate.
1916  
1917  "Gauge (n.) Any instrument for ascertaining or regulating the dimensions or forms of things; a templet or template; as, a button maker's gauge."
1918  
1919  "Gauge (n.) 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."
1920  
1921  "Gauge (n.) 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."
1922  
1923  Gauge (n.) The depth to which a vessel sinks in the water.
1924  
1925  Gauge (n.) The distance between the rails of a railway.
1926  
1927  Gauge (n.) The quantity of plaster of Paris used with common plaster to accelerate its setting.
1928  
1929  "Gauge (n.) 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."
1930  
1931  Gaugeable (a.) Capable of being gauged.
1932  
1933  "Gauged (p. a.) Tested or measured by, or conformed to, a gauge."
1934  
1935  Gauger (n.) One who gauges; an officer whose business it is to ascertain the contents of casks.
1936  
1937  Gauger-ship (n.) The office of a gauger.
1938  
1939  "Gauging rod () See Gauge rod, under Gauge, n."
1940  
1941  "Gaul (n.) The Anglicized form of Gallia, which in the time of the Romans included France and Upper Italy (Transalpine and Cisalpine Gaul)."
1942  
1943  Gaul (n.) A native or inhabitant of Gaul.
1944  
1945  "Gaulish (a.) Pertaining to ancient France, or Gaul; Gallic."
1946  
1947  "Gault (n.) A series of beds of clay and marl in the South of England, between the upper and lower greensand of the Cretaceous period."
1948  
1949  "Gaultheria (n.) 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)."
1950  
1951  "Gaunt (a.) Attenuated, as with fasting or suffering; lean; meager; pinched and grim."
1952  
1953  Gauntlet (n.) See Gantlet.
1954  
1955  Gauntlet (n.) A glove of such material that it defends the hand from wounds.
1956  
1957  "Gauntlet (n.) A long glove, covering the wrist."
1958  
1959  Gauntlet (n.) A rope on which hammocks or clothes are hung for drying.
1960  
1961  Gauntletted (a.) Wearing a gauntlet.
1962  
1963  Gauntly (adv.) In a gaunt manner; meagerly.
1964  
1965  Gauntree (n.) Alt. of Gauntry
1966  
1967  Gauntry (n.) A frame for supporting barrels in a cellar or elsewhere.
1968  
1969  Gauntry (n.) A scaffolding or frame carrying a crane or other structure.
1970  
1971  "Gaur (n.) An East Indian species of wild cattle (Bibos gauris), of large size and an untamable disposition."
1972  
1973  Gaure (v. i.) To gaze; to stare.
1974  
1975  "Gauze (n.) A very thin, slight, transparent stuff, generally of silk; also, any fabric resembling silk gauze; as, wire gauze; cotton gauze."
1976  
1977  "Gauze (a.) Having the qualities of gauze; thin; light; as, gauze merino underclothing."
1978  
1979  Gauziness (n.) The quality of being gauzy; flimsiness.
1980  
1981  "Gauzy (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, gauze; thin and slight as gauze."
1982  
1983  Gave () imp. of Give.
1984  
1985  Gavel (n.) A gable.
1986  
1987  "Gavel (n.) A small heap of grain, not tied up into a bundle."
1988  
1989  "Gavel (n.) The mallet of the presiding officer in a legislative body, public assembly, court, masonic body, etc."
1990  
1991  Gavel (n.) A mason's setting maul.
1992  
1993  Gavel (n.) Tribute; toll; custom. [Obs.] See Gabel.
1994  
1995  Gavelet (n.) An ancient special kind of cessavit used in Kent and London for the recovery of rent.
1996  
1997  "Gavelkind (n.) 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."
1998  
1999  Gaveloche (n.) Same as Gavelock.
2000  
2001  Gavelock (n.) A spear or dart.
2002  
2003  Gavelock (n.) An iron crow or lever.
2004  
2005  Gaverick (n.) The European red gurnard (Trigla cuculus).
2006  
2007  Gaviae (n. pl.) The division of birds which includes the gulls and terns.
2008  
2009  "Gavial (n.) A large Asiatic crocodilian (Gavialis Gangeticus); -- called also nako, and Gangetic crocodile."
2010  
2011  "Gavot (n.) A kind of difficult dance; a dance tune, the air of which has two brisk and lively, yet dignified, strains in common time, each played twice over."
2012  
2013  Gawby (n.) A baby; a dunce.
2014  
2015  Gawk (n.) A cuckoo.
2016  
2017  Gawk (n.) A simpleton; a booby; a gawky.
2018  
2019  Gawk (v. i.) To act like a gawky.
2020  
2021  "Gawky (superl.) Foolish and awkward; clumsy; clownish; as, gawky behavior. -- n. A fellow who is awkward from being overgrown, or from stupidity, a gawk."
2022  
2023  Gawn (n.) A small tub or lading vessel.
2024  
2025  Gawntree (n.) See Gauntree.
2026  
2027  Gay (superl.) Excited with merriment; manifesting sportiveness or delight; inspiring delight; livery; merry.
2028  
2029  Gay (superl.) Brilliant in colors; splendid; fine; richly dressed.
2030  
2031  Gay (superl.) Loose; dissipated; lewd.
2032  
2033  Gay (n.) An ornament
2034  
2035  Gayal (n.) A Southern Asiatic species of wild cattle (Bibos frontalis).
2036  
2037  "Gaydiang (n.) A vessel of Anam, with two or three masts, lofty triangular sails, and in construction somewhat resembling a Chinese junk."
2038  
2039  Gayeties (pl. ) of Gayety
2040  
2041  "Gayety (a.) 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."
2042  
2043  "Gayety (a.) Finery; show; as, the gayety of dress."
2044  
2045  "Gaylussite (n.) A yellowish white, translucent mineral, consisting of the carbonates of lime and soda, with water."
2046  
2047  Gayly (adv.) With mirth and frolic; merrily; blithely; gleefully.
2048  
2049  "Gayly (adv.) Finely; splendidly; showily; as, ladies gayly dressed; a flower gayly blooming."
2050  
2051  Gayne (v. i.) To avail.
2052  
2053  Gayness (n.) Gayety; finery.
2054  
2055  Gaysome (a.) Full of gayety. Mir. for Mag.
2056  
2057  Gaytre (n.) The dogwood tree.
2058  
2059  Gazed (imp. & p. p.) of Gaze
2060  
2061  Gazing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gaze
2062  
2063  "Gaze (v. i.) To fixx the eyes in a steady and earnest look; to look with eagerness or curiosity, as in admiration, astonishment, or with studious attention."
2064  
2065  Gaze (v. t.) To view with attention; to gaze on .
2066  
2067  "Gaze (n.) A fixed look; a look of eagerness, wonder, or admiration; a continued look of attention."
2068  
2069  Gaze (n.) The object gazed on.
2070  
2071  Gazeebo (n.) A summerhouse so situated as to command an extensive prospect.
2072  
2073  Gazeful (a.) Gazing.
2074  
2075  Gazehound (n.) A hound that pursues by the sight rather than by the scent.
2076  
2077  "Gazel (n.) The black currant; also, the wild plum."
2078  
2079  Gazel (n.) See Gazelle.
2080  
2081  "Gazelle (n.) 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."
2082  
2083  Gazement (n.) View.
2084  
2085  Gazer (n.) One who gazes.
2086  
2087  "Gazet (n.) A Venetian coin, worth about three English farthings, or one and a half cents."
2088  
2089  "Gazette (n.) A newspaper; a printed sheet published periodically; esp., the official journal published by the British government, and containing legal and state notices."
2090  
2091  Gazetted (imp. & p. p.) of Gazette
2092  
2093  Gazetting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gazette
2094  
2095  "Gazette (v. t.) To announce or publish in a gazette; to announce officially, as an appointment, or a case of bankruptcy."
2096  
2097  "Gazetteer (n.) A writer of news, or an officer appointed to publish news by authority."
2098  
2099  Gazetteer (n.) A newspaper; a gazette.
2100  
2101  "Gazetteer (n.) A geographical dictionary; a book giving the names and descriptions, etc., of many places."
2102  
2103  Gazetteer (n.) An alphabetical descriptive list of anything.
2104  
2105  Gazingstock (n.) A person or thing gazed at with scorn or abhorrence; an object of curiosity or contempt.
2106  
2107  Gazogene (n.) A portable apparatus for making soda water or aerated liquids on a small scale.
2108  
2109  Gazon (n.) One of the pieces of sod used to line or cover parapets and the faces of earthworks.
2110  
2111  Ge- () An Anglo-Saxon prefix. See Y-.
2112  
2113  Geal (v. i.) To congeal.
2114  
2115  "Gean (n.) A species of cherry tree common in Europe (Prunus avium); also, the fruit, which is usually small and dark in color."
2116  
2117  "Geanticlinal (n.) 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."
2118  
2119  Gear (n.) Clothing; garments; ornaments.
2120  
2121  Gear (n.) Goods; property; household stuff.
2122  
2123  Gear (n.) Whatever is prepared for use or wear; manufactured stuff or material.
2124  
2125  Gear (n.) The harness of horses or cattle; trapping.
2126  
2127  Gear (n.) Warlike accouterments.
2128  
2129  Gear (n.) Manner; custom; behavior.
2130  
2131  Gear (n.) Business matters; affairs; concern.
2132  
2133  "Gear (n.) A toothed wheel, or cogwheel; as, a spur gear, or a bevel gear; also, toothed wheels, collectively."
2134  
2135  "Gear (n.) An apparatus for performing a special function; gearing; as, the feed gear of a lathe."
2136  
2137  "Gear (n.) Engagement of parts with each other; as, in gear; out of gear."
2138  
2139  Gear (n.) See 1st Jeer (b).
2140  
2141  Gear (n.) Anything worthless; stuff; nonsense; rubbish.
2142  
2143  Geared (imp. & p. p.) of Gear
2144  
2145  Gearing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gear
2146  
2147  Gear (v. t.) To dress; to put gear on; to harness.
2148  
2149  Gear (v. t.) To provide with gearing.
2150  
2151  "Gear (v. i.) To be in, or come into, gear."
2152  
2153  Gearing (n.) Harness.
2154  
2155  "Gearing (n.) 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 locomotive engine; belt gearing; esp., a train of wheels for transmitting and varying motion in machinery."
2156  
2157  Geason (a.) Rare; wonderful.
2158  
2159  Geat (n.) The channel or spout through which molten metal runs into a mold in casting.
2160  
2161  "Gecarcinian (n.) A land crab of the genus Gecarcinus, or of allied genera."
2162  
2163  "Geck (n.) Scorn, derision, or contempt."
2164  
2165  Geck (n.) An object of scorn; a dupe; a gull.
2166  
2167  Geck (n.) To deride; to scorn; to mock.
2168  
2169  "Geck (n.) To cheat; trick, or gull."
2170  
2171  Geck (v. i.) To jeer; to show contempt.
2172  
2173  Geckoes (pl. ) of Gecko
2174  
2175  "Gecko (n.) Any lizard of the family Geckonidae. 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."
2176  
2177  Geckotian (n.) A gecko.
2178  
2179  Ged (n.) Alt. of Gedd
2180  
2181  Gedd (n.) The European pike.
2182  
2183  Geed (imp. & p. p.) of Gee
2184  
2185  Geeing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gee
2186  
2187  Gee (v. i.) To agree; to harmonize.
2188  
2189  "Gee (v. i.) 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."
2190  
2191  "Gee (v. t.) To cause (a team) to turn to the off side, or from the driver."
2192  
2193  Geer () Alt. of Geering
2194  
2195  "Geering () See Gear, Gearing."
2196  
2197  Geese (n.) pl. of Goose.
2198  
2199  "Geest (n.) Alluvial matter on the surface of land, not of recent origin."
2200  
2201  Geet (n.) Jet.
2202  
2203  Geez (n.) The original native name for the ancient Ethiopic language or people. See Ethiopic.
2204  
2205  "Gehenna (n.) 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."
2206  
2207  "Geic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, earthy or vegetable mold."
2208  
2209  Gein (n.) See Humin.
2210  
2211  "Geissler tube () 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 Plucker tube, from the German physicist who devised it."
2212  
2213  Geitonogamy (n.) Fertilization of flowers by pollen from other flowers on the same plant.
2214  
2215  Gelable (a.) Capable of being congealed; capable of being converted into jelly.
2216  
2217  "Gelada (n.) A baboon (Gelada Ruppelli) of Abyssinia, remarkable for the length of the hair on the neck and shoulders of the adult male."
2218  
2219  Gelastic (a.) Pertaining to laughter; used in laughing.
2220  
2221  Gelatification (n.) The formation of gelatin.
2222  
2223  "Gelatigenous (n.) Producing, or yielding, gelatin; gelatiniferous; as, the gelatigeneous tissues."
2224  
2225  Gelatin (n.) Alt. of Gelatine
2226  
2227  "Gelatine (n.) 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."
2228  
2229  Gelatinated (imp. & p. p.) of Gelatinate
2230  
2231  Gelatinating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gelatinate
2232  
2233  "Gelatinate (v. t.) To convert into gelatin, or into a substance resembling jelly."
2234  
2235  "Gelatinate (v. i.) To be converted into gelatin, or into a substance like jelly."
2236  
2237  "Gelatination (n.) The act of process of converting into gelatin, or a substance like jelly."
2238  
2239  Gelatine (n.) Same as Gelatin.
2240  
2241  Gelatiniferous (a.) Yielding gelatin on boiling with water; capable of gelatination.
2242  
2243  Gelatiniform (a.) Having the form of gelatin.
2244  
2245  Gelatinization (n.) Same as Gelatination.
2246  
2247  "Gelatinize (v. t.) To convert into gelatin or jelly. Same as Gelatinate, v. t."
2248  
2249  "Gelatinize (v. t.) To coat, or otherwise treat, with gelatin."
2250  
2251  "Gelatinize (v. i.) Same as Gelatinate, v. i."
2252  
2253  Gelatinous (a.) Of the nature and consistence of gelatin or the jelly; resembling jelly; viscous.
2254  
2255  Gelation (n.) The process of becoming solid by cooling; a cooling and solidifying.
2256  
2257  Geld (n.) Money; tribute; compensation; ransom.
2258  
2259  Gelded (imp. & p. p.) of Geld
2260  
2261  Gelding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Geld
2262  
2263  Geld (v. t.) To castrate; to emasculate.
2264  
2265  Geld (v. t.) To deprive of anything essential.
2266  
2267  "Geld (v. t.) To deprive of anything exceptionable; as, to geld a book, or a story; to expurgate."
2268  
2269  Geldable (a.) Capable of being gelded.
2270  
2271  Geldable (a.) Liable to taxation.
2272  
2273  Gelder (n.) One who gelds or castrates.
2274  
2275  Gelder-rose (n.) Same as Guelder-rose.
2276  
2277  "Gelding (v. t.) A castrated animal; -- usually applied to a horse, but formerly used also of the human male."
2278  
2279  "Gelding (p. pr. a. & vb. n.) from Geld, v. t."
2280  
2281  Gelid (a.) Cold; very cold; frozen.
2282  
2283  Gelidity (n.) The state of being gelid.
2284  
2285  Gelidly (adv.) In a gelid manner; coldly.
2286  
2287  Gelidness (n.) The state of being gelid; gelidity.
2288  
2289  Gelly (n.) Jelly.
2290  
2291  Geloscopy (n.) Divination by means of laughter.
2292  
2293  "Gelose (n.) An amorphous, gummy carbohydrate, found in Gelidium, agar-agar, and other seaweeds."
2294  
2295  Gelsemic (a.) Gelseminic.
2296  
2297  "Gelsemine (n.) An alkaloid obtained from the yellow jasmine (Gelsemium sempervirens), as a bitter white semicrystalline substance; -- called also gelsemia."
2298  
2299  "Gelseminic (n.) Pertaining to, or derived from, the yellow jasmine (Gelsemium sempervirens); as, gelseminic acid, a white crystalline substance resembling esculin."
2300  
2301  Gelsemium (n.) 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.
2302  
2303  "Gelsemium (n.) The root of the yellow jasmine, used in malarial fevers, etc."
2304  
2305  "Gelt (n.) Trubute, tax."
2306  
2307  Gelt (v. t.) A gelding.
2308  
2309  Gelt (n.) Gilding; tinsel.
2310  
2311  Gem (n.) A bud.
2312  
2313  "Gem (n.) A precious stone of any kind, as the ruby, emerald, topaz, sapphire, beryl, spinel, etc., especially when cut and polished for ornament; a jewel."
2314  
2315  "Gem (n.) 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."
2316  
2317  Gemmed (imp. & p. p.) of Gem
2318  
2319  Gemming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gem
2320  
2321  Gem (v. t.) To put forth in the form of buds.
2322  
2323  Gem (v. t.) To adorn with gems or precious stones.
2324  
2325  "Gem (v. t.) To embellish or adorn, as with gems; as, a foliage gemmed with dewdrops."
2326  
2327  "Gemara (n.) The second part of the Talmud, or the commentary on the Mishna (which forms the first part or text)."
2328  
2329  Gemaric (a.) Pertaining to the Gemara.
2330  
2331  "Gemarist (n.) One versed in the Gemara, or adhering to its teachings."
2332  
2333  Gemel (a.) Coupled; paired.
2334  
2335  Gemel (n.) One of the twins.
2336  
2337  "Gemel (n.) One of the barrulets placed parallel and closed to each other. Cf. Bars gemel, under Gemel, a."
2338  
2339  Gemellipa-rous (a.) Producing twins.
2340  
2341  Geminal (a.) A pair.
2342  
2343  "Geminate (a.) In pairs or twains; two together; binate; twin; as, geminate flowers."
2344  
2345  Geminate (v. t.) To double.
2346  
2347  Gemination (n.) A doubling; duplication; repetition.
2348  
2349  "Gemini (n. pl.) 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."
2350  
2351  Geminiflorous (a.) Having the flowers arranged in pairs.
2352  
2353  Geminous (a.) Double; in pairs.
2354  
2355  Geminy (n.) Twins; a pair; a couple.
2356  
2357  Gemitores (n. pl.) A division of birds including the true pigeons.
2358  
2359  Gemmae (pl. ) of Gemma
2360  
2361  "Gemma (n.) A leaf bud, as distinguished from a flower bud."
2362  
2363  "Gemma (n.) 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."
2364  
2365  "Gemmaceous (a.) Of or pertaining to gems or to gemmae; of the nature of, or resembling, gems or gemmae."
2366  
2367  Gemmary (a.) Of or pertaining to gems.
2368  
2369  "Gemmary (n.) A receptacle for jewels or gems; a jewel house; jewels or gems, collectively."
2370  
2371  Gemmate (a.) Having buds; reproducing by buds.
2372  
2373  Gemmated (a.) Having buds; adorned with gems or jewels.
2374  
2375  "Gemmation (n.) The formation of a new individual, either animal or vegetable, by a process of budding; an asexual method of reproduction; gemmulation; gemmiparity. See Budding."
2376  
2377  "Gemmation (n.) The arrangement of buds on the stalk; also, of leaves in the bud."
2378  
2379  Gemmeous (a.) Pertaining to gems; of the nature of gems; resembling gems.
2380  
2381  Gemmiferous (a.) Producing gems or buds
2382  
2383  Gemmiferous (a.) multiplying by buds.
2384  
2385  Gemmification (n.) The production of a bud or gem.
2386  
2387  Gemmiflorate (a.) Having flowers like buds.
2388  
2389  Gemminess (n.) The state or quality of being gemmy; spruceness; smartness.
2390  
2391  Gemmipara (n. pl.) Alt. of Gemmipares
2392  
2393  "Gemmipares (n. pl.) Animals which increase by budding, as hydroids."
2394  
2395  Gemmiparity (n.) Reproduction by budding; gemmation. See Budding.
2396  
2397  "Gemmiparous (a.) Producing buds; reproducing by buds. See Gemmation, 1."
2398  
2399  Gemmosity (n.) The quality or characteristics of a gem or jewel.
2400  
2401  Gemmulation (n.) See Gemmation.
2402  
2403  "Gemmule (n.) A little leaf bud, as the plumule between the cotyledons."
2404  
2405  Gemmule (n.) One of the buds of mosses.
2406  
2407  Gemmule (n.) One of the reproductive spores of algae.
2408  
2409  Gemmule (n.) An ovule.
2410  
2411  Gemmule (n.) A bud produced in generation by gemmation.
2412  
2413  "Gemmule (n.) 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."
2414  
2415  Gemmuliferous (a.) Bearing or producing gemmules or buds.
2416  
2417  Gemmy (n.) Full of gems; bright; glittering like a gem.
2418  
2419  Gemmy (n.) Spruce; smart.
2420  
2421  "Gemote (v. t.) A meeting; -- used in combination, as, Witenagemote, an assembly of the wise men."
2422  
2423  Gems (n.) The chamois.
2424  
2425  "Gemsbok (n.) A South African antelope (Oryx Capensis), having long, sharp, nearly straight horns."
2426  
2427  Gems-horn (n.) An organ stop with conical tin pipes.
2428  
2429  "Gemul (n.) A small South American deer (Furcifer Chilensis), with simple forked horns."
2430  
2431  "-gen () A suffix used in scientific words in the sense of producing, generating: as, amphigen, amidogen, halogen."
2432  
2433  "-gen () A suffix meaning produced, generated; as, exogen."
2434  
2435  Gena () The cheek; the feathered side of the under mandible of a bird.
2436  
2437  Gena () The part of the head to which the jaws of an insect are attached.
2438  
2439  "Genappe (n.) A worsted yarn or cord of peculiar smoothness, used in the manufacture of braid, fringe, etc."
2440  
2441  Gendarmes (pl. ) of Gendarme
2442  
2443  Gens d'armes (pl. ) of Gendarme
2444  
2445  Gendarme (n.) One of a body of heavy cavalry.
2446  
2447  Gendarme (n.) An armed policeman in France.
2448  
2449  Gendarmery (n.) The body of gendarmes.
2450  
2451  Gender (n.) Kind; sort.
2452  
2453  "Gender (n.) Sex, male or female."
2454  
2455  "Gender (n.) A classification of nouns, primarily according to sex; and secondarily according to some fancied or imputed quality associated with sex."
2456  
2457  Gendered (imp. & p. p.) of Gender
2458  
2459  Gendering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gender
2460  
2461  Gender (n.) To beget; to engender.
2462  
2463  Gender (v. i.) To copulate; to breed.
2464  
2465  Genderless (a.) Having no gender.
2466  
2467  Geneagenesis (n.) Alternate generation. See under Generation.
2468  
2469  Genealogic (a.) Genealogical.
2470  
2471  "Genealogical (a.) Of or pertaining to genealogy; as, a genealogical table; genealogical order."
2472  
2473  Genealogist (n.) One who traces genealogies or the descent of persons or families.
2474  
2475  "Genealogize (v. i.) To investigate, or relate the history of, descents."
2476  
2477  Genealogies (pl. ) of Genealogy
2478  
2479  Genealogy (n.) 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.
2480  
2481  Genealogy (n.) Regular descent of a person or family from a progenitor; pedigree; lineage.
2482  
2483  Genearch (n.) The chief of a family or tribe.
2484  
2485  Genera (n. pl.) See Genus.
2486  
2487  Generability (n.) Capability of being generated.
2488  
2489  Generable (a.) Capable of being generated or produced.
2490  
2491  "General (a.) Relating to a genus or kind; pertaining to a whole class or order; as, a general law of animal or vegetable economy."
2492  
2493  "General (a.) Comprehending many species or individuals; not special or particular; including all particulars; as, a general inference or conclusion."
2494  
2495  "General (a.) Not restrained or limited to a precise import; not specific; vague; indefinite; lax in signification; as, a loose and general expression."
2496  
2497  "General (a.) Common to many, or the greatest number; widely spread; prevalent; extensive, though not universal; as, a general opinion; a general custom."
2498  
2499  "General (a.) Having a relation to all; common to the whole; as, Adam, our general sire."
2500  
2501  General (a.) As a whole; in gross; for the most part.
2502  
2503  "General (a.) Usual; common, on most occasions; as, his general habit or method."
2504  
2505  "General (a.) The whole; the total; that which comprehends or relates to all, or the chief part; -- opposed to particular."
2506  
2507  "General (a.) 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."
2508  
2509  "General (a.) The roll of the drum which calls the troops together; as, to beat the general."
2510  
2511  "General (a.) The chief of an order of monks, or of all the houses or congregations under the same rule."
2512  
2513  General (a.) The public; the people; the vulgar.
2514  
2515  Generalia (n. pl.) Generalities; general terms.
2516  
2517  "Generalissimo (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."
2518  
2519  Generalities (pl. ) of Generality
2520  
2521  Generality (n.) The state of being general; the quality of including species or particulars.
2522  
2523  "Generality (n.) That which is general; that which lacks specificalness, practicalness, or application; a general or vague statement or phrase."
2524  
2525  "Generality (n.) The main body; the bulk; the greatest part; as, the generality of a nation, or of mankind."
2526  
2527  "Generalizable (a.) Capable of being generalized, or reduced to a general form of statement, or brought under a general rule."
2528  
2529  Generalization (n.) 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.
2530  
2531  Generalization (n.) A general inference.
2532  
2533  Generalized (imp. & p. p.) of Generalize
2534  
2535  Generalizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Generalize
2536  
2537  Generalize (v. t.) To bring under a genus or under genera; to view in relation to a genus or to genera.
2538  
2539  "Generalize (v. t.) 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."
2540  
2541  "Generalize (v. t.) To derive or deduce (a general conception, or a general principle) from particulars."
2542  
2543  Generalize (v. i.) To form into a genus; to view objects in their relations to a genus or class; to take general or comprehensive views.
2544  
2545  "Generalized (a.) Comprising structural characters which are separated in more specialized forms; synthetic; as, a generalized type."
2546  
2547  Generalizer (n.) One who takes general or comprehensive views.
2548  
2549  "Generally (adv.) In general; commonly; extensively, though not universally; most frequently."
2550  
2551  "Generally (adv.) In a general way, or in general relation; in the main; upon the whole; comprehensively."
2552  
2553  Generally (adv.) Collectively; as a whole; without omissions.
2554  
2555  Generalness (n.) The condition or quality of being general; frequency; commonness.
2556  
2557  "Generalship (n.) The office of a general; the exercise of the functions of a general; -- sometimes, with the possessive pronoun, the personality of a general."
2558  
2559  Generalship (n.) Military skill in a general officer or commander.
2560  
2561  Generalship (n.) Fig.: Leadership; management.
2562  
2563  Generalty (n.) Generality.
2564  
2565  Generant (a.) Generative; producing
2566  
2567  Generant (a.) acting as a generant.
2568  
2569  Generant (n.) That which generates.
2570  
2571  Generant (n.) A generatrix.
2572  
2573  Generated (imp. & p. p.) of Generate
2574  
2575  Generating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Generate
2576  
2577  "Generate (v. t.) To beget; to procreate; to propagate; to produce (a being similar to the parent); to engender; as, every animal generates its own species."
2578  
2579  Generate (v. t.) To cause to be; to bring into life.
2580  
2581  "Generate (v. t.) To originate, especially by a vital or chemical process; to produce; to cause."
2582  
2583  "Generate (v. t.) To trace out, as a line, figure, or solid, by the motion of a point or a magnitude of inferior order."
2584  
2585  "Generation (n.) The act of generating or begetting; procreation, as of animals."
2586  
2587  "Generation (n.) Origination by some process, mathematical, chemical, or vital; production; formation; as, the generation of sounds, of gases, of curves, etc."
2588  
2589  Generation (n.) That which is generated or brought forth; progeny; offspiring.
2590  
2591  "Generation (n.) 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."
2592  
2593  Generation (n.) Race; kind; family; breed; stock.
2594  
2595  "Generation (n.) 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."
2596  
2597  Generation (n.) The aggregate of the functions and phenomene which attend reproduction.
2598  
2599  "Generative (a.) Having the power of generating, propagating, originating, or producing."
2600  
2601  "Generator (n.) One who, or that which, generates, begets, causes, or produces."
2602  
2603  "Generator (n.) 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."
2604  
2605  Generator (n.) The principal sound or sounds by which others are produced; the fundamental note or root of the common chord; -- called also generating tone.
2606  
2607  Generatrices (pl. ) of Generatrix
2608  
2609  Generatrixes (pl. ) of Generatrix
2610  
2611  "Generatrix (n.) 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."
2612  
2613  Generic (a.) Alt. of Generical
2614  
2615  "Generical (a.) 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."
2616  
2617  Generical (a.) Very comprehensive; pertaining or appropriate to large classes or their characteristics; -- opposed to specific.
2618  
2619  "Generically (adv.) With regard to a genus, or an extensive class; as, an animal generically distinct from another, or two animals or plants generically allied."
2620  
2621  Genericalness (n.) The quality of being generic.
2622  
2623  Generification (n.) The act or process of generalizing.
2624  
2625  Generosity (n.) Noble birth.
2626  
2627  Generosity (n.) The quality of being noble; noble-mindedness.
2628  
2629  Generosity (n.) Liberality in giving; munificence.
2630  
2631  Generous (a.) Of honorable birth or origin; highborn.
2632  
2633  Generous (a.) Exhibiting those qualities which are popularly reregarded as belonging to high birth; noble; honorable; magnanimous; spirited; courageous.
2634  
2635  "Generous (a.) Open-handed; free to give; not close or niggardly; munificent; as, a generous friend or father."
2636  
2637  "Generous (a.) Characterized by generosity; abundant; overflowing; as, a generous table."
2638  
2639  "Generous (a.) Full of spirit or strength; stimulating; exalting; as, generous wine."
2640  
2641  "Genesee epoch () 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."
2642  
2643  Genesial (a.) Of or relating to generation.
2644  
2645  Genesiolgy (n.) The doctrine or science of generation.
2646  
2647  "Genesis (n.) The act of producing, or giving birth or origin to anything; the process or mode of originating; production; formation; origination."
2648  
2649  "Genesis (n.) 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."
2650  
2651  Genesis (n.) Same as Generation.
2652  
2653  Genet (n.) Alt. of Genette
2654  
2655  "Genette (n.) 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."
2656  
2657  "Genette (n.) The fur of the common genet (Genetta vulgaris); also, any skin dressed in imitation of this fur."
2658  
2659  "Genet (n.) A small-sized, well-proportioned, Spanish horse; a jennet."
2660  
2661  Genethliac (a.) Pertaining to nativities; calculated by astrologers; showing position of stars at one's birth.
2662  
2663  Genethliac (n.) A birthday poem.
2664  
2665  Genethliac (n.) One skilled in genethliacs.
2666  
2667  Genethliacal (a.) Genethliac.
2668  
2669  "Genethliacs (n.) The science of calculating nativities, or predicting the future events of life from the stars which preside at birth."
2670  
2671  Genethlialogy (n.) Divination as to the destinies of one newly born; the act or art of casting nativities; astrology.
2672  
2673  Genethliatic (n.) One who calculates nativities.
2674  
2675  Genetic (a.) Same as Genetical.
2676  
2677  "Genetical (a.) Pertaining to, concerned with, or determined by, the genesis of anything, or its natural mode of production or development."
2678  
2679  Genetically (adv.) In a genetical manner.
2680  
2681  Geneva (n.) The chief city of Switzerland.
2682  
2683  "Geneva (n.) A strongly alcoholic liquor, flavored with juniper berries; -- made in Holland; Holland gin; Hollands."
2684  
2685  "Genevan (a.) Of or pertaining to Geneva, in Switzerland; Genevese."
2686  
2687  Genevan (n.) A native or inhabitant of Geneva.
2688  
2689  Genevan (n.) A supported of Genevanism.
2690  
2691  Genevanism (n.) Strict Calvinism.
2692  
2693  "Genevese (a.) Of or pertaining to Geneva, in Switzerland; Genevan."
2694  
2695  "Genevese (n. sing. & pl.) A native or inhabitant of Geneva; collectively, the inhabitants of Geneva; people of Geneva."
2696  
2697  Genial (a.) Same as Genian.
2698  
2699  "Genial (a.) Contributing to, or concerned in, propagation or production; generative; procreative; productive."
2700  
2701  "Genial (a.) 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."
2702  
2703  Genial (a.) Belonging to one's genius or natural character; native; natural; inborn.
2704  
2705  Genial (a.) Denoting or marked with genius; belonging to the higher nature.
2706  
2707  Geniality (n.) The quality of being genial; sympathetic cheerfulness; warmth of disposition and manners.
2708  
2709  Genially (adv.) By genius or nature; naturally.
2710  
2711  Genially (adv.) Gayly; cheerfully.
2712  
2713  Genialness (n.) The quality of being genial.
2714  
2715  "Genian (a.) Of or pertaining to the chin; mental; as, the genian prominence."
2716  
2717  "Geniculate (a.) Bent abruptly at an angle, like the knee when bent; as, a geniculate stem; a geniculate ganglion; a geniculate twin crystal."
2718  
2719  Geniculated (imp. & p. p.) of Geniculate
2720  
2721  Geniculating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Geniculate
2722  
2723  Geniculate (v. t.) To form joints or knots on.
2724  
2725  Geniculated (a.) Same as Geniculate.
2726  
2727  Geniculation (n.) The act of kneeling.
2728  
2729  Geniculation (n.) The state of being bent abruptly at an angle.
2730  
2731  Genie (n.) See Genius.
2732  
2733  Genio (n.) A man of a particular turn of mind.
2734  
2735  "Geniohyoid (a.) Of or pertaining to the chin and hyoid bone; as, the geniohyoid muscle."
2736  
2737  "Genipap (n.) The edible fruit of a West Indian tree (Genipa Americana) of the order Rubiaceae. It is oval in shape, as a large as a small orange, of a pale greenish color, and with dark purple juice."
2738  
2739  Genista (n.) A genus of plants including the common broom of Western Europe.
2740  
2741  "Genital (a.) Pertaining to generation, or to the generative organs."
2742  
2743  Genitals (a.) The organs of generation; the sexual organs; the private parts.
2744  
2745  Geniting (n.) A species of apple that ripens very early.
2746  
2747  "Genitival (a.) Possessing genitive from; pertaining to, or derived from, the genitive case; as, a genitival adverb."
2748  
2749  Genitive (a.) 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.
2750  
2751  Genitive (n.) The genitive case.
2752  
2753  Genitocrural (a.) Pertaining to the genital organs and the thigh; -- applied especially to one of the lumbar nerves.
2754  
2755  Genitor (n.) One who begets; a generator; an originator.
2756  
2757  Genitor (n.) The genitals.
2758  
2759  Genitourinary (a.) See Urogenital.
2760  
2761  Geniture (n.) Generation; procreation; birth.
2762  
2763  Geniuses (pl. ) of Genius
2764  
2765  Genii (pl. ) of Genius
2766  
2767  "Genius (n.) 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."
2768  
2769  "Genius (n.) The peculiar structure of mind with whoch 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."
2770  
2771  "Genius (n.) Peculiar character; animating spirit, as of a nation, a religion, a language."
2772  
2773  "Genius (n.) 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."
2774  
2775  "Genius (n.) A man endowed with uncommon vigor of mind; a man of superior intellectual faculties; as, Shakespeare was a rare genius."
2776  
2777  "Genoese (a.) Of or pertaining to Genoa, a city of Italy."
2778  
2779  "Genoese (n. sing. & pl.) A native or inhabitant of Genoa; collectively, the people of Genoa."
2780  
2781  Genouillere (n.) A metal plate covering the knee.
2782  
2783  Genouillere (n.) That part of a parapet which lies between the gun platform and the bottom of an embrasure.
2784  
2785  "-genous () A suffix signifying producing, yielding; as, alkaligenous; endogenous."
2786  
2787  "Genre (n.) A style of painting, sculpture, or other imitative art, which illustrates everyday life and manners."
2788  
2789  Gentes (pl. ) of Gens
2790  
2791  "Gens (a.) 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."
2792  
2793  "Gens (a.) A minor subdivision of a tribe, among American aborigines. It includes those who have a common descent, and bear the same totem."
2794  
2795  Gent (a.) Gentle; noble; of gentle birth.
2796  
2797  Gent (a.) Neat; pretty; fine; elegant.
2798  
2799  "Genteel (a.) 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."
2800  
2801  "Genteel (a.) Graceful in mien or form; elegant in appearance, dress, or manner; as, the lady has a genteel person. Law."
2802  
2803  "Genteel (a.) Suited to the position of lady or a gentleman; as, to live in a genteel allowance."
2804  
2805  Genteelish (a.) Somewhat genteel.
2806  
2807  Genteelly (adv.) In a genteel manner.
2808  
2809  Genteelness (n.) The quality of being genteel.
2810  
2811  Genterie (n.) Alt. of Gentrie
2812  
2813  Gentrie (n.) Nobility of birth or of character; gentility.
2814  
2815  "Gentian (n.) 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."
2816  
2817  Gentianaceous (a.) Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants (Gentianaceae) of which the gentian is the type.
2818  
2819  Gentianella (n.) A kind of blue color.
2820  
2821  "Gentianic (a.) Pertaining to or derived from the gentian; as, gentianic acid."
2822  
2823  "Gentianine (n.) A bitter, crystallizable substance obtained from gentian."
2824  
2825  "Gentianose (n.) A crystallizable, sugarlike substance, with a slightly sweetish taste, obtained from the gentian."
2826  
2827  Gentil (a. & n.) Gentle.
2828  
2829  Gentile (a.) One of a non-Jewish nation; one neither a Jew nor a Christian; a worshiper of false gods; a heathen.
2830  
2831  "Gentile (a.) Belonging to the nations at large, as distinguished from the Jews; ethnic; of pagan or heathen people."
2832  
2833  "Gentile (a.) Denoting a race or country; as, a gentile noun or adjective."
2834  
2835  Gentile-falcon (n.) See Falcon-gentil.
2836  
2837  Gentilesse (a.) Gentleness; courtesy; kindness; nobility.
2838  
2839  Gentilish (a.) Heathenish; pagan.
2840  
2841  Gentilism (n.) Hethenism; paganism; the worship of false gods.
2842  
2843  Gentilism (n.) Tribal feeling; devotion to one's gens.
2844  
2845  Gentilitial (a.) Alt. of Gentilitious
2846  
2847  Gentilitious (a.) Peculiar to a people; national.
2848  
2849  Gentilitious (a.) Hereditary; entailed on a family.
2850  
2851  Gentility (n.) Good extraction; dignity of birth.
2852  
2853  "Gentility (n.) 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."
2854  
2855  "Gentility (n.) The class in society who are, or are expected to be, genteel; the gentry."
2856  
2857  Gentility (n.) Paganism; heathenism.
2858  
2859  Gentilize (v. i.) To live like a gentile or heathen.
2860  
2861  "Gentilize (v. i.) To act the gentleman; -- with it (see It, 5)."
2862  
2863  "Gentilize (v. i.) To render gentile or gentlemanly; as, to gentilize your unworthy sones."
2864  
2865  Gentilly (a.) In a gentle or hoble manner; frankly.
2866  
2867  "Gentiopikrin (n.) A bitter, yellow, crystalline substance, regarded as a glucoside, and obtained from the gentian."
2868  
2869  "Gentisin (n.) A tasteless, yellow, crystalline substance, obtained from the gentian; -- called also gentianin."
2870  
2871  "Gentle (superl.) Well-born; of a good family or respectable birth, though not noble."
2872  
2873  "Gentle (superl.) 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."
2874  
2875  "Gentle (superl.) A compellative of respect, consideration, or conciliation; as, gentle reader."
2876  
2877  "Gentle (superl.) Not wild, turbulent, or refractory; quiet and docile; tame; peaceable; as, a gentle horse."
2878  
2879  "Gentle (superl.) Soft; not violent or rough; not strong, loud, or disturbing; easy; soothing; pacific; as, a gentle touch; a gentle gallop ."
2880  
2881  Gentle (n.) One well born; a gentleman.
2882  
2883  Gentle (n.) A trained falcon. See Falcon-gentil.
2884  
2885  Gentle (n.) A dipterous larva used as fish bait.
2886  
2887  Gentle (v. t.) To make genteel; to raise from the vulgar; to ennoble.
2888  
2889  "Gentle (v. t.) To make smooth, cozy, or agreeable."
2890  
2891  "Gentle (v. t.) To make kind and docile, as a horse."
2892  
2893  Gentlefolk (n. pl.) Alt. of Gentlefolks
2894  
2895  Gentlefolks (n. pl.) Persons of gentle or good family and breeding.
2896  
2897  Gentle-hearted (a.) Having a kind or gentle disposition.
2898  
2899  Gentlemen (pl. ) of Gentleman
2900  
2901  Gentleman (n.) A man well born; one of good family; one above the condition of a yeoman.
2902  
2903  Gentleman (n.) One of gentle or refined manners; a well-bred man.
2904  
2905  "Gentleman (n.) One who bears arms, but has no title."
2906  
2907  Gentleman (n.) The servant of a man of rank.
2908  
2909  "Gentleman (n.) A man, irrespective of condition; -- used esp. in the plural (= citizens; people), in addressing men in popular assemblies, etc."
2910  
2911  Gentlemanhood (n.) The qualities or condition of a gentleman.
2912  
2913  Gentlemanlike (a.) Alt. of Gentlemanly
2914  
2915  "Gentlemanly (a.) Of, pertaining to, resembling, or becoming, a gentleman; well-behaved; courteous; polite."
2916  
2917  Gentlemanliness (n.) The state of being gentlemanly; gentlemanly conduct or manners.
2918  
2919  Gentlemanship (n.) The carriage or quality of a gentleman.
2920  
2921  "Gentleness (n.) The quality or state of being gentle, well-born, mild, benevolent, docile, etc.; gentility; softness of manners, disposition, etc.; mildness."
2922  
2923  Gentleship (n.) The deportment or conduct of a gentleman.
2924  
2925  Gentlesse (n.) Gentilesse; gentleness.
2926  
2927  Gentlewomen (pl. ) of Gentlewoman
2928  
2929  Gentlewoman (n.) A woman of good family or of good breeding; a woman above the vulgar.
2930  
2931  Gentlewoman (n.) A woman who attends a lady of high rank.
2932  
2933  Gently (adv.) In a gentle manner.
2934  
2935  Gentoos (pl. ) of Gentoo
2936  
2937  Gentoo (n.) A native of Hindostan; a Hindoo.
2938  
2939  Gentry (a.) Birth; condition; rank by birth.
2940  
2941  "Gentry (a.) People of education and good breeding; in England, in a restricted sense, those between the nobility and the yeomanry."
2942  
2943  Gentry (a.) Courtesy; civility; complaisance.
2944  
2945  Genty (a.) Neat; trim.
2946  
2947  Genua (pl. ) of Genu
2948  
2949  Genu (n.) The knee.
2950  
2951  "Genu (n.) The kneelike bend, in the anterior part of the callosum of the brain."
2952  
2953  Genuflected (imp. & p. p.) of Genuflect
2954  
2955  Genuflecting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Genuflect
2956  
2957  "Genuflect (v. i.) To bend the knee, as in worship."
2958  
2959  "Genuflection (n.) The act of bending the knee, particularly in worship."
2960  
2961  "Genuine (a.) 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."
2962  
2963  Genera (pl. ) of Genus
2964  
2965  "Genus (n.) 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."
2966  
2967  "Genus (n.) 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."
2968  
2969  Genys (n.) See Gonys.
2970  
2971  Geocentric (a.) Alt. of Geocentrical
2972  
2973  "Geocentrical (a.) Having reference to the earth as center; 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."
2974  
2975  Geocentrical (a.) Having reference to the center of the earth.
2976  
2977  Geocentrically (adv.) In a geocentric manner.
2978  
2979  "Geocronite (n.) A lead-gray or grayish blue mineral with a metallic luster, consisting of sulphur, antimony, and lead, with a small proportion of arsenic."
2980  
2981  "Geocyclic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or illustrating, the revolutions of the earth; as, a geocyclic machine."
2982  
2983  Geocyclic (a.) Circling the earth periodically.
2984  
2985  "Geode (n.) A nodule of stone, containing a cavity, lined with crystals or mineral matter."
2986  
2987  Geode (n.) The cavity in such a nodule.
2988  
2989  Geodephagous (a.) Living in the earth; -- applied to the ground beetles.
2990  
2991  Geodesic (a.) Alt. of Geodesical
2992  
2993  Geodesical (a.) Of or pertaining to geodesy; geodetic.
2994  
2995  Geodesic (n.) A geodetic line or curve.
2996  
2997  Geodesist (n.) One versed in geodesy.
2998  
2999  "Geodesy (n.) 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."
3000  
3001  Geodetic (a.) Alt. of Geodetical
3002  
3003  "Geodetical (a.) Of or pertaining to geodesy; obtained or determined by the operations of geodesy; engaged in geodesy; geodesic; as, geodetic surveying; geodetic observers."
3004  
3005  Geodetically (adv.) In a geodetic manner; according to geodesy.
3006  
3007  Geodetics (n.) Same as Geodesy.
3008  
3009  Geodiferous (a.) Producing geodes; containing geodes.
3010  
3011  "Geoduck (n.) A gigantic clam (Glycimeris generosa) of the Pacific coast of North America, highly valued as an article of food."
3012  
3013  Geognosis (n.) Knowledge of the earth.
3014  
3015  Geognost (n.) One versed in geognosy; a geologist.
3016  
3017  Geognostic (a.) Alt. of Geognostical
3018  
3019  "Geognostical (a.) Of or pertaining to geognosy, or to a knowledge of the structure of the earth; geological."
3020  
3021  "Geognosy (n.) That part of geology which treats of the materials of the earth's structure, and its general exterior and interior constitution."
3022  
3023  Geogonic (a.) Alt. of Geogonical
3024  
3025  "Geogonical (a.) Of or pertaining to geogony, or to the formation of the earth."
3026  
3027  Geogony (n.) The branch of science which treats of the formation of the earth.
3028  
3029  Geographer (n.) One versed in geography.
3030  
3031  Geographic (a.) Alt. of Geographical
3032  
3033  Geographical (a.) Of or pertaining to geography.
3034  
3035  Geographically (adv.) In a geographical manner or method; according to geography.
3036  
3037  Geographies (pl. ) of Geography
3038  
3039  "Geography (n.) The science which treats of the world and its inhabitants; a description of the earth, or a portion of the earth, including its structure, fetures, products, political divisions, and the people by whom it is inhabited."
3040  
3041  Geography (n.) A treatise on this science.
3042  
3043  Geolatry (n.) The worship of the earth.
3044  
3045  Geologer (n.) Alt. of Geologian
3046  
3047  Geologian (n.) A geologist.
3048  
3049  Geologic (a.) Alt. of Geological
3050  
3051  "Geological (a.) Of or pertaining to geology, or the science of the earth."
3052  
3053  Geologically (adv.) In a geological manner.
3054  
3055  Geologist (n.) One versed in the science of geology.
3056  
3057  Geologized (imp. & p. p.) of Geologize
3058  
3059  Geologizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Geologize
3060  
3061  Geologize (v. i.) To study geology or make geological investigations in the field; to discourse as a geologist.
3062  
3063  Geologies (pl. ) of Geology
3064  
3065  "Geology (n.) 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."
3066  
3067  Geology (n.) A treatise on the science.
3068  
3069  "Geomalism (n.) The tendency of an organism to respond, during its growth, to the force of gravitation."
3070  
3071  "Geomancer (n.) One who practices, or is versed in, geomancy."
3072  
3073  "Geomancy (n.) A kind of divination by means of figures or lines, formed by little dots or points, originally on the earth, and latterly on paper."
3074  
3075  Geomantic (a.) Alt. of Geomantical
3076  
3077  Geomantical (a.) Pertaining or belonging to geomancy.
3078  
3079  Geometer (n.) One skilled in geometry; a geometrician; a mathematician.
3080  
3081  Geometer (n.) Any species of geometrid moth; a geometrid.
3082  
3083  Geometral (a.) Pertaining to geometry.
3084  
3085  Geometric (a.) Alt. of Geometrical
3086  
3087  "Geometrical (a.) Pertaining to, or according to the rules or principles of, geometry; determined by geometry; as, a geometrical solution of a problem."
3088  
3089  Geometrically (adv.) According to the rules or laws of geometry.
3090  
3091  Geometrician (n.) One skilled in geometry; a geometer; a mathematician.
3092  
3093  Geometrid (a.) Pertaining or belonging to the Geometridae.
3094  
3095  "Geometrid (n.) One of numerous genera and species of moths, of the family Geometridae; -- so called because their larvae (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."
3096  
3097  Geometrized (imp. & p. p.) of Geometrize
3098  
3099  Geometrizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Geometrize
3100  
3101  Geometrize (v. i.) To investigate or apprehend geometrical quantities or laws; to make geometrical constructions; to proceed in accordance with the principles of geometry.
3102  
3103  Geometries (pl. ) of Geometry
3104  
3105  "Geometry (n.) 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."
3106  
3107  Geometry (n.) A treatise on this science.
3108  
3109  "Geophagism (n.) The act or habit of eating earth. See Dirt eating, under Dirt."
3110  
3111  "Geophagist (n.) One who eats earth, as dirt, clay, chalk, etc."
3112  
3113  Geophagous (a.) Earth-eating.
3114  
3115  Geophila (n. pl.) The division of Mollusca which includes the land snails and slugs.
3116  
3117  Geoponic (a.) Alt. of Geoponical
3118  
3119  "Geoponical (a.) Pertaining to tillage of the earth, or agriculture."
3120  
3121  Geoponics (n.) The art or science of cultivating the earth; agriculture.
3122  
3123  "Georama (n.) A hollow globe on the inner surface of which a map of the world is depicted, to be examined by one standing inside."
3124  
3125  Geordie (n.) A name given by miners to George Stephenson's safety lamp.
3126  
3127  "George (n.) A figure of St. George (the patron saint of England) on horseback, appended to the collar of the Order of the Garter. See Garter."
3128  
3129  George (n.) A kind of brown loaf.
3130  
3131  "George noble () A gold noble of the time of Henry VIII. See Noble, n."
3132  
3133  "Georgian (a.) Of or pertaining to Georgia, in Asia, or to Georgia, one of the United States."
3134  
3135  "Georgian (a.) Of or relating to the reigns of the four Georges, kings of Great Britan; as, the Georgian era."
3136  
3137  "Georgian (n.) A native of, or dweller in, Georgia."
3138  
3139  "Georgic (a.) A rural poem; a poetical composition on husbandry, containing rules for cultivating lands, etc.; as, the Georgics of Virgil."
3140  
3141  Georgic (a.) Alt. of Georgical
3142  
3143  Georgical (a.) Relating to agriculture and rural affairs.
3144  
3145  "Georgium Sidus () The planet Uranus, so named by its discoverer, Sir W. Herschel."
3146  
3147  "Geoscopy (n.) Knowledge of the earth, ground, or soil, obtained by inspection."
3148  
3149  "Geoselenic (a.) Pertaining to the earth and moon; belonging to the joint action or mutual relations of the earth and moon; as, geoselenic phenomena."
3150  
3151  Geostatic (a.) Relating to the pressure exerted by earth or similar substance.
3152  
3153  "Geosynclinal (n.) 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."
3154  
3155  Geothermometer (n.) A thermometer specially constructed for measuring temperetures at a depth below the surface of the ground.
3156  
3157  Geotic (a.) Belonging to earth; terrestrial.
3158  
3159  "Geotropic (a.) Relating to, or showing, geotropism."
3160  
3161  Geotropism (n.) A disposition to turn or incline towards the earth; the influence of gravity in determining the direction of growth of an organ.
3162  
3163  "Gephyrea (n. pl.) An order of marine Annelida, in which the body is imperfectly, or not at all, annulated externally, and is mostly without setae."
3164  
3165  Gephyrean (a.) Belonging to the Gephyrea. -- n. One of the Gerphyrea.
3166  
3167  Gephyreoid (a. & n.) Gephyrean.
3168  
3169  Gepound (n.) See Gipoun.
3170  
3171  Gerah (n.) A small coin and weight; 1-20th of a shekel.
3172  
3173  "Geraniaceous (a.) Of or pertaining to a natural order of pants (Geraniaceae) which includes the genera Geranium, Pelargonium, and many others."
3174  
3175  Geraniine (n.) Alt. of Geranine
3176  
3177  Geranine (n.) A valuable astringent obtained from the root of the Geranium maculatum or crane's-bill.
3178  
3179  "Geranine (n.) A liquid terpene, obtained from the crane's-bill (Geranium maculatum), and having a peculiar mulberry odor."
3180  
3181  "Geranium (n.) A genus of plants having a beaklike tours 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."
3182  
3183  Geranium (n.) A cultivated pelargonium.
3184  
3185  "Gerant (n.) The manager or acting partner of a company, joint-stock association, etc."
3186  
3187  Gerbe (n.) A kind of ornamental firework.
3188  
3189  Gerbil (n.) Alt. of Gerbille
3190  
3191  "Gerbille (n.) One of several species of small, jumping, murine rodents, of the genus Gerbillus. In their leaping powers they resemble the jerboa. They inhabit Africa, India, and Southern Europe."
3192  
3193  Gerboa (n.) The jerboa.
3194  
3195  Gere (n.) Gear.
3196  
3197  Gerent (a.) Bearing; carrying.
3198  
3199  Gerfalcon (n.) See Gyrfalcon.
3200  
3201  Gerful (a.) Changeable; capricious.
3202  
3203  Gerland (n.) Alt. of Gerlond
3204  
3205  Gerlond (n.) A garland.
3206  
3207  Gerlind (n.) A salmon returning from the sea the second time.
3208  
3209  "Germ (n.) 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."
3210  
3211  "Germ (n.) That from which anything springs; origin; first principle; as, the germ of civil liberty."
3212  
3213  Germ (v. i.) To germinate.
3214  
3215  Germain (a.) See Germane.
3216  
3217  German (a.) Nearly related; closely akin.
3218  
3219  Germans (pl. ) of German
3220  
3221  German (n.) A native or one of the people of Germany.
3222  
3223  German (n.) The German language.
3224  
3225  "German (n.) A round dance, often with a waltz movement, abounding in capriciosly involved figures."
3226  
3227  German (n.) A social party at which the german is danced.
3228  
3229  German (n.) Of or pertaining to Germany.
3230  
3231  "Germander (n.) A plant of the genus Teucrium (esp. Teucrium Chamaedrys or wall germander), mintlike herbs and low shrubs."
3232  
3233  "Germane (a.) Literally, near akin; hence, closely allied; appropriate or fitting; relevant."
3234  
3235  "Germanic (a.) Pertaining to, or containing, germanium."
3236  
3237  "Germanic (n.) Of or pertaining to Germany; as, the Germanic confederacy."
3238  
3239  Germanic (n.) Teutonic.
3240  
3241  Germanism (n.) An idiom of the German language.
3242  
3243  "Germanism (n.) A characteristic of the Germans; a characteristic German mode, doctrine, etc.; rationalism."
3244  
3245  "Germanium (n.) A rare element, recently discovered (1885), in a silver ore (argyrodite) at Freiberg. It is a brittle, silver-white metal, chemically intermediate between the metals and nonmetals, resembles tin, and is in general identical with the predicted ekasilicon. Symbol Ge. Atomic weight 72.3."
3246  
3247  Germanization (n.) The act of Germanizing.
3248  
3249  Germanized (imp. & p. p.) of Germanize
3250  
3251  Germanizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Germanize
3252  
3253  "Germanize (v. t.) To make German, or like what is distinctively German; as, to Germanize a province, a language, a society."
3254  
3255  Germanize (v. i.) To reason or write after the manner of the Germans.
3256  
3257  Germarium (n.) An organ in which the ova are developed in certain Turbellaria.
3258  
3259  Germens (pl. ) of Germen
3260  
3261  Germina (pl. ) of Germen
3262  
3263  Germen (n.) See Germ.
3264  
3265  Germicidal (a.) Germicide.
3266  
3267  "Germicide (a.) Destructive to germs; -- applied to any agent which has a destructive action upon living germs, particularly bacteria, or bacterial germs, which are considered the cause of many infectious diseases."
3268  
3269  Germicide (n.) A germicide agent.
3270  
3271  "Germinal (a.) Pertaining or belonging to a germ; as, the germinal vesicle."
3272  
3273  Germinal (n.) The seventh month of the French republican calendar [1792 -- 1806]. It began March 21 and ended April 19. See VendEmiaire.
3274  
3275  Germinant (a.) Sprouting; sending forth germs or buds.
3276  
3277  Germinated (imp. & p. p.) of Germinate
3278  
3279  Germinating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Germinate
3280  
3281  "Germinate (v. i.) To sprout; to bud; to shoot; to begin to vegetate, as a plant or its seed; to begin to develop, as a germ."
3282  
3283  Germinate (v. t.) To cause to sprout.
3284  
3285  "Germination (n.) The process of germinating; the beginning of vegetation or growth in a seed or plant; the first development of germs, either animal or vegetable."
3286  
3287  Germinative (a.) Pertaining to germination; having power to bud or develop.
3288  
3289  Germiparity (n.) Reproduction by means of germs.
3290  
3291  Germless (a.) Without germs.
3292  
3293  "Germogen (n.) A polynuclear mass of protoplasm, not divided into separate cells, from which certain ova are developed."
3294  
3295  Germogen (n.) The primitive cell in certain embryonic forms.
3296  
3297  "Germ plasm () See Plasmogen, and Idioplasm."
3298  
3299  Germule (n.) A small germ.
3300  
3301  Gern (v. t.) To grin or yawn.
3302  
3303  Gerner (n.) A garner.
3304  
3305  Gerocomia (n.) See Gerocomy.
3306  
3307  Gerocomical (a.) Pertaining to gerocomy.
3308  
3309  Gerocomy (n.) That part of medicine which treats of regimen for old people.
3310  
3311  "Gerontes (n. pl.) Magistrates in Sparta, who with the ephori and kings, constituted the supreme civil authority."
3312  
3313  Gerontocracy (n.) Government by old men.
3314  
3315  "Geropigia (n.) A mixture composed of unfermented grape juice, brandy, sugar, etc., for adulteration of wines."
3316  
3317  "-gerous () A suffix signifying bearing, producing; as, calcigerous; dentigerous."
3318  
3319  Gerrymandered (imp. & p. p.) of Gerrymander
3320  
3321  Gerrymandering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gerrymander
3322  
3323  "Gerrymander (v. t.) To divide (a State) into districts for the choice of representatives, in an unnatural and unfair way, with a view to give a political party an advantage over its opponent."
3324  
3325  "Gerund (n.) A kind of verbal noun, having only the four oblique cases of the singular number, and governing cases like a participle."
3326  
3327  "Gerund (n.) A verbal noun ending in -e, preceded by to and usually denoting purpose or end; -- called also the dative infinitive; as, ""Ic haebbe mete to etanne"" (I have meat to eat.) In Modern English the name has been applied to verbal or participal nouns in -ing denoting a transitive action; e. g., by throwing a stone."
3328  
3329  "Gerundial (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, a gerund; as, a gerundial use."
3330  
3331  "Gerundive (a.) Pertaining to, or partaking of, the nature of the gerund; gerundial."
3332  
3333  "Gerundive (n.) The future passive participle; as, amandus, i. e., to be loved."
3334  
3335  "Gerundively (adv.) In the manner of a gerund; as, or in place of, a gerund."
3336  
3337  Gery (a.) Changeable; fickle.
3338  
3339  Gesling (n.) A gosling.
3340  
3341  Gesse (v. t. & i.) To guess.
3342  
3343  Gest (n.) A guest.
3344  
3345  Gest (n.) Something done or achieved; a deed or an action; an adventure.
3346  
3347  "Gest (n.) An action represented in sports, plays, or on the stage; show; ceremony."
3348  
3349  Gest (n.) A tale of achievements or adventures; a stock story.
3350  
3351  Gest (n.) Gesture; bearing; deportment.
3352  
3353  Gest (n.) A stage in traveling; a stop for rest or lodging in a journey or progress; a rest.
3354  
3355  Gest (n.) A roll recting the several stages arranged for a royal progress. Many of them are extant in the herald's office.
3356  
3357  Gestant (a.) Bearing within; laden; burdened; pregnant.
3358  
3359  Gestation (n.) The act of wearing (clothes or ornaments).
3360  
3361  Gestation (n.) The act of carrying young in the womb from conception to delivery; pregnancy.
3362  
3363  "Gestation (n.) Exercise in which one is borne or carried, as on horseback, or in a carriage, without the exertion of his own powers; passive exercise."
3364  
3365  Gestatory (a.) Pertaining to gestation or pregnancy.
3366  
3367  Gestatory (a.) Capable of being carried or worn.
3368  
3369  Geste (v. i.) To tell stories or gests.
3370  
3371  Gestic (a.) Pertaining to deeds or feats of arms; legendary.
3372  
3373  Gestic (a.) Relating to bodily motion; consisting of gestures; -- said especially with reference to dancing.
3374  
3375  Gesticulated (imp. & p. p.) of Gesticulate
3376  
3377  Gesticulating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gesticulate
3378  
3379  "Gesticulate (v. i.) To make gestures or motions, as in speaking; to use postures."
3380  
3381  Gesticulate (v. t.) To represent by gesture; to act.
3382  
3383  "Gesticulation (n.) The act of gesticulating, or making gestures to express passion or enforce sentiments."
3384  
3385  "Gesticulation (n.) A gesture; a motion of the body or limbs in speaking, or in representing action or passion, and enforcing arguments and sentiments."
3386  
3387  Gesticulation (n.) Antic tricks or motions.
3388  
3389  Gesticulator (n.) One who gesticulates.
3390  
3391  "Gesticulatory (a.) Representing by, or belonging to, gestures."
3392  
3393  Gestour (n.) A reciter of gests or legendary tales; a story-teller.
3394  
3395  Gestural (a.) Relating to gesture.
3396  
3397  Gesture (n.) Manner of carrying the body; position of the body or limbs; posture.
3398  
3399  "Gesture (n.) A motion of the body or limbs expressive of sentiment or passion; any action or posture intended to express an idea or a passion, or to enforce or emphasize an argument, assertion, or opinion."
3400  
3401  Gestured (imp. & p. p.) of Gesture
3402  
3403  Gesturing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gesture
3404  
3405  Gesture (v. t.) To accompany or illustrate with gesture or action; to gesticulate.
3406  
3407  Gesture (v. i.) To make gestures; to gesticulate.
3408  
3409  Gestureless (a.) Free from gestures.
3410  
3411  Gesturement (n.) Act of making gestures; gesturing.
3412  
3413  "Get (n.) Jet, the mineral."
3414  
3415  Get (n.) Fashion; manner; custom.
3416  
3417  Get (n.) Artifice; contrivance.
3418  
3419  Got (imp.) of Get
3420  
3421  Gat () of Get
3422  
3423  Got (p. p.) of Get
3424  
3425  Gotten () of Get
3426  
3427  Getting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Get
3428  
3429  "Get (v. t.) To procure; to obtain; to gain possession of; to acquire; to earn; to obtain as a price or reward; to come by; to win, by almost any means; as, to get favor by kindness; to get wealth by industry and economy; to get land by purchase, etc."
3430  
3431  "Get (v. t.) Hence, with have and had, to come into or be in possession of; to have."
3432  
3433  Get (v. t.) To beget; to procreate; to generate.
3434  
3435  "Get (v. t.) To obtain mental possession of; to learn; to commit to memory; to memorize; as to get a lesson; also with out; as, to get out one's Greek lesson."
3436  
3437  Get (v. t.) To prevail on; to induce; to persuade.
3438  
3439  "Get (v. t.) To procure to be, or to cause to be in any state or condition; -- with a following participle."
3440  
3441  Get (v. t.) To betake; to remove; -- in a reflexive use.
3442  
3443  Get (v. i.) To make acquisition; to gain; to profit; to receive accessions; to be increased.
3444  
3445  "Get (v. i.) To arrive at, or bring one's self into, a state, condition, or position; to come to be; to become; -- with a following adjective or past participle belonging to the subject of the verb; as, to get sober; to get awake; to get beaten; to get elected."
3446  
3447  "Get (n.) Offspring; progeny; as, the get of a stallion."
3448  
3449  Geten () p. p. of Get.
3450  
3451  Geth () the original third pers. sing. pres. of Go.
3452  
3453  Get-penny (n.) Something which gets or gains money; a successful affair.
3454  
3455  Gettable (a.) That may be obtained.
3456  
3457  "Getter (n.) One who gets, gains, obtains, acquires, begets, or procreates."
3458  
3459  "Getterup (n.) One who contrives, makes, or arranges for, anything, as a book, a machine, etc."
3460  
3461  Getting (n.) The act of obtaining or acquiring; acquisition.
3462  
3463  Getting (n.) That which is got or obtained; gain; profit.
3464  
3465  "Get-up (n.) General composition or structure; manner in which the parts of a thing are combined; make-up; style of dress, etc."
3466  
3467  Gewgaw (n.) A showy trifle; a toy; a splendid plaything; a pretty but worthless bauble.
3468  
3469  Gewgaw (a.) Showy; unreal; pretentious.
3470  
3471  "Geyser (n.) A boiling spring which throws forth at frequent intervals jets of water, mud, etc., driven up by the expansive power of steam."
3472  
3473  "Geyserite (n.) A loose hydrated form of silica, a variety of opal, deposited in concretionary cauliflowerlike masses, around some hot springs and geysers."
3474  
3475  Gharry (n.) Any wheeled cart or carriage.
3476  
3477  Ghast (a.) To strike aghast; to affright.
3478  
3479  Ghastful (a.) Fit to make one aghast; dismal.
3480  
3481  Ghastliness (n.) The state of being ghastly; a deathlike look.
3482  
3483  Ghastly (superl.) Like a ghost in appearance; deathlike; pale; pallid; dismal.
3484  
3485  Ghastly (superl.) Horrible; shocking; dreadful; hideous.
3486  
3487  Ghastly (adv.) In a ghastly manner; hideously.
3488  
3489  Ghastness (n.) Ghastliness.
3490  
3491  Ghat (n.) Alt. of Ghaut
3492  
3493  Ghaut (n.) A pass through a mountain.
3494  
3495  Ghaut (n.) A range of mountains.
3496  
3497  Ghaut (n.) Stairs descending to a river; a landing place; a wharf.
3498  
3499  "Ghawazi (n. pl.) Egyptian dancing girls, of a lower sort than the almeh."
3500  
3501  Gheber Ghebre (n.) A worshiper of fire; a Zoroastrian; a Parsee.
3502  
3503  "Ghee (n.) Butter clarified by boiling, and thus converted into a kind of oil."
3504  
3505  "Gherkin (n.) A kind of small, prickly cucumber, much used for pickles."
3506  
3507  Gherkin (n.) See Sea gherkin.
3508  
3509  Ghess (v. t. & i.) See Guess.
3510  
3511  Ghetto (n.) The Jews'quarter in an Italian town or city.
3512  
3513  "Ghibelline (n.) One of a faction in Italy, in the 12th and 13th centuries, which favored the German emperors, and opposed the Guelfs, or adherents of the poses."
3514  
3515  Ghole (n.) See Ghoul.
3516  
3517  Ghost (n.) The spirit; the soul of man.
3518  
3519  Ghost (n.) The disembodied soul; the soul or spirit of a deceased person; a spirit appearing after death; an apparition; a specter.
3520  
3521  "Ghost (n.) Any faint shadowy semblance; an unsubstantial image; a phantom; a glimmering; as, not a ghost of a chance; the ghost of an idea."
3522  
3523  Ghost (n.) A false image formed in a telescope by reflection from the surfaces of one or more lenses.
3524  
3525  Ghost (v. i.) To die; to expire.
3526  
3527  Ghost (v. t.) To appear to or haunt in the form of an apparition.
3528  
3529  Ghostfish (n.) A pale unspotted variety of the wrymouth.
3530  
3531  Ghostless (a.) Without life or spirit.
3532  
3533  Ghostlike (a.) Like a ghost; ghastly.
3534  
3535  Ghostliness (n.) The quality of being ghostly.
3536  
3537  "Ghostly (a.) Relating to the soul; not carnal or secular; spiritual; as, a ghostly confessor."
3538  
3539  Ghostly (a.) Of or pertaining to apparitions.
3540  
3541  Ghostly (adv.) Spiritually; mystically.
3542  
3543  Ghostology (n.) Ghost lore.
3544  
3545  "Ghoul (n.) An imaginary evil being among Eastern nations, which was supposed to feed upon human bodies."
3546  
3547  Ghoulish (a.) Characteristic of a ghoul; vampirelike; hyenalike.
3548  
3549  Ghyll (n.) A ravine. See Gill a woody glen.
3550  
3551  "Giallolino (n.) A term variously employed by early writers on art, though commonly designating the yellow oxide of lead, or massicot."
3552  
3553  Giambeux (n. pl.) Greaves; armor for the legs.
3554  
3555  Giant (n.) A man of extraordinari bulk and stature.
3556  
3557  "Giant (n.) A person of extraordinary strength or powers, bodily or intellectual."
3558  
3559  "Giant (n.) Any animal, plant, or thing, of extraordinary size or power."
3560  
3561  "Giant (a.) Like a giant; extraordinary in size, strength, or power; as, giant brothers; a giant son."
3562  
3563  Giantess (n.) A woman of extraordinary size.
3564  
3565  Giantize (v. i.) To play the giant.
3566  
3567  Giantly (a.) Appropriate to a giant.
3568  
3569  Giantry (n.) The race of giants.
3570  
3571  "Giantship (n.) The state, personality, or character, of a giant; -- a compellation for a giant."
3572  
3573  "Giaour (n.) An infidel; -- a term applied by Turks to disbelievers in the Mohammedan religion, especially Christrians."
3574  
3575  Gib (n.) A male cat; a tomcat.
3576  
3577  Gib (v. i.) To act like a cat.
3578  
3579  "Gib (n.) A piece or slip of metal or wood, notched or otherwise, in a machine or structure, to hold other parts in place or bind them together, or to afford a bearing surface; -- usually held or adjusted by means of a wedge, key, or screw."
3580  
3581  Gibbed (imp. & p. p.) of Gib
3582  
3583  Gibbing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gib
3584  
3585  "Gib (v. t.) To secure or fasten with a gib, or gibs; to provide with a gib, or gibs."
3586  
3587  "Gib (v. i.) To balk. See Jib, v. i."
3588  
3589  Gibbartas (n.) One of several finback whales of the North Atlantic; -- called also Jupiter whale.
3590  
3591  Gibber (n.) A balky horse.
3592  
3593  Gibbered (imp. & p. p.) of Gibber
3594  
3595  Gibbering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gibber
3596  
3597  Gibber (v. i.) To speak rapidly and inarticulately.
3598  
3599  Gibberish (v. i.) Rapid and inarticulate talk; unintelligible language; unmeaning words; jargon.
3600  
3601  "Gibberish (a.) Unmeaning; as, gibberish language."
3602  
3603  "Gibbet (n.) A kind of gallows; an upright post with an arm projecting from the top, on which, formerly, malefactors were hanged in chains, and their bodies allowed to remain asa warning."
3604  
3605  "Gibbet (n.) The projecting arm of a crane, from which the load is suspended; the jib."
3606  
3607  Gibbeted (imp. & p. p.) of Gibbet
3608  
3609  Gibbeting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gibbet
3610  
3611  Gibbet (v. t.) To hang and expose on a gibbet.
3612  
3613  Gibbet (v. t.) To expose to infamy; to blacken.
3614  
3615  Gibbier (n.) Wild fowl; game.
3616  
3617  "Gibbon (n.) Any arboreal ape of the genus Hylobates, of which many species and varieties inhabit the East Indies and Southern Asia. They are tailless and without cheek pouches, and have very long arms, adapted for climbing."
3618  
3619  Gib boom () See Jib boom.
3620  
3621  Gibbose (a.) Humped; protuberant; -- said of a surface which presents one or more large elevations.
3622  
3623  Gibbostity (n.) The state of being gibbous or gibbose; gibbousness.
3624  
3625  "Gibbous (a.) Swelling by a regular curve or surface; protuberant; convex; as, the moon is gibbous between the half-moon and the full moon."
3626  
3627  Gibbous (a.) Hunched; hump-backed.
3628  
3629  Gibbsite (n.) A hydrate of alumina.
3630  
3631  "Gib-cat (n.) A male cat, esp. an old one. See lst Gib. n."
3632  
3633  Gibed (imp. & p. p.) of Gibe
3634  
3635  Gibing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gibe
3636  
3637  "Gibe (v. i.) To cast reproaches and sneering expressions; to rail; to utter taunting, sarcastic words; to flout; to fleer; to scoff."
3638  
3639  Gibe (v. i.) To reproach with contemptuous words; to deride; to scoff at; to mock.
3640  
3641  Gibe (n.) An expression of sarcastic scorn; a sarcastic jest; a scoff; a taunt; a sneer.
3642  
3643  Gibel (n.) A kind of carp (Cyprinus gibelio); -- called also Prussian carp.
3644  
3645  Giber (n.) One who utters gibes.
3646  
3647  Gibfish (n.) The male of the salmon.
3648  
3649  Gibingly (adv.) In a gibing manner; scornfully.
3650  
3651  "Giblet (a.) Made of giblets; as, a giblet pie."
3652  
3653  "Giblets (n. pl.) The inmeats, or edible viscera (heart, gizzard, liver, etc.), of poultry."
3654  
3655  "Gibstaff (n.) A staff to guage water, or to push a boat."
3656  
3657  Gibstaff (n.) A staff formerly used in fighting beasts on the stage.
3658  
3659  "Gid (a.) A disease of sheep, characterized by vertigo; the staggers. It is caused by the presence of the C/nurus, a larval tapeworm, in the brain. See C/nurus."
3660  
3661  Giddily (adv.) In a giddy manner.
3662  
3663  Giddiness (n.) The quality or state of being giddy.
3664  
3665  "Giddy (superl.) Having in the head a sensation of whirling or reeling about; having lost the power of preserving the balance of the body, and therefore wavering and inclined to fall; lightheaded; dizzy."
3666  
3667  "Giddy (superl.) Promoting or inducing giddiness; as, a giddy height; a giddy precipice."
3668  
3669  Giddy (superl.) Bewildering on account of rapid turning; running round with celerity; gyratory; whirling.
3670  
3671  Giddy (superl.) Characterized by inconstancy; unstable; changeable; fickle; wild; thoughtless; heedless.
3672  
3673  Giddy (v. i.) To reel; to whirl.
3674  
3675  Giddy (v. t.) To make dizzy or unsteady.
3676  
3677  "Giddy-head (n.) A person without thought fulness, prudence, or judgment."
3678  
3679  Giddy-headed (a.) Thoughtless; unsteady.
3680  
3681  Giddy-paced (a.) Moving irregularly; flighty; fickle.
3682  
3683  Gie (v. t.) To guide. See Gye .
3684  
3685  Gie (v. t.) To give.
3686  
3687  "Gier-eagle (n.) A bird referred to in the Bible (Lev. xi. 18and Deut. xiv. 17) as unclean, probably the Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus)."
3688  
3689  Gier-falcon (n.) The gyrfalcon.
3690  
3691  "Gieseckite (n.) A mineral occurring in greenish gray six-sided prisms, having a greasy luster. It is probably a pseudomorph after elaeolite."
3692  
3693  Gif (conj.) If.
3694  
3695  Giffard injector () See under Injector.
3696  
3697  Giffgaff (n.) Mutial accommodation; mutual giving.
3698  
3699  Giffy (n.) See Jiffy.
3700  
3701  Gift (v. t.) Anything given; anything voluntarily transferred by one person to another without compensation; a present; an offering.
3702  
3703  "Gift (v. t.) The act, right, or power of giving or bestowing; as, the office is in the gift of the President."
3704  
3705  Gift (v. t.) A bribe; anything given to corrupt.
3706  
3707  "Gift (v. t.) Some quality or endowment given to man by God; a preeminent and special talent or aptitude; power; faculty; as, the gift of wit; a gift for speaking."
3708  
3709  "Gift (v. t.) A voluntary transfer of real or personal property, without any consideration. It can be perfected only by deed, or in case of personal property, by an actual delivery of possession."
3710  
3711  Gifted (imp. & p. p.) of Gift
3712  
3713  Gifting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gift
3714  
3715  Gift (v. t.) To endow with some power or faculty.
3716  
3717  Giftedness (n.) The state of being gifted.
3718  
3719  Gig (n.) A fiddle.
3720  
3721  Gig (v. t.) To engender.
3722  
3723  Gig (n.) A kind of spear or harpoon. See Fishgig.
3724  
3725  Gig (v. t.) To fish with a gig.
3726  
3727  Gig (n.) A playful or wanton girl; a giglot.
3728  
3729  Gig (n.) A top or whirligig; any little thing that is whirled round in play.
3730  
3731  "Gig (n.) A light carriage, with one pair of wheels, drawn by one horse; a kind of chaise."
3732  
3733  "Gig (n.) A long, light rowboat, generally clinkerbuilt, and designed to be fast; a boat appropriated to the use of the commanding officer; as, the captain's gig."
3734  
3735  "Gig (n.) A rotatory cylinder, covered with wire teeth or teasels, for teaseling woolen cloth."
3736  
3737  Gigantean (a.) Like a giant; mighty; gigantic.
3738  
3739  Gigantesque (a.) Befitting a giant; bombastic; magniloquent.
3740  
3741  Gigantic (a.) Of extraordinary size; like a giant.
3742  
3743  "Gigantic (a.) Such as a giant might use, make, or cause; immense; tremendous; extraordinarly; as, gigantic deeds; gigantic wickedness."
3744  
3745  "Gigantical (a.) Bulky, big."
3746  
3747  "Giganticide (n.) The act of killing, or one who kills, a giant."
3748  
3749  Gigantine (a.) Gigantic.
3750  
3751  Gigantology (n.) An account or description of giants.
3752  
3753  "Gigantomachy (n.) A war of giants; especially, the fabulous war of the giants against heaven."
3754  
3755  Gide (n.) Alt. of Guide
3756  
3757  "Guide (n.) The leather strap by which the shield of a knight was slung across the shoulder, or across the neck and shoulder."
3758  
3759  Gigeria (pl. ) of Gigerium
3760  
3761  "Gigerium (n.) The muscular stomach, or gizzard, of birds."
3762  
3763  Gigget (n.) Same as Gigot.
3764  
3765  Giggled (imp. & p. p.) of Giggle
3766  
3767  Giggling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Giggle
3768  
3769  "Giggle (v. t.) To laugh with short catches of the breath or voice; to laugh in a light, affected, or silly manner; to titter with childish levity."
3770  
3771  "Giggle (n.) A kind of laugh, with short catches of the voice or breath; a light, silly laugh."
3772  
3773  Giggler (n.) One who giggles or titters.
3774  
3775  Giggly (a.) Prone to giggling.
3776  
3777  Giggot (n.) See Gigot.
3778  
3779  Giggyng (n.) The act of fastending the gige or leather strap to the shield.
3780  
3781  Giglot (n.) Alt. of Giglet
3782  
3783  "Giglet (n.) A wanton; a lascivious or light, giddy girl."
3784  
3785  Giglot (a.) Giddi; light; inconstant; wanton.
3786  
3787  Gigot (n.) Alt. of Giggot
3788  
3789  Giggot (n.) A leg of mutton.
3790  
3791  Giggot (n.) A small piece of flesh; a slice.
3792  
3793  "Gila monster () A large tuberculated lizard (Heloderma suspectum) native of the dry plains of Arizona, New Mexico, etc. It is the only lizard known to have venomous teeth."
3794  
3795  Gilded (imp. & p. p.) of Gild
3796  
3797  Gilt () of Gild
3798  
3799  Gilding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gild
3800  
3801  Gild (v. t.) To overlay with a thin covering of gold; to cover with a golden color; to cause to look like gold.
3802  
3803  Gild (v. t.) To make attractive; to adorn; to brighten.
3804  
3805  "Gild (v. t.) To give a fair but deceptive outward appearance to; to embellish; as, to gild a lie."
3806  
3807  Gild (v. t.) To make red with drinking.
3808  
3809  Gildale (v. t.) A drinking bout in which every one pays an equal share.
3810  
3811  Gilden (a.) Gilded.
3812  
3813  Gilder (n.) One who gilds; one whose occupation is to overlay with gold.
3814  
3815  Gilder (n.) A Dutch coin. See Guilder.
3816  
3817  "Guilding (n.) The art or practice of overlaying or covering with gold leaf; also, a thin coating or wash of gold, or of that which resembles gold."
3818  
3819  "Guilding (n.) Gold in leaf, powder, or liquid, for application to any surface."
3820  
3821  "Guilding (n.) Any superficial coating or appearance, as opposed to what is solid and genuine."
3822  
3823  Gile (n.) Guile.
3824  
3825  Gill (n.) An organ for aquatic respiration; a branchia.
3826  
3827  "Gill (n.) The radiating, gill-shaped plates forming the under surface of a mushroom."
3828  
3829  Gill (n.) The fleshy flap that hangs below the beak of a fowl; a wattle.
3830  
3831  Gill (n.) The flesh under or about the chin.
3832  
3833  Gill (n.) One of the combs of closely ranged steel pins which divide the ribbons of flax fiber or wool into fewer parallel filaments.
3834  
3835  Gill (n.) A two-wheeled frame for transporting timber.
3836  
3837  Gill (n.) A leech.
3838  
3839  Gill (n.) A woody glen; a narrow valley containing a stream.
3840  
3841  "Gill (n.) A measure of capacity, containing one fourth of a pint."
3842  
3843  Gill (n.) A young woman; a sweetheart; a flirting or wanton girl.
3844  
3845  "Gill (n.) The ground ivy (Nepeta Glechoma); -- called also gill over the ground, and other like names."
3846  
3847  Gill (n.) Malt liquor medicated with ground ivy.
3848  
3849  "Gill-flirt (n.) A thoughtless, giddy girl; a flirt-gill."
3850  
3851  Gillhouse (n.) A shop where gill is sold.
3852  
3853  "Gillian (n.) A girl; esp., a wanton; a gill."
3854  
3855  "Gillie Gilly (n.) A boy or young man; a manservant; a male attendant, in the Scottish Highlands."
3856  
3857  "Gillyflower (n.) A name given by old writers to the clove pink (Dianthus Caryophyllus) but now to the common stock (Matthiola incana), a cruciferous plant with showy and fragrant blossoms, usually purplish, but often pink or white."
3858  
3859  "Gillyflower (n.) A kind of apple, of a roundish conical shape, purplish red color, and having a large core."
3860  
3861  Gilour (n.) A guiler; deceiver.
3862  
3863  Gilse (n.) See Grilse.
3864  
3865  "Gilt (v. t.) A female pig, when young."
3866  
3867  Gilt () imp. & p. p. of Gild.
3868  
3869  Gilt (p. p. & a.) Gilded; covered with gold; of the color of gold; golden yellow.
3870  
3871  "Gilt (n.) Gold, or that which resembles gold, laid on the surface of a thing; gilding."
3872  
3873  Gilt (n.) Money.
3874  
3875  Gilt-edge (a.) Alt. of Gilt-edged
3876  
3877  "Gilt-edged (a.) Having a gilt edge; as, gilt-edged paper."
3878  
3879  "Gilt-edged (a.) Of the best quality; -- said of negotiable paper, etc."
3880  
3881  Gilthead (n.) A marine fish.
3882  
3883  "Gilthead (n.) The Pagrus, / Chrysophrys, auratus, a valuable food fish common in the Mediterranean (so named from its golden-colored head); -- called also giltpoll."
3884  
3885  "Gilthead (n.) The Crenilabrus melops, of the British coasts; -- called also golden maid, conner, sea partridge."
3886  
3887  Giltif (a.) Guilty.
3888  
3889  Gilttail (n.) A yellow-tailed worm or larva.
3890  
3891  Gim (a.) Neat; spruce.
3892  
3893  Gimbal (n.) Alt. of Gimbals
3894  
3895  "Gimbals (n.) A contrivance for permitting a body to incline freely in all directions, or for suspending anything, as a barometer, ship's compass, chronometer, etc., so that it will remain plumb, or level, when its support is tipped, as by the rolling of a ship. It consists of a ring in which the body can turn on an axis through a diameter of the ring, while the ring itself is so pivoted to its support that it can turn about a diameter at right angles to the first."
3896  
3897  Gimblet (n. & v.) See Gimlet.
3898  
3899  Gimcrack (n.) A trivial mechanism; a device; a toy; a pretty thing.
3900  
3901  "Gimlet (n.) A small tool for boring holes. It has a leading screw, a grooved body, and a cross handle."
3902  
3903  Gimleted (imp. & p. p.) of Gimlet
3904  
3905  Gimleting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gimlet
3906  
3907  Gimlet (v. t.) To pierce or make with a gimlet.
3908  
3909  "Gimlet (v. t.) To turn round (an anchor) by the stock, with a motion like turning a gimlet."
3910  
3911  Gimmal (n.) Joined work whose parts move within each other; a pair or series of interlocked rings.
3912  
3913  Gimmal (n.) A quaint piece of machinery; a gimmer.
3914  
3915  "Gommal (a.) Made or consisting of interlocked ring/ or links; as, gimmal mail."
3916  
3917  Gimmer (n.) Alt. of Gimmor
3918  
3919  Gimmor (n.) A piece of mechanism; mechanical device or contrivance; a gimcrack.
3920  
3921  Gimp (a.) Smart; spruce; trim; nice.
3922  
3923  "Gimp (n.) A narrow ornamental fabric of silk, woolen, or cotton, often with a metallic wire, or sometimes a coarse cord, running through it; -- used as trimming for dresses, furniture, etc."
3924  
3925  Gimp (v. t.) To notch; to indent; to jag.
3926  
3927  "Gin (n.) Against; near by; towards; as, gin night."
3928  
3929  Gin (conj.) If.
3930  
3931  Gan (imp. & p. p.) of Gin
3932  
3933  Gon () of Gin
3934  
3935  Gun () of Gin
3936  
3937  Ginning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gin
3938  
3939  "Gin (v. i.) To begin; -- often followed by an infinitive without to; as, gan tell. See Gan."
3940  
3941  "Gin (n.) A strong alcoholic liquor, distilled from rye and barley, and flavored with juniper berries; -- also called Hollands and Holland gin, because originally, and still very extensively, manufactured in Holland. Common gin is usually flavored with turpentine."
3942  
3943  Gin (n.) Contrivance; artifice; a trap; a snare.
3944  
3945  "Gin (n.) A machine for raising or moving heavy weights, consisting of a tripod formed of poles united at the top, with a windlass, pulleys, ropes, etc."
3946  
3947  "Gin (n.) A hoisting drum, usually vertical; a whim."
3948  
3949  Gin (n.) A machine for separating the seeds from cotton; a cotton gin.
3950  
3951  Ginned (imp. & p. p.) of Gin
3952  
3953  Ginning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gin
3954  
3955  Gin (v. t.) To catch in a trap.
3956  
3957  "Gin (v. t.) To clear of seeds by a machine; as, to gin cotton."
3958  
3959  "Ging (n.) Same as Gang, n., 2."
3960  
3961  Gingal (n.) See Jingal.
3962  
3963  "Ginger (n.) A plant of the genus Zingiber, of the East and West Indies. The species most known is Z. officinale."
3964  
3965  "Ginger (n.) The hot and spicy rootstock of Zingiber officinale, which is much used in cookery and in medicine."
3966  
3967  "Gingerbread (n.) A kind of plain sweet cake seasoned with ginger, and sometimes made in fanciful shapes."
3968  
3969  Gingerly (adv.) Cautiously; timidly; fastidiously; daintily.
3970  
3971  Gingerness (n.) Cautiousness; tenderness.
3972  
3973  "Gingham (n.) A kind of cotton or linen cloth, usually in stripes or checks, the yarn of which is dyed before it is woven; -- distinguished from printed cotton or prints."
3974  
3975  Ginging (n.) The lining of a mine shaft with stones or bricks to prevent caving.
3976  
3977  Gingival (a.) Of or pertaining to the gums.
3978  
3979  Gingle (n. & v.) See Jingle.
3980  
3981  Ginglyform (a.) Ginglymoid.
3982  
3983  "Ginglymodi (n.) An order of ganoid fishes, including the modern gar pikes and many allied fossil forms. They have rhombic, ganoid scales, a heterocercal tail, paired fins without an axis, fulcra on the fins, and a bony skeleton, with the vertebrae convex in front and concave behind, forming a ball and socket joint. See Ganoidel."
3984  
3985  Ginglymoid (a.) Alt. of Ginglymoidal
3986  
3987  "Ginglymoidal (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, a ginglymus, or hinge joint; ginglyform."
3988  
3989  Ginglymi (pl. ) of Ginglymus
3990  
3991  "Ginglymus (n.) A hinge joint; an articulation, admitting of flexion and extension, or motion in two directions only, as the elbow and the ankle."
3992  
3993  Ginhouse (n.) A building where cotton is ginned.
3994  
3995  Ginkgoes (pl. ) of Ginkgo
3996  
3997  "Ginkgo (n.) A large ornamental tree (Ginkgo biloba) from China and Japan, belonging to the Yew suborder of Coniferae. Its leaves are so like those of some maidenhair ferns, that it is also called the maidenhair tree."
3998  
3999  Ginn (pl. ) of Ginnee
4000  
4001  Ginnee (n.) See Jinnee.
4002  
4003  "Ginnet (n.) See Genet, a horse."
4004  
4005  Ginning (v. i.) Beginning.
4006  
4007  "Ginny-carriage (n.) A small, strong carriage for conveying materials on a railroad."
4008  
4009  "Ginseng (n.) A plant of the genus Aralia, the root of which is highly valued as a medicine among the Chinese. The Chinese plant (Aralia Schinseng) has become so rare that the American (A. quinquefolia) has largely taken its place, and its root is now an article of export from America to China. The root, when dry, is of a yellowish white color, with a sweetness in the taste somewhat resembling that of licorice, combined with a slight aromatic bitterness."
4010  
4011  Ginshop (n.) A shop or barroom where gin is sold as a beverage.
4012  
4013  Gip (v. t.) To take out the entrails of (herrings).
4014  
4015  Gip (n.) A servant. See Gyp.
4016  
4017  Gipoun (n.) A short cassock.
4018  
4019  Gipser (n.) Alt. of Gipsire
4020  
4021  Gipsire (n.) A kind of pouch formerly worn at the girdle.
4022  
4023  Gipsy (n. a.) See Gypsy.
4024  
4025  Gipsyism (n.) See Gypsyism.
4026  
4027  "Giraffe (n.) An African ruminant (Camelopardalis giraffa) related to the deers and antelopes, but placed in a family by itself; the camelopard. It is the tallest of animals, being sometimes twenty feet from the hoofs to the top of the head. Its neck is very long, and its fore legs are much longer than its hind legs."
4028  
4029  Girandole (n.) An ornamental branched candlestick.
4030  
4031  "Girandole (n.) A flower stand, fountain, or the like, of branching form."
4032  
4033  Girandole (n.) A kind of revolving firework.
4034  
4035  Girandole (n.) A series of chambers in defensive mines.
4036  
4037  Girasole Girasol (n.) See Heliotrope.
4038  
4039  "Girasole Girasol (n.) A variety of opal which is usually milk white, bluish white, or sky blue; but in a bright light it reflects a reddish color."
4040  
4041  Gird (n.) A stroke with a rod or switch; a severe spasm; a twinge; a pang.
4042  
4043  Gird (n.) A cut; a sarcastic remark; a gibe; a sneer.
4044  
4045  Gird (v.) To strike; to smite.
4046  
4047  Gird (v.) To sneer at; to mock; to gibe.
4048  
4049  Gird (v. i.) To gibe; to sneer; to break a scornful jest; to utter severe sarcasms.
4050  
4051  Girt (imp. & p. p.) of Gird
4052  
4053  Girded () of Gird
4054  
4055  Girding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gird
4056  
4057  Gird (v. t.) To encircle or bind with any flexible band.
4058  
4059  "Gird (v. t.) To make fast, as clothing, by binding with a cord, girdle, bandage, etc."
4060  
4061  "Gird (v. t.) To surround; to encircle, or encompass."
4062  
4063  Gird (v. t.) To clothe; to swathe; to invest.
4064  
4065  "Gird (v. t.) To prepare; to make ready; to equip; as, to gird one's self for a contest."
4066  
4067  Girder (n.) One who girds; a satirist.
4068  
4069  "Girder (n.) One who, or that which, girds."
4070  
4071  "Girder (n.) A main beam; a stright, horizontal beam to span an opening or carry weight, such as ends of floor beams, etc.; hence, a framed or built-up member discharging the same office, technically called a compound girder. See Illusts. of Frame, and Doubleframed floor, under Double."
4072  
4073  Girding (n.) That with which one is girded; a girdle.
4074  
4075  Girdle (n.) A griddle.
4076  
4077  "Girdle (n.) That which girds, encircles, or incloses; a circumference; a belt; esp., a belt, sash, or article of dress encircling the body usually at the waist; a cestus."
4078  
4079  "Girdle (n.) The zodiac; also, the equator."
4080  
4081  "Girdle (n.) The line ofgreatest circumference of a brilliant-cut diamond, at which it is grasped by the setting. See Illust. of Brilliant."
4082  
4083  Girdle (n.) A thin bed or stratum of stone.
4084  
4085  Girdle (n.) The clitellus of an earthworm.
4086  
4087  Girdled (imp. & p. p.) of Girdle
4088  
4089  Girdling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Girdle
4090  
4091  Girdle (v. t.) To bind with a belt or sash; to gird.
4092  
4093  Girdle (v. t.) To inclose; to environ; to shut in.
4094  
4095  "Girdle (v. t.) To make a cut or gnaw a groove around (a tree, etc.) through the bark and alburnum, thus killing it."
4096  
4097  Girdler (n.) One who girdles.
4098  
4099  Girdler (n.) A maker of girdles.
4100  
4101  "Girdler (n.) An American longicorn beetle (Oncideres cingulatus) which lays its eggs in the twigs of the hickory, and then girdles each branch by gnawing a groove around it, thus killing it to provide suitable food for the larvae."
4102  
4103  Girdlestead (n.) That part of the body where the girdle is worn.
4104  
4105  Girdlestead (n.) The lap.
4106  
4107  Gire (n.) See Gyre.
4108  
4109  Girkin (n.) See Gherkin.
4110  
4111  Girl (n.) A young person of either sex; a child.
4112  
4113  "Girl (n.) A female child, from birth to the age of puberty; a young maiden."
4114  
4115  Girl (n.) A female servant; a maidservant.
4116  
4117  Girl (n.) A roebuck two years old.
4118  
4119  Girlhood (n.) State or time of being a girl.
4120  
4121  "Girlish (a.) Like, or characteristic of, a girl; of or pertaining to girlhood; innocent; artless; immature; weak; as, girlish ways; girlish grief."
4122  
4123  Girlond (n.) A garland; a prize.
4124  
4125  Girn (n.) To grin.
4126  
4127  Girondist (n.) A member of the moderate republican party formed in the French legislative assembly in 1791. The Girondists were so called because their leaders were deputies from the department of La Gironde.
4128  
4129  Girondist (a.) Of or pertaining to the Girondists.
4130  
4131  Girrock (n.) A garfish.
4132  
4133  Girt () imp. & p. p. of Gird.
4134  
4135  Girted (imp. & p. p.) of Girt
4136  
4137  Girting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Girt
4138  
4139  "Girt (v.) To gird; to encircle; to invest by means of a girdle; to measure the girth of; as, to girt a tree."
4140  
4141  Girt (a.) Bound by a cable; -- used of a vessel so moored by two anchors that she swings against one of the cables by force of the current or tide.
4142  
4143  Girt (n.) Same as Girth.
4144  
4145  "Girth (n.) A band or strap which encircles the body; especially, one by which a saddle is fastened upon the back of a horse."
4146  
4147  "Girth (n.) The measure round the body, as at the waist or belly; the circumference of anything."
4148  
4149  Girth (n.) A small horizontal brace or girder.
4150  
4151  Girth (v. t.) To bind as with a girth.
4152  
4153  Girtline (n.) A gantline.
4154  
4155  "Gisarm (n.) A weapon with a scythe-shaped blade, and a separate long sharp point, mounted on a long staff and carried by foot soldiers."
4156  
4157  Gise (v. t.) To feed or pasture.
4158  
4159  Gise (n.) Guise; manner.
4160  
4161  Gisle (n.) A pledge.
4162  
4163  Gismondine (n.) Alt. of Gismondite
4164  
4165  "Gismondite (n.) A native hydrated silicate of alumina, lime, and potash, first noticed near Rome."
4166  
4167  Gist (n.) A resting place.
4168  
4169  "Gist (n.) The main point, as of a question; the point on which an action rests; the pith of a matter; as, the gist of a question."
4170  
4171  Git (n.) See Geat.
4172  
4173  Gite (n.) A gown.
4174  
4175  "Gith (n.) The corn cockle; also anciently applied to the Nigella, or fennel flower."
4176  
4177  Gittern (n.) An instrument like a guitar.
4178  
4179  Gittern (v. i.) To play on gittern.
4180  
4181  "Gittith (n.) A musical instrument, of unknown character, supposed by some to have been used by the people of Gath, and thence obtained by David. It is mentioned in the title of Psalms viii., lxxxi., and lxxxiv."
4182  
4183  Guist (n.) Same as Joust.
4184  
4185  "Giusto (a.) In just, correct, or suitable time."
4186  
4187  Gave (imp.) of Give
4188  
4189  Given (p. p.) of Give
4190  
4191  Giving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Give
4192  
4193  "Give (n.) To bestow without receiving a return; to confer without compensation; to impart, as a possession; to grant, as authority or permission; to yield up or allow."
4194  
4195  "Give (n.) To yield possesion of; to deliver over, as property, in exchange for something; to pay; as, we give the value of what we buy."
4196  
4197  "Give (n.) To yield; to furnish; to produce; to emit; as, flint and steel give sparks."
4198  
4199  "Give (n.) To communicate or announce, as advice, tidings, etc.; to pronounce; to render or utter, as an opinion, a judgment, a sentence, a shout, etc."
4200  
4201  Give (n.) To grant power or license to; to permit; to allow; to license; to commission.
4202  
4203  "Give (n.) To exhibit as a product or result; to produce; to show; as, the number of men, divided by the number of ships, gives four hundred to each ship."
4204  
4205  "Give (n.) To devote; to apply; used reflexively, to devote or apply one's self; as, the soldiers give themselves to plunder; also in this sense used very frequently in the past participle; as, the people are given to luxury and pleasure; the youth is given to study."
4206  
4207  "Give (n.) To set forth as a known quantity or a known relation, or as a premise from which to reason; -- used principally in the passive form given."
4208  
4209  Give (n.) To allow or admit by way of supposition.
4210  
4211  Give (n.) To attribute; to assign; to adjudge.
4212  
4213  "Give (n.) To excite or cause to exist, as a sensation; as, to give offense; to give pleasure or pain."
4214  
4215  "Give (n.) To pledge; as, to give one's word."
4216  
4217  "Give (n.) To cause; to make; -- with the infinitive; as, to give one to understand, to know, etc."
4218  
4219  Give (v. i.) To give a gift or gifts.
4220  
4221  "Give (v. i.) To yield to force or pressure; to relax; to become less rigid; as, the earth gives under the feet."
4222  
4223  Give (v. i.) To become soft or moist.
4224  
4225  Give (v. i.) To move; to recede.
4226  
4227  Give (v. i.) To shed tears; to weep.
4228  
4229  Give (v. i.) To have a misgiving.
4230  
4231  Give (v. i.) To open; to lead.
4232  
4233  "Given () p. p. & a. from Give, v."
4234  
4235  "Given (v.) Granted; assumed; supposed to be known; set forth as a known quantity, relation, or premise."
4236  
4237  "Given (v.) Disposed; inclined; -- used with an adv.; as, virtuously given."
4238  
4239  "Given (adv.) Stated; fixed; as, in a given time."
4240  
4241  Giver (n.) One who gives; a donor; a bestower; a grantor; one who imparts or distributes.
4242  
4243  Gives (n.) Fetters.
4244  
4245  Giving (n.) The act of bestowing as a gift; a conferring or imparting.
4246  
4247  Giving (n.) A gift; a benefaction.
4248  
4249  "Giving (n.) The act of softening, breaking, or yielding."
4250  
4251  "Gizzard (n.) The second, or true, muscular stomach of birds, in which the food is crushed and ground, after being softened in the glandular stomach (crop), or lower part of the esophagus; the gigerium."
4252  
4253  Gizzard (n.) A thick muscular stomach found in many invertebrate animals.
4254  
4255  "Gizzard (n.) A stomach armed with chitinous or shelly plates or teeth, as in certain insects and mollusks."
4256  
4257  Glabell/ (pl. ) of Glabella
4258  
4259  "Glabella (n.) The space between the eyebrows, also including the corresponding part of the frontal bone; the mesophryon."
4260  
4261  Glabella (pl. ) of Glabellum
4262  
4263  "Glabellum (n.) The median, convex lobe of the head of a trilobite. See Trilobite."
4264  
4265  Glabrate (a.) Becoming smooth or glabrous from age.
4266  
4267  Glabreate (v. t.) Alt. of Glabriate
4268  
4269  "Glabriate (v. t.) To make smooth, plain, or bare."
4270  
4271  Glabrity (n.) Smoothness; baldness.
4272  
4273  Glabrous (a.) Smooth; having a surface without hairs or any unevenness.
4274  
4275  "Glacial (a.) Pertaining to ice or to its action; consisting of ice; frozen; icy; esp., pertaining to glaciers; as, glacial phenomena."
4276  
4277  "Glacial (a.) Resembling ice; having the appearance and consistency of ice; -- said of certain solid compounds; as, glacial phosphoric or acetic acids."
4278  
4279  "Glacialist (n.) One who attributes the phenomena of the drift, in geology, to glaciers."
4280  
4281  Glaciate (v. i.) To turn to ice.
4282  
4283  "Glaciate (v. t.) To convert into, or cover with, ice."
4284  
4285  "Glaciate (v. t.) To produce glacial effects upon, as in the scoring of rocks, transportation of loose material, etc."
4286  
4287  Glaciation (n.) Act of freezing.
4288  
4289  Glaciation (n.) That which is formed by freezing; ice.
4290  
4291  "Glaciation (n.) The process of glaciating, or the state of being glaciated; the production of glacial phenomena."
4292  
4293  "Glacier (n.) An immense field or stream of ice, formed in the region of perpetual snow, and moving slowly down a mountain slope or valley, as in the Alps, or over an extended area, as in Greenland."
4294  
4295  "Glacious (a.) Pertaining to, consisting of or resembling, ice; icy."
4296  
4297  "Glacis (n.) A gentle slope, or a smooth, gently sloping bank; especially (Fort.), that slope of earth which inclines from the covered way toward the exterior ground or country (see Illust. of Ravelin)."
4298  
4299  "Glad (superl.) Pleased; joyous; happy; cheerful; gratified; -- opposed to sorry, sorrowful, or unhappy; -- said of persons, and often followed by of, at, that, or by the infinitive, and sometimes by with, introducing the cause or reason."
4300  
4301  Glad (superl.) Wearing a gay or bright appearance; expressing or exciting joy; producing gladness; exhilarating.
4302  
4303  Gladded (imp. & p. p.) of Glad
4304  
4305  Gladding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Glad
4306  
4307  Glad (v. t.) To make glad; to cheer; to gladden; to exhilarate.
4308  
4309  Glad (v. i.) To be glad; to rejoice.
4310  
4311  Gladdened (imp. & p. p.) of Gladden
4312  
4313  Gladdening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gladden
4314  
4315  Gladden (v. t.) To make glad; to cheer; to please; to gratify; to rejoice; to exhilarate.
4316  
4317  Gladden (v. i.) To be or become glad; to rejoice.
4318  
4319  Gladder (n.) One who makes glad.
4320  
4321  Glade (n.) An open passage through a wood; a grassy open or cleared space in a forest.
4322  
4323  Glade (n.) An everglade.
4324  
4325  "Glade (n.) An opening in the ice of rivers or lakes, or a place left unfrozen; also, smooth ice."
4326  
4327  "Gladen (n.) Sword grass; any plant with sword-shaped leaves, esp. the European Iris foetidissima."
4328  
4329  Gladeye (n.) The European yellow-hammer.
4330  
4331  Gladful (a.) Full of gladness; joyful; glad.
4332  
4333  "Gladiate (a.) Sword-shaped; resembling a sword in form, as the leaf of the iris, or of the gladiolus."
4334  
4335  "Gladiator (n.) Originally, a swordplayer; hence, one who fought with weapons in public, either on the occasion of a funeral ceremony, or in the arena, for public amusement."
4336  
4337  Gladiator (n.) One who engages in any fierce combat or controversy.
4338  
4339  Gladiatorial (a.) Alt. of Gladiatorian
4340  
4341  "Gladiatorian (a.) Of or pertaining to gladiators, or to contests or combatants in general."
4342  
4343  Gladiatorism (n.) The art or practice of a gladiator.
4344  
4345  "Gladiatorship (n.) Conduct, state, or art, of a gladiator."
4346  
4347  Gladiatory (a.) Gladiatorial.
4348  
4349  Gladiature (n.) Swordplay; fencing; gladiatorial contest.
4350  
4351  "Gladiole (n.) A lilylike plant, of the genus Gladiolus; -- called also corn flag."
4352  
4353  Gladioli (pl. ) of Gladiolus
4354  
4355  Gladioluses (pl. ) of Gladiolus
4356  
4357  "Gladiolus (n.) A genus of plants having bulbous roots and gladiate leaves, and including many species, some of which are cultivated and valued for the beauty of their flowers; the corn flag; the sword lily."
4358  
4359  Gladiolus (n.) The middle portion of the sternum in some animals; the mesosternum.
4360  
4361  Gladii (pl. ) of Gladius
4362  
4363  "Gladius (n.) The internal shell, or pen, of cephalopods like the squids."
4364  
4365  Gladly (a.) Preferably; by choice.
4366  
4367  Gladly (a.) With pleasure; joyfully; cheerfully; eagerly.
4368  
4369  Gladness (n.) State or quality of being glad; pleasure; joyful satisfaction; cheerfulness.
4370  
4371  Gladship (n.) A state of gladness.
4372  
4373  Gladsome (a.) Pleased; joyful; cheerful.
4374  
4375  "Gladsome (a.) Causing joy, pleasure, or cheerfulness; having the appearance of gayety; pleasing."
4376  
4377  "Gladstone (n.) A four-wheeled pleasure carriage with two inside seats, calash top, and seats for driver and footman."
4378  
4379  Gladwyn (n.) See Gladen.
4380  
4381  "Glair (a.) The white of egg. It is used as a size or a glaze in bookbinding, for pastry, etc."
4382  
4383  "Glair (a.) Any viscous, transparent substance, resembling the white of an egg."
4384  
4385  Glair (a.) A broadsword fixed on a pike; a kind of halberd.
4386  
4387  Glaired (imp. & p. p.) of Glair
4388  
4389  Glairing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Glair
4390  
4391  Glair (v. t.) To smear with the white of an egg.
4392  
4393  Glaire (n.) See Glair.
4394  
4395  Glaireous (a.) Glairy; covered with glair.
4396  
4397  "Glairin (n.) A glairy viscous substance, which forms on the surface of certain mineral waters, or covers the sides of their inclosures; -- called also baregin."
4398  
4399  "Glairy (a.) Like glair, or partaking of its qualities; covered with glair; viscous and transparent; slimy."
4400  
4401  "Glaive (n.) A weapon formerly used, consisting of a large blade fixed on the end of a pole, whose edge was on the outside curve; also, a light lance with a long sharp-pointed head."
4402  
4403  Glaive (n.) A sword; -- used poetically and loosely.
4404  
4405  "Glama (n.) A copious gummy secretion of the humor of the eyelids, in consequence of some disorder; blearedness; lippitude."
4406  
4407  "Glamour (n.) A charm affecting the eye, making objects appear different from what they really are."
4408  
4409  Glamour (n.) Witchcraft; magic; a spell.
4410  
4411  "Glamour (n.) A kind of haze in the air, causing things to appear different from what they really are."
4412  
4413  "Glamour (n.) Any artificial interest in, or association with, an object, through which it appears delusively magnified or glorified."
4414  
4415  Glamourie (n.) Glamour.
4416  
4417  Glance (n.) A sudden flash of light or splendor.
4418  
4419  Glance (n.) A quick cast of the eyes; a quick or a casual look; a swift survey; a glimpse.
4420  
4421  Glance (n.) An incidental or passing thought or allusion.
4422  
4423  "Glance (n.) A name given to some sulphides, mostly dark-colored, which have a brilliant metallic luster, as the sulphide of copper, called copper glance."
4424  
4425  Glanced (imp. & p. p.) of Glance
4426  
4427  Glancing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Glance
4428  
4429  Glance (v. i.) To shoot or emit a flash of light; to shine; to flash.
4430  
4431  "Glance (v. i.) To strike and fly off in an oblique direction; to dart aside. ""Your arrow hath glanced""."
4432  
4433  "Glance (v. i.) To look with a sudden, rapid cast of the eye; to snatch a momentary or hasty view."
4434  
4435  Glance (v. i.) To make an incidental or passing reflection; to allude; to hint; -- often with at.
4436  
4437  "Glance (v. i.) To move quickly, appearing and disappearing rapidly; to be visible only for an instant at a time; to move interruptedly; to twinkle."
4438  
4439  "Glance (v. t.) To shoot or dart suddenly or obliquely; to cast for a moment; as, to glance the eye."
4440  
4441  Glance (v. t.) To hint at; to touch lightly or briefly.
4442  
4443  "Glancing (a.) Shooting, as light."
4444  
4445  "Glancing (a.) Flying off (after striking) in an oblique direction; as, a glancing shot."
4446  
4447  Glancingly (adv.) In a glancing manner; transiently; incidentally; indirectly.
4448  
4449  "Gland (n.) An organ for secreting something to be used in, or eliminated from, the body; as, the sebaceous glands of the skin; the salivary glands of the mouth."
4450  
4451  "Gland (n.) An organ or part which resembles a secreting, or true, gland, as the ductless, lymphatic, pineal, and pituitary glands, the functions of which are very imperfectly known."
4452  
4453  "Gland (n.) A special organ of plants, usually minute and globular, which often secretes some kind of resinous, gummy, or aromatic product."
4454  
4455  Gland (n.) Any very small prominence.
4456  
4457  "Gland (n.) The movable part of a stuffing box by which the packing is compressed; -- sometimes called a follower. See Illust. of Stuffing box, under Stuffing."
4458  
4459  Gland (n.) The crosspiece of a bayonet clutch.
4460  
4461  Glandage (n.) A feeding on nuts or mast.
4462  
4463  "Glandered (a.) Affected with glanders; as, a glandered horse."
4464  
4465  Glanderous (a.) Of or pertaining to glanders; of the nature of glanders.
4466  
4467  "Glanders (n.) A highly contagious and very destructive disease of horses, asses, mules, etc., characterized by a constant discharge of sticky matter from the nose, and an enlargement and induration of the glands beneath and within the lower jaw. It may transmitted to dogs, goats, sheep, and to human beings."
4468  
4469  "Glandiferous (a.) Bearing acorns or other nuts; as, glandiferous trees."
4470  
4471  Glandiform (a.) Having the form of a gland or nut; resembling a gland.
4472  
4473  Glandular (a.) Containing or supporting glands; consisting of glands; pertaining to glands.
4474  
4475  Glandulation (n.) The situation and structure of the secretory vessels in plants.
4476  
4477  Glandule (n.) A small gland or secreting vessel.
4478  
4479  Glanduliferous (a.) Bearing glandules.
4480  
4481  Glandulose (a.) Same as Glandulous.
4482  
4483  Glandulosity (n.) Quality of being glandulous; a collection of glands.
4484  
4485  Glandulous (a.) Containing glands; consisting of glands; pertaining to glands; resembling glands.
4486  
4487  Glandes (pl. ) of Glans
4488  
4489  "Glans (n.) The vascular body which forms the apex of the penis, and the extremity of the clitoris."
4490  
4491  Glans (n.) The acorn or mast of the oak and similar fruits.
4492  
4493  Glans (n.) Goiter.
4494  
4495  Glans (n.) A pessary.
4496  
4497  Glared (imp. & p. p.) of Glare
4498  
4499  Glaring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Glare
4500  
4501  "Glare (v. i.) To shine with a bright, dazzling light."
4502  
4503  "Glare (v. i.) To look with fierce, piercing eyes; to stare earnestly, angrily, or fiercely."
4504  
4505  "Glare (v. i.) To be bright and intense, as certain colors; to be ostentatiously splendid or gay."
4506  
4507  "Glare (v. t.) To shoot out, or emit, as a dazzling light."
4508  
4509  "Glare (n.) A bright, dazzling light; splendor that dazzles the eyes; a confusing and bewildering light."
4510  
4511  "Glare (n.) A fierce, piercing look or stare."
4512  
4513  "Glare (n.) A viscous, transparent substance. See Glair."
4514  
4515  "Glare (n.) A smooth, bright, glassy surface; as, a glare of ice."
4516  
4517  "Glare (n.) Smooth and bright or translucent; -- used almost exclusively of ice; as, skating on glare ice."
4518  
4519  Glareous (a.) Glairy.
4520  
4521  Glariness (n.) Alt. of Glaringness
4522  
4523  Glaringness (n.) A dazzling luster or brilliancy.
4524  
4525  "Glaring (a.) Clear; notorious; open and bold; barefaced; as, a glaring crime."
4526  
4527  Glary (a.) Of a dazzling luster; glaring; bright; shining; smooth.
4528  
4529  "Glass (v. t.) A hard, brittle, translucent, and commonly transparent substance, white or colored, having a conchoidal fracture, and made by fusing together sand or silica with lime, potash, soda, or lead oxide. It is used for window panes and mirrors, for articles of table and culinary use, for lenses, and various articles of ornament."
4530  
4531  "Glass (v. t.) Any substance having a peculiar glassy appearance, and a conchoidal fracture, and usually produced by fusion."
4532  
4533  Glass (v. t.) Anything made of glass.
4534  
4535  Glass (v. t.) A looking-glass; a mirror.
4536  
4537  "Glass (v. t.) A vessel filled with running sand for measuring time; an hourglass; and hence, the time in which such a vessel is exhausted of its sand."
4538  
4539  "Glass (v. t.) A drinking vessel; a tumbler; a goblet; hence, the contents of such a vessel; especially; spirituous liquors; as, he took a glass at dinner."
4540  
4541  "Glass (v. t.) An optical glass; a lens; a spyglass; -- in the plural, spectacles; as, a pair of glasses; he wears glasses."
4542  
4543  Glass (v. t.) A weatherglass; a barometer.
4544  
4545  Glassed (imp. & p. p.) of Glass
4546  
4547  Glassing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Glass
4548  
4549  "Glass (v. t.) To reflect, as in a mirror; to mirror; -- used reflexively."
4550  
4551  Glass (v. t.) To case in glass.
4552  
4553  Glass (v. t.) To cover or furnish with glass; to glaze.
4554  
4555  "Glass (v. t.) To smooth or polish anything, as leater, by rubbing it with a glass burnisher."
4556  
4557  "Glass-crab (n.) The larval state (Phyllosoma) of the genus Palinurus and allied genera. It is remarkable for its strange outlines, thinness, and transparency. See Phyllosoma."
4558  
4559  Glassen (a.) Glassy; glazed.
4560  
4561  Glasseye (n.) A fish of the great lakes; the wall-eyed pike.
4562  
4563  Glasseye (n.) A species of blindness in horses in which the eye is bright and the pupil dilated; a sort of amaurosis.
4564  
4565  Glass-faced (a.) Mirror-faced; reflecting the sentiments of another.
4566  
4567  Glassfuls (pl. ) of Glassful
4568  
4569  Glassful (n.) The contents of a glass; as much of anything as a glass will hold.
4570  
4571  Glassful (a.) Glassy; shining like glass.
4572  
4573  Glass-gazing (a.) Given to viewing one's self in a glass or mirror; finical.
4574  
4575  Glasshouse (n.) A house where glass is made; a commercial house that deals in glassware.
4576  
4577  Glassily (adv.) So as to resemble glass.
4578  
4579  Glassiness (n.) The quality of being glassy.
4580  
4581  "Glassite (n.) A member of a Scottish sect, founded in the 18th century by John Glass, a minister of the Established Church of Scotland, who taught that justifying faith is ""no more than a simple assent to the divine testimone passively recived by the understanding."" The English and American adherents of this faith are called Sandemanians, after Robert Sandeman, the son-in-law and disciple of Glass."
4582  
4583  Glass maker (n.) Alt. of Glassmaker
4584  
4585  "Glassmaker (n.) One who makes, or manufactures, glass."
4586  
4587  "Glass-rope (n.) A remarkable vitreous sponge, of the genus Hyalonema, first brought from Japan. It has a long stem, consisting of a bundle of long and large, glassy, siliceous fibers, twisted together."
4588  
4589  "Glass-snail (n.) A small, transparent, land snail, of the genus Vitrina."
4590  
4591  "Glass-snake (n.) A long, footless lizard (Ophiosaurus ventralis), of the Southern United States; -- so called from its fragility, the tail easily breaking into small pieces. It grows to the length of three feet. The name is applied also to similar species found in the Old World."
4592  
4593  "Glass-sponge (n.) A siliceous sponge, of the genus Hyalonema, and allied genera; -- so called from their glassy fibers or spicules; -- called also vitreous sponge. See Glass-rope, and Euplectella."
4594  
4595  "Glassware (n.) Ware, or articles collectively, made of glass."
4596  
4597  Glasswork (n.) Manufacture of glass; articles or ornamentation made of glass.
4598  
4599  "Glasswort (n.) A seashore plant of the Spinach family (Salicornia herbacea), with succulent jointed stems; also, a prickly plant of the same family (Salsola Kali), both formerly burned for the sake of the ashes, which yield soda for making glass and soap."
4600  
4601  "Glassy (a.) Made of glass; vitreous; as, a glassy substance."
4602  
4603  "Glassy (a.) Resembling glass in its properties, as in smoothness, brittleness, or transparency; as, a glassy stream; a glassy surface; the glassy deep."
4604  
4605  Glassy (a.) Dull; wanting life or fire; lackluster; -- said of the eyes.
4606  
4607  Glasstonbury thorn () A variety of the common hawthorn.
4608  
4609  Glasynge (n.) Glazing or glass.
4610  
4611  "Glauberite (n.) A mineral, consisting of the sulphates of soda and lime."
4612  
4613  Glauber's salt () Alt. of Glauber's salts
4614  
4615  "Glauber's salts () Sulphate of soda, a well-known cathartic. It is a white crystalline substance, with a cooling, slightly bitter taste, and is commonly called ""salts."""
4616  
4617  Glaucescent (a.) Having a somewhat glaucous appearance or nature; becoming glaucous.
4618  
4619  "Glaucic (a.) Of or pertaining to the Glaucium or horned poppy; -- formerly applied to an acid derived from it, now known to be fumaric acid."
4620  
4621  Glaucine (a.) Glaucous or glaucescent.
4622  
4623  "Glaucine (n.) An alkaloid obtained from the plant Glaucium, as a bitter, white, crystalline substance."
4624  
4625  "Glaucodot (n.) A metallic mineral having a grayish tin-white color, and containing cobalt and iron, with sulphur and arsenic."
4626  
4627  "Glaucoma (n.) Dimness or abolition of sight, with a diminution of transparency, a bluish or greenish tinge of the refracting media of the eye, and a hard inelastic condition of the eyeball, with marked increase of tension within the eyeball."
4628  
4629  Glaucomatous (a.) Having the nature of glaucoma.
4630  
4631  Glaucometer (n.) See Gleucometer.
4632  
4633  Glauconite (n.) The green mineral characteristic of the greensand of the chalk and other formations. It is a hydrous silicate of iron and potash. See Greensand.
4634  
4635  "Glaucophane (n.) A mineral of a dark bluish color, related to amphibole. It is characteristic of certain crystalline rocks."
4636  
4637  Glaucosis (n.) Same as Glaucoma.
4638  
4639  Glaucous (a.) Of a sea-green color; of a dull green passing into grayish blue.
4640  
4641  "Glaucous (a.) Covered with a fine bloom or fine white powder easily rubbed off, as that on a blue plum, or on a cabbage leaf."
4642  
4643  "Glaucus (n.) A genus of nudibranchiate mollusks, found in the warmer latitudes, swimming in the open sea. These mollusks are beautifully colored with blue and silvery white."
4644  
4645  "Glaum (v. i.) To grope with the hands, as in the dark."
4646  
4647  Glave (n.) See Glaive.
4648  
4649  Glaver (v. i.) To prate; to jabber; to babble.
4650  
4651  Glaver (v. i.) To flatter; to wheedle.
4652  
4653  Glaverer (n.) A flatterer.
4654  
4655  Glaymore (n.) A claymore.
4656  
4657  Glased (imp. & p. p.) of Glase
4658  
4659  Glazing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Glase
4660  
4661  "Glase (v. t.) To furnish (a window, a house, a sash, a ease, etc.) with glass."
4662  
4663  "Glase (v. t.) To incrust, cover, or overlay with a thin surface, consisting of, or resembling, glass; as, to glaze earthenware; hence, to render smooth, glasslike, or glossy; as, to glaze paper, gunpowder, and the like."
4664  
4665  "Glase (v. t.) To apply thinly a transparent or semitransparent color to (another color), to modify the effect."
4666  
4667  Glaze (v. i.) To become glazed of glassy.
4668  
4669  "Glaze (n.) The vitreous coating of pottery or porcelain; anything used as a coating or color in glazing. See Glaze, v. t., 3."
4670  
4671  "Glaze (v. t.) Broth reduced by boiling to a gelatinous paste, and spread thinly over braised dishes."
4672  
4673  Glaze (v. t.) A glazing oven. See Glost oven.
4674  
4675  Glazen (a.) Resembling glass; glasslike; glazed.
4676  
4677  "Glazer (n.) One who applies glazing, as in pottery manufacture, etc.; one who gives a glasslike or glossy surface to anything; a calenderer or smoother of cloth, paper, and the like."
4678  
4679  "Glazer (n.) A tool or machine used in glazing, polishing, smoothing, etc.; amoung cutlers and lapidaries, a wooden wheel covered with emery, or having a band of lead and tin alloy, for polishing cutlery, etc."
4680  
4681  Glazier (n.) One whose business is to set glass.
4682  
4683  "Glazing (n.) The act or art of setting glass; the art of covering with a vitreous or glasslike substance, or of polishing or rendering glossy."
4684  
4685  "Glazing (n.) The glass set, or to be set, in a sash, frame. etc."
4686  
4687  "Glazing (n.) The glass, glasslike, or glossy substance with which any surface is incrusted or overlaid; as, the glazing of pottery or porcelain, or of paper."
4688  
4689  "Glazing (n.) Transparent, or semitransparent, colors passed thinly over other colors, to modify the effect."
4690  
4691  Glazy (a.) Having a glazed appearance; -- said of the fractured surface of some kinds of pin iron.
4692  
4693  Glead (n.) A live coal. See Gleed.
4694  
4695  "Gleam (v. i.) To disgorge filth, as a hawk."
4696  
4697  Gleam (n.) A shoot of light; a small stream of light; a beam; a ray; a glimpse.
4698  
4699  Gleam (n.) Brightness; splendor.
4700  
4701  Gleamed (imp. & p. p.) of Gleam
4702  
4703  Gleaming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gleam
4704  
4705  "Gleam (v. t.) To shoot, or dart, as rays of light; as, at the dawn, light gleams in the east."
4706  
4707  Gleam (v. t.) To shine; to cast light; to glitter.
4708  
4709  "Gleam (v. t.) To shoot out (flashes of light, etc.)."
4710  
4711  Gleamy (a.) Darting beams of light; casting light in rays; flashing; coruscating.
4712  
4713  Gleaned (imp. & p. p.) of Glean
4714  
4715  Gleaning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Glean
4716  
4717  "Glean (v. t.) To gather after a reaper; to collect in scattered or fragmentary parcels, as the grain left by a reaper, or grapes left after the gathering."
4718  
4719  Glean (v. t.) To gather from (a field or vineyard) what is left.
4720  
4721  Glean (v. t.) To collect with patient and minute labor; to pick out; to obtain.
4722  
4723  Glean (v. i.) To gather stalks or ears of grain left by reapers.
4724  
4725  Glean (v. i.) To pick up or gather anything by degrees.
4726  
4727  Glean (n.) A collection made by gleaning.
4728  
4729  Glean (n.) Cleaning; afterbirth.
4730  
4731  Gleaner (n.) One who gathers after reapers.
4732  
4733  Gleaner (n.) One who gathers slowly with labor.
4734  
4735  Gleaning (n.) The act of gathering after reapers; that which is collected by gleaning.
4736  
4737  Glebe (n.) A lump; a clod.
4738  
4739  Glebe (n.) Turf; soil; ground; sod.
4740  
4741  "Glebe (n.) The land belonging, or yielding revenue, to a parish church or ecclesiastical benefice."
4742  
4743  Glebeless (a.) Having no glebe.
4744  
4745  Glebosity (n.) The quality of being glebous.
4746  
4747  Glebous (a.) Alt. of Gleby
4748  
4749  Gleby (a.) Pertaining to the glebe; turfy; cloddy; fertile; fruitful.
4750  
4751  Glede (v. i.) The common European kite (Milvus ictinus). This name is also sometimes applied to the buzzard.
4752  
4753  Glede (n.) A live coal.
4754  
4755  Glee (n.) Music; minstrelsy; entertainment.
4756  
4757  "Glee (n.) Joy; merriment; mirth; gayety; paricularly, the mirth enjoyed at a feast."
4758  
4759  Glee (n.) An unaccompanied part song for three or more solo voices. It is not necessarily gleesome.
4760  
4761  Gleed (v. i.) A live or glowing coal; a glede.
4762  
4763  Gleeful (a.) Merry; gay; joyous.
4764  
4765  Gleek (n.) A jest or scoff; a trick or deception.
4766  
4767  Gleek (n.) An enticing look or glance.
4768  
4769  Gleek (v. i.) To make sport; to gibe; to sneer; to spend time idly.
4770  
4771  "Gleek (n.) A game at cards, once popular, played by three persons."
4772  
4773  "Gleek (n.) Three of the same cards held in the same hand; -- hence, three of anything."
4774  
4775  Gleemen (pl. ) of Gleeman
4776  
4777  Gleeman (n.) A name anciently given to an itinerant minstrel or musician.
4778  
4779  Gleen (v. i.) To glisten; to gleam.
4780  
4781  Gleesome (a.) Merry; joyous; gleeful.
4782  
4783  "Gleet (n.) A transparent mucous discharge from the membrane of the urethra, commonly an effect of gonorrhea."
4784  
4785  "Gleet (v. i.) To flow in a thin, limpid humor; to ooze, as gleet."
4786  
4787  "Gleet (v. i.) To flow slowly, as water."
4788  
4789  Gleety (a.) Ichorous; thin; limpid.
4790  
4791  Gleg (a.) Quick of perception; alert; sharp.
4792  
4793  Gleire (n.) Alt. of Gleyre
4794  
4795  Gleyre (n.) See Glair.
4796  
4797  Glen (n.) A secluded and narrow valley; a dale; a depression between hills.
4798  
4799  Glenlivat (n.) Alt. of Glenlivet
4800  
4801  "Glenlivet (n.) A kind of Scotch whisky, named from the district in which it was first made."
4802  
4803  "Glenoid (a.) Having the form of a smooth and shallow depression; socketlike; -- applied to several articular surfaces of bone; as, the glenoid cavity, or fossa, of the scapula, in which the head of the humerus articulates."
4804  
4805  Glenoidal (a.) Glenoid.
4806  
4807  Glent (n. & v.) See Glint.
4808  
4809  Gleucometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the specific gravity and ascertaining the quantity of sugar contained in must.
4810  
4811  Glew (n.) See Glue.
4812  
4813  Gley (v. i.) To squint; to look obliquely; to overlook things.
4814  
4815  Gley (adv.) Asquint; askance; obliquely.
4816  
4817  "Gliadin (n.) Vegetable glue or gelatin; glutin. It is one of the constituents of wheat gluten, and is a tough, amorphous substance, which resembles animal glue or gelatin."
4818  
4819  "Glib (superl.) Smooth; slippery; as, ice is glib."
4820  
4821  "Glib (superl.) Speaking or spoken smoothly and with flippant rapidity; fluent; voluble; as, a glib tongue; a glib speech."
4822  
4823  Glib (v. t.) To make glib.
4824  
4825  "Glib (n.) A thick lock of hair, hanging over the eyes."
4826  
4827  Glib (v. t.) To castrate; to geld; to emasculate.
4828  
4829  Gilbbery (a.) Slippery; changeable.
4830  
4831  Gilbbery (a.) Moving easily; nimble; voluble.
4832  
4833  "Glibly (adv.) In a glib manner; as, to speak glibly."
4834  
4835  Glibness (n.) The quality of being glib.
4836  
4837  Glicke (n.) An ogling look.
4838  
4839  Glidden () p. p. of Glide.
4840  
4841  Glidder (a.) Alt. of Gliddery
4842  
4843  Gliddery (a.) Giving no sure footing; smooth; slippery.
4844  
4845  Glide (n.) The glede or kite.
4846  
4847  Glided (imp. & p. p.) of Glide
4848  
4849  Gliding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Glide
4850  
4851  "Glide (v. i.) To move gently and smoothly; to pass along without noise, violence, or apparent effort; to pass rapidly and easily, or with a smooth, silent motion, as a river in its channel, a bird in the air, a skater over ice."
4852  
4853  "Glide (v. i.) To pass with a glide, as the voice."
4854  
4855  "Glide (n.) The act or manner of moving smoothly, swiftly, and without labor or obstruction."
4856  
4857  "Glide (n.) A transitional sound in speech which is produced by the changing of the mouth organs from one definite position to another, and with gradual change in the most frequent cases; as in passing from the begining to the end of a regular diphthong, or from vowel to consonant or consonant to vowel in a syllable, or from one component to the other of a double or diphthongal consonant (see Guide to Pronunciation, // 19, 161, 162). Also (by Bell and others), the vanish (or brief final element) or the brief initial element, in a class of diphthongal vowels, or the brief final or initial part of some consonants (see Guide to Pronunciation, // 18, 97, 191)."
4858  
4859  Gliden () p. p. of Glide.
4860  
4861  "Glider (n.) One who, or that which, glides."
4862  
4863  Glidingly (adv.) In a gliding manner.
4864  
4865  Gliff (n.) A transient glance; an unexpected view of something that startles one; a sudden fear.
4866  
4867  "Gliff (n.) A moment: as, for a gliff."
4868  
4869  Glike (n.) A sneer; a flout.
4870  
4871  Glim (n.) Brightness; splendor.
4872  
4873  Glim (n.) A light or candle.
4874  
4875  Glimmered (imp. & p. p.) of Glimmer
4876  
4877  Glimmering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Glimmer
4878  
4879  "Glimmer (v. i.) To give feeble or scattered rays of light; to shine faintly; to show a faint, unsteady light; as, the glimmering dawn; a glimmering lamp."
4880  
4881  "Glimmer (n.) A faint, unsteady light; feeble, scattered rays of light; also, a gleam."
4882  
4883  Glimmer (n.) Mica. See Mica.
4884  
4885  "Glimmering (n.) Faint, unsteady light; a glimmer."
4886  
4887  Glimmering (n.) A faint view or idea; a glimpse; an inkling.
4888  
4889  Glimpse (n.) A sudden flash; transient luster.
4890  
4891  "Glimpse (n.) A short, hurried view; a transitory or fragmentary perception; a quick sight."
4892  
4893  Glimpse (n.) A faint idea; an inkling.
4894  
4895  Glimpsed (imp. & p. p.) of Glimpse
4896  
4897  Glimpsing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Glimpse
4898  
4899  Glimpse (v. i.) to appear by glimpses; to catch glimpses.
4900  
4901  Glimpse (v. t.) To catch a glimpse of; to see by glimpses; to have a short or hurried view of.
4902  
4903  "Glint (n.) A glimpse, glance, or gleam."
4904  
4905  Glinted (imp. & p. p.) of Glint
4906  
4907  Glinting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Glint
4908  
4909  "Glint (v. i.) To glance; to peep forth, as a flower from the bud; to glitter."
4910  
4911  "Glint (v. t.) To glance; to turn; as, to glint the eye."
4912  
4913  "Glioma (n.) A tumor springing from the neuroglia or connective tissue of the brain, spinal cord, or other portions of the nervous system."
4914  
4915  Glires (n. pl.) An order of mammals; the Rodentia.
4916  
4917  "Glissade (n.) A sliding, as down a snow slope in the Alps."
4918  
4919  Glissando (n. & a.) A gliding effect; gliding.
4920  
4921  "Glissette (n.) The locus described by any point attached to a curve that slips continuously on another fixed curve, the movable curve having no rotation at any instant."
4922  
4923  Glist (n.) Glimmer; mica.
4924  
4925  Glistened (imp. & p. p.) of Glisten
4926  
4927  Glistening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Glisten
4928  
4929  "Glisten (v. i.) To sparkle or shine; especially, to shine with a mild, subdued, and fitful luster; to emit a soft, scintillating light; to gleam; as, the glistening stars."
4930  
4931  Glistered (imp. & p. p.) of Glister
4932  
4933  Glistering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Glister
4934  
4935  Glister (v. i.) To be bright; to sparkle; to be brilliant; to shine; to glisten; to glitter.
4936  
4937  Glister (n.) Glitter; luster.
4938  
4939  Glisteringly (adv.) In a glistering manner.
4940  
4941  Glittered (imp. & p. p.) of Glitter
4942  
4943  Glittering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Glitter
4944  
4945  "Glitter (v. i.) To sparkle with light; to shine with a brilliant and broken light or showy luster; to gleam; as, a glittering sword."
4946  
4947  "Glitter (v. i.) To be showy, specious, or striking, and hence attractive; as, the glittering scenes of a court."
4948  
4949  "Glitter (n.) A bright, sparkling light; brilliant and showy luster; brilliancy; as, the glitter of arms; the glitter of royal equipage."
4950  
4951  Glitterand (a.) Glittering.
4952  
4953  Glitteringly (adv.) In a glittering manner.
4954  
4955  Gloam (v. i.) To begin to grow dark; to grow dusky.
4956  
4957  Gloam (v. i.) To be sullen or morose.
4958  
4959  Gloam (n.) The twilight; gloaming.
4960  
4961  Gloaming (n.) Twilight; dusk; the fall of the evening.
4962  
4963  Gloaming (n.) Sullenness; melancholy.
4964  
4965  Gloar (v. i.) To squint; to stare.
4966  
4967  Gloated (imp. & p. p.) of Gloat
4968  
4969  Gloating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gloat
4970  
4971  "Gloat (v. i.) To look steadfastly; to gaze earnestly; -- usually in a bad sense, to gaze with malignant satisfaction, passionate desire, lust, or avarice."
4972  
4973  Globard (n.) A glowworm.
4974  
4975  Globate (a.) Alt. of Globated
4976  
4977  Globated (a.) Having the form of a globe; spherical.
4978  
4979  "Globe (n.) A round or spherical body, solid or hollow; a body whose surface is in every part equidistant from the center; a ball; a sphere."
4980  
4981  "Globe (n.) Anything which is nearly spherical or globular in shape; as, the globe of the eye; the globe of a lamp."
4982  
4983  Globe (n.) The earth; the terraqueous ball; -- usually preceded by the definite article.
4984  
4985  "Globe (n.) A round model of the world; a spherical representation of the earth or heavens; as, a terrestrial or celestial globe; -- called also artificial globe."
4986  
4987  "Globe (n.) A body of troops, or of men or animals, drawn up in a circle; -- a military formation used by the Romans, answering to the modern infantry square."
4988  
4989  Globed (imp. & p. p.) of Globe
4990  
4991  Globing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Globe
4992  
4993  Globe (v. t.) To gather or form into a globe.
4994  
4995  "Globefish (n.) A plectognath fish of the genera Diodon, Tetrodon, and allied genera. The globefishes can suck in water or air and distend the body to a more or less globular form. Called also porcupine fish, and sea hedgehog. See Diodon."
4996  
4997  "Globeflower (n.) A plant of the genus Trollius (T. Europaeus), found in the mountainous parts of Europe, and producing handsome globe-shaped flowers."
4998  
4999  Globeflower (n.) The American plant Trollius laxus.
5000  
5001  Globe-shaped (a.) Shaped like a globe.
5002  
5003  Globiferous (a.) Having a round or globular tip.
5004  
5005  Globigerin/ (pl. ) of Globigerina
5006  
5007  "Globigerina (n.) A genus of small Foraminifera, which live abundantly at or near the surface of the sea. Their dead shells, falling to the bottom, make up a large part of the soft mud, generally found in depths below 3,000 feet, and called globigerina ooze. See Illust. of Foraminifera."
5008  
5009  "Globose (a.) Having a rounded form resembling that of a globe; globular, or nearly so; spherical."
5010  
5011  Globosely (adv.) In a globular manner; globularly.
5012  
5013  Globosity (n.) Sphericity.
5014  
5015  Globous (a.) Spherical.
5016  
5017  "Globular (a.) Globe-shaped; having the form of a ball or sphere; spherical, or nearly so; as, globular atoms."
5018  
5019  Globularity (n.) The state of being globular; globosity; sphericity.
5020  
5021  Globularly (adv.) Spherically.
5022  
5023  Globularness (n.) Sphericity; globosity.
5024  
5025  "Globule (n.) A little globe; a small particle of matter, of a spherical form."
5026  
5027  "Globule (n.) A minute spherical or rounded structure; as blood, lymph, and pus corpuscles, minute fungi, spores, etc."
5028  
5029  Globule (n.) A little pill or pellet used by homeopathists.
5030  
5031  Globulet (n.) A little globule.
5032  
5033  "Globuliferous (a.) Bearing globules; in geology, used of rocks, and denoting a variety of concretionary structure, where the concretions are isolated globules and evenly distributed through the texture of the rock."
5034  
5035  Globulimeter (n.) An instrument for measuring the number of red blood corpuscles in the blood.
5036  
5037  "Globulin (n.) An albuminous body, insoluble in water, but soluble in dilute solutions of salt. It is present in the red blood corpuscles united with haematin to form haemoglobin. It is also found in the crystalline lens of the eye, and in blood serum, and is sometimes called crystallin. In the plural the word is applied to a group of proteid substances such as vitellin, myosin, fibrinogen, etc., all insoluble in water, but soluble in dilute salt solutions."
5038  
5039  "Globulite (n.) A rudimentary form of crystallite, spherical in shape."
5040  
5041  Globulous (a.) Globular; spherical; orbicular.
5042  
5043  "Globy (a.) Resembling, or pertaining to, a globe; round; orbicular."
5044  
5045  "Glochidiate (a.) Having barbs; as, glochidiate bristles."
5046  
5047  Glochidia (pl. ) of Glochidium
5048  
5049  "Glochidium (n.) The larva or young of the mussel, formerly thought to be a parasite upon the parent's gills."
5050  
5051  Glode () imp. of Glide.
5052  
5053  Glombe (v. i.) Alt. of Glome
5054  
5055  "Glome (v. i.) To gloom; to look gloomy, morose, or sullen."
5056  
5057  Glome (n.) Gloom.
5058  
5059  Glome (n.) One of the two prominences at the posterior extremity of the frog of the horse's foot.
5060  
5061  Glomerate (a.) Gathered together in a roundish mass or dense cluster; conglomerate.
5062  
5063  Glomerated (imp. & p. p.) of Glomerate
5064  
5065  Glomerating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Glomerate
5066  
5067  "Glomerate (v. t. & i.) To gather or wind into a ball; to collect into a spherical form or mass, as threads."
5068  
5069  Glomeration (n.) The act of forming or gathering into a ball or round mass; the state of being gathered into a ball; conglomeration.
5070  
5071  Glomeration (n.) That which is formed into a ball; a ball.
5072  
5073  Glomerous (a.) Gathered or formed into a ball or round mass.
5074  
5075  "Glomerule (n.) A head or dense cluster of flowers, formed by condensation of a cyme, as in the flowering dogwood."
5076  
5077  Glomerule (n.) A glomerulus.
5078  
5079  Glomeruli (pl. ) of Glomerulus
5080  
5081  Glomerulus (n.) The bunch of looped capillary blood vessels in a Malpighian capsule of the kidney.
5082  
5083  Glomuliferous (a.) Having small clusters of minutely branched coral-like excrescences.
5084  
5085  Glonoin (n.) Alt. of Glonoine
5086  
5087  Glonoine (n.) Same as Nitroglycerin; -- called also oil of glonoin.
5088  
5089  Glonoine (n.) A dilute solution of nitroglycerin used as a neurotic.
5090  
5091  "Gloom (n.) Partial or total darkness; thick shade; obscurity; as, the gloom of a forest, or of midnight."
5092  
5093  "Gloom (n.) A shady, gloomy, or dark place or grove."
5094  
5095  Gloom (n.) Cloudiness or heaviness of mind; melancholy; aspect of sorrow; low spirits; dullness.
5096  
5097  "Gloom (n.) In gunpowder manufacture, the drying oven."
5098  
5099  Gloomed (imp. & p. p.) of Gloom
5100  
5101  Glooming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gloom
5102  
5103  Gloom (v. i.) To shine or appear obscurely or imperfectly; to glimmer.
5104  
5105  "Gloom (v. i.) To become dark or dim; to be or appear dismal, gloomy, or sad; to come to the evening twilight."
5106  
5107  Gloom (v. t.) To render gloomy or dark; to obscure; to darken.
5108  
5109  "Gloom (v. t.) To fill with gloom; to make sad, dismal, or sullen."
5110  
5111  Gloomily (adv.) In a gloomy manner.
5112  
5113  Gloominess (n.) State of being gloomy.
5114  
5115  Glooming (n.) Twilight (of morning or evening); the gloaming.
5116  
5117  Gloomth (n.) Gloom.
5118  
5119  "Gloomy (superl.) Imperfectly illuminated; dismal through obscurity or darkness; dusky; dim; clouded; as, the cavern was gloomy."
5120  
5121  "Gloomy (superl.) Affected with, or expressing, gloom; melancholy; dejected; as, a gloomy temper or countenance."
5122  
5123  Gloppen (v. t. & i.) To surprise or astonish; to be startled or astonished.
5124  
5125  Glore (v. i.) To glare; to glower.
5126  
5127  "Gloria (n.) A doxology (beginning Gloria Patri, Glory be to the Father), sung or said at the end of the Psalms in the service of the Roman Catholic and other churches."
5128  
5129  "Gloria (n.) A portion of the Mass (Gloria in Excelsis Deo, Glory be to God on high), and also of the communion service in some churches. In the Episcopal Church the version in English is used."
5130  
5131  Gloria (n.) The musical setting of a gloria.
5132  
5133  Gloriation (n.) Boast; a triumphing.
5134  
5135  Gloried (a.) Illustrious; honorable; noble.
5136  
5137  Glorification (n.) The act of glorifyng or of giving glory to.
5138  
5139  "Glorification (n.) The state of being glorifed; as, the glorification of Christ after his resurrection."
5140  
5141  Glorified (imp. & p. p.) of Glorify
5142  
5143  Glorifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Glorify
5144  
5145  "Glorify (v. t.) To make glorious by bestowing glory upon; to confer honor and distinction upon; to elevate to power or happiness, or to celestial glory."
5146  
5147  "Glorify (v. t.) To make glorious in thought or with the heart, by ascribing glory to; to asknowledge the excellence of; to render homage to; to magnify in worship; to adore."
5148  
5149  Gloriole (n.) An aureole.
5150  
5151  "Gloriosa (n.) A genus of climbing plants with very showy lilylike blossoms, natives of India."
5152  
5153  Glorioser (n.) A boaster.
5154  
5155  Glorioso (n.) A boaster.
5156  
5157  "Glorious (n.) Exhibiting attributes, qualities, or acts that are worthy of or receive glory; noble; praiseworthy; excellent; splendid; illustrious; inspiring admiration; as, glorious deeds."
5158  
5159  Glorious (n.) Eager for glory or distinction; haughty; boastful; ostentatious; vainglorious.
5160  
5161  Glorious (n.) Ecstatic; hilarious; elated with drink.
5162  
5163  "Glory (n.) Praise, honor, admiration, or distinction, accorded by common consent to a person or thing; high reputation; honorable fame; renown."
5164  
5165  Glory (n.) That quality in a person or thing which secures general praise or honor; that which brings or gives renown; an object of pride or boast; the occasion of praise; excellency; brilliancy; splendor.
5166  
5167  Glory (n.) Pride; boastfulness; arrogance.
5168  
5169  Glory (n.) The presence of the Divine Being; the manifestations of the divine nature and favor to the blessed in heaven; celestial honor; heaven.
5170  
5171  "Glory (n.) An emanation of light supposed to proceed from beings of peculiar sanctity. It is represented in art by rays of gold, or the like, proceeding from the head or body, or by a disk, or a mere line."
5172  
5173  Gloried (imp. & p. p.) of Glory
5174  
5175  Glorying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Glory
5176  
5177  Glory (n.) To exult with joy; to rejoice.
5178  
5179  Glory (n.) To boast; to be proud.
5180  
5181  Glose (n. & v.) See Gloze.
5182  
5183  Gloser (n.) See Glosser.
5184  
5185  "Gloss (n.) Brightness or luster of a body proceeding from a smooth surface; polish; as, the gloss of silk; cloth is calendered to give it a gloss."
5186  
5187  Gloss (n.) A specious appearance; superficial quality or show.
5188  
5189  Glossed (imp. & p. p.) of Gloss
5190  
5191  Glossing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gloss
5192  
5193  "Gloss (v. t.) To give a superficial luster or gloss to; to make smooth and shining; as, to gloss cloth."
5194  
5195  "Gloss (n.) A foreign, archaic, technical, or other uncommon word requiring explanation."
5196  
5197  "Gloss (n.) An interpretation, consisting of one or more words, interlinear or marginal; an explanatory note or comment; a running commentary."
5198  
5199  Gloss (n.) A false or specious explanation.
5200  
5201  Gloss (v. t.) To render clear and evident by comments; to illustrate; to explain; to annotate.
5202  
5203  Gloss (v. t.) To give a specious appearance to; to render specious and plausible; to palliate by specious explanation.
5204  
5205  Gloss (v. i.) To make comments; to comment; to explain.
5206  
5207  "Gloss (v. i.) To make sly remarks, or insinuations."
5208  
5209  Gloss/ (pl. ) of Glossa
5210  
5211  "Glossa (n.) The tongue, or lingua, of an insect. See Hymenoptera."
5212  
5213  Glossal (a.) Of or pertaining to the tongue; lingual.
5214  
5215  Glossanthrax (n.) A disease of horses and cattle accompanied by carbuncles in the mouth and on the tongue.
5216  
5217  Glossarial (a.) Of or pertaining to glosses or to a glossary; containing a glossary.
5218  
5219  Glossarially (adv.) In the manner of a glossary.
5220  
5221  Glossarist (n.) A writer of glosses or of a glossary; a commentator; a scholiast.
5222  
5223  Gossaries (pl. ) of Glossary
5224  
5225  "Glossary (n.) A collection of glosses or explanations of words and passages of a work or author; a partial dictionary of a work, an author, a dialect, art, or science, explaining archaic, technical, or other uncommon words."
5226  
5227  Glossata (n. pl.) The Lepidoptera.
5228  
5229  Glossator (n.) A writer of glosses or comments; a commentator.
5230  
5231  Glosser (n.) A polisher; one who gives a luster.
5232  
5233  Glosser (n.) A writer of glosses; a scholiast; a commentator.
5234  
5235  "Glossic (n.) A system of phonetic spelling based upon the present values of English letters, but invariably using one symbol to represent one sound only."
5236  
5237  Glossily (adv.) In a glossy manner.
5238  
5239  Glossiness (n.) The condition or quality of being glossy; the luster or brightness of a smooth surface.
5240  
5241  Glossist (n.) A writer of comments.
5242  
5243  Glossitis (n.) Inflammation of the tongue.
5244  
5245  Glossly (adv.) Like gloss; specious.
5246  
5247  Glossocomon (n.) A kind of hoisting winch.
5248  
5249  "Glossoepiglottic (a.) Pertaining to both tongue and epiglottis; as, glossoepiglottic folds."
5250  
5251  Glossographer (n.) A writer of a glossary; a commentator; a scholiast.
5252  
5253  Glossographical (a.) Of or pertaining to glossography.
5254  
5255  "Glossography (n.) The writing of glossaries, glosses, or comments for illustrating an author."
5256  
5257  Glossohyal (a.) Pertaining to both the hyoidean arch and the tongue; -- applied to the anterior segment of the hyoidean arch in many fishes. -- n. The glossohyal bone or cartilage; lingual bone; entoglossal bone.
5258  
5259  Glossolalia (n.) Alt. of Glossolaly
5260  
5261  Glossolaly (n.) The gift of tongues. Farrar.
5262  
5263  Glossological (a.) Of or pertaining to glossology.
5264  
5265  Glassologist (n.) One who defines and explains terms; one who is versed in glossology.
5266  
5267  Glossology (n.) The definition and explanation of terms; a glossary.
5268  
5269  Glossology (n.) The science of language; comparative philology; linguistics; glottology.
5270  
5271  "Glossopharyngeal (a.) Pertaining to both the tongue and the pharynx; -- applied especially to the ninth pair of cranial nerves, which are distributed to the pharynx and tongue. -- n. One of the glossopharyngeal nerves."
5272  
5273  "Glossy (superl.) Smooth and shining; reflecting luster from a smooth surface; highly polished; lustrous; as, glossy silk; a glossy surface."
5274  
5275  "Glossy (superl.) Smooth; specious; plausible; as, glossy deceit."
5276  
5277  "Glost oven () An oven in which glazed pottery is fired; -- also called glaze kiln, or glaze."
5278  
5279  "Glottal (a.) Of or pertaining to, or produced by, the glottis; glottic."
5280  
5281  Glottic (a.) Alt. of Glottidean
5282  
5283  Glottidean (a.) Of or pertaining to the glottis; glottal.
5284  
5285  Glottis (n.) The opening from the pharynx into the larynx or into the trachea. See Larynx.
5286  
5287  Glottological (a.) Of or pertaining to glottology.
5288  
5289  Glottologist (n.) A linguist; a philologist.
5290  
5291  Glottology (n.) The science of tongues or languages; comparative philology; glossology.
5292  
5293  Glout (v. i.) To pout; to look sullen.
5294  
5295  Glout (v. t.) To view attentively; to gloat on; to stare at.
5296  
5297  "Glove (n.) A cover for the hand, or for the hand and wrist, with a separate sheath for each finger. The latter characteristic distinguishes the glove from the mitten."
5298  
5299  Glove (n.) A boxing glove.
5300  
5301  Gloved (imp. & p. p.) of Glove
5302  
5303  Gloving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Glove
5304  
5305  "Glove (v. t.) To cover with, or as with, a glove."
5306  
5307  Glover (n.) One whose trade it is to make or sell gloves.
5308  
5309  Glowed (imp. & p. p.) of Glow
5310  
5311  Glowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Glow
5312  
5313  Glow (v. i.) To shine with an intense or white heat; to give forth vivid light and heat; to be incandescent.
5314  
5315  "Glow (v. i.) To exhibit a strong, bright color; to be brilliant, as if with heat; to be bright or red with heat or animation, with blushes, etc."
5316  
5317  "Glow (v. i.) To feel hot; to have a burning sensation, as of the skin, from friction, exercise, etc.; to burn."
5318  
5319  "Glow (v. i.) To feel the heat of passion; to be animated, as by intense love, zeal, anger, etc.; to rage, as passior; as, the heart glows with love, zeal, or patriotism."
5320  
5321  Glow (v. t.) To make hot; to flush.
5322  
5323  Glow (n.) White or red heat; incandscence.
5324  
5325  "Glow (n.) Brightness or warmth of color; redness; a rosy flush; as, the glow of health in the cheeks."
5326  
5327  Glow (n.) Intense excitement or earnestness; vehemence or heat of passion; ardor.
5328  
5329  "Glow (n.) Heat of body; a sensation of warmth, as that produced by exercise, etc."
5330  
5331  Glowbard (n.) The glowworm.
5332  
5333  Glowered (imp. & p. p.) of Glower
5334  
5335  Glowering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Glower
5336  
5337  Glower (v. i.) to look intently; to stare angrily or with a scowl.
5338  
5339  Glowingly (adv.) In a glowing manner; with ardent heat or passion.
5340  
5341  Glowlamp (n.) An aphlogistic lamp. See Aphlogistic.
5342  
5343  "Glowlamp (n.) An incandescent lamp. See Incandescent, a."
5344  
5345  "Glowworm (n.) A coleopterous insect of the genus Lampyris; esp., the wingless females and larvae of the two European species (L. noctiluca, and L. splendidula), which emit light from some of the abdominal segments."
5346  
5347  "Gloxinia (n.) American genus of herbaceous plants with very handsome bell-shaped blossoms; -- named after B. P. Gloxin, a German botanist."
5348  
5349  Glozed (imp. & p. p.) of Gloze
5350  
5351  Glozing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gloze
5352  
5353  Gloze (v. i.) To flatter; to wheedle; to fawn; to talk smoothly.
5354  
5355  Gloze (v. i.) To give a specious or false meaning; to ministerpret.
5356  
5357  Gloze (v. t.) To smooth over; to palliate.
5358  
5359  Gloze (n.) Flattery; adulation; smooth speech.
5360  
5361  Gloze (n.) Specious show; gloss.
5362  
5363  Glozer (n.) A flatterer.
5364  
5365  "Glucic (a.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, sugar; as, glucic acid."
5366  
5367  "Glucina (n.) A white or gray tasteless powder, the oxide of the element glucinum; -- formerly called glucine."
5368  
5369  "Glucinic (a.) Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, glucinum; as, glucinic oxide."
5370  
5371  "Glucinum (n.) A rare metallic element, of a silver white color, and low specific gravity (2.1), resembling magnesium. It never occurs naturally in the free state, but is always combined, usually with silica or alumina, or both; as in the minerals phenacite, chrysoberyl, beryl or emerald, euclase, and danalite. It was named from its oxide glucina, which was known long before the element was isolated. Symbol Gl. Atomic weight 9.1. Called also beryllium."
5372  
5373  Glucogen (n.) See Glycogen.
5374  
5375  Glucogenesis (n.) Glycogenesis.
5376  
5377  "Gluconic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, glucose."
5378  
5379  "Glucose (n.) A variety of sugar occurring in nature very abundantly, as in ripe grapes, and in honey, and produced in great quantities from starch, etc., by the action of heat and acids. It is only about half as sweet as cane sugar. Called also dextrose, grape sugar, diabetic sugar, and starch sugar. See Dextrose."
5380  
5381  "Glucose (n.) Any one of a large class of sugars, isometric with glucose proper, and including levulose, galactose, etc."
5382  
5383  "Glucose (n.) The trade name of a sirup, obtained as an uncrystallizable reside in the manufacture of glucose proper, and containing, in addition to some dextrose or glucose, also maltose, dextrin, etc. It is used as a cheap adulterant of sirups, beers, etc."
5384  
5385  "Glucoside (n.) One of a large series of amorphous or crystalline substances, occurring very widely distributed in plants, rarely in animals, and regarded as influental agents in the formation and disposition of the sugars. They are frequently of a bitter taste, but, by the action of ferments, or of dilute acids and alkalies, always break down into some characteristic substance (acid, aldehyde, alcohol, phenole, or alkaloid) and glucose (or some other sugar); hence the name. They are of the nature of complex and compound ethers, and ethereal salts of the sugar carbohydrates."
5386  
5387  Glucosuria (n.) A condition in which glucose is discharged in the urine; diabetes mellitus.
5388  
5389  "Glue (n.) A hard brittle brownish gelatin, obtained by boiling to a jelly the skins, hoofs, etc., of animals. When gently heated with water, it becomes viscid and tenaceous, and is used as a cement for uniting substances. The name is also given to other adhesive or viscous substances."
5390  
5391  Glued (imp. & p. p.) of Glue
5392  
5393  Gluing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Glue
5394  
5395  "Glue (n.) To join with glue or a viscous substance; to cause to stick or hold fast, as if with glue; to fix or fasten."
5396  
5397  "Gluepot (n.) A utensil for melting glue, consisting of an inner pot holding the glue, immersed in an outer one containing water which is heated to soften the glue."
5398  
5399  Gluer (n.) One who cements with glue.
5400  
5401  "Gluey (a.) Viscous; glutinous; of the nature of, or like, glue."
5402  
5403  Glueyness (n.) Viscidity.
5404  
5405  Gluish (a.) Somewhat gluey.
5406  
5407  Glum (n.) Sullenness.
5408  
5409  Glum (a.) Moody; silent; sullen.
5410  
5411  Glum (v. i.) To look sullen; to be of a sour countenance; to be glum.
5412  
5413  Glumaceous (a.) Having glumes; consisting of glumes.
5414  
5415  "Glumal (a.) Characterized by a glume, or having the nature of a glume."
5416  
5417  "Glume (n.) The bracteal covering of the flowers or seeds of grain and grasses; esp., an outer husk or bract of a spikelt."
5418  
5419  Glumella (n.) Alt. of Glumelle
5420  
5421  Glumelle (n.) One of the pelets or inner chaffy scales of the flowers or spikelets of grasses.
5422  
5423  Glumly (adv.) In a glum manner; sullenly; moodily.
5424  
5425  Glummy (a.) dark; gloomy; dismal.
5426  
5427  Glumness (n.) Moodiness; sullenness.
5428  
5429  Glump (v. i.) To manifest sullenness; to sulk.
5430  
5431  Glumpy (a.) Glum; sullen; sulky.
5432  
5433  Glunch (a.) Frowning; sulky; sullen.
5434  
5435  "Glunch (n.) A sullen, angry look; a look of disdain or dislike."
5436  
5437  Glutted (imp. & p. p.) of Glut
5438  
5439  Glutting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Glut
5440  
5441  "Glut (v. t.) To swallow, or to swallow greedlly; to gorge."
5442  
5443  Glut (v. t.) To fill to satiety; to satisfy fully the desire or craving of; to satiate; to sate; to cloy.
5444  
5445  Glut (v. i.) To eat gluttonously or to satiety.
5446  
5447  Glut (n.) That which is swallowed.
5448  
5449  "Glut (n.) Plenty, to satiety or repletion; a full supply; hence, often, a supply beyond sufficiency or to loathing; over abundance; as, a glut of the market."
5450  
5451  Glut (n.) Something that fills up an opening; a clog.
5452  
5453  Glut (n.) A wooden wedge used in splitting blocks.
5454  
5455  Glut (n.) A piece of wood used to fill up behind cribbing or tubbing.
5456  
5457  "Glut (n.) A bat, or small piece of brick, used to fill out a course."
5458  
5459  Glut (n.) An arched opening to the ashpit of a klin.
5460  
5461  Glut (n.) A block used for a fulcrum.
5462  
5463  "Glut (n.) The broad-nosed eel (Anguilla latirostris), found in Europe, Asia, the West Indies, etc."
5464  
5465  "Glutaconic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, an acid intermediate between glutaric and aconitic acids."
5466  
5467  "Glutaeus (n.) The great muscle of the buttock in man and most mammals, and the corresponding muscle in many lower animals."
5468  
5469  Glutamic (a.) Of or pertaining to gluten.
5470  
5471  "Glutaric (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid so called; as, glutaric ethers."
5472  
5473  "Glutazine (n.) A nitrogenous substance, forming a heavy, sandy powder, white or nearly so. It is a derivative of pyridine."
5474  
5475  "Gluteal (a.) Pertaining to, or in the region of, the glutaeus."
5476  
5477  "Gluten (n.) The viscid, tenacious substance which gives adhesiveness to dough."
5478  
5479  Gluteus (n.) Same as Glut/us.
5480  
5481  Glutin (n.) Same as Gliadin.
5482  
5483  Glutin (n.) Sometimes synonymous with Gelatin.
5484  
5485  Glutinated (imp. & p. p.) of Glutinate
5486  
5487  Glutinating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Glutinate
5488  
5489  Glutinate (v. t.) To unite with glue; to cement; to stick together.
5490  
5491  Glutination (n.) The act of uniting with glue; sticking together.
5492  
5493  Glutinative (a.) Having the quality of cementing; tenacious; viscous; glutinous.
5494  
5495  Glutinosity (n.) The quality of being glutinous; viscousness.
5496  
5497  Glutinous (a.) Of the nature of glue; resembling glue; viscous; viscid; adhesive; gluey.
5498  
5499  "Glutinous (a.) Havig a moist and adhesive or sticky surface, as a leaf or gland."
5500  
5501  Glutinousness (n.) The quality of being glutinous.
5502  
5503  "Glutton (n.) One who eats voraciously, or to excess; a gormandizer."
5504  
5505  Glutton (n.) Fig.: One who gluts himself.
5506  
5507  "Glutton (n.) A carnivorous mammal (Gulo luscus), of the family Mustelidae, about the size of a large badger. It was formerly believed to be inordinately voracious, whence the name; the wolverene. It is a native of the northern parts of America, Europe, and Asia."
5508  
5509  Glutton (a.) Gluttonous; greedy; gormandizing.
5510  
5511  Glutton (v. t. & i.) To glut; to eat voraciously.
5512  
5513  Gluttonish (a.) Gluttonous; greedy.
5514  
5515  Gluttonized (imp. & p. p.) of Gluttonize
5516  
5517  Gluttonizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gluttonize
5518  
5519  Gluttonize (v. i.) To eat to excess; to eat voraciously; to gormandize.
5520  
5521  "Gluttonous (a.) Given to gluttony; eating to excess; indulging the appetite; voracious; as, a gluttonous age."
5522  
5523  Gluttonies (pl. ) of Gluttony
5524  
5525  Gluttony (n.) Excess in eating; extravagant indulgence of the appetite for food; voracity.
5526  
5527  Glycerate (n.) A salt of glyceric acid.
5528  
5529  "Glyceric (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, glycerin."
5530  
5531  "Glyceride (n.) A compound ether (formed from glycerin). Some glycerides exist ready formed as natural fats, others are produced artificially."
5532  
5533  Glycerin (n.) Alt. of Glycerine
5534  
5535  "Glycerine (n.) An oily, viscous liquid, C3H5(OH)3, colorless and odorless, and with a hot, sweetish taste, existing in the natural fats and oils as the base, combined with various acids, as oleic, margaric, stearic, and palmitic. It is a triatomic alcohol, and hence is also called glycerol. See Note under Gelatin."
5536  
5537  Glycerite (n.) A medicinal preparation made by mixing or dissolving a substance in glycerin.
5538  
5539  Glycerol (n.) Same as Glycerin.
5540  
5541  Clycerole (n.) Same as Glycerite.
5542  
5543  "Glyceryl (n.) A compound radical, C3H5, regarded as the essential radical of glycerin. It is metameric with allyl. Called also propenyl."
5544  
5545  "Glycide (n.) A colorless liquid, obtained from certain derivatives of glycerin, and regarded as a partially dehydrated glycerin; -- called also glycidic alcohol."
5546  
5547  "Glycidic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, glycide; as, glycidic acid."
5548  
5549  Glycin (n.) Same as Glycocoll.
5550  
5551  "Glycocholate (n.) A salt of glycocholic acid; as, sodium glycocholate."
5552  
5553  "Glycocholic (a.) Pertaining to, or composed of, glycocoll and cholic acid."
5554  
5555  Glycocin (n.) Same as Glycocoll.
5556  
5557  "Glycocoll (n.) A crystalline, nitrogenous substance, with a sweet taste, formed from hippuric acid by boiling with hydrochloric acid, and present in bile united with cholic acid. It is also formed from gelatin by decomposition with acids. Chemically, it is amido-acetic acid. Called also glycin, and glycocin."
5558  
5559  "Glycogen (n.) A white, amorphous, tasteless substance resembling starch, soluble in water to an opalescent fluid. It is found abundantly in the liver of most animals, and in small quantity in other organs and tissues, particularly in the embryo. It is quickly changed into sugar when boiled with dilute sulphuric or hydrochloric acid, and also by the action of amylolytic ferments."
5560  
5561  "Glycogenic (a.) Pertaining to, or caused by, glycogen; as, the glycogenic function of the liver."
5562  
5563  Glycogeny (n.) Alt. of Glycogenesis
5564  
5565  "Glycogenesis (n.) The production or formation of sugar from gycogen, as in the liver."
5566  
5567  "Glycol (n.) A thick, colorless liquid, C2H4(OH)2, of a sweetish taste, produced artificially from certain ethylene compounds. It is a diacid alcohol, intermediate between ordinary ethyl alcohol and glycerin."
5568  
5569  "Glycol (n.) Any one of the large class of diacid alcohols, of which glycol proper is the type."
5570  
5571  "Glycolic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, glycol; as, glycolic ether; glycolic acid."
5572  
5573  "Glycolide (n.) A white amorphous powder, C4H4O, obtained by heating and dehydrating glycolic acid."
5574  
5575  "Glycoluric (a.) Pertaining to, derived from, glycol and urea; as, glycoluric acid, which is called also hydantoic acid."
5576  
5577  "Glycoluril (n.) A white, crystalline, nitrogenous substance, obtained by the reduction of allantoin."
5578  
5579  "Glycolyl (n.) A divalent, compound radical, CO.CH2, regarded as the essential radical of glycolic acid, and a large series of related compounds."
5580  
5581  Glyconian (a. & n.) Glyconic.
5582  
5583  "Glyconic (a.) Consisting of a spondee, a choriamb, and a pyrrhic; -- applied to a kind of verse in Greek and Latin poetry."
5584  
5585  Glyconic (n.) A glyconic verse.
5586  
5587  "Glyconin (n.) An emulsion of glycerin and the yolk of eggs, used as an ointment, as a vehicle for medicines, etc."
5588  
5589  "Glycosine (n.) An organic base, C6H6N4, produced artificially as a white, crystalline powder, by the action of ammonia on glyoxal."
5590  
5591  Glycosuria (n.) Same as Glucosuria.
5592  
5593  "Glycyrrhiza (n.) A genus of papilionaceous herbaceous plants, one species of which (G. glabra), is the licorice plant, the roots of which have a bittersweet mucilaginous taste."
5594  
5595  "Glycyrrhiza (n.) The root of Glycyrrhiza glabra (liquorice root), used as a demulcent, etc."
5596  
5597  "Glycyrrhizimic (a.) From, or pertaining to, glycyrrhizin; as, glycyrrhizimic acid."
5598  
5599  "Glycyrrhizin (n.) A glucoside found in licorice root (Glycyrrhiza), in monesia bark (Chrysophyllum), in the root of the walnut, etc., and extracted as a yellow, amorphous powder, of a bittersweet taste."
5600  
5601  Glyn (n.) Alt. of Glynne
5602  
5603  "Glynne (n.) A glen. See Glen. [Obs. singly, but occurring often in locative names in Ireland, as Glen does in Scotland.]"
5604  
5605  "Glyoxal (n.) A white, amorphous, deliquescent powder, (CO.H)2, obtained by the partial oxidation of glycol. It is a double aldehyde, between glycol and oxalic acid."
5606  
5607  "Glyoxalic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an aldehyde acid, intermediate between glycol and oxalic acid."
5608  
5609  "Glyoxaline (n.) A white, crystalline, organic base, C3H4N2, produced by the action of ammonia on glyoxal, and forming the origin of a large class of derivatives hence, any one of the series of which glyoxaline is a type; -- called also oxaline."
5610  
5611  "Glyoxime (n.) A white, crystalline, nitrogenous substance, produced by the action of hydroxylamine on glyoxal, and belonging to the class of oximes; also, any one of a group of substances resembling glyoxime proper, and of which it is a type. See Oxime."
5612  
5613  "Glyph (n.) A sunken channel or groove, usually vertical. See Triglyph."
5614  
5615  "Glyphic (a.) Of or pertaining to sculpture or carving of any sort, esp. to glyphs."
5616  
5617  "Glyphograph (n.) A plate made by glyphography, or an impression taken from such a plate."
5618  
5619  Glyphographic (a.) Of or pertaining to glyphography.
5620  
5621  "Glyphography (n.) A process similar to etching, in which, by means of voltaic electricity, a raised copy of a drawing is made, so that it can be used to print from."
5622  
5623  Glyptic (a.) Of or pertaining to gem engraving.
5624  
5625  Glyptic (a.) Figured; marked as with figures.
5626  
5627  Glyptics (n.) The art of engraving on precious stones.
5628  
5629  "Glyptodon (n.) An extinct South American quaternary mammal, allied to the armadillos. It was as large as an ox, was covered with tessellated scales, and had fluted teeth."
5630  
5631  "Glyptodont (n.) One of a family (Glyptodontidae) of extinct South American edentates, of which Glyptodon is the type. About twenty species are known."
5632  
5633  "Glyptographic (a.) Relating to glyptography, or the art of engraving on precious stones."
5634  
5635  Glyptography (n.) The art or process of engraving on precious stones.
5636  
5637  Glyptotheca (n.) A building or room devoted to works of sculpture.
5638  
5639  Glyster (n.) Same as Clyster.
5640  
5641  "Gmelinite (n.) A rhombohedral zeolitic mineral, related in form and composition to chabazite."
5642  
5643  Gnaphalium (n.) A genus of composite plants with white or colored dry and persistent involucres; a kind of everlasting.
5644  
5645  "Gnar (n.) A knot or gnarl in wood; hence, a tough, thickset man; -- written also gnarr."
5646  
5647  Gnarred (imp. & p. p.) of Gnar
5648  
5649  Gnarring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gnar
5650  
5651  Gnar (v. i.) To gnarl; to snarl; to growl; -- written also gnarr.
5652  
5653  Gnarled (imp. & p. p.) of Gnarl
5654  
5655  Gnarling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gnarl
5656  
5657  Gnarl (v. i.) To growl; to snarl.
5658  
5659  "Gnarl (n.) a knot in wood; a large or hard knot, or a protuberance with twisted grain, on a tree."
5660  
5661  Gnarled (a.) Knotty; full of knots or gnarls; twisted; crossgrained.
5662  
5663  Gnarly (a.) Full of knots; knotty; twisted; crossgrained.
5664  
5665  Gnashed (imp. & p. p.) of Gnash
5666  
5667  Gnashing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gnash
5668  
5669  "Gnash (v. t.) To strike together, as in anger or pain; as, to gnash the teeth."
5670  
5671  Gnash (v. i.) To grind or strike the teeth together.
5672  
5673  Gnashingly (adv.) With gnashing.
5674  
5675  "Gnat (n.) A blood-sucking dipterous fly, of the genus Culex, undergoing a metamorphosis in water. The females have a proboscis armed with needlelike organs for penetrating the skin of animals. These are wanting in the males. In America they are generally called mosquitoes. See Mosquito."
5676  
5677  "Gnat (n.) Any fly resembling a Culex in form or habits; esp., in America, a small biting fly of the genus Simulium and allies, as the buffalo gnat, the black fly, etc."
5678  
5679  Gnathic (a.) Of or pertaining to the jaw.
5680  
5681  Gnathidia (pl. ) of Gnathidium
5682  
5683  Gnathidium (n.) The ramus of the lower jaw of a bird as far as it is naked; -- commonly used in the plural.
5684  
5685  "Gnathite (n.) Any one of the mouth appendages of the Arthropoda. They are known as mandibles, maxillae, and maxillipeds."
5686  
5687  Gnathonic (a.) Alt. of Gnathonical
5688  
5689  Gnathonical (a.) Flattering; deceitful.
5690  
5691  Gnathopod (n.) A gnathopodite or maxilliped. See Maxilliped.
5692  
5693  "Gnathopodite (n.) Any leglike appendage of a crustacean, when modified wholly, or in part, to serve as a jaw, esp. one of the maxillipeds."
5694  
5695  "Gnathastegite (n.) One of a pair of broad plates, developed from the outer maxillipeds of crabs, and forming a cover for the other mouth organs."
5696  
5697  "Gnathostoma (n. pl.) A comprehensive division of vertebrates, including all that have distinct jaws, in contrast with the leptocardians and marsipobranchs (Cyclostoma), which lack them."
5698  
5699  GnathothecAe (pl. ) of Gnathotheca
5700  
5701  Gnathotheca (n.) The horney covering of the lower mandible of a bird.
5702  
5703  Gnatling (n.) A small gnat.
5704  
5705  "Gnatworm (n.) The aquatic larva of a gnat; -- called also, colloquially, wiggler."
5706  
5707  Gnawed (imp. & p. p.) of Gnaw
5708  
5709  Gnawing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gnaw
5710  
5711  "Gnaw (v. t.) To bite, as something hard or tough, which is not readily separated or crushed; to bite off little by little, with effort; to wear or eat away by scraping or continuous biting with the teeth; to nibble at."
5712  
5713  Gnaw (v. t.) To bite in agony or rage.
5714  
5715  Gnaw (v. t.) To corrode; to fret away; to waste.
5716  
5717  "Gnaw (v. i.) To use the teeth in biting; to bite with repeated effort, as in eating or removing with the teethsomething hard, unwiedly, or unmanageable."
5718  
5719  "Gnawer (n.) One who, or that which, gnaws."
5720  
5721  Gnawer (n.) A rodent.
5722  
5723  "Gneiss (n.) A crystalline rock, consisting, like granite, of quartz, feldspar, and mica, but having these materials, especially the mica, arranged in planes, so that it breaks rather easily into coarse slabs or flags. Hornblende sometimes takes the place of the mica, and it is then called hornblendic / syenitic gneiss. Similar varieties of related rocks are also called gneiss."
5724  
5725  "Gneissic (a.) Relating to, or resembling, gneiss; consisting of gneiss."
5726  
5727  "Gneissoid (a.) Resembling gneiss; having some of the characteristics of gneiss; -- applied to rocks of an intermediate character between granite and gneiss, or mica slate and gneiss."
5728  
5729  Gneissose (a.) Having the structure of gneiss.
5730  
5731  Gnew () imp. of Gnaw.
5732  
5733  Gnide (v. t.) To rub; to bruise; to break in pieces.
5734  
5735  Gnof (n.) Churl; curmudgeon.
5736  
5737  "Gnome (n.) An imaginary being, supposed by the Rosicrucians to inhabit the inner parts of the earth, and to be the guardian of mines, quarries, etc."
5738  
5739  "Gnome (n.) A dwarf; a goblin; a person of small stature or misshapen features, or of strange appearance."
5740  
5741  Gnome (n.) A small owl (Glaucidium gnoma) of the Western United States.
5742  
5743  Gnome (n.) A brief reflection or maxim.
5744  
5745  Gnomic (a.) Alt. of Gnomical
5746  
5747  "Gnomical (a.) Sententious; uttering or containing maxims, or striking detached thoughts; aphoristic."
5748  
5749  Gnomical (a.) Gnomonical.
5750  
5751  "Gnomically (adv.) In a gnomic, didactic, or sententious manner."
5752  
5753  Gnomologic (a.) Alt. of Gnomological
5754  
5755  "Gnomological (a.) Pertaining to, of the nature of, or resembling, a gnomology."
5756  
5757  "Gnomology (n.) A collection of, or a treatise on, maxims, grave sentences, or reflections."
5758  
5759  "Gnomon (n.) The style or pin, which by its shadow, shows the hour of the day. It is usually set parallel to the earth's axis."
5760  
5761  "Gnomon (n.) A style or column erected perpendicularly to the horizon, formerly used in astronomocal observations. Its principal use was to find the altitude of the sun by measuring the length of its shadow."
5762  
5763  "Gnomon (n.) The space included between the boundary lines of two similar parallelograms, the one within the other, with an angle in common; as, the gnomon bcdefg of the parallelograms ac and af. The parallelogram bf is the complement of the parallelogram df."
5764  
5765  Gnomon (n.) The index of the hour circle of a globe.
5766  
5767  Gnomonic (a.) Alt. of Gnomonical
5768  
5769  "Gnomonical (a.) Of or pertaining to the gnomon, or the art of dialing."
5770  
5771  Gnomonically (adv.) According to the principles of the gnomonic projection.
5772  
5773  "Gnomonics (n.) The art or science of dialing, or of constructing dials to show the hour of the day by the shadow of a gnomon."
5774  
5775  Gnomonist (n.) One skilled in gnomonics.
5776  
5777  Gnomonology (n.) A treatise on gnomonics.
5778  
5779  Gnoscopine (n.) An alkaloid existing in small quantities in opium.
5780  
5781  "Gnosis (n.) The deeper wisdom; knowledge of spiritual truth, such as was claimed by the Gnostics."
5782  
5783  Gnostic (a.) Knowing; wise; shrewd.
5784  
5785  "Gnostic (a.) Of or pertaining to Gnosticism or its adherents; as, the Gnostic heresy."
5786  
5787  "Gnostic (n.) One of the so-called philosophers in the first ages of Christianity, who claimed a true philosophical interpretation of the Christian religion. Their system combined Oriental theology and Greek philosophy with the doctrines of Christianity. They held that all natures, intelligible, intellectual, and material, are derived from the Deity by successive emanations, which they called Eons."
5788  
5789  Gnosticism (n.) The system of philosophy taught by the Gnostics.
5790  
5791  Gnow (imp.) Gnawed.
5792  
5793  "Gnu (n.) One of two species of large South African antelopes of the genus Catoblephas, having a mane and bushy tail, and curved horns in both sexes."
5794  
5795  Go (p. p.) Gone.
5796  
5797  Went (imp.) of Go
5798  
5799  Gone (p. p.) of Go
5800  
5801  Going (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Go
5802  
5803  "Go (v. i.) To pass from one place to another; to be in motion; to be in a state not motionless or at rest; to proceed; to advance; to make progress; -- used, in various applications, of the movement of both animate and inanimate beings, by whatever means, and also of the movements of the mind; also figuratively applied."
5804  
5805  "Go (v. i.) To move upon the feet, or step by step; to walk; also, to walk step by step, or leisurely."
5806  
5807  "Go (v. i.) To be passed on fron one to another; to pass; to circulate; hence, with for, to have currency; to be taken, accepted, or regarded."
5808  
5809  Go (v. i.) To proceed or happen in a given manner; to fare; to move on or be carried on; to have course; to come to an issue or result; to succeed; to turn out.
5810  
5811  "Go (v. i.) To proceed or tend toward a result, consequence, or product; to tend; to conduce; to be an ingredient; to avail; to apply; to contribute; -- often with the infinitive; as, this goes to show."
5812  
5813  Go (v. i.) To apply one's self; to set one's self; to undertake.
5814  
5815  Go (v. i.) To proceed by a mental operation; to pass in mind or by an act of the memory or imagination; -- generally with over or through.
5816  
5817  Go (v. i.) To be with young; to be pregnant; to gestate.
5818  
5819  "Go (v. i.) To move from the person speaking, or from the point whence the action is contemplated; to pass away; to leave; to depart; -- in opposition to stay and come."
5820  
5821  Go (v. i.) To pass away; to depart forever; to be lost or ruined; to perish; to decline; to decease; to die.
5822  
5823  "Go (v. i.) To reach; to extend; to lead; as, a line goes across the street; his land goes to the river; this road goes to New York."
5824  
5825  "Go (v. i.) To have recourse; to resort; as, to go to law."
5826  
5827  "Go (v. t.) To take, as a share in an enterprise; to undertake or become responsible for; to bear a part in."
5828  
5829  "Go (v. t.) To bet or wager; as, I'll go you a shilling."
5830  
5831  Go (n.) Act; working; operation.
5832  
5833  Go (n.) A circumstance or occurrence; an incident.
5834  
5835  "Go (n.) The fashion or mode; as, quite the go."
5836  
5837  "Go (n.) Noisy merriment; as, a high go."
5838  
5839  Go (n.) A glass of spirits.
5840  
5841  "Go (n.) Power of going or doing; energy; vitality; perseverance; push; as, there is no go in him."
5842  
5843  Go (n.) That condition in the course of the game when a player can not lay down a card which will not carry the aggregate count above thirty-one.
5844  
5845  "Goa (n.) A species of antelope (Procapra picticauda), inhabiting Thibet."
5846  
5847  "Goad (v. t.) A pointed instrument used to urge on a beast; hence, any necessity that urges or stimulates."
5848  
5849  Goaded (imp. & p. p.) of Goad
5850  
5851  Goading (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Goad
5852  
5853  "Goad (v. t.) To prick; to drive with a goad; hence, to urge forward, or to rouse by anything pungent, severe, irritating, or inflaming; to stimulate."
5854  
5855  Goafs (pl. ) of Goaf
5856  
5857  Goaves (pl. ) of Goaf
5858  
5859  Goaf (n.) That part of a mine from which the mineral has been partially or wholly removed; the waste left in old workings; -- called also gob .
5860  
5861  "Goal (n.) The mark set to bound a race, and to or around which the constestants run, or from which they start to return to it again; the place at which a race or a journey is to end."
5862  
5863  "Goal (n.) The final purpose or aim; the end to which a design tends, or which a person aims to reach or attain."
5864  
5865  "Goal (n.) A base, station, or bound used in various games; in football, a line between two posts across which the ball must pass in order to score; also, the act of kicking the ball over the line between the goal posts."
5866  
5867  Goa powder () A bitter powder (also called araroba) found in the interspaces of the wood of a Brazilian tree (Andira araroba) and used as a medicine. It is the material from which chrysarobin is obtained.
5868  
5869  Goar (n.) Same as lst Gore.
5870  
5871  Goarish (a.) Patched; mean.
5872  
5873  "Goat (n.) A hollow-horned ruminant of the genus Capra, of several species and varieties, esp. the domestic goat (C. hircus), which is raised for its milk, flesh, and skin."
5874  
5875  "Goatee (n.) A part of a man's beard on the chin or lower lip which is allowed to grow, and trimmed so as to resemble the beard of a goat."
5876  
5877  "Goatfish (n.) A fish of the genus Upeneus, inhabiting the Gulf of Mexico. It is allied to the surmullet."
5878  
5879  Goatherd (n.) One who tends goats.
5880  
5881  Goatish (a.) Characteristic of a goat; goatlike.
5882  
5883  Goatlike (a.) Like a goat; goatish.
5884  
5885  "Goatskin (n.) The skin of a goat, or leather made from it."
5886  
5887  Goatskin (a.) Made of the skin of a goat.
5888  
5889  "Goatsucker (n.) One of several species of insectivorous birds, belonging to Caprimulgus and allied genera, esp. the European species (Caprimulgus Europaeus); -- so called from the mistaken notion that it sucks goats. The European species is also goat-milker, goat owl, goat chaffer, fern owl, night hawk, nightjar, night churr, churr-owl, gnat hawk, and dorhawk."
5890  
5891  Goaves (n.) Old workings. See Goaf.
5892  
5893  Gob (n.) Same as Goaf.
5894  
5895  Gob (n.) A little mass or collection; a small quantity; a mouthful.
5896  
5897  Gob (n.) The mouth.
5898  
5899  Gobbet (n.) A mouthful; a lump; a small piece.
5900  
5901  Gobbet (v. t.) To swallow greedily; to swallow in gobbets.
5902  
5903  Gobbetly (adv.) In pieces.
5904  
5905  Gobbing (n.) The refuse thrown back into the excavation after removing the coal. It is called also gob stuff.
5906  
5907  Gobbing (n.) The process of packing with waste rock; stowing.
5908  
5909  Gobbled (imp. & p. p.) of Gobble
5910  
5911  Gobbling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gobble
5912  
5913  Gobble (v. t.) To swallow or eat greedily or hastily; to gulp.
5914  
5915  Gobble (v. t.) To utter (a sound) like a turkey cock.
5916  
5917  Gobble (v. i.) To eat greedily.
5918  
5919  Gobble (v. i.) To make a noise like that of a turkey cock.
5920  
5921  Gobble (n.) A noise made in the throat.
5922  
5923  Gobbler (n.) A turkey cock; a bubbling Jock.
5924  
5925  "Gobelin (a.) Pertaining to tapestry produced in the so-called Gobelin works, which have been maintained by the French Government since 1667."
5926  
5927  "Gobemouche (n.) Literally, a fly swallower; hence, once who keeps his mouth open; a boor; a silly and credulous person."
5928  
5929  Gobet (n.) See Gobbet.
5930  
5931  Go-between (n.) An intermediate agent; a broker; a procurer; -- usually in a disparaging sense.
5932  
5933  "Gobioid (a.) Like, or pertaining to, the goby, or the genus Gobius."
5934  
5935  Gobioid (n.) A gobioid fish.
5936  
5937  "Goblet (n.) A kind of cup or drinking vessel having a foot or standard, but without a handle."
5938  
5939  Goblin (n.) An evil or mischievous spirit; a playful or malicious elf; a frightful phantom; a gnome.
5940  
5941  Gobline (n.) One of the ropes or chains serving as stays for the dolphin striker or the bowsprit; -- called also gobrope and gaubline.
5942  
5943  Goblinize (v. t.) To transform into a goblin.
5944  
5945  Gobies (pl. ) of Goby
5946  
5947  Goby (n.) One of several species of small marine fishes of the genus Gobius and allied genera.
5948  
5949  "Go-by (n.) A passing without notice; intentional neglect; thrusting away; a shifting off; adieu; as, to give a proposal the go-by."
5950  
5951  "Gocart (n.) A framework moving on casters, designed to support children while learning to walk."
5952  
5953  God (a. & n.) Good.
5954  
5955  "God (n.) A being conceived of as possessing supernatural power, and to be propitiated by sacrifice, worship, etc.; a divinity; a deity; an object of worship; an idol."
5956  
5957  "God (n.) The Supreme Being; the eternal and infinite Spirit, the Creator, and the Sovereign of the universe; Jehovah."
5958  
5959  God (n.) A person or thing deified and honored as the chief good; an object of supreme regard.
5960  
5961  God (n.) Figuratively applied to one who wields great or despotic power.
5962  
5963  God (v. t.) To treat as a god; to idolize.
5964  
5965  "Godchild (n.) One for whom a person becomes sponsor at baptism, and whom he promises to see educated as a Christian; a godson or goddaughter. See Godfather."
5966  
5967  Goddaughter (n.) A female for whom one becomes sponsor at baptism.
5968  
5969  "Goddess (n.) A female god; a divinity, or deity, of the female sex."
5970  
5971  Goddess (n.) A woman of superior charms or excellence.
5972  
5973  Gode (a. & n.) Good.
5974  
5975  Godelich (a.) Goodly.
5976  
5977  "Godfather (n.) A man who becomes sponsor for a child at baptism, and makes himself a surety for its Christian training and instruction."
5978  
5979  Godfather (v. t.) To act as godfather to; to take under one's fostering care.
5980  
5981  God-fearing (a.) Having a reverential and loving feeling towards God; religious.
5982  
5983  Godhead (n.) Godship; deity; divinity; divine nature or essence; godhood.
5984  
5985  Godhead (n.) The Deity; God; the Supreme Being.
5986  
5987  Godhead (n.) A god or goddess; a divinity.
5988  
5989  Godhood (n.) Divine nature or essence; deity; godhead.
5990  
5991  "Godild () A corruption of God yield, i. e., God reward or bless."
5992  
5993  "Godless (a.) Having, or acknowledging, no God; without reverence for God; impious; wicked."
5994  
5995  "Godlike (a.) Resembling or befitting a god or God; divine; hence, preeminently good; as, godlike virtue."
5996  
5997  Godlily (adv.) Righteously.
5998  
5999  "Godliness (n.) Careful observance of, or conformity to, the laws of God; the state or quality of being godly; piety."
6000  
6001  Godling (n.) A diminutive god.
6002  
6003  "Godly (n.) Pious; reverencing God, and his character and laws; obedient to the commands of God from love for, and reverence of, his character; conformed to God's law; devout; righteous; as, a godly life."
6004  
6005  Godly (adv.) Piously; devoutly; righteously.
6006  
6007  Godlyhead (n.) Goodness.
6008  
6009  Godmother (n.) A woman who becomes sponsor for a child in baptism. See Godfather
6010  
6011  Godown (n.) A warehouse.
6012  
6013  Godroon (n.) An ornament produced by notching or carving a rounded molding.
6014  
6015  Godsend (n.) Something sent by God; an unexpected acquisiton or piece of good fortune.
6016  
6017  Godship (n.) The rank or character of a god; deity; divinity; a god or goddess.
6018  
6019  Godsib (n.) A gossip.
6020  
6021  Godson (n.) A male for whom one has stood sponsor in baptism. See Godfather.
6022  
6023  "Godspeed (n.) Success; prosperous journeying; -- a contraction of the phrase, ""God speed you."""
6024  
6025  Godward (adv.) Toward God.
6026  
6027  "Godwit (n.) One of several species of long-billed, wading birds of the genus Limosa, and family Tringidae. The European black-tailed godwit (Limosa limosa), the American marbled godwit (L. fedoa), the Hudsonian godwit (L. haemastica), and others, are valued as game birds. Called also godwin."
6028  
6029  Goel (a.) Yellow.
6030  
6031  Goeland (n.) A white tropical tern (Cygis candida).
6032  
6033  Goemin (n.) A complex mixture of several substances extracted from Irish moss.
6034  
6035  Goen () p. p. of Go.
6036  
6037  "Goer (n.) One who, or that which, goes; a runner or walker"
6038  
6039  Goer (n.) A foot.
6040  
6041  "Goer (n.) A horse, considered in reference to his gait; as, a good goer; a safe goer."
6042  
6043  Goety (n.) Invocation of evil spirits; witchcraft.
6044  
6045  Goff (n.) A silly clown.
6046  
6047  Goff (n.) A game. See Golf.
6048  
6049  Goffered (imp. & p. p.) of Goffer
6050  
6051  Goffering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Goffer
6052  
6053  "Goffer (v. t.) To plait, flute, or crimp. See Gauffer."
6054  
6055  Gog (n.) Haste; ardent desire to go.
6056  
6057  Goggled (imp. & p. p.) of Goggle
6058  
6059  Goggling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Goggle
6060  
6061  Goggle (v. i.) To roll the eyes; to stare.
6062  
6063  "Goggle (a.) Full and rolling, or staring; -- said of the eyes."
6064  
6065  Goggle (v. i.) A strained or affected rolling of the eye.
6066  
6067  "Goggle (v. i.) A kind of spectacles with short, projecting eye tubes, in the front end of which are fixed plain glasses for protecting the eyes from cold, dust, etc."
6068  
6069  Goggle (v. i.) Colored glasses for relief from intense light.
6070  
6071  "Goggle (v. i.) A disk with a small aperture, to direct the sight forward, and cure squinting."
6072  
6073  "Goggle (v. i.) Any screen or cover for the eyes, with or without a slit for seeing through."
6074  
6075  "Goggled (a.) Prominent; staring, as the eye."
6076  
6077  "Goggle-eye (n.) One of two or more species of American fresh-water fishes of the family Centrarchidae, esp. Chaenobryttus antistius, of Lake Michigan and adjacent waters, and Ambloplites rupestris, of the Great Lakes and Mississippi Valley; -- so called from their prominent eyes."
6078  
6079  Goggle-eye (n.) The goggler.
6080  
6081  Goggle-eyed (a.) Having prominent and distorted or rolling eyes.
6082  
6083  "Goggler (n.) A carangoid oceanic fish (Trachurops crumenophthalmus), having very large and prominent eyes; -- called also goggle-eye, big-eyed scad, and cicharra."
6084  
6085  Goglet (n.) See Gurglet.
6086  
6087  "Going (n.) The act of moving in any manner; traveling; as, the going is bad."
6088  
6089  Going (n.) Departure.
6090  
6091  Going (n.) Pregnancy; gestation; childbearing.
6092  
6093  Going (n.) Course of life; behavior; doings; ways.
6094  
6095  Goiter (n.) Alt. of Goitre
6096  
6097  "Goitre (n.) An enlargement of the thyroid gland, on the anterior part of the neck; bronchocele. It is frequently associated with cretinism, and is most common in mountainous regions, especially in certain parts of Switzerland."
6098  
6099  Goitered (a.) Alt. of Goitred
6100  
6101  Goitred (a.) Affected with goiter.
6102  
6103  Goitrous (a.) Pertaining to the goiter; affected with the goiter; of the nature of goiter or bronchocele.
6104  
6105  Gold (n.) Alt. of Goolde
6106  
6107  Golde (n.) Alt. of Goolde
6108  
6109  "Goolde (n.) An old English name of some yellow flower, -- the marigold (Calendula), according to Dr. Prior, but in Chaucer perhaps the turnsole."
6110  
6111  "Gold (v. t.) A metallic element, constituting the most precious metal used as a common commercial medium of exchange. It has a characteristic yellow color, is one of the heaviest substances known (specific gravity 19.32), is soft, and very malleable and ductile. It is quite unalterable by heat, moisture, and most corrosive agents, and therefore well suited for its use in coin and jewelry. Symbol Au (Aurum). Atomic weight 196.7."
6112  
6113  Gold (v. t.) Money; riches; wealth.
6114  
6115  "Gold (v. t.) A yellow color, like that of the metal; as, a flower tipped with gold."
6116  
6117  "Gold (v. t.) Figuratively, something precious or pure; as, hearts of gold."
6118  
6119  Gold-beaten (a.) Gilded.
6120  
6121  "Gold-beating (n.) The art or process of reducing gold to extremely thin leaves, by beating with a hammer."
6122  
6123  Gold-bound (a.) Encompassed with gold.
6124  
6125  "Goldcrest (n.) The European golden-crested kinglet (Regulus cristatus, or R. regulus); -- called also golden-crested wren, and golden wren. The name is also sometimes applied to the American golden-crested kinglet. See Kinglet."
6126  
6127  Goldcup (n.) The cuckoobud.
6128  
6129  Golden (a.) Made of gold; consisting of gold.
6130  
6131  "Golden (a.) Having the color of gold; as, the golden grain."
6132  
6133  "Golden (a.) Very precious; highly valuable; excellent; eminently auspicious; as, golden opinions."
6134  
6135  "Golden-eye (n.) A duck (Glaucionetta clangula), found in Northern Europe, Asia, and America. The American variety (var. Americana) is larger. Called whistler, garrot, gowdy, pied widgeon, whiteside, curre, and doucker. Barrow's golden-eye of America (G. Islandica) is less common."
6136  
6137  Goden ly (adv.) In golden terms or a golden manner; splendidly; delightfully.
6138  
6139  "Golden-rod (n.) A tall herb (Solidago Virga-aurea), bearing yellow flowers in a graceful elongated cluster. The name is common to all the species of the genus Solidago."
6140  
6141  "Goldfinch (n.) A beautiful bright-colored European finch (Carduelis elegans). The name refers to the large patch of yellow on the wings. The front of the head and throat are bright red; the nape, with part of the wings and tail, black; -- called also goldspink, goldie, fool's coat, drawbird, draw-water, thistle finch, and sweet William."
6142  
6143  Goldfinch (n.) The yellow-hammer.
6144  
6145  Goldfinch (n.) A small American finch (Spinus tristis); the thistle bird.
6146  
6147  "Goldfinny (n.) One of two or more species of European labroid fishes (Crenilabrus melops, and Ctenolabrus rupestris); -- called also goldsinny, and goldney."
6148  
6149  "Goldfish (n.) A small domesticated cyprinoid fish (Carassius auratus); -- so named from its color. It is native of China, and is said to have been introduced into Europe in 1691. It is often kept as an ornament, in small ponds or glass globes. Many varieties are known. Called also golden fish, and golden carp. See Telescope fish, under Telescope."
6150  
6151  Goldfish (n.) A California marine fish of an orange or red color; the garibaldi.
6152  
6153  Gold-hammer (n.) The yellow-hammer.
6154  
6155  Goldie (n.) The European goldfinch.
6156  
6157  Goldie (n.) The yellow-hammer.
6158  
6159  Goldilocks (n.) Same as Goldylocks.
6160  
6161  Goldin (n.) Alt. of Golding
6162  
6163  "Golding (n.) A conspicuous yellow flower, commonly the corn marigold (Chrysanthemum segetum)."
6164  
6165  Goldless (a.) Destitute of gold.
6166  
6167  Goldney (n.) See Gilthead.
6168  
6169  Goldseed (n.) Dog's-tail grass.
6170  
6171  Goldsinny (n.) See Goldfinny.
6172  
6173  "Goldsmith (n.) An artisan who manufactures vessels and ornaments, etc., of gold."
6174  
6175  Goldsmith (n.) A banker.
6176  
6177  Goldtit (n.) See Verdin.
6178  
6179  "Goldylocks (n.) A plant of several species of the genus Chrysocoma; -- so called from the tufts of yellow flowers which terminate the stems; also, the Ranunculus auricomus, a kind of buttercup."
6180  
6181  Golet (n.) The gullet.
6182  
6183  Golet (n.) A California trout. See Malma.
6184  
6185  Golf (n.) A game played with a small ball and a bat or club crooked at the lower end. He who drives the ball into each of a series of small holes in the ground and brings it into the last hole with the fewest strokes is the winner.
6186  
6187  Golfer (n.) One who plays golf.
6188  
6189  Golgotha (n.) Calvary. See the Note under Calvary.
6190  
6191  "Goliard (n.) A buffoon in the Middle Ages, who attended rich men's tables to make sport for the guests by ribald stories and songs."
6192  
6193  Goliardery (n.) The satirical or ribald poetry of the Goliards.
6194  
6195  "Goliath beetle () Any species of Goliathus, a genus of very large and handsome African beetles."
6196  
6197  "Goll (n.) A hand, paw, or claw."
6198  
6199  Goloe-shoe (n.) A galoche.
6200  
6201  Golore (n.) See Galore.
6202  
6203  Goloshe (n.) See Galoche.
6204  
6205  Goltschut (n.) A small ingot of gold.
6206  
6207  "Goltschut (n.) A silver ingot, used in Japan as money."
6208  
6209  Golyardeys (n.) A buffoon. See Gollard.
6210  
6211  Goman (n.) A husband; a master of a family.
6212  
6213  Gomarist (n.) Alt. of Gomarite
6214  
6215  "Gomarite (n.) One of the followers of Francis Gomar or Gomarus, a Dutch disciple of Calvin in the 17th century, who strongly opposed the Arminians."
6216  
6217  Gombo (n.) See Gumbo.
6218  
6219  Gome (n.) A man.
6220  
6221  Gome (n.) The black grease on the axle of a cart or wagon wheel; -- called also gorm. See Gorm.
6222  
6223  Gomer (n.) A Hebrew measure. See Homer.
6224  
6225  "Gomer (n.) A conical chamber at the breech of the bore in heavy ordnance, especially in mortars; -- named after the inventor."
6226  
6227  Gommelin (n.) See Dextrin.
6228  
6229  "Gomphiasis (n.) A disease of the teeth, which causes them to loosen and fall out of their sockets."
6230  
6231  "Gomphosis (n.) A form of union or immovable articulation where a hard part is received into the cavity of a bone, as the teeth into the jaws."
6232  
6233  "Gomuti (n.) A black, fibrous substance resembling horsehair, obtained from the leafstalks of two kinds of palms, Metroxylon Sagu, and Arenga saccharifera, of the Indian islands. It is used for making cordage. Called also ejoo."
6234  
6235  Gon () imp. & p. p. of Go.
6236  
6237  Gonads (pl. ) of Gonad
6238  
6239  "Gonad (n.) One of the masses of generative tissue primitively alike in both sexes, but giving rise to either an ovary or a testis; a generative gland; a germ gland."
6240  
6241  Gonakie (n.) An African timber tree (Acacia Adansonii).
6242  
6243  Gonangia (pl. ) of Gonangium
6244  
6245  Gonangiums (pl. ) of Gonangium
6246  
6247  Gonangium (n.) See Gonotheca.
6248  
6249  "Gondola (n.) A long, narrow boat with a high prow and stern, used in the canals of Venice. A gondola is usually propelled by one or two oarsmen who stand facing the prow, or by poling. A gondola for passengers has a small open cabin amidships, for their protection against the sun or rain. A sumptuary law of Venice required that gondolas should be painted black, and they are customarily so painted now."
6250  
6251  Gondola (n.) A flat-bottomed boat for freight.
6252  
6253  "Gondola (n.) A long platform car, either having no sides or with very low sides, used on railroads."
6254  
6255  Gondolet (n.) A small gondola.
6256  
6257  Gondolier (n.) A man who rows a gondola.
6258  
6259  Gone () p. p. of Go.
6260  
6261  "Goneness (n.) A state of exhaustion; faintness, especially as resulting from hunger."
6262  
6263  Gonfalon (n.) Alt. of Gonfanon
6264  
6265  "Gonfanon (n.) The ensign or standard in use by certain princes or states, such as the mediaeval republics of Italy, and in more recent times by the pope."
6266  
6267  Gonfanon (n.) A name popularly given to any flag which hangs from a crosspiece or frame instead of from the staff or the mast itself.
6268  
6269  Gonfalonier (n.) He who bears the gonfalon; a standard bearer
6270  
6271  Gonfalonier (n.) An officer at Rome who bears the standard of the Church.
6272  
6273  Gonfalonier (n.) The chief magistrate of any one of several republics in mediaeveal Italy.
6274  
6275  "Gonfalonier (n.) A Turkish general, and standard keeper."
6276  
6277  Gong (n.) A privy or jakes.
6278  
6279  "Gong (n.) An instrument, first used in the East, made of an alloy of copper and tin, shaped like a disk with upturned rim, and producing, when struck, a harsh and resounding noise."
6280  
6281  "Gong (n.) A flat saucerlike bell, rung by striking it with a small hammer which is connected with it by various mechanical devices; a stationary bell, used to sound calls or alarms; -- called also gong bell."
6282  
6283  "Goniatite (n.) One of an extinct genus of fossil cephalopods, allied to the Ammonites. The earliest forms are found in the Devonian formation, the latest, in the Triassic."
6284  
6285  "Gonidial (a.) Pertaining to, or containing, gonidia."
6286  
6287  "Gonidial (a.) Of or pertaining to the angles of the mouth; as, a gonidial groove of an actinian."
6288  
6289  Gonidium (n.) A special groove or furrow at one or both angles of the mouth of many Anthozoa.
6290  
6291  Gonidia (pl. ) of Gonidium
6292  
6293  Gonidium (n.) A component cell of the yellowish green layer in certain lichens.
6294  
6295  "Gonimia (n. pl.) Bluish green granules which occur in certain lichens, as Collema, Peltigera, etc., and which replace the more usual gonidia."
6296  
6297  "Gonimous (a.) Pertaining to, or containing, gonidia or gonimia, as that part of a lichen which contains the green or chlorophyll-bearing cells."
6298  
6299  "Goniometer (n.) An instrument for measuring angles, especially the angles of crystals, or the inclination of planes."
6300  
6301  Goniometric (a.) Alt. of Goniometrical
6302  
6303  "Goniometrical (a.) Pertaining to, or determined by means of, a goniometer; trigonometric."
6304  
6305  Goniometry (n.) The art of measuring angles; trigonometry.
6306  
6307  Gonoblastid (n.) A reproductive bud of a hydroid; a simple gonophore.
6308  
6309  Gonoblastidia (pl. ) of Gonoblastidium
6310  
6311  Gonoblastidium (n.) A blastostyle.
6312  
6313  Gonocalyx (n.) The bell of a sessile gonozooid.
6314  
6315  Gonochorism (n.) Separation of the sexes in different individuals; -- opposed to hermaphroditism.
6316  
6317  "Gonochorism (n.) In ontogony, differentiation of male and female individuals from embryos having the same rudimentary sexual organs."
6318  
6319  "Gonochorism (n.) In phylogeny, the evolution of distinct sexes in species previously hermaphrodite or sexless."
6320  
6321  "Gonococcus (n.) A vegetable microorganism of the genus Micrococcus, occurring in the secretion in gonorrhea. It is believed by some to constitute the cause of this disease."
6322  
6323  Gonoph (n.) A pickpocket or thief.
6324  
6325  "Gonophore (n.) A sexual zooid produced as a medusoid bud upon a hydroid, sometimes becoming a free hydromedusa, sometimes remaining attached. See Hydroidea, and Illusts. of Athecata, Campanularian, and Gonosome."
6326  
6327  "Gonophore (n.) A lengthened receptacle, bearing the stamens and carpels in a conspicuous manner."
6328  
6329  Gonorrhea (n.) Alt. of Gonorrhoea
6330  
6331  "Gonorrhoea (n.) A contagious inflammatory disease of the genitourinary tract, affecting especially the urethra and vagina, and characterized by a mucopurulent discharge, pain in urination, and chordee; clap."
6332  
6333  Gonorrheal (a.) Alt. of Gonorrhoeal
6334  
6335  "Gonorrhoeal (a.) Of or pertaining to gonorrhea; as, gonorrheal rheumatism."
6336  
6337  "Gonosome (n.) The reproductive zooids of a hydroid colony, collectively."
6338  
6339  Gonothec/ (pl. ) of Gonotheca
6340  
6341  "Gonotheca (n.) A capsule developed on certain hydroids (Thecaphora), inclosing the blastostyle upon which the medusoid buds or gonophores are developed; -- called also gonangium, and teleophore. See Hydroidea, and Illust. of Campanularian."
6342  
6343  "Gonozooid (n.) A sexual zooid, or medusoid bud of a hydroid; a gonophore. See Hydroidea, and Illust. of Campanularian."
6344  
6345  Gonydial (a.) Pertaining to the gonys of a bird's beak.
6346  
6347  "Gonys (n.) The keel or lower outline of a bird's bill, so far as the mandibular rami are united."
6348  
6349  Goober (n.) A peanut.
6350  
6351  "Good (superl.) Possessing desirable qualities; adapted to answer the end designed; promoting success, welfare, or happiness; serviceable; useful; fit; excellent; admirable; commendable; not bad, corrupt, evil, noxious, offensive, or troublesome, etc."
6352  
6353  Good (superl.) Possessing moral excellence or virtue; virtuous; pious; religious; -- said of persons or actions.
6354  
6355  "Good (superl.) Kind; benevolent; humane; merciful; gracious; polite; propitious; friendly; well-disposed; -- often followed by to or toward, also formerly by unto."
6356  
6357  Good (superl.) Serviceable; suited; adapted; suitable; of use; to be relied upon; -- followed especially by for.
6358  
6359  Good (superl.) Clever; skillful; dexterous; ready; handy; -- followed especially by at.
6360  
6361  "Good (superl.) Adequate; sufficient; competent; sound; not fallacious; valid; in a commercial sense, to be depended on for the discharge of obligations incurred; having pecuniary ability; of unimpaired credit."
6362  
6363  Good (superl.) Real; actual; serious; as in the phrases in good earnest; in good sooth.
6364  
6365  "Good (superl.) Not small, insignificant, or of no account; considerable; esp., in the phrases a good deal, a good way, a good degree, a good share or part, etc."
6366  
6367  Good (superl.) Not lacking or deficient; full; complete.
6368  
6369  "Good (superl.) Not blemished or impeached; fair; honorable; unsullied; as in the phrases a good name, a good report, good repute, etc."
6370  
6371  "Good (n.) That which possesses desirable qualities, promotes success, welfare, or happiness, is serviceable, fit, excellent, kind, benevolent, etc.; -- opposed to evil."
6372  
6373  "Good (n.) Advancement of interest or happiness; welfare; prosperity; advantage; benefit; -- opposed to harm, etc."
6374  
6375  "Good (n.) Wares; commodities; chattels; -- formerly used in the singular in a collective sense. In law, a comprehensive name for almost all personal property as distinguished from land or real property."
6376  
6377  "Good (adv.) Well, -- especially in the phrase as good, with a following as expressed or implied; equally well with as much advantage or as little harm as possible."
6378  
6379  Good (v. t.) To make good; to turn to good.
6380  
6381  Good (v. t.) To manure; to improve.
6382  
6383  Good-by (n. / interj.) Alt. of Good-bye
6384  
6385  "Good-bye (n. / interj.) Farewell; a form of address used at parting. See the last Note under By, prep."
6386  
6387  Good-den (interj.) A form of salutation.
6388  
6389  Good-fellowship (n.) Agreeable companionship; companionableness.
6390  
6391  "Goodgeon (n.) Same as Gudgeon, 5."
6392  
6393  Good-humored (a.) Having a cheerful spirit and demeanor; good-tempered. See Good-natured.
6394  
6395  Good-humoredly (adv.) With a cheerful spirit; in a cheerful or good-tempered manner.
6396  
6397  Goodish (a.) Rather good than the contrary; not actually bad; tolerable.
6398  
6399  Goodless (a.) Having no goods.
6400  
6401  Goodlich (a.) Goodly.
6402  
6403  Goodliness (n.) Beauty of form; grace; elegance; comeliness.
6404  
6405  Good-looking (a.) Handsome.
6406  
6407  Goodly (adv.) Excellently.
6408  
6409  Goodly (superl.) Pleasant; agreeable; desirable.
6410  
6411  "Goodly (superl.) Of pleasing appearance or character; comely; graceful; as, a goodly person; goodly raiment, houses."
6412  
6413  "Goodly (superl.) Large; considerable; portly; as, a goodly number."
6414  
6415  Goodlyhead (n.) Alt. of Goodlyhood
6416  
6417  Goodlyhood (n.) Goodness; grace; goodliness.
6418  
6419  "Goodman (n.) A familiar appellation of civility, equivalent to ""My friend"", ""Good sir"", ""Mister;"" -- sometimes used ironically."
6420  
6421  Goodman (n.) A husband; the master of a house or family; -- often used in speaking familiarly.
6422  
6423  Good-natured (a.) Naturally mild in temper; not easily provoked.
6424  
6425  Good-naturedly (adv.) With maldness of temper.
6426  
6427  "Goodness (n.) The quality of being good in any of its various senses; excellence; virtue; kindness; benevolence; as, the goodness of timber, of a soil, of food; goodness of character, of disposition, of conduct, etc."
6428  
6429  "Good now () An exclamation of wonder, surprise, or entreaty."
6430  
6431  "Goods (n. pl.) See Good, n., 3."
6432  
6433  Goodship (n.) Favor; grace.
6434  
6435  Good-tempered (a.) Having a good temper; not easily vexed. See Good-natured.
6436  
6437  Goodwife (n.) The mistress of a house.
6438  
6439  Goodies (pl. ) of Goody
6440  
6441  "Goody (n.) A bonbon, cake, or the like; -- usually in the pl."
6442  
6443  Goody (n.) An American fish; the lafayette or spot.
6444  
6445  Goodies (pl. ) of Goody
6446  
6447  Goody (n.) Goodwife; -- a low term of civility or sport.
6448  
6449  Gode-year (n.) The venereal disease; -- often used as a mild oath.
6450  
6451  Goody-goody (a.) Mawkishly or weakly good; exhibiting goodness with silliness.
6452  
6453  Goodyship (n.) The state or quality of a goody or goodwife
6454  
6455  Gooroo (n.) Alt. of Guru
6456  
6457  "Guru (n.) A spiritual teacher, guide, or confessor amoung the Hindoos."
6458  
6459  "Goosander (n.) A species of merganser (M. merganser) of Northern Europe and America; -- called also merganser, dundiver, sawbill, sawneb, shelduck, and sheldrake. See Merganser."
6460  
6461  Geese (pl. ) of Goose
6462  
6463  "Goose (n.) Any large web-footen bird of the subfamily Anserinae, and belonging to Anser, Branta, Chen, and several allied genera. See Anseres."
6464  
6465  "Goose (n.) Any large bird of other related families, resembling the common goose."
6466  
6467  "Goose (n.) A tailor's smoothing iron, so called from its handle, which resembles the neck of a goose."
6468  
6469  Goose (n.) A silly creature; a simpleton.
6470  
6471  "Goose (n.) A game played with counters on a board divided into compartments, in some of which a goose was depicted."
6472  
6473  Gooseberries (pl. ) of Gooseberry
6474  
6475  "Gooseberry (a.) Any thorny shrub of the genus Ribes; also, the edible berries of such shrub. There are several species, of which Ribes Grossularia is the one commonly cultivated."
6476  
6477  Gooseberry (a.) A silly person; a goose cap.
6478  
6479  Goosefish (n.) See Angler.
6480  
6481  Goosefoot (n.) A genus of herbs (Chenopodium) mostly annual weeds; pigweed.
6482  
6483  Gooseries (pl. ) of Goosery
6484  
6485  Goosery (n.) A place for keeping geese.
6486  
6487  Goosery (n.) The characteristics or actions of a goose; silliness.
6488  
6489  Goosewing (n.) One of the clews or lower corners of a course or a topsail when the middle part or the rest of the sail is furled.
6490  
6491  "Goosewinged (a.) Having a ""goosewing."""
6492  
6493  Goosewinged (a.) Said of a fore-and-aft rigged vessel with foresail set on one side and mainsail on the other; wing and wing.
6494  
6495  Goosish (a.) Like a goose; foolish.
6496  
6497  Goost (n.) Ghost; spirit.
6498  
6499  Goot (n.) A goat.
6500  
6501  "Go-out (n.) A sluice in embankments against the sea, for letting out the land waters, when the tide is out."
6502  
6503  "Gopher (n.) One of several North American burrowing rodents of the genera Geomys and Thomomys, of the family Geomyidae; -- called also pocket gopher and pouched rat. See Pocket gopher, and Tucan."
6504  
6505  "Gopher (n.) One of several western American species of the genus Spermophilus, of the family Sciuridae; as, the gray gopher (Spermophilus Franklini) and the striped gopher (S. tridecemlineatus); -- called also striped prairie squirrel, leopard marmot, and leopard spermophile. See Spermophile."
6506  
6507  "Gopher (n.) A large land tortoise (Testudo Carilina) of the Southern United States, which makes extensive burrows."
6508  
6509  Gopher (n.) A large burrowing snake (Spilotes Couperi) of the Southern United States.
6510  
6511  Gopher wood () A species of wood used in the construction of Noah's ark.
6512  
6513  "Goracco (n.) A paste prepared from tobacco, and smoked in hookahs in Western India."
6514  
6515  "Goral (n.) An Indian goat antelope (Nemorhedus goral), resembling the chamois."
6516  
6517  Goramy (n.) Same as Gourami.
6518  
6519  Gor-bellied (a.) Bog-bellied.
6520  
6521  Gor-belly (n.) A prominent belly; a big-bellied person.
6522  
6523  Gorce (n.) A pool of water to keep fish in; a wear.
6524  
6525  "Gorcock (n.) The moor cock, or red grouse. See Grouse."
6526  
6527  Gorcrow (n.) The carrion crow; -- called also gercrow.
6528  
6529  Gord (n.) An instrument of gaming; a sort of dice.
6530  
6531  "Gordiacea (n. pl.) A division of nematoid worms, including the hairworms or hair eels (Gordius and Mermis). See Gordius, and Illustration in Appendix."
6532  
6533  "Gordian (a.) Pertaining to Gordius, king of Phrygia, or to a knot tied by him; hence, intricate; complicated; inextricable."
6534  
6535  Gordian (a.) Pertaining to the Gordiacea.
6536  
6537  Gordian (n.) One of the Gordiacea.
6538  
6539  "Gordius (n.) A genus of long, slender, nematoid worms, parasitic in insects until near maturity, when they leave the insect, and live in water, in which they deposit their eggs; -- called also hair eel, hairworm, and hair snake, from the absurd, but common and widely diffused, notion that they are metamorphosed horsehairs."
6540  
6541  Gore (n.) Dirt; mud.
6542  
6543  "Gore (n.) Blood; especially, blood that after effusion has become thick or clotted."
6544  
6545  "Gore (v.) A wedgeshaped or triangular piece of cloth, canvas, etc., sewed into a garment, sail, etc., to give greater width at a particular part."
6546  
6547  Gore (v.) A small traingular piece of land.
6548  
6549  "Gore (v.) One of the abatements. It is made of two curved lines, meeting in an acute angle in the fesse point."
6550  
6551  Gored (imp. & p. p.) of Gore
6552  
6553  Goring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gore
6554  
6555  "Gore (v. t.) To pierce or wound, as with a horn; to penetrate with a pointed instrument, as a spear; to stab."
6556  
6557  "Gore (v. t.) To cut in a traingular form; to piece with a gore; to provide with a gore; as, to gore an apron."
6558  
6559  Gorebill (n.) The garfish.
6560  
6561  Gorflies (pl. ) of Gorfly
6562  
6563  Gorfly (n.) A dung fly.
6564  
6565  Gorge (n.) The throat; the gullet; the canal by which food passes to the stomach.
6566  
6567  Gorge (n.) A narrow passage or entrance
6568  
6569  Gorge (n.) A defile between mountains.
6570  
6571  Gorge (n.) The entrance into a bastion or other outwork of a fort; -- usually synonymous with rear. See Illust. of Bastion.
6572  
6573  "Gorge (n.) That which is gorged or swallowed, especially by a hawk or other fowl."
6574  
6575  "Gorge (n.) A filling or choking of a passage or channel by an obstruction; as, an ice gorge in a river."
6576  
6577  Gorge (n.) A concave molding; a cavetto.
6578  
6579  Gorge (n.) The groove of a pulley.
6580  
6581  Gorged (imp. & p. p.) of Gorge
6582  
6583  Gorging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gorge
6584  
6585  "Gorge (n.) To swallow; especially, to swallow with greediness, or in large mouthfuls or quantities."
6586  
6587  Gorge (n.) To glut; to fill up to the throat; to satiate.
6588  
6589  Gorge (v. i.) To eat greedily and to satiety.
6590  
6591  Gorged (a.) Having a gorge or throat.
6592  
6593  Gorged (a.) Bearing a coronet or ring about the neck.
6594  
6595  Gorged (a.) Glutted; fed to the full.
6596  
6597  "Gorgelet (n.) A small gorget, as of a humming bird."
6598  
6599  Gorgeous (n.) Imposing through splendid or various colors; showy; fine; magnificent.
6600  
6601  "Gorgerin (n.) In some columns, that part of the capital between the termination of the shaft and the annulet of the echinus, or the space between two neck moldings; -- called also neck of the capital, and hypotrachelium. See Illust. of Column."
6602  
6603  "Gorget (n.) A piece of armor, whether of chain mail or of plate, defending the throat and upper part of the breast, and forming a part of the double breastplate of the 14th century."
6604  
6605  "Gorget (n.) A piece of plate armor covering the same parts and worn over the buff coat in the 17th century, and without other steel armor."
6606  
6607  "Gorget (n.) A small ornamental plate, usually crescent-shaped, and of gilded copper, formerly hung around the neck of officers in full uniform in some modern armies."
6608  
6609  Gorget (n.) A ruff worn by women.
6610  
6611  Gorget (n.) A cutting instrument used in lithotomy.
6612  
6613  Gorget (n.) A grooved instrunent used in performing various operations; -- called also blunt gorget.
6614  
6615  "Gorget (n.) A crescent-shaped, colored patch on the neck of a bird or mammal."
6616  
6617  "Gorgon (n.) One of three fabled sisters, Stheno, Euryale, and Medusa, with snaky hair and of terrific aspect, the sight of whom turned the beholder to stone. The name is particularly given to Medusa."
6618  
6619  Gorgon (n.) Anything very ugly or horrid.
6620  
6621  Gorgon (n.) The brindled gnu. See Gnu.
6622  
6623  "Gorgon (a.) Like a Gorgon; very ugly or terrific; as, a Gorgon face."
6624  
6625  Gorgonacea (n. pl.) See Gorgoniacea.
6626  
6627  "Gorgonean (a.) See Gorgonian, 1."
6628  
6629  Gorgoneia (pl. ) of Gorgoneion
6630  
6631  Gorgoneion (n.) A mask carved in imitation of a Gorgon's head.
6632  
6633  "Gorgonia (n.) A genus of Gorgoniacea, formerly very extensive, but now restricted to such species as the West Indian sea fan (Gorgonia flabellum), sea plume (G. setosa), and other allied species having a flexible, horny axis."
6634  
6635  Gorgonia (n.) Any slender branched gorgonian.
6636  
6637  "Gorgoniacea (n. pl.) One of the principal divisions of Alcyonaria, including those forms which have a firm and usually branched axis, covered with a porous crust, or c/nenchyma, in which the polyp cells are situated."
6638  
6639  "Gorgonian (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, a Gorgon; terrifying into stone; terrific."
6640  
6641  "Gorgonian (a.) Pertaining to the Gorgoniacea; as, gorgonian coral."
6642  
6643  Gorgonian (n.) One of the Gorgoniacea.
6644  
6645  Gorgonize (v. t.) To have the effect of a Gorgon upon; to turn into stone; to petrify.
6646  
6647  Gorhen (n.) The female of the gorcock.
6648  
6649  "Gorilla (n.) A large, arboreal, anthropoid ape of West Africa. It is larger than a man, and is remarkable for its massive skeleton and powerful muscles, which give it enormous strength. In some respects its anatomy, more than that of any other ape, except the chimpanzee, resembles that of man."
6650  
6651  Goring (n.) Alt. of Goring cloth
6652  
6653  Goring cloth (n.) A piece of canvas cut obliquely to widen a sail at the foot.
6654  
6655  Gorm (n.) Axle grease. See Gome.
6656  
6657  "Gorm (v. t.) To daub, as the hands or clothing, with gorm; to daub with anything sticky."
6658  
6659  Gorma (n.) The European cormorant.
6660  
6661  Gormand (n.) A greedy or ravenous eater; a luxurious feeder; a gourmand.
6662  
6663  Gormand (a.) Gluttonous; voracious.
6664  
6665  "Gormander (n.) See Gormand, n."
6666  
6667  Gormandism (n.) Gluttony.
6668  
6669  Gormandized (imp. & p. p.) of Gormandize
6670  
6671  Gormandizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gormandize
6672  
6673  Gormandize (v. i. & t.) To eat greedily; to swallow voraciously; to feed ravenously or like a glutton.
6674  
6675  "Gormandizer (n.) A greedy, voracious eater; a gormand; a glutton."
6676  
6677  "Goroon shell () A large, handsome, marine, univalve shell (Triton femorale)."
6678  
6679  Gorse (n.) Furze. See Furze.
6680  
6681  Gory (a.) Covered with gore or clotted blood.
6682  
6683  Gory (a.) Bloody; murderous.
6684  
6685  "Goshawk (n.) Any large hawk of the genus Astur, of which many species and varieties are known. The European (Astur palumbarius) and the American (A. atricapillus) are the best known species. They are noted for their powerful flight, activity, and courage. The Australian goshawk (A. Novae-Hollandiae) is pure white."
6686  
6687  Gosherd (n.) One who takes care of geese.
6688  
6689  "Goslet (n.) One of several species of pygmy geese, of the genus Nettepus. They are about the size of a teal, and inhabit Africa, India, and Australia."
6690  
6691  Gosling (n.) A young or unfledged goose.
6692  
6693  Gosling (n.) A catkin on nut trees and pines.
6694  
6695  "Gospel (v.) Glad tidings; especially, the good news concerning Christ, the Kingdom of God, and salvation."
6696  
6697  "Gospel (v.) One of the four narratives of the life and death of Jesus Christ, written by Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John."
6698  
6699  "Gospel (v.) A selection from one of the gospels, for use in a religious service; as, the gospel for the day."
6700  
6701  "Gospel (v.) Any system of religious doctrine; sometimes, any system of political doctrine or social philosophy; as, this political gospel."
6702  
6703  "Gospel (v.) Anything propounded or accepted as infallibly true; as, they took his words for gospel."
6704  
6705  "Gospel (a.) Accordant with, or relating to, the gospel; evangelical; as, gospel righteousness."
6706  
6707  Gospel (v. t.) To instruct in the gospel.
6708  
6709  Gospeler (n.) One of the four evangelists.
6710  
6711  "Gospeler (n.) A follower of Wyclif, the first English religious reformer; hence, a Puritan."
6712  
6713  Gospeler (n.) A priest or deacon who reads the gospel at the altar during the communion service.
6714  
6715  Gospelized (imp. & p. p.) of Gospelize
6716  
6717  Gospelizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gospelize
6718  
6719  "Gospelize (v. t.) To form according to the gospel; as, a command gospelized to us."
6720  
6721  "Gospelize (v. t.) To instruct in the gospel; to evangelize; as, to gospelize the savages."
6722  
6723  Goss (n.) Gorse.
6724  
6725  "Gossamer (n.) A fine, filmy substance, like cobwebs, floating in the air, in calm, clear weather, especially in autumn. It is seen in stubble fields and on furze or low bushes, and is formed by small spiders."
6726  
6727  "Gossamer (n.) Any very thin gauzelike fabric; also, a thin waterproof stuff."
6728  
6729  "Gossamer (n.) An outer garment, made of waterproof gossamer."
6730  
6731  Gossamery (a.) Like gossamer; flimsy.
6732  
6733  "Gossan (n.) Decomposed rock, usually reddish or ferruginous (owing to oxidized pyrites), forming the upper part of a metallic vein."
6734  
6735  Gossaniferous (a.) Containing or producing gossan.
6736  
6737  Gossat (n.) A small British marine fish (Motella tricirrata); -- called also whistler and three-bearded rockling.
6738  
6739  Gossib (n.) A gossip.
6740  
6741  Gossip (n.) A sponsor; a godfather or a godmother.
6742  
6743  Gossip (n.) A friend or comrade; a companion; a familiar and customary acquaintance.
6744  
6745  "Gossip (n.) One who runs house to house, tattling and telling news; an idle tattler."
6746  
6747  Gossip (n.) The tattle of a gossip; groundless rumor.
6748  
6749  Gossip (v. t.) To stand sponsor to.
6750  
6751  Gossiped (imp. & p. p.) of Gossip
6752  
6753  Gossiping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gossip
6754  
6755  Gossip (v. i.) To make merry.
6756  
6757  Gossip (v. i.) To prate; to chat; to talk much.
6758  
6759  Gossip (v. i.) To run about and tattle; to tell idle tales.
6760  
6761  Gossiper (n.) One given to gossip.
6762  
6763  Gossiprede (n.) The relationship between a person and his sponsors.
6764  
6765  Gossipry (n.) Spiritual relationship or affinity; gossiprede; special intimacy.
6766  
6767  Gossipry (n.) Idle talk; gossip.
6768  
6769  "Gossipy (a.) Full of, or given to, gossip."
6770  
6771  Gossoon (n.) A boy; a servant.
6772  
6773  "Gossypium (n.) A genus of plants which yield the cotton of the arts. The species are much confused. G. herbaceum is the name given to the common cotton plant, while the long-stapled sea-island cotton is produced by G. Barbadense, a shrubby variety. There are several other kinds besides these."
6774  
6775  Got () imp. & p. p. of Get. See Get.
6776  
6777  Gote (n.) A channel for water.
6778  
6779  Goter (n.) a gutter.
6780  
6781  "Goth (n.) One of an ancient Teutonic race, who dwelt between the Elbe and the Vistula in the early part of the Christian era, and who overran and took an important part in subverting the Roman empire."
6782  
6783  "Goth (n.) One who is rude or uncivilized; a barbarian; a rude, ignorant person."
6784  
6785  "Gothamist (n.) A wiseacre; a person deficient in wisdom; -- so called from Gotham, in Nottinghamshire, England, noted for some pleasant blunders."
6786  
6787  Gothamite (n.) A gothamist.
6788  
6789  Gothamite (n.) An inhabitant of New York city.
6790  
6791  "Gothic (a.) Pertaining to the Goths; as, Gothic customs; also, rude; barbarous."
6792  
6793  "Gothic (a.) Of or pertaining to a style of architecture with pointed arches, steep roofs, windows large in proportion to the wall spaces, and, generally, great height in proportion to the other dimensions -- prevalent in Western Europe from about 1200 to 1475 a. d. See Illust. of Abacus, and Capital."
6794  
6795  "Gothic (n.) The language of the Goths; especially, the language of that part of the Visigoths who settled in Moesia in the 4th century. See Goth."
6796  
6797  "Gothic (n.) A kind of square-cut type, with no hair lines."
6798  
6799  "Gothic (n.) The style described in Gothic, a., 2."
6800  
6801  Gothicism (n.) A Gothic idiom.
6802  
6803  Gothicism (n.) Conformity to the Gothic style of architecture.
6804  
6805  Gothicism (n.) Rudeness of manners; barbarousness.
6806  
6807  Gothicized (imp. & p. p.) of Gothicize
6808  
6809  Gothicizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gothicize
6810  
6811  Gothicize (v. t.) To make Gothic; to bring back to barbarism.
6812  
6813  Gothite (n.) Alt. of Goethite
6814  
6815  "Goethite (n.) A hydrous oxide of iron, occurring in prismatic crystals, also massive, with a fibrous, reniform, or stalactitic structure. The color varies from yellowish to blackish brown."
6816  
6817  Gotten () p. p. of Get.
6818  
6819  "Gouache (n.) A method of painting with opaque colors, which have been ground in water and mingled with a preparation of gum; also, a picture thus painted."
6820  
6821  Goud (n.) Woad.
6822  
6823  "Goudron (n.) a small fascine or fagot, steeped in wax, pitch, and glue, used in various ways, as for igniting buildings or works, or to light ditches and ramparts."
6824  
6825  "Gouge (n.) A chisel, with a hollow or semicylindrical blade, for scooping or cutting holes, channels, or grooves, in wood, stone, etc.; a similar instrument, with curved edge, for turning wood."
6826  
6827  "Gouge (n.) A bookbinder's tool for blind tooling or gilding, having a face which forms a curve."
6828  
6829  "Gouge (n.) An incising tool which cuts forms or blanks for gloves, envelopes, etc. from leather, paper, etc."
6830  
6831  Gouge (n.) Soft material lying between the wall of a vein aud the solid vein.
6832  
6833  "Gouge (n.) The act of scooping out with a gouge, or as with a gouge; a groove or cavity scooped out, as with a gouge."
6834  
6835  "Gouge (n.) Imposition; cheat; fraud; also, an impostor; a cheat; a trickish person."
6836  
6837  Gouged (imp. & p. p.) of Bouge
6838  
6839  Gouging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bouge
6840  
6841  Bouge (v. t.) To scoop out with a gouge.
6842  
6843  "Bouge (v. t.) To scoop out, as an eye, with the thumb nail; to force out the eye of (a person) with the thumb."
6844  
6845  Bouge (v. t.) To cheat in a bargain; to chouse.
6846  
6847  Gouger (n.) See Plum Gouger.
6848  
6849  "Gougeshell (n.) A sharp-edged, tubular, marine shell, of the genus Vermetus; also, the pinna. See Vermetus."
6850  
6851  Goujere (n.) The venereal disease.
6852  
6853  Gouland (n.) See Golding.
6854  
6855  "Goulards extract () An aqueous solution of the subacetate of lead, used as a lotion in cases of inflammation. Goulard's cerate is a cerate containing this extract."
6856  
6857  Gour (n.) A fire worshiper; a Gheber or Gueber.
6858  
6859  Gour (n.) See Koulan.
6860  
6861  "Goura (n.) One of several species of large, crested ground pigeons of the genus Goura, inhabiting New Guinea and adjacent islands. The Queen Victoria pigeon (Goura Victoria) and the crowned pigeon (G. coronata) are among the beat known species."
6862  
6863  "Gourami (n.) A very largo East Indian freshwater fish (Osphromenus gorami), extensively reared in artificial ponds in tropical countries, and highly valued as a food fish. Many unsuccessful efforts have been made to introduce it into Southern Europe."
6864  
6865  "Gourd (n.) A fleshy, three-celled, many-seeded fruit, as the melon, pumpkin, cucumber, etc., of the order Cucurbitaceae; and especially the bottle gourd (Lagenaria vulgaris) which occurs in a great variety of forms, and, when the interior part is removed, serves for bottles, dippers, cups, and other dishes."
6866  
6867  "Gourd (n.) A dipper or other vessel made from the shell of a gourd; hence, a drinking vessel; a bottle."
6868  
6869  Gourd (n.) A false die. See Gord.
6870  
6871  Gourd (n.) Alt. of Gourde
6872  
6873  "Gourde (n.) A silver dollar; -- so called in Cuba, Hayti, etc."
6874  
6875  Gourdiness (n.) The state of being gourdy.
6876  
6877  "Gourd tree () A tree (the Crescentia Cujete, or calabash tree) of the West Indies and Central America."
6878  
6879  Gourdworm (n.) The fluke of sheep. See Fluke.
6880  
6881  Gourdy (a.) Swelled in the legs.
6882  
6883  Gourmand (n.) A greedy or ravenous eater; a glutton. See Gormand.
6884  
6885  Gourmet (n.) A connoisseur in eating and drinking; an epicure.
6886  
6887  Gournet (n.) A fish. See Gurnet.
6888  
6889  Gout (n.) A drop; a clot or coagulation.
6890  
6891  "Gout (n.) A constitutional disease, occurring by paroxysms. It consists in an inflammation of the fibrous and ligamentous parts of the joints, and almost always attacks first the great toe, next the smaller joints, after which it may attack the greater articulations. It is attended with various sympathetic phenomena, particularly in the digestive organs. It may also attack internal organs, as the stomach, the intestines, etc."
6892  
6893  "Gout (n.) A disease of cornstalks. See Corn fly, under Corn."
6894  
6895  Gout (n.) Taste; relish.
6896  
6897  Goutily (adv.) In a gouty manner.
6898  
6899  Goutiness (n.) The state of being gouty; gout.
6900  
6901  Goutweed (n.) Alt. of Goutwort
6902  
6903  "Goutwort (n.) A coarse umbelliferous plant of Europe (Aegopodium Podagraria); -- called also bishop's weed, ashweed, and herb gerard."
6904  
6905  "Gouty (a.) Diseased with, or subject to, the gout; as, a gouty person; a gouty joint."
6906  
6907  Gouty (a.) Pertaining to the gout.
6908  
6909  "Gouty (a.) Swollen, as if from gout."
6910  
6911  "Gouty (a.) Boggy; as, gouty land."
6912  
6913  Gove (n.) A mow; a rick for hay.
6914  
6915  Governed (imp. & p. p.) of Govern
6916  
6917  Governing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Govern
6918  
6919  "Govern (v. t.) To direct and control, as the actions or conduct of men, either by established laws or by arbitrary will; to regulate by authority."
6920  
6921  "Govern (v. t.) To regulate; to influence; to direct; to restrain; to manage; as, to govern the life; to govern a horse."
6922  
6923  "Govern (v. t.) To require to be in a particular case; as, a transitive verb governs a noun in the objective case; or to require (a particular case); as, a transitive verb governs the objective case."
6924  
6925  Govern (v. i.) To exercise authority; to administer the laws; to have the control.
6926  
6927  Governability (n.) Governableness.
6928  
6929  "Governable (a.) Capable of being governed, or subjected to authority; controllable; manageable; obedient."
6930  
6931  Governableness (n.) The quality of being governable; manageableness.
6932  
6933  Governal (n.) Alt. of Governail
6934  
6935  Governail (n.) Management; mastery.
6936  
6937  Governance (n.) Exercise of authority; control; government; arrangement.
6938  
6939  Governante (n.) A governess.
6940  
6941  "Governess (n.) A female governor; a woman invested with authority to control and direct; especially, one intrusted with the care and instruction of children, -- usually in their homes."
6942  
6943  "Governing (a.) Holding the superiority; prevalent; controlling; as, a governing wind; a governing party in a state."
6944  
6945  Governing (a.) Requiring a particular case.
6946  
6947  "Government (n.) The act of governing; the exercise of authority; the administration of laws; control; direction; regulation; as, civil, church, or family government."
6948  
6949  Government (n.) The mode of governing; the system of polity in a state; the established form of law.
6950  
6951  Government (n.) The right or power of governing; authority.
6952  
6953  Government (n.) The person or persons authorized to administer the laws; the ruling power; the administration.
6954  
6955  "Government (n.) The body politic governed by one authority; a state; as, the governments of Europe."
6956  
6957  Government (n.) Management of the limbs or body.
6958  
6959  "Government (n.) The influence of a word in regard to construction, requiring that another word should be in a particular case."
6960  
6961  "Governmental (a.) Pertaining to government; made by government; as, governmental duties."
6962  
6963  "Governor (n.) One who governs; especially, one who is invested with the supreme executive authority in a State; a chief ruler or magistrate; as, the governor of Pennsylvania."
6964  
6965  Governor (n.) One who has the care or guardianship of a young man; a tutor; a guardian.
6966  
6967  Governor (n.) A pilot; a steersman.
6968  
6969  "Governor (n.) A contrivance applied to steam engines, water wheels, and other machinery, to maintain nearly uniform speed when the resistances and motive force are variable."
6970  
6971  "Governor general () A governor who has lieutenant or deputy governors under him; as, the governor general of Canada, of India."
6972  
6973  Governorship (n.) The office of a governor.
6974  
6975  "Gowan (n.) The daisy, or mountain daisy."
6976  
6977  Gowan (n.) Decomposed granite.
6978  
6979  "Gowany (a.) Having, abounding in, or decked with, daisies."
6980  
6981  Gowd (n.) Gold; wealth.
6982  
6983  Gowden (a.) Golden.
6984  
6985  Gowdie (n.) See Dragont.
6986  
6987  Gowdnook (n.) The saury pike; -- called also gofnick.
6988  
6989  "Gowk (v. t.) To make a, booby of one); to stupefy."
6990  
6991  Gowk (n.) The European cuckoo; -- called also gawky.
6992  
6993  Gowk (n.) A simpleton; a gawk or gawky.
6994  
6995  Gowl (v. i.) To howl.
6996  
6997  "Gown (n.) A loose, flowing upper garment"
6998  
6999  "Gown (n.) The ordinary outer dress of a woman; as, a calico or silk gown."
7000  
7001  "Gown (n.) The official robe of certain professional men and scholars, as university students and officers, barristers, judges, etc.; hence, the dress of peace; the dress of civil officers, in distinction from military."
7002  
7003  Gown (n.) A loose wrapper worn by gentlemen within doors; a dressing gown.
7004  
7005  Gown (n.) Any sort of dress or garb.
7006  
7007  Gowned (p. a.) Dressed in a gown; clad.
7008  
7009  -men (pl. ) of Gownman
7010  
7011  Gownsman (n.) Alt. of Gownman
7012  
7013  "Gownman (n.) One whose professional habit is a gown, as a divine or lawyer, and particularly a member of an English university; hence, a civilian, in distinction from a soldier."
7014  
7015  Gozzard (n.) See Gosherd.
7016  
7017  "Graafian (a.) Pertaining to, or discovered by, Regnier de Graaf, a Dutch physician."
7018  
7019  "Graal (n.) See Grail., a dish."
7020  
7021  "Grab (n.) A vessel used on the Malabar coast, having two or three masts."
7022  
7023  Grabbed (imp. & p. p.) of Grab
7024  
7025  Grabbing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Grab
7026  
7027  Grab (v. t. & i.) To gripe suddenly; to seize; to snatch; to clutch.
7028  
7029  Grab (n.) A sudden grasp or seizure.
7030  
7031  "Grab (n.) An instrument for clutching objects for the purpose of raising them; -- specially applied to devices for withdrawing drills, etc., from artesian and other wells that are drilled, bored, or driven."
7032  
7033  Grabber (n.) One who seizes or grabs.
7034  
7035  Grabbled (imp. & p. p.) of Grabble
7036  
7037  Grabbling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Grabble
7038  
7039  Grabble (v. i.) To grope; to feel with the hands.
7040  
7041  Grabble (v. i.) To lie prostrate on the belly; to sprawl on the ground; to grovel.
7042  
7043  "Grace (n.) The exercise of love, kindness, mercy, favor; disposition to benefit or serve another; favor bestowed or privilege conferred."
7044  
7045  "Grace (n.) The divine favor toward man; the mercy of God, as distinguished from His justice; also, any benefits His mercy imparts; divine love or pardon; a state of acceptance with God; enjoyment of the divine favor."
7046  
7047  "Grace (n.) The prerogative of mercy execised by the executive, as pardon."
7048  
7049  Grace (n.) The same prerogative when exercised in the form of equitable relief through chancery.
7050  
7051  Grace (n.) Fortune; luck; -- used commonly with hard or sorry when it means misfortune.
7052  
7053  Grace (n.) Inherent excellence; any endowment or characteristic fitted to win favor or confer pleasure or benefit.
7054  
7055  "Grace (n.) Beauty, physical, intellectual, or moral; loveliness; commonly, easy elegance of manners; perfection of form."
7056  
7057  "Grace (n.) Graceful and beautiful females, sister goddesses, represented by ancient writers as the attendants sometimes of Apollo but oftener of Venus. They were commonly mentioned as three in number; namely, Aglaia, Euphrosyne, and Thalia, and were regarded as the inspirers of the qualities which give attractiveness to wisdom, love, and social intercourse."
7058  
7059  "Grace (n.) The title of a duke, a duchess, or an archbishop, and formerly of the king of England."
7060  
7061  Grace (n.) Thanks.
7062  
7063  "Grace (n.) A petition for grace; a blessing asked, or thanks rendered, before or after a meal."
7064  
7065  "Grace (n.) Ornamental notes or short passages, either introduced by the performer, or indicated by the composer, in which case the notation signs are called grace notes, appeggiaturas, turns, etc."
7066  
7067  "Grace (n.) An act, vote, or decree of the government of the institution; a degree or privilege conferred by such vote or decree."
7068  
7069  "Grace (n.) A play designed to promote or display grace of motion. It consists in throwing a small hoop from one player to another, by means of two sticks in the hands of each. Called also grace hoop or hoops."
7070  
7071  Graced (imp. & p. p.) of Grace
7072  
7073  Gracing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Grace
7074  
7075  Grace (v. t.) To adorn; to decorate; to embellish and dignify.
7076  
7077  Grace (v. t.) To dignify or raise by an act of favor; to honor.
7078  
7079  Grace (v. t.) To supply with heavenly grace.
7080  
7081  "Grace (v. t.) To add grace notes, cadenzas, etc., to."
7082  
7083  Graced (a.) Endowed with grace; beautiful; full of graces; honorable.
7084  
7085  "Graceful (a.) Displaying grace or beauty in form or action; elegant; easy; agreeable in appearance; as, a graceful walk, deportment, speaker, air, act, speech."
7086  
7087  "Graceless (a.) Wanting in grace or excellence; departed from, or deprived of, divine grace; hence, depraved; corrupt."
7088  
7089  "Graceless (a.) Unfortunate. Cf. Grace, n., 4."
7090  
7091  Gracile (a.) Alt. of Gracillent
7092  
7093  Gracillent (a.) Slender; thin.
7094  
7095  Gracility (n.) State of being gracilent; slenderness.
7096  
7097  "Gracious (a.) Abounding in grace or mercy; manifesting love,. or bestowing mercy; characterized by grace; beneficent; merciful; disposed to show kindness or favor; condescending; as, his most gracious majesty."
7098  
7099  "Gracious (a.) Abounding in beauty, loveliness, or amiability; graceful; excellent."
7100  
7101  "Gracious (a.) Produced by divine grace; influenced or controlled by the divine influence; as, gracious affections."
7102  
7103  Graciously (adv.) In a gracious manner; courteously; benignantly.
7104  
7105  Graciously (adv.) Fortunately; luckily.
7106  
7107  Graciousness (n.) Quality of being gracious.
7108  
7109  "Grackle (n.) One of several American blackbirds, of the family Icteridae; as, the rusty grackle (Scolecophagus Carolinus); the boat-tailed grackle (see Boat-tail); the purple grackle (Quiscalus quiscula, or Q. versicolor). See Crow blackbird, under Crow."
7110  
7111  Grackle (n.) An Asiatic bird of the genus Gracula. See Myna.
7112  
7113  "Gradate (v. t.) To grade or arrange (parts in a whole, colors in painting, etc.), so that they shall harmonize."
7114  
7115  "Gradate (v. t.) To bring to a certain strength or grade of concentration; as, to gradate a saline solution."
7116  
7117  "Gradation (n.) The act of progressing by regular steps or orderly arrangement; the state of being graded or arranged in ranks; as, the gradation of castes."
7118  
7119  Gradation (n.) The act or process of bringing to a certain grade.
7120  
7121  Gradation (n.) Any degree or relative position in an order or series.
7122  
7123  "Gradation (n.) A gradual passing from one tint to another or from a darker to a lighter shade, as in painting or drawing."
7124  
7125  Gradation (n.) A diatonic ascending or descending succession of chords.
7126  
7127  Gradation (v. t.) To form with gradations.
7128  
7129  Gradational (a.) By regular steps or gradations; of or pertaining to gradation.
7130  
7131  "Gradatory (a.) Proceeding step by step, or by gradations; gradual."
7132  
7133  Gradatory (a.) Suitable for walking; -- said of the limbs of an animal when adapted for walking on land.
7134  
7135  Gradatory (n.) A series of steps from a cloister into a church.
7136  
7137  "Grade (n.) A step or degree in any series, rank, quality, order; relative position or standing; as, grades of military rank; crimes of every grade; grades of flour."
7138  
7139  "Grade (n.) The rate of ascent or descent; gradient; deviation from a level surface to an inclined plane; -- usually stated as so many feet per mile, or as one foot rise or fall in so many of horizontal distance; as, a heavy grade; a grade of twenty feet per mile, or of 1 in 264."
7140  
7141  "Grade (n.) A graded ascending, descending, or level portion of a road; a gradient."
7142  
7143  "Grade (n.) The result of crossing a native stock with some better breed. If the crossbreed have more than three fourths of the better blood, it is called high grade."
7144  
7145  Graded (imp. & p. p.) of Grade
7146  
7147  Grading (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Grade
7148  
7149  "Grade (v. t.) To arrange in order, steps, or degrees, according to size, quality, rank, etc."
7150  
7151  "Grade (v. t.) To reduce to a level, or to an evenly progressive ascent, as the line of a canal or road."
7152  
7153  Grade (v. t.) To cross with some better breed; to improve the blood of.
7154  
7155  Gradely (a.) Decent; orderly.
7156  
7157  Gradely (adv.) Decently; in order.
7158  
7159  "Grader (n.) One who grades, or that by means of which grading is done or facilitated."
7160  
7161  "Gradient (a.) Moving by steps; walking; as, gradient automata."
7162  
7163  "Gradient (a.) Rising or descending by regular degrees of inclination; as, the gradient line of a railroad."
7164  
7165  "Gradient (a.) Adapted for walking, as the feet of certain birds."
7166  
7167  Gradient (n.) The rate of regular or graded ascent or descent in a road; grade.
7168  
7169  Gradient (n.) A part of a road which slopes upward or downward; a portion of a way not level; a grade.
7170  
7171  "Gradient (n.) The rate of increase or decrease of a variable magnitude, or the curve which represents it; as, a thermometric gradient."
7172  
7173  Gradin (n.) Alt. of Gradine
7174  
7175  "Gradine (n.) Any member like a step, as the raised back of an altar or the like; a set raised over another."
7176  
7177  Gradine (n.) A toothed chised by sculptors.
7178  
7179  "Grading (n.) The act or method of arranging in or by grade, or of bringing, as the surface of land or a road, to the desired level or grade."
7180  
7181  Gradinos (pl. ) of Gradino
7182  
7183  "Gradino (n.) A step or raised shelf, as above a sideboard or altar. Cf. Superaltar, and Gradin."
7184  
7185  "Gradual (n.) Proceeding by steps or degrees; advancing, step by step, as in ascent or descent or from one state to another; regularly progressive; slow; as, a gradual increase of knowledge; a gradual decline."
7186  
7187  "Gradual (n.) An antiphon or responsory after the epistle, in the Mass, which was sung on the steps, or while the deacon ascended the steps."
7188  
7189  Gradual (n.) A service book containing the musical portions of the Mass.
7190  
7191  Gradual (n.) A series of steps.
7192  
7193  Graduality (n.) The state of being gradual; gradualness.
7194  
7195  Gradually (adv.) In a gradual manner.
7196  
7197  Gradually (adv.) In degree.
7198  
7199  Gradualness (n.) The quality or state of being gradual; regular progression or gradation; slowness.
7200  
7201  Graduated (imp. & p. p.) of Graduate
7202  
7203  Graduating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Graduate
7204  
7205  "Graduate (n.) To mark with degrees; to divide into regular steps, grades, or intervals, as the scale of a thermometer, a scheme of punishment or rewards, etc."
7206  
7207  "Graduate (n.) To admit or elevate to a certain grade or degree; esp., in a college or university, to admit, at the close of the course, to an honorable standing defined by a diploma; as, he was graduated at Yale College."
7208  
7209  "Graduate (n.) To prepare gradually; to arrange, temper, or modify by degrees or to a certain degree; to determine the degrees of; as, to graduate the heat of an oven."
7210  
7211  "Graduate (n.) To bring to a certain degree of consistency, by evaporation, as a fluid."
7212  
7213  "Graduate (v. i.) To pass by degrees; to change gradually; to shade off; as, sandstone which graduates into gneiss; carnelian sometimes graduates into quartz."
7214  
7215  "Graduate (v. i.) To taper, as the tail of certain birds."
7216  
7217  Graduate (v. i.) To take a degree in a college or university; to become a graduate; to receive a diploma.
7218  
7219  Graduate (n.) One who has received an academical or professional degree; one who has completed the prescribed course of study in any school or institution of learning.
7220  
7221  "Graduate (n.) A graduated cup, tube, or flask; a measuring glass used by apothecaries and chemists. See under Graduated."
7222  
7223  Graduate (n. & v.) Arranged by successive steps or degrees; graduated.
7224  
7225  "Graduated (a.) Marked with, or divided into, degrees; divided into grades."
7226  
7227  "Graduated (a.) Tapered; -- said of a bird's tail when the outer feathers are shortest, and the others successively longer."
7228  
7229  Graduateship (n.) State of being a graduate.
7230  
7231  "Graduation (n.) The act of graduating, or the state of being graduated; as, graduation of a scale; graduation at a college; graduation in color; graduation by evaporation; the graduation of a bird's tail, etc."
7232  
7233  Graduation (n.) The marks on an instrument or vessel to indicate degrees or quantity; a scale.
7234  
7235  "Graduation (n.) The exposure of a liquid in large surfaces to the air, so as to hasten its evaporation."
7236  
7237  "Graduator (n.) One who determines or indicates graduation; as, a graduator of instruments."
7238  
7239  "Graduator (n.) An instrument for dividing any line, right or curve, into small, regular intervals."
7240  
7241  "Graduator (n.) An apparatus for diffusing a solution, as brine or vinegar, over a large surface, for exposure to the air."
7242  
7243  "Gradus (n.) A dictionary of prosody, designed as an aid in writing Greek or Latin poetry."
7244  
7245  "Graf (n.) A German title of nobility, equivalent to earl in English, or count in French. See Earl."
7246  
7247  Graff (n.) A steward; an overseer.
7248  
7249  Graff (n. & v.) See Graft.
7250  
7251  Graffage (n.) The scarp of a ditch or moat.
7252  
7253  Graffer (n.) a notary or scrivener.
7254  
7255  "Graffiti (n. pl.) Inscriptions, figure drawings, etc., found on the walls of ancient sepulchers or ruins, as in the Catacombs, or at Pompeii."
7256  
7257  "Graft (n.) A small shoot or scion of a tree inserted in another tree, the stock of which is to support and nourish it. The two unite and become one tree, but the graft determines the kind of fruit."
7258  
7259  Graft (n.) A branch or portion of a tree growing from such a shoot.
7260  
7261  Graft (n.) A portion of living tissue used in the operation of autoplasty.
7262  
7263  Grafted (imp. & p. p.) of Graft
7264  
7265  Grafting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Graft
7266  
7267  "Graft (n.) To insert (a graft) in a branch or stem of another tree; to propagate by insertion in another stock; also, to insert a graft upon."
7268  
7269  Graft (n.) To implant a portion of (living flesh or akin) in a lesion so as to form an organic union.
7270  
7271  "Graft (n.) To join (one thing) to another as if by grafting, so as to bring about a close union."
7272  
7273  "Graft (n.) To cover, as a ring bolt, block strap, splicing, etc., with a weaving of small cord or rope-yarns."
7274  
7275  "Graft (v. i.) To insert scions from one tree, or kind of tree, etc., into another; to practice grafting."
7276  
7277  "Grafter (n.) One who inserts scions on other stocks, or propagates fruit by ingrafting."
7278  
7279  Grafter (n.) An instrument by which grafting is facilitated.
7280  
7281  Grafter (n.) The original tree from which a scion has been taken for grafting upon another tree.
7282  
7283  "Grafting (n.) The act or method of weaving a cover for a ring, rope end, etc."
7284  
7285  Grafting (n.) The transplanting of a portion of flesh or skin to a denuded surface; autoplasty.
7286  
7287  Grafting (n.) A scarfing or endwise attachment of one timber to another.
7288  
7289  Graham bread () Bread made of unbolted wheat flour.
7290  
7291  Grahamite (n.) One who follows the dietetic system of Graham.
7292  
7293  Grail (n.) A book of offices in the Roman Catholic Church; a gradual.
7294  
7295  "Grail (n.) A broad, open dish; a chalice; -- only used of the Holy Grail."
7296  
7297  Grail (n.) Small particles of earth; gravel.
7298  
7299  Grail (n.) One of the small feathers of a hawk.
7300  
7301  "Graille (n.) A halfround single-cut file or fioat, having one curved face and one straight face, -- used by comb makers."
7302  
7303  Grain (v. & n.) See Groan.
7304  
7305  "Grain (n.) A single small hard seed; a kernel, especially of those plants, like wheat, whose seeds are used for food."
7306  
7307  "Grain (n.) The fruit of certain grasses which furnish the chief food of man, as corn, wheat, rye, oats, etc., or the plants themselves; -- used collectively."
7308  
7309  "Grain (n.) Any small, hard particle, as of sand, sugar, salt, etc.; hence, any minute portion or particle; as, a grain of gunpowder, of pollen, of starch, of sense, of wit, etc."
7310  
7311  "Grain (n.) The unit of the English system of weights; -- so called because considered equal to the average of grains taken from the middle of the ears of wheat. 7,000 grains constitute the pound avoirdupois, and 5,760 grains the pound troy. A grain is equal to .0648 gram. See Gram."
7312  
7313  "Grain (n.) A reddish dye made from the coccus insect, or kermes; hence, a red color of any tint or hue, as crimson, scarlet, etc.; sometimes used by the poets as equivalent to Tyrian purple."
7314  
7315  "Grain (n.) The composite particles of any substance; that arrangement of the particles of any body which determines its comparative roughness or hardness; texture; as, marble, sugar, sandstone, etc., of fine grain."
7316  
7317  "Grain (n.) The direction, arrangement, or appearance of the fibers in wood, or of the strata in stone, slate, etc."
7318  
7319  Grain (n.) The fiber which forms the substance of wood or of any fibrous material.
7320  
7321  "Grain (n.) The hair side of a piece of leather, or the marking on that side."
7322  
7323  "Grain (n.) The remains of grain, etc., after brewing or distillation; hence, any residuum. Also called draff."
7324  
7325  "Grain (n.) A rounded prominence on the back of a sepal, as in the common dock. See Grained, a., 4."
7326  
7327  Grain (a.) Temper; natural disposition; inclination.
7328  
7329  "Grain (a.) A sort of spice, the grain of paradise."
7330  
7331  Grained (imp. & p. p.) of Grain
7332  
7333  Graining. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Grain
7334  
7335  "Grain (v. t.) To paint in imitation of the grain of wood, marble, etc."
7336  
7337  "Grain (v. t.) To form (powder, sugar, etc.) into grains."
7338  
7339  "Grain (v. t.) To take the hair off (skins); to soft