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word: Gibe
definition:
Gibe

Gibe
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Gibed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Gibing.]
[Cf. Prov. F. giber, equiv. to F. jouer to play, Icel. geipa to talk nonsense, E. jabber.]
To cast reproaches and sneering expressions; to rail; to utter taunting, sarcastic words; to flout; to fleer; to scoff.

Fleer and gibe, and laugh and flout.
Swift.


word: Gibe₂
definition:
Gibe

Gibe
v. i.
To reproach with contemptuous words; to deride; to scoff at; to mock.

Draw the beasts as I describe them,
 From their features, while I gibe them.
Swift.


word: Gibe₃
definition:
Gibe

Gibe
n.
An expression of sarcastic scorn; a sarcastic jest; a scoff; a taunt; a sneer.

Mark the fleers, the gibes, and notable scorns.
Shak.

With solemn gibe did Eustace banter me.
Tennyson.


word: Gibel
definition:
Gibel

Gib"el
(?)
n.
[G. gibel, giebel.]
(Zool.)
A kind of carp (Cyprinus gibelio); -- called also Prussian carp.


word: Giblets
definition:
Giblets

Gib"lets
(?)
n. pl.
[OE. gibelet, OF. gibelet game: cf. F. gibelotte stewed rabbit.  Cf. Gibbier.]
The inmeats, or edible viscera (heart, gizzard, liver, etc.), of poultry.


word: Gibraltar
definition:
Gibraltar

Gi*bral"tar
(?)
n.
1.
A strongly fortified town on the south coast of Spain, held by the British since 1704; hence, an impregnable stronghold.

2.
A kind of candy sweetmeat, or a piece of it; -- called, in full, Gibraltar rock.


word: Gibstaff
definition:
Gibstaff

Gib"staff`
(?)
n.
[Prov. E. gib a hooked stick + E. staff.]
1.
A staff to guage water, or to push a boat.

2.
A staff formerly used in fighting beasts on the stage.
[Obs.]
Bailey.


word: Gid
definition:
Gid

Gid
(?)
n.
[Cf. Giddy, 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.


word: Giddy
definition:
Giddy

Gid"dy
(?)
a.
[Compar. Giddier (?); superl. Giddiest.]
[OE. gidi mad, silly, AS. gidig, of unknown origin, cf. Norw. gidda to shake, tremble.]

1.
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.

By giddy head and staggering legs betrayed.
Tate.

2.
Promoting or inducing giddiness; as, a giddy height; a giddy precipice.
Prior.

Upon the giddy footing of the hatches.
Shak.

3.
Bewildering on account of rapid turning; running round with celerity; gyratory; whirling.

The giddy motion of the whirling mill.
Pope.

4.
Characterized by inconstancy; unstable; changeable; fickle; wild; thoughtless; heedless.
Giddy
Rowe.
Giddy
Dryden.

Young heads are giddy and young hearts are warm.
Cowper.


word: Giddy-head
definition:
Giddy-head

Gid"dy-head`
(?)
n.
A person without thought fulness, prudence, or judgment.
[Colloq.]
Burton.


word: Gier-eagle
definition:
Gier-eagle

Gier"-ea`gle
(?)
n.
[Cf. D. gier vulture, G. gier, and E. gyrfalcon.]
(Zool.)
A bird referred to in the Bible (Lev. xi. 18and Deut. xiv. 17) as unclean, probably the Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus).


word: Gieseckite
definition:
Gieseckite

Gie"seck*ite
(?)
n.
[Named after Karl Giesecke.]
(Min.)
A mineral occurring in greenish gray six-sided prisms, having a greasy luster. It is probably a pseudomorph after elæolite.


word: Gif
definition:
Gif

Gif
(?)
conj.
[AS. See If.]
If.
[Obs.]

&hand_; Gif is the old form of if, and frequently occurs in the earlier English writers. See If.


word: GIF
definition:
GIF

GIF
(?)
n.
[Acronym from Graphics Interchange Format.]
(Computers)
1.
The Graphics Interchange Format, one of the most popular standardized formats for storing graphic data in binary computer files.  The standard has been revised several times, and includes provisions for interlacing and animating images.  Its disadvantage is that it can store only 256 colors.  Compare JPEG.

2.
(Computers)
An image stored in GIF{1} format, or the file in which the image is stored; as, he sent three GIF's with lovely pictures of his children.


word: Gift
definition:
Gift

Gift
(?)
n.
[OE. gift, yift, yeft, AS. gift, fr. gifan to give; akin to D. & G. gift, Icel. gift, gipt, Goth. gifts (in comp.). See Give, v. t.]
1.
Anything given; anything voluntarily transferred by one person to another without compensation; a present; an offering.

Shall I receive by gift, what of my own, . . .
I can command ?
Milton.

2.
The act, right, or power of giving or bestowing; as, the office is in the gift of the President.

3.
A bribe; anything given to corrupt.

Neither take a gift, for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise.
Deut. xvi. 19.

4.
Some exceptional inborn quality or characteristic; a striking or special talent or aptitude; power; faculty; as, the gift of wit; a gift for speaking.

5.
(Law)
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.
Bouvier. Burrill.

Gift rope (Naut), a rope extended to a boat for towing it; a guest rope.


word: Gift₂
definition:
Gift

Gift
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Gifted; p. pr. & vb. n. Gifting.]
To endow with some power or faculty.  See gift{4}.

He was gifted . . . with philosophical sagacity.
I. Taylor.


word: gifted
definition:
gifted

gifted
adj.
[Cf. See gift{4} and gift, v. t..]
1.
having unusual talent in some field.

Syn. -- talented.

2.
having exceptionally high intelligence; -- said of children, especially in discourse on education; as, a program for gifted children.


word: Gig₆
definition:
Gig

Gig
n.
[Cf. Icel. gīgja fiddle, MHG. gīge, G. geige, Icel. geiga to take a wrong direction, rove at random, and E. jig.]
1.
A top or whirligig; any little thing that is whirled round in play.

Thou disputest like an infant; go, whip thy gig.
Shak.

2.
A light carriage, with one pair of wheels, drawn by one horse; a kind of chaise.

3.
(Naut.)
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.

4.
(Mach.)
A rotatory cylinder, covered with wire teeth or teasels, for teaseling woolen cloth.

Gig machine, Gigging machine, Gig mill, or Napping machine. See Gig, 4. -- Gig saw. See Jig saw.


word: Gig₇
definition:
Gig

Gig
n.
A job for a specified, usually short period of time; -- used especially for the temporary engagements of an entertainer, such as a jazz musician or a rock group; as, a one-week gig in Las Vegas.


word: Gigantean
definition:
Gigantean

Gi`gan*te"an
(?)
a.
[L. giganteus, fr. gigas, antis. See Giant.]
Like a giant; mighty; gigantic.
[Obs.]
Dr. H. More.


word: Gigantesque
definition:
Gigantesque

Gi`gan*tesque"
(?)
a.
[F.]
Befitting a giant; bombastic; magniloquent.

The sort of mock-heroic gigantesque
With which we bantered little Lilia first.
Tennyson.


word: Gigantic
definition:
Gigantic

Gi*gan"tic
(?)
a.
[L. gigas, -antis, giant. See Giant.]
1.
Of extraordinary size; like a giant.

2.
Such as a giant might use, make, or cause; immense; tremendous; extraordinarly; as, gigantic deeds; gigantic wickedness.
Milton.

When descends on the Atlantic
The gigantic
Strom wind of the equinox.
Longfellow.


word: Giganticide
definition:
Giganticide

Gi*gan"ti*cide
(?)
n.
[. gigas, -antis, giant + caedere to kill.]
The act of killing, or one who kills, a giant.
Hallam.


word: Gigantology
definition:
Gigantology

Gi`gan*tol"og*y
(?)
n.
[Gr. _;, _;, giant + -logy: cf. F. gigantologie.]
An account or description of giants.


word: Gigantomachy
definition:
Gigantomachy

Gi`gan*tom"a*chy
(?)
n.
[L. gigantomachia, fr. Gr. _;; _;, _;, giant + _; battle: cf. F. gigantomachie.]
A war of giants; especially, the fabulous war of the giants against heaven.


word: Guige
definition:
Guige

Gige

Gige (gĭj or gēj), Guige
n.
[OF. guide, guiche.]
(Anc. Armor)
The leather strap by which the shield of a knight was slung across the shoulder, or across the neck and shoulder.
Meyrick (Ancient Armor).


word: Gigerium
definition:
Gigerium

Gi*ge"ri*um
(?)
n.
pl. Gigeria (#).
[NL., fr. L. gigeria, pl., the cooked entrails of poultry.]
(Anat.)
The muscular stomach, or gizzard, of birds.


word: Giggle
definition:
Giggle

Gig"gle
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Giggled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Giggling (?).]
[Akin to gaggle: cf. OD. ghichelen, G. kichern.]
To laugh with short catches of the breath or voice; to laugh in a light, affected, or silly manner; to titter with childish levity.

Giggling and laughing with all their might
At the piteous hap of the fairy wight.
J. R. Drake.


word: Giggle₂
definition:
Giggle

Gig"gle
(?)
n.
A kind of laugh, with short catches of the voice or breath; a light, silly laugh.


word: Giggyng
definition:
Giggyng

Gig"gyng
(?)
n.
[See Gige.]
The act of fastending the gige or leather strap to the shield.
[Obs.]
Gigging
Chaucer.


word: Giglet
definition:
Giglet

Giglot

{ Gig"lot (?), Gig"let (?), }
n.
[Cf. Icel. gikkr a pert, rude person, Dan. giek a fool, silly man, AS. gagol, gægl, lascivious, wanton, MHG. gogel wanton, giege fool, and E. gig a wanton person.]
A wanton; a lascivious or light, giddy girl.
[Obs.]

The giglet is willful, and is running upon her fate.
Sir W. Scott.


word: gigolo
definition:
gigolo

gig"o*lo
(jĭg"ȧ*l&omacr)
n.
A man whose main income is derived from gifts or payments from women in return for his sexual favors or companionship.

2.
A professional male escort or dancing partner.
RHUD


word: Giggot₂
definition:
Giggot

Gigot

Gig"ot, Gig"got (_;)
n.
[F., fr. OF. gigue fiddle; -- on account of the resemblance in shape. See Jig, n.]
1.
A leg of mutton.

2.
A small piece of flesh; a slice.
[Obs.]

The rest in giggots cut, they spit.
Chapman.


word: Gigue
definition:
Gigue

Gigue
(zhe̝g)
n.
[F.]
A piece of lively dance music, in two strains which are repeated; also, the dance.


word: Gila monster
definition:
Gila monster

Gi"la mon"ster
(?)
(Zool.)
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.


word: Gilbert
definition:
Gilbert

Gilbert
prop. n.
William Schwenk Gilbert, an English dramatist born at London Nov. 18, 1836.  He is most famous for his collaborations with Sir Arthur Sullivan on a number of humorous light operas which are known as “Gilbert and Sullivan Operas”.  His first play was “Dulcamara” (1866).  He also wrote “The Palace of Truth” (1870), “Pygmalion and Galatea” (1871), “Sweethearts” (1874), “Engaged” (1877), “The Mountebanks” (1891), and in collaboration with Sir A. Sullivan (who wrote the music), he wrote “The Sorcerer” (1877), “H. M. S. Pinafore” (1878), “The Pirates of Penzance” (1879), “Patience” (1881), “Iolanthe” (1883), “The Mikado” (1885), “Ruddygore” (1887), “The Yeomen of the Guard” (1888), “The Gondoliers” (1889), and “Utopia, limited” (1893).  The light operas proved very popular and continue to be performed over one hundred years later.  He also published other works.


word: Gilbert and Sullivan
definition:
Gilbert and Sullivan

Gilbert and Sullivan
William Schwenk Gilbert and Sir Arthur Sullivan, who collaborated on a number of light operas.  See Gilbert.


word: Gilbertian
definition:
Gilbertian

Gilbertian
prop. a.
1.
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the style of William S. Gilbert; as, Gilbertian libretti.

2.
Wildly comic and improbable, as in Gilbert and Sullivan operas; as, Gilbertian coincidences.

a Gilbertian world people with foundlings and changelings.
T. C. Worsley


word: Gild
definition:
Gild

Gild
(gĭld)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Gilded or Gilt (_;); p. pr. & vb. n. Gilding.]
[AS. gyldan, from gold gold. √234. See Gold.]
1.
To overlay with a thin covering of gold; to cover with a golden color; to cause to look like gold.
Gilded
Pope.

No more the rising sun shall gild the morn.
Pope.

2.
To make attractive; to adorn; to brighten.

Let oft good humor, mild and gay,
Gild the calm evening of your day.
Trumbull.

3.
To give a fair but deceptive outward appearance to; to embellish; as, to gild a lie.
Shak.

4.
To make red with drinking.
[Obs.]

This grand liquior that hath gilded them.
Shak.


word: Gildale
definition:
Gildale

Gild"ale`
(?)
n.
[AS. gilgan to pay + E. ale. See Yield, v. t., and Ale.]
A drinking bout in which every one pays an equal share.
[Obs.]


word: Gilding
definition:
Gilding

Gild"ing
(gĭld"ĭng)
n.
1.
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.

2.
Gold in leaf, powder, or liquid, for application to any surface.

3.
Any superficial coating or appearance, as opposed to what is solid and genuine.

Gilding metal, a tough kind of sheet brass from which cartridge shells are made.


word: Gilgamish
definition:
Gilgamish

Gilgamesh

Gilgamesh, Gilgamish
prop. n.
1.
(Sumerian mythology)
A legendary king of Sumeria and the hero of famous Sumerian and Babylonian epics.

2.
The Epic of Gilgamesh, a long Babylonian epic written in cuneiform in the Sumerian language on clay tablets.  Early versions of the written story date from 2000 B. C.; it is probably the first written story still in existence.  A longer version was written in the Akkadian language, on 12 clay tablets found at Nineveh in the ruins of the library of Ashurbanipal, king of Assyria from 669 to 633 B. C.  The story depicted the life and heroic deeds of the legendary Gilgamesh, apparently derived from stories about a real king of ancient Mesopotamia who lived around 2700 B. C.   The story includes a tale of a great flood, which has some parallels to the biblical story of the flood survived by Noah.  The Nineveh tablets name the author of that version of the story, a Shin-eqi-unninni.

&hand_;  The entire text may be found in:
The Epic of Gilgamesh
Translated by Maureen Gallery Kovacs
(Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1990)

and

Gilgamesh
Translated by John Maier and John Gardner
(New York: Vintage Press, 1981)


word: Gill
definition:
Gill

Gill
(gĭl)
n.
[Dan. giælle, gelle; akin to Sw. gäl, Icel. gjölnar gills; cf. AS. geagl, geahl, jaw.]
1.
(Anat.)
An organ for aquatic respiration; a branchia.

Fishes perform respiration under water by the gills.
Ray.

&hand_; Gills are usually lamellar or filamentous appendages, through which the blood circulates, and in which it is exposed to the action of the air contained in the water. In vertebrates they are appendages of the visceral arches on either side of the neck. In invertebrates they occupy various situations.

2.
pl.
(Bot.)
The radiating, gill-shaped plates forming the under surface of a mushroom.

3.
(Zool.)
The fleshy flap that hangs below the beak of a fowl; a wattle.

4.
The flesh under or about the chin.
Swift.

5.
(Spinning)
One of the combs of closely ranged steel pins which divide the ribbons of flax fiber or wool into fewer parallel filaments.
[Prob. so called from F. aiguilles, needles. Ure.]

Gill arches, Gill bars. (Anat.) Same as Branchial arches. -- Gill clefts. (Anat.) Same as Branchial clefts. See under Branchial. -- Gill cover, Gill lid. See Operculum. -- Gill frame, or Gill head (Flax Manuf.), a spreader; a machine for subjecting flax to the action of gills. Knight. -- Gill net, a flat net so suspended in the water that its meshes allow the heads of fish to pass, but catch in the gills when they seek to extricate themselves. -- Gill opening, or Gill slit (Anat.), an opening behind and below the head of most fishes, and some amphibians, by which the water from the gills is discharged.  In most fishes there is a single opening on each side, but in the sharks and rays there are five, or more, on each side. -- Gill rakes, or Gill rakers (Anat.), horny filaments, or progresses, on the inside of the branchial arches of fishes, which help to prevent solid substances from being carried into gill cavities.


word: Gill₅
definition:
Gill

Gill
(?)
n.
[OF. gille, gelle, a sort of measure for wine, LL. gillo, gello., Cf. Gallon.]
A measure of capacity, containing one fourth of a pint.


word: Gill₆
definition:
Gill

Gill
(?)
n.
[Abbrev. from Gillian.]
1.
A young woman; a sweetheart; a flirting or wanton girl.
Gill
B. Jonson.

2.
(Bot.)
The ground ivy (Nepeta Glechoma); -- called also gill over the ground, and other like names.

3.
Malt liquor medicated with ground ivy.

Gill ale. (a) Ale flavored with ground ivy. (b) (Bot.) Alehoof.


word: gilled
definition:
gilled

gilled
adj.
Having gills; as, a gilled tadpole.  Opposite of abranchiate.

Syn. -- branchiate.


word: Gillhouse
definition:
Gillhouse

Gill"house`
n.
A shop where gill is sold.

Thee shall each alehouse, thee each gillhouse mourn.
Pope.


word: Gillian
definition:
Gillian

Gil"li*an
(?)
n.
[OE. Gillian, a woman's name, for Julian, Juliana.  Cf. Gill a girl.]
A girl; esp., a wanton; a gill.
[Obs.]
Beau. & Fl.


word: Gilly
definition:
Gilly

Gillie

{ Gil"lie Gil"ly }
(?)
n.
[Gael. gille, giolla, boy, lad.]
A boy or young man; a manservant; a young male attendant, in the Scottish Highlands.
Sir W. Scott.
[wns=1]

2.
a lowcut shoe without a tongue and decorative lacing.

Syn. -- ghillie.


word: Gillyflower
definition:
Gillyflower

Gil"ly*flow`er
(?)
n.
[OE. gilofre, gilofer, clove, OF. girofre, girofle, F. girofle: cf. F. giroflée gillyflower, fr. girofle, Gr. _; clove tree; _; nut + _; leaf, akin to E. foliage.  Cf. Caryophyllus, July-flower.]
[Written also gilliflower.]
(Bot.)
1.
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.

2.
A kind of apple, of a roundish conical shape, purplish red color, and having a large core.
Clove gillyflower, the clove pink. -- Marsh gillyflower, the ragged robin (Lychnis Flos-cuculi). -- Queen's gillyflower, or Winter gillyflower, damewort. -- Sea gillyflower, the thrift (Armeria vulgaris). -- Wall gillyflower, the wallflower (Cheiranthus Cheiri). -- Water gillyflower, the water violet.


word: Gilt₃
definition:
Gilt

Gilt
p. p. & a.
Gilded; covered with gold; of the color of gold; golden yellow.
Gilt
Chaucer.


word: Gilt₄
definition:
Gilt

Gilt
n.
1.
Gold, or that which resembles gold, laid on the surface of a thing; gilding.
Shak.

2.
Money.
[Obs.]
gilt
Shak.


word: Gilt-edged
definition:
Gilt-edged

Gilt-edge

{ Gilt"-edge` (?), Gilt"-edged` (?), }
a.
1.
Having a gilt edge; as, gilt-edged paper.

2.
Of the best quality; -- said of negotiable paper, etc.
[Slang, U. S.]


word: Gilthead
definition:
Gilthead

Gilt"head`
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
A marine fish.
(a)
The Pagrus auratus (syn. Chrysophrys auratus), a valuable food fish common in the Mediterranean (so named from its golden-colored head); -- called also giltpoll.
(b)
The Crenilabrus melops, of the British coasts; -- called also golden maid, conner, sea partridge.


word: Giltif
definition:
Giltif

Gilt"if
(?)
a.
[For gilti, by confusion with -if, -ive, in French forms. See Guilty.]
Guilty.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.


word: Gimbals
definition:
Gimbals

Gimbal

Gim"bal (gĭm"bal), or Gim"bals (gĭm"balz)
n.
[See Gimmal, 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.

Gimbal joint (Mach.), a universal joint embodying the principle of the gimbal. -- Gimbal ring, a single gimbal, as that by which the cockeye of the upper millstone is supported on the spindle.


word: gimcrack
definition:
gimcrack

gim"crack`
(?)
n.
[OE., a spruce and pert pretender, also, a spruce girl, prob. fr. gim + crack lad, boaster.]
A trivial mechanism; a device.
Arbuthnot.

2.
A toy; a pretty thing; an ornamental object of no great value.

Syn. -- trinket, gewgaw, knickknack, tchotchke.


word: gimcracks
definition:
gimcracks

gimcrackery

gimcrackery, gimcracks
n.
Ornamental objects of no great value.

Syn. -- falderal, folderol, frills, nonsense, trumpery, trinkets, gewgaws, knickknacks, tchotchkes.


word: Gimlet
definition:
Gimlet

Gim"let
(?)
n.
[Also written and pronounced gimbled (_;)]
[OF. guimbelet, guibelet, F. gibelet, prob. fr. OD. wimpel, weme, a bore, wemelen to bore, to wimble. See Wimble, n.]
A small tool for boring holes. It has a leading screw, a grooved body, and a cross handle.

Gimlet eye, a squint-eye. [Colloq.] Wright.


word: Gimlet₂
definition:
Gimlet

Gim"let
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Gimleted; p. pr. & vb. n. Gimleting.]
1.
To pierce or make with a gimlet.

2.
(Naut.)
To turn round (an anchor) by the stock, with a motion like turning a gimlet.


word: Gimmal
definition:
Gimmal

Gim"mal
(?)
n.
[Prob. the same word as gemel. See Gemel, and cf. Gimbal.]
1.
Joined work whose parts move within each other; a pair or series of interlocked rings.

2.
A quaint piece of machinery; a gimmer.
[Obs.]


word: Gimmal₂
definition:
Gimmal

Gim"mal
a.
Made or consisting of interlocked rings or links; as, gimmal mail.

In their pale dull mouths the gimmal bit
Lies foul with chewed grass.
Shak.

Gimmal joint. See Gimbal joint, under Gimbal.


word: Gimmor
definition:
Gimmor

Gimmer

Gim"mer, Gim"mor (_;)
n.
[Cf. Gimmal, n.]
A piece of mechanism; mechanical device or contrivance; a gimcrack.
[Obs.]
Bp. Hall. Shak.


word: Gimp₂
definition:
Gimp

Gimp
n.
[OF. guimpe, guimple, a nun's wimple, F. guimpe, OHG. wimpal a veil G. wimpel pennon, pendant. See Wimple, 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.

Gimp nail, an upholsterer's small nail.


word: Gin
definition:
Gin

Gin
(?)
prep.
[AS. geán. See Again.]
Against; near by; towards; as, gin night.
[Scot.]
A. Ross (1778).


word: Gin₃
definition:
Gin

Gin
(gĭn)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Gan (găn), Gon (g&obreve_;n), or Gun (gŭn); p. pr. & vb. n. Ginning.]
[OE. ginnen, AS. ginnan (in comp.), prob. orig., to open, cut open, cf. OHG. inginnan to begin, open, cut open, and prob. akin to AS. gīnan to yawn, and E. yawn. √31.  See Yawn, v. i., and cf. Begin.]
To begin; -- often followed by an infinitive without to; as, gan tell. See Gan.
[Obs. or Archaic]
gan
Chaucer.


word: Gin₄
definition:
Gin

Gin
(jĭn)
n.
[Contr. from Geneva. See 2d Geneva.]
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.


word: Gin₅
definition:
Gin

Gin
(?)
n.
[A contraction of engine.]

1.
Contrivance; artifice; a trap; a snare.
Chaucer. Spenser.

2.
(a)
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.
(b)
(Mining)
A hoisting drum, usually vertical; a whim.

3.
A machine for separating the seeds from cotton; a cotton gin.

&hand_; The name is also given to an instrument of torture worked with screws, and to a pump moved by rotary sails.

Gin block, a simple form of tackle block, having one wheel, over which a rope runs; -- called also whip gin, rubbish pulley, and monkey wheel. -- Gin power, a form of horse power for driving a cotton gin. -- Gin race, or Gin ring, the path of the horse when putting a gin in motion. Halliwell. -- Gin saw, a saw used in a cotton gin for drawing the fibers through the grid, leaving the seed in the hopper. -- Gin wheel. (a) In a cotton gin, a wheel for drawing the fiber through the grid; a brush wheel to clean away the lint. (b) (Mining) the drum of a whim.


word: Gin₆
definition:
Gin

Gin
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Ginned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Ginning.]
1.
To catch in a trap.
[Obs.]
Beau. & Fl.

2.
To clear of seeds by a machine; as, to gin cotton.


word: ginep
definition:
ginep

ginep
n.
A tropical American tree (Melicocca bijuga) bearing a small edible fruit with green leathery skin and sweet juicy translucent pulp.
[Also spelled genip.]

Syn. -- Spanish lime, Spanish lime tree, honey berry, mamoncillo, Melicocca bijuga, Melicoccus bijugatus.


word: Ging
definition:
Ging

Ging
(?)
n.
Same as Gang, n., 2.
[Obs.]

There is a knot, a ging, a pack, a conspiracy against me.
Shak.


word: Ginger
definition:
Ginger

Gin"ger
(?)
n.
[OE. ginger, gingever, gingivere, OF. gengibre, gingimbre, F. gingembre, L. zingiber, zingiberi, fr. Gr. _;; of Oriental origin; cf. Ar. & Pers. zenjebīl, fr. Skr. ç&rsdot_;&ndot_;gavëra, prop., hornshaped; _;_;_;ga horn + vëra body.]

1.
(Bot.)
A plant of the genus Zingiber, of the East and West Indies.  The species most known is Zingiber officinale.

2.
The hot and spicy rootstock of Zingiber officinale, which is much used in cookery and in medicine.

Ginger ale (a) a soft drink flavored with ginger and carbonated. (a) See ginger beer, below. -- Ginger beer or Ginger ale, a mild beer impregnated with ginger. -- Ginger cordial, a liquor made from ginger, raisins, lemon rind, and water, and sometimes whisky or brandy. -- Ginger pop. See Ginger ale (above). -- Ginger wine, wine impregnated with ginger. -- Wild ginger (Bot.), an American herb (Asarum Canadense) with two reniform leaves and a long, cordlike rootstock which has a strong taste of ginger.


word: Gingerbread
definition:
Gingerbread

Gin"ger*bread`
(?)
n.
A kind of plain sweet cake seasoned with ginger, and sometimes made in fanciful shapes.
Gingerbread
Chaucer.
Gingerbread tree (Bot.), the doom palm; -- so called from the resemblance of its fruit to gingerbread. See Doom Palm. -- Gingerbread work, ornamentation, in architecture or decoration, of a fantastic, trivial, or tawdry character.


word: Gingerly
definition:
Gingerly

Gin"ger*ly
adv.
[Prov. E. ginger brittle, tender; cf. dial. Sw. gingla, gängla, to go gently, totter, akin to E. gang.]
Cautiously; timidly; fastidiously; daintily.

What is't that you took up so gingerly ?
Shak.


word: gingerroot
definition:
gingerroot

gin"ger*root
n.
The pungent rhizome of the common ginger plant; -- it is used fresh as a seasoning, especially in Oriental cookery.

Syn. -- ginger.


word: Gingham
definition:
Gingham

Ging"ham
(?)
n.
[F. guingan; cf. Jav. ginggang; or perh. fr. Guingamp, in France.]
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.


word: Ginging
definition:
Ginging

Ging"ing
(?)
n.
(Mining)
The lining of a mine shaft with stones or bricks to prevent caving.


word: Ginglymodi
definition:
Ginglymodi

Gin`gly*mo"di
(?)
n.
[NL.; cf. Gr. _; ginglymoid. See Ginglymoid.]
(Zool.)
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 vertebræ convex in front and concave behind, forming a ball and socket joint. See Ganoidel.


word: Ginglymoidal
definition:
Ginglymoidal

Ginglymoid

{ Gin"gly*moid (?), Gin`gly*moid"al (?), }
a.
[Gr. _;; _; ginglymus + e'i^dos form: cf. F. ginglymoide, ginglymoïdal.]
(Anat.)
Pertaining to, or resembling, a ginglymus, or hinge joint; ginglyform.


word: Ginglymus
definition:
Ginglymus

Gin"gly*mus
(?)
n.
pl. Ginglymi (#).
[NL., fr. Gr. _; a hingelike joint, a ball and socket joint.]
(Anat.)
A hinge joint; an articulation, admitting of flexion and extension, or motion in two directions only, as the elbow and the ankle.


word: Ginkgo
definition:
Ginkgo

Gink"go
(?)
n.
pl. Ginkgoes (#).
[Chin., silver fruit.]
(Bot.)
A large ornamental tree (Ginkgo biloba) from China and Japan, belonging to the Yew suborder of Coniferæ. Its leaves are so like those of some maidenhair ferns, that it is also called the maidenhair tree.


word: Ginkgopsida
definition:
Ginkgopsida

Ginkgophytina

Ginkgophyta

Ginkgophyta, Ginkgophytina, Ginkgopsida
n.
(Bot.)
A division of trees comprising the ginkgos.  In some systems it is classified as a class (Ginkgopsida) and in others as a subdivision (Ginkgophytina or Ginkgophyta); used in some classifications for one of five subdivisions of Gymnospermophyta.

Syn. -- Ginkgopsida, class Ginkgopsida, subdivision Ginkgophytina.


word: gin mill
definition:
gin mill

ginmill

ginmill, gin mill
n.
A commercial establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter; a barroom; -- a disparaging term suggesting a cheap or disreputable bar.

Syn. -- barroom, bar-room, bar, saloon, taproom.


word: Ginny-carriage
definition:
Ginny-carriage

Gin"ny-car`riage
(_;)
n.
A small, strong carriage for conveying materials on a railroad.
[Eng.]


word: Ginseng
definition:
Ginseng

Gin"seng
(?)
n.
[Chinese.]
(Bot.)
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.


word: Gipoun
definition:
Gipoun

Gi*poun"
(?)
n.
[See Jupon.]
A short cassock.
[Written also gepoun, gypoun, jupon, juppon.]
[Obs.]


word: Gipsire
definition:
Gipsire

Gipser

{ Gip"ser (?), Gip"sire (?), }
n.
[F. gibecière a game pouch or game pocket.  Cf. Gibbier.]
A kind of pouch formerly worn at the girdle.
Ld. Lytton.

A gipser all of silk,
Hung at his girdle, white as morné milk.
Chaucer.


word: gipsywort
definition:
gipsywort

gipsywort
n.
A hairy Eurasian herb (Lycopus europaeus) with two-lipped white flowers.

Syn. -- gypsywort, Lycopus europaeus.


word: giraffe
definition:
giraffe

gi*raffe"
(jĭ*răf"; 277)
n.
[F. girafe, Sp. girafa, from Ar. zurāfa, zarāfa.]
(Zool.)
An African ruminant (Giraffa camelopardalis formerly Camelopardalis giraffa) related to the deers and antelopes, but placed in a family (Giraffidae) by itself; the camelopard. It is the tallest of quadriped 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.  There are three types, having different patterns of spots on the pelt and different territories: the Reticulated Giraffe, the Masai Giraffe, and the Uganda Giraffe.  Intermediate crosses are also observed.


word: Giraffidae
definition:
Giraffidae

Giraffidae
prop. n.
The natural family of mammals including the giraffes.

Syn. -- family Giraffidae.


word: girandole
definition:
girandole

girandola

gir"an*do`la, gir"an*dole
(jĭr"an*d&omacrl; 277)
n.
[F. See Gyrate.]
1.
An ornate ornamental branched candlestick, often with a mirror at the back.
[wns=1]

2.
A flower stand, fountain, or the like, of branching form.

3.
(Pyrotechny)
A kind of revolving firework.

4.
(Fort.)
A series of chambers in defensive mines.
Farrow.


word: Girasol
definition:
Girasol

Girasole

{ Gir"a*sole Gir"a*sol }
(?)
n.
[It. girasole, or F. girasol, fr. L. gyrare to turn around + sol sun.]

1.
(Bot.)
See Heliotrope.
[Obs.]

2.
(Min.)
A variety of opal which is usually milk white, bluish white, or sky blue; but in a bright light it reflects a reddish color.


word: Gird
definition:
Gird

Gird
(gẽrd)
n.
[See Yard a measure.]

1.
A stroke with a rod or switch; a severe spasm; a twinge; a pang.

Conscience . . . is freed from many fearful girds and twinges which the atheist feels.
Tillotson.

2.
A cut; a sarcastic remark; a gibe; a sneer.

I thank thee for that gird, good Tranio.
Shak.


word: Gird₂
definition:
Gird

Gird
v. t.
[See Gird, n., and cf. Girde, v.]

1.
To strike; to smite.
[Obs.]

To slay him and to girden off his head.
Chaucer.

2.
To sneer at; to mock; to gibe.

Being moved, he will not spare to gird the gods.
Shak.


word: Gird₃
definition:
Gird

Gird
v. i.
To gibe; to sneer; to break a scornful jest; to utter severe sarcasms.

Men of all sorts take a pride to gird at me.
Shak.


word: Gird₄
definition:
Gird

Gird
(gẽrd)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Girt (?) or Girded; p. pr. & vb. n. Girding.]
[OE. girden, gurden, AS. gyrdan; akin to OS. gurdian, D. gorden, OHG. gurten, G. gürten, Icel. gyrða, Sw. gjorda, Dan. giorde, Goth. bigaírdan to begird, and prob. to E. yard an inclosure.  Cf. Girth, n. & v., Girt, v. t.]
1.
To encircle or bind with any flexible band.

2.
To make fast, as clothing, by binding with a cord, girdle, bandage, etc.

3.
To surround; to encircle, or encompass.

That Nyseian isle,
Girt with the River Triton.
Milton.

4.
To clothe; to swathe; to invest.

I girded thee about with fine linen.
Ezek. xvi. 10.

The Son . . . appeared
Girt with omnipotence.
Milton.

5.
To prepare; to make ready; to equip; as, to gird one's self for a contest.

Thou hast girded me with strength.
Ps. xviii. 39.

To gird on, to put on; to fasten around or to one securely, like a girdle; as, to gird on armor or a sword.
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Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off. 1 Kings xx. 11.
-- To gird up, to bind tightly with a girdle; to support and strengthen, as with a girdle.
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He girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab. 1 Kings xviii. 46.
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Gird up the loins of your mind. 1 Pet. i. 13.
-- Girt up; prepared or equipped, as for a journey or for work, in allusion to the ancient custom of gathering the long flowing garments into the girdle and tightening it before any exertion; hence, adjectively, eagerly or constantly active; strenuous; striving. “A severer, more girt-up way of living.” J. C. Shairp.


word: Girder₂
definition:
Girder

Gird"er
n.
[From Gird to encircle.]

1.
One who, or that which, girds.

2.
(Arch. & Engin.)
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.

Bowstring girder, Box girder, etc. See under Bowstring, Box, etc. -- Girder bridge. See under Bridge. -- Lattice girder, a girder consisting of longitudinal bars united by diagonal crossing bars. -- Half-lattice girder, a girder consisting of horizontal upper and lower bars connected by a series of diagonal bars sloping alternately in opposite directions so as to divide the space between the bars into a series of triangles. Knight. -- Sandwich girder, a girder consisting of two parallel wooden beams, between which is an iron plate, the whole clamped together by iron bolts.


word: Girding
definition:
Girding

Gird"ing
n.
That with which one is girded; a girdle.

Instead of a stomacher, a girding of sackcloth.
Is. iii. 24.


word: Girdle₂
definition:
Girdle

Gir"dle
n.
[OE. gurdel, girdel, AS. gyrdel, fr. gyrdan; akin to D. gordel, G. gürtel, Icel. gyr_;ill. See Gird, v. t., to encircle, and cf. Girth, n.]

1.
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.

 Within the girdle of these walls.
Shak.

Their breasts girded with golden girdles.
Rev. xv. 6.

2.
The zodiac; also, the equator.
[Poetic]
Bacon.

From the world's girdle to the frozen pole.
Cowper.

That gems the starry girdle of the year.
Campbell.

3.
(Jewelry)
The line ofgreatest circumference of a brilliant-cut diamond, at which it is grasped by the setting. See Illust. of Brilliant.
Knight.

4.
(Mining)
A thin bed or stratum of stone.
Raymond.

5.
(Zool.)
The clitellus of an earthworm.

Girdle bone (Anat.), the sphenethmoid. See under Sphenethmoid. -- Girdle wheel, a spinning wheel. -- Sea girdle (Zool.), a ctenophore. See Venus's girdle, under Venus. -- Shoulder, Pectoral, and Pelvic, girdle. (Anat.) See under Pectoral, and Pelvic. -- To have under the girdle, to have bound to one, that is, in subjection.


word: Girdle₃
definition:
Girdle

Gir"dle
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Girdled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Girdling (?).]
1.
To bind with a belt or sash; to gird.
Shak.

2.
To inclose; to environ; to shut in.

Those sleeping stones,
That as a waist doth girdle you about.
Shak.

3.
To make a cut or gnaw a groove around (a tree, etc.) through the bark and alburnum, thus killing it.
[U. S.]


word: Girdler
definition:
Girdler

Gir"dler
(?)
n.
1.
One who girdles.

2.
A maker of girdles.

3.
(Zool.)
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 larvæ.


word: Girdlestead
definition:
Girdlestead

Gir"dle*stead
(?)
n.
[Girdle + stead place.]

1.
That part of the body where the girdle is worn.
[Obs.]

Sheathed, beneath his girdlestead.
Chapman.

2.
The lap.
[R.]

There fell a flower into her girdlestead.
Swinburne.


word: Girl
definition:
Girl

Girl
(gẽrl)
n.
[OE. girle, gerle, gurle, a girl (in sense 1): cf. LG. gör child.]

1.
A young person of either sex; a child.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

2.
A female child, from birth to the age of puberty; a young maiden.

3.
A female servant; a maidservant.
[U. S.]

4.
(Zool.)
A roebuck two years old.
[Prov. Eng.]


word: girlfriend
definition:
girlfriend

girl"friend`
n.
1.
any female friend; as, Mary and her girlfriend organized the party.
[wns=1]

2.
a girl or young woman with whom a man is romantically involved; as, his girlfriend kicked him out.
[wns=2]

Syn. -- girl, lady friend.


word: Girlish
definition:
Girlish

Girl"ish
a.
Like, or characteristic of, a girl; of or pertaining to girlhood; innocent; artless; immature; weak; as, girlish ways; girlish grief.
Girl"ish*ly, adv. -- Girl"ish*ness, n.


word: Girondist
definition:
Girondist

Gi*ron"dist
(?)
n.
[F. Girondiste.]
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.


word: Girru
definition:
Girru

Girru
prop. n.
(Babylonian mythology)
The Babylonian god of fire; often invoked in incantations against sorcery.


word: Girt₂
definition:
Girt

Girt
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Girted; p. pr. & vb. n. Girting.]
[From Girt, n., cf. Girth, v.]
To gird; to encircle; to invest by means of a girdle; to measure the girth of; as, to girt a tree.

We here create thee the first duke of Suffolk,
And girt thee with the sword.
Shak.


word: Girt₃
definition:
Girt

Girt
a.
(Naut.)
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.


word: Girth
definition:
Girth

Girth
(gẽrth)
n.
[Icel. gjörð girdle, or gerð girth; akin to Goth. gaírda girdle. See Gird to girt, and cf. Girdle, n.]
1.
A band or strap which encircles the body; especially, one by which a saddle is fastened upon the back of a horse.

2.
The measure around any object, such as a body at the waist or belly, or a box ; the circumference of anything; as, in order to be acceptable for mailing, the total of height and girth of a package must not exceed 63 inches.

He's a lusty, jolly fellow, that lives well, at least three yards in the girth.
Addison.

3.
A small horizontal brace or girder.


word: Girtline
definition:
Girtline

Girt"line`
(gẽrt"līn`)
n.
(Naut.)
A gantline.

Hammock girtline, a line rigged for hanging out hammocks to dry.


word: Gisarm
definition:
Gisarm

Gis*arm"
(jĭs*ärm")
n.
[OF. gisarme, guisarme.]
(Mediæval Armor)
A weapon with a scythe-shaped blade, and a separate long sharp point, mounted on a long staff and carried by foot soldiers.


word: Gismondite
definition:
Gismondite

Gismondine

{ Gis*mon"dine (jĭs*m&obreve_;n"dĭn), Gis*mon"dite (jĭs*m&obreve_;n"dīt), }
n.
[From the name of the discoverer, Gismondi.]
(Min.)
A native hydrated silicate of alumina, lime, and potash, first noticed near Rome.


word: Gist
definition:
Gist

Gist
(jĭst)
n.
[OF. giste abode, lodgings, F. gîte, fr. gésir to lie, L. jacēre, prop., to be thrown, hence, to lie, fr. jacĕre to throw. In the second sense fr. OF. gist, F. gît, 3d pers. sing. ind. of gésir to lie, used in a proverb, F., c'est là que gît le lièvre, it is there that the hare lies, i. e., that is the point, the difficulty. See Jet a shooting forth, and cf. Agist, Joist, n., Gest a stage in traveling.]
1.
A resting place.
[Obs.]

These quails have their set gists; to wit, ordinary resting and baiting places.
Holland.

2.
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.


word: Gitano
definition:
Gitano

Gitana

{ &VerbarGi*ta"na (?), n. fem.; &VerbarGi*ta"no (?), n. masc. }
[Sp., fr. (assumed) LL. Aegyptanus, fem. Aegyptana, Egyptian. Cf. Gypsy.]
A Spanish gypsy.


word: Gith
definition:
Gith

Gith
(gĭth)
n.
[Prov. E., corn cockle; cf. W. gith corn cockle.]
(Bot.)
The corn cockle; also anciently applied to the Nigella, or fennel flower.


word: Gittern
definition:
Gittern

Git"tern
(gĭt"tẽrn)
n.
[OE. giterne, OF. guiterne, ultimately from same source as E. guitar. See Guitar, and cf. Cittern.]
An instrument like a guitar.
giternes
Chaucer.


word: Gittith
definition:
Gittith

Git"tith
(gĭt"tĭth)
n.
[Heb.]
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.
Dr. W. Smith.


word: Giusto
definition:
Giusto

Gius"to
(jōs"to̝)
a.
[It., fr. L. justus. See Just, a.]
(Mus.)
In just, correct, or suitable time.


word: Give
definition:
Give

Give
(gĭv)
v. t.
[imp. Gave (gāv); p. p. Given (gĭv"'n); p. pr. & vb. n. Giving.]
[OE. given, yiven, yeven, AS. gifan, giefan; akin to D. geven, OS. geðan, OHG. geban, G. geben, Icel. gefa, Sw. gifva, Dan. give, Goth. giban.  Cf. Gift, n.]
1.
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.

For generous lords had rather give than pay.
Young.

2.
To yield possesion of; to deliver over, as property, in exchange for something; to pay; as, we give the value of what we buy.

What shall a man give in exchange for his soul ?
Matt. xvi. 26.

3.
To yield; to furnish; to produce; to emit; as, flint and steel give sparks.

4.
To communicate or announce, as advice, tidings, etc.; to pronounce; to render or utter, as an opinion, a judgment, a sentence, a shout, etc.

5.
To grant power or license to; to permit; to allow; to license; to commission.

It is given me once again to behold my friend.
Rowe.

Then give thy friend to shed the sacred wine.
Pope.

6.
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.

7.
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.

8.
(Logic & Math.)
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.

9.
To allow or admit by way of supposition.

I give not heaven for lost.
Mlton.

10.
To attribute; to assign; to adjudge.

I don't wonder at people's giving him to me as a lover.
Sheridan.

11.
To excite or cause to exist, as a sensation; as, to give offense; to give pleasure or pain.

12.
To pledge; as, to give one's word.

13.
To cause; to make; -- with the infinitive; as, to give one to understand, to know, etc.

But there the duke was given to understand
That in a gondola were seen together
Lorenzo and his amorous Jessica.
Shak.

14.
To afford a view of; as, his window gave the park.

To give away, to make over to another; to transfer.
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Whatsoever we employ in charitable uses during our lives, is given away from ourselves. Atterbury.
-- To give back, to return; to restore. Atterbury. -- To give the bag, to cheat. [Obs.]
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I fear our ears have given us the bag. J. Webster.
-- To give birth to. (a) To bear or bring forth, as a child. (b) To originate; to give existence to, as an enterprise, idea. -- To give chase, to pursue. -- To give ear to. See under Ear. -- To give forth, to give out; to publish; to tell. Hayward. -- To give ground. See under Ground, n. -- To give the hand, to pledge friendship or faith. -- To give the hand of, to espouse; to bestow in marriage. -- To give the head. See under Head, n. -- To give in. (a) To abate; to deduct. (b) To declare; to make known; to announce; to tender; as, to give in one's adhesion to a party. -- To give the lie to (a person), to tell (him) that he lies. -- To give line. See under Line. -- To give off, to emit, as steam, vapor, odor, etc. -- To give one's self away, to make an inconsiderate surrender of one's cause, an unintentional disclosure of one's purposes, or the like. [Colloq.] -- To give out. (a) To utter publicly; to report; to announce or declare.
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One that gives out himself Prince Florizel. Shak.
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Give out you are of Epidamnum. Shak.
(b) To send out; to emit; to distribute; as, a substance gives out steam or odors. -- To give over. (a) To yield completely; to quit; to abandon. (b) To despair of. (c) To addict, resign, or apply (one's self).
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The Babylonians had given themselves over to all manner of vice. Grew.
-- To give place, to withdraw; to yield one's claim. -- To give points. (a) In games of skill, to equalize chances by conceding a certain advantage; to allow a handicap. (b) To give useful suggestions. [Colloq.] -- To give rein. See under Rein, n. -- To give the sack. Same as To give the bag. -- To give and take. (a) To average gains and losses. (b) To exchange freely, as blows, sarcasms, etc. -- To give time (Law), to accord extension or forbearance to a debtor. Abbott. -- To give the time of day, to salute one with the compliment appropriate to the hour, as “good morning.” “good evening”, etc. -- To give tongue, in hunter's phrase, to bark; -- said of dogs. -- To give up. (a) To abandon; to surrender. “Don't give up the ship.”
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He has . . . given up
For certain drops of salt, your city Rome. Shak.
(b) To make public; to reveal.
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I'll not state them
By giving up their characters. Beau. & Fl.
(c) (Used also reflexively.) -- To give up the ghost. See under Ghost. -- To give one's self up, to abandon hope; to despair; to surrender one's self. -- To give way. (a) To withdraw; to give place. (b) To yield to force or pressure; as, the scaffolding gave way. (c) (Naut.) To begin to row; or to row with increased energy. (d) (Stock Exchange). To depreciate or decline in value; as, railroad securities gave way two per cent. -- To give way together, to row in time; to keep stroke.


word: Give₂
definition:
Give

Give
(?)
v. i.
1.
To give a gift or gifts.

2.
To yield to force or pressure; to relax; to become less rigid; as, the earth gives under the feet.

3.
To become soft or moist.
[Obs.]
Bacon .

4.
To move; to recede.

Now back he gives, then rushes on amain.
Daniel.

5.
To shed tears; to weep.
[Obs.]

Whose eyes do never give
But through lust and laughter.
Shak.

6.
To have a misgiving.
[Obs.]

My mind gives ye're reserved
To rob poor market women.
J. Webster.

7.
To open; to lead.
[A Gallicism]

This, yielding, gave into a grassy walk.
Tennyson.

To give back, to recede; to retire; to retreat.
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They gave back and came no farther. Bunyan.
-- To give in, to yield; to succumb; to acknowledge one's self beaten; to cease opposition.
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The Scots battalion was enforced to give in. Hayward.
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This consideration may induce a translator to give in to those general phrases. Pope.
-- To give off, to cease; to forbear. [Obs.] Locke. -- To give on or To give upon. (a) To rush; to fall upon. [Obs.] (b) To have a view of; to be in sight of; to overlook; to look toward; to open upon; to front; to face. [A Gallicism: cf. Fr. donner sur.]
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Rooms which gave upon a pillared porch. Tennyson.
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The gloomy staircase on which the grating gave. Dickens.
-- To give out. (a) To expend all one's strength. Hence: (b) To cease from exertion; to fail; to be exhausted; as, my feet being to give out; the flour has given out. -- To give over, to cease; to discontinue; to desist.
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It would be well for all authors, if they knew when to give over, and to desist from any further pursuits after fame. Addison.
-- To give up, to cease from effort; to yield; to despair; as, he would never give up.


word: give-and-go
definition:
give-and-go

give-and-go
n.
(basketball)
A  maneuver in which one offensive player passes the ball to another, then runs toward the basket to take a return pass.


word: Given
definition:
Given

Giv"en
(?)
p. p. & a. from Give, v.

1.
(Math. & Logic)
Granted; assumed; supposed to be known; set forth as a known quantity, relation, or premise.

2.
Disposed; inclined; -- used with an adv.; as, virtuously given.
Shak.

3.
Stated; fixed; as, in a given time.

Given name, the Christian name, or name given by one's parents or guardians, as distinguished from the surname, which is inherited. [Colloq.]


word: givenness
definition:
givenness

givenness
n.
the quality of being granted as a supposition; of being acknowledged or assumed.


word: Giver
definition:
Giver

Giv"er
(?)
n.
One who gives; a donor; a bestower; a grantor; one who imparts or distributes.

It is the giver, and not the gift, that engrosses the heart of the Christian.
Kollock.


word: Giving
definition:
Giving

Giv"ing
(?)
n.
1.
The act of bestowing as a gift; a conferring or imparting.

2.
A gift; a benefaction.
[R.]
Pope.

3.
The act of softening, breaking, or yielding.
giving
Addison.

Giving in, a falling inwards; a collapse. -- Giving out, anything uttered or asserted; an outgiving.

His givings out were of an infinite distance
From his true meant design.
Shak.


word: Gizzard
definition:
Gizzard

Giz"zard
(?)
n.
[F. gésier, L. gigeria, pl., the cooked entrails of poultry.  Cf. Gigerium.]

1.
(Anat.)
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.

2.
(Zool.)
(a)
A thick muscular stomach found in many invertebrate animals.
(b)
A stomach armed with chitinous or shelly plates or teeth, as in certain insects and mollusks.

Gizzard shad (Zool.), an American herring (Dorosoma cepedianum) resembling the shad, but of little value. -- To fret the gizzard, to harass; to vex one's self; to worry. [Low] Hudibras. -- To stick in one's gizzard, to be difficult of digestion; to be offensive. [Low]


word: G-Jo
definition:
G-Jo

G-Jo
n.
A Chinese and Japanese medical treatment of symptoms by applying pressure with the fingers to specific pressure points on the body.

Syn. -- acupressure, shiatsu.


word: Glabella
definition:
Glabella

Gla*bel"la
(?)
n.
pl. Glabellæ (#).
[NL., fr. L. glabellus hairless, fr. glaber bald.]
(Anat.)
The space between the eyebrows, also including the corresponding part of the frontal bone; the mesophryon.
Gla*bel"lar (#), a.


word: Glabellum
definition:
Glabellum

Gla*bel"lum
(?)
n.
pl. Glabella (#).
[NL. See Glabella.]
(Zool.)
The median, convex lobe of the head of a trilobite. See Trilobite.


word: Glabrate
definition:
Glabrate

Gla"brate
(?)
a.
[L. glabrare, fr. glaber smooth.]
(Bot.)
Becoming smooth or glabrous from age.
Gray.


word: Glabriate
definition:
Glabriate

Glabreate

{ Gla"bre*ate (?), Gla"bri*ate (?), }
v. t.
[See Glabrate.]
To make smooth, plain, or bare.
[Obs.]


word: Glabrous
definition:
Glabrous

Gla"brous
(?)
a.
[L. glaber; cf. Gr. _; hollow, smooth, _; to hollow.]
Smooth; having a surface without hairs or any unevenness.


word: glace
definition:
glace

Gla`cé"
(?)
a.
[F., p.p. of glacer to freeze, to ice. Cf. Glacier.]
Smoothly coated with icing or crystals of sugar; iced; glazed; -- said of fruits, sweetmeats, cake, etc.

Syn. -- candied, crystalized, glacéed.


word: Glacial
definition:
Glacial

Gla"cial
(?)
a.
[L. glacialis, from glacies ice: cf. F. glacial.]
1.
Pertaining to ice or to its action; consisting of ice; frozen; icy; esp., pertaining to glaciers; as, glacial phenomena.
Lyell.

2.
(Chem.)
Resembling ice; having the appearance and consistency of ice; -- said of certain solid compounds; as, glacial phosphoric or acetic acids.

Glacial acid (Chem.), an acid of such strength or purity as to crystallize at an ordinary temperature, in an icelike form; as acetic or carbolic acid. -- Glacial drift (Geol.), earth and rocks which have been transported by moving ice, land ice, or icebergs; bowlder drift. -- Glacial epoch or Glacial period (Geol.), a period during which the climate of the modern temperate regions was polar, and ice covered large portions of the northern hemisphere to the mountain tops. -- Glacial theory or Glacial hypothesis. (Geol.) See Glacier theory, under Glacier.


word: Glacialist
definition:
Glacialist

Gla"cial*ist
n.
One who attributes the phenomena of the drift, in geology, to glaciers.


word: Glaciate
definition:
Glaciate

Gla"ci*ate
(?)
v. i.
[L. glaciatus, p. p. of glaciare to freeze, fr. glacies ice.]
To turn to ice.


word: Glaciate₂
definition:
Glaciate

Gla"ci*ate
v. t.
1.
To convert into, or cover with, ice.

2.
(Geol.)
To produce glacial effects upon, as in the scoring of rocks, transportation of loose material, etc.

Glaciated rocks, rocks whose surfaces have been smoothed, furrowed, or striated, by the action of ice.


word: Glaciation
definition:
Glaciation

Gla`ci*a"tion
(?)
n.
1.
Act of freezing.

2.
That which is formed by freezing; ice.

3.
The process of glaciating, or the state of being glaciated; the production of glacial phenomena.


word: Glacier
definition:
Glacier

Gla"cier
(?)
n.
[F. glacier, fr. glace ice, L. glacies.]
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.

&hand_; The mass of compacted snow forming the upper part of a glacier is called the firn, or névé; the glacier proper consist of solid ice, deeply crevassed where broken up by irregularities in the slope or direction of its path. A glacier usually carries with it accumulations of stones and dirt called moraines, which are designated, according to their position, as lateral, medial, or terminal (see Moraine). The common rate of flow of the Alpine glaciers is from ten to twenty inches per day in summer, and about half that in winter.

Glacier theory (Geol.), the theory that large parts of the frigid and temperate zones were covered with ice during the glacial, or ice, period, and that, by the agency of this ice, the loose materials on the earth's surface, called drift or diluvium, were transported and accumulated.


word: Glacis
definition:
Glacis

Gla"cis
(?)
n.
[F. glacis; -- so named from its smoothness. See Glacier.]
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).


word: Glad
definition:
Glad

Glad
(glăd)
a.
[Compar. Gladder (?); superl. Gladdest (?).]
[AS. glæd bright, glad; akin to D. glad smooth, G. glatt, OHG. glat smooth, shining, Icel. glaðr glad, bright, Dan. & Sw. glad glad, Lith. glodas smooth, and prob. to L. glaber, and E. glide.  Cf. Glabrous.]

1.
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.

A wise son maketh a glad father.
Prov. x. 1.

He that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.
Prov. xvii. 5.

The Trojan, glad with sight of hostile blood.
Dryden.

He, glad of her attention gained.
Milton.

As we are now glad to behold your eyes.
Shak.

Glad am I that your highness is so armed.
Shak.

Glad on 't, glad of it. [Colloq.] Shak.

2.
Wearing a gay or bright appearance; expressing or exciting joy; producing gladness; exhilarating.

Her conversation
More glad to me than to a miser money is.
Sir P. Sidney.

Glad evening and glad morn crowned the fourth day.
Milton.


word: Glad₂
definition:
Glad

Glad
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Gladded; p. pr. & vb. n. Gladding.]
[AS. gladian. See Glad, a., and cf. Gladden, v. t.]
To make glad; to cheer; to gladden; to exhilarate.
Chaucer.

That which gladded all the warrior train.
Dryden.

Each drinks the juice that glads the heart of man.
Pope.


word: Gladden
definition:
Gladden

Glad"den
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Gladdened (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Gladdening (?).]
[See Glad, v. t.]
To make glad; to cheer; to please; to gratify; to rejoice; to exhilarate.

A secret pleasure gladdened all that saw him.
Addison.


word: Gladden₂
definition:
Gladden

Glad"den
v. i.
To be or become glad; to rejoice.

The vast Pacific gladdens with the freight.
Wordsworth.


word: gladdon
definition:
gladdon

glad"don
n.
An iris (Iris foetidissima) with purple flowers and evil-smelling leaves; Southern and Western Europe and North Africa.

Syn. -- gladen, stinking iris, gladdon iris, stinking gladwyn, roast beef plant, Iris foetidissima.


word: Glade
definition:
Glade

Glade
(?)
n.
[Prob. of Scand. origin, and akin to glad, a.; cf. also W. golead, goleuad, a lighting, illumination, fr. goleu light, clear, bright, goleu fwlch glade, lit., a light or clear defile.]

1.
An open passage through a wood; a grassy open or cleared space in a forest.

There interspersed in lawns and opening glades.
Pope.

2.
An everglade.
[Local, U. S.]

3.
An opening in the ice of rivers or lakes, or a place left unfrozen; also, smooth ice.
[Local, U. S.]

Bottom glade. See under Bottom. -- Glade net, in England, a net used for catching woodcock and other birds in forest glades.


word: Gladen
definition:
Gladen

Gla"den
(?)
n.
[AS. glædene, cf. L. gladius a sword.  Cf. Gladiole.]
(Bot.)
Sword grass; any plant with sword-shaped leaves, especially the European Iris fœtidissima.
[Written also gladwyn, gladdon, and glader.]


word: Gladful
definition:
Gladful

Glad"ful
(?)
a.
Full of gladness; joyful; glad.
[R.]
Glad"ful*ness, n. [R.]
Spenser.

It followed him with gladful glee.
Spenser.


word: Gladiate
definition:
Gladiate

Glad"i*ate
(?)
a.
[L. gladius sword.]
(Bot.)
Sword-shaped; resembling a sword in form, as the leaf of the iris, or of the gladiolus.


word: Gladiator
definition:
Gladiator

Glad"i*a`tor
(?)
n.
[L., fr. gladius sword. See Glaive.]
1.
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.

2.
One who engages in any fierce combat or controversy.


word: Gladiatorian
definition:
Gladiatorian

Gladiatorial

{ Glad`i*a*to"ri*al (?), Glad`i*a*to"ri*an (?), }
a.
Of or pertaining to gladiators, or to contests or combatants in general.


word: Gladiature
definition:
Gladiature

Glad"i*a*ture
(?)
n.
[L. gladiatura.]
Swordplay; fencing; gladiatorial contest.
Gayton.


word: Gladiole
definition:
Gladiole

Glad"i*ole
(?)
n.
[L. gladiolus a small sword, the sword lily, dim. of gladius sword. See Glaive.]
(Bot.)
A lilylike plant, of the genus Gladiolus; -- called also corn flag.


word: Gladiolus
definition:
Gladiolus

Gla*di"o*lus
(?)
n.
pl. L. Gladioli (#), E. Gladioluses (#).
[L. See Gladiole.]

1.
(Bot.)
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.

2.
(Anat.)
The middle portion of the sternum in some animals; the mesosternum.


word: Gladius
definition:
Gladius

Gla"di*us
(?)
n.
pl. Gladii (#).
[L., a sword.]
(Zool.)
The internal shell, or pen, of cephalopods like the squids.


word: Gladly
definition:
Gladly

Glad"ly
(?)
adv.
[From Glad, a.]

1.
Preferably; by choice.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

2.
With pleasure; joyfully; cheerfully; eagerly.

The common people heard him gladly.
Mark xii. 37.


word: Gladness
definition:
Gladness

Glad"ness
(?)
n.
[AS. glædnes.]
State or quality of being glad; pleasure; joyful satisfaction; cheerfulness.

They . . . did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart.
Acts ii. 46.

&hand_; Gladness is rarely or never equivalent to mirth, merriment, gayety, and triumph, and it usually expresses less than delight. It sometimes expresses great joy.

The Jews had joy and gladness, a feast and a good day.
Esther viii. 17.


word: Gladsome
definition:
Gladsome

Glad"some
(?)
a.
1.
Pleased; joyful; cheerful.

2.
Causing joy, pleasure, or cheerfulness; having the appearance of gayety; pleasing.

Of opening heaven they sung, and gladsome day.
Prior.
Hours of perfect gladsomeness.
Wordsworth.


word: gladsomeness
definition:
gladsomeness

glad"some*ness
n.
The state of experiencing joy and pleasure.

Syn. -- gladness, gladfulness.


word: Gladstone
definition:
Gladstone

Glad"stone
(?)
n.
[Named after Wm. E. Gladstone.]
A four-wheeled pleasure carriage with two inside seats, calash top, and seats for driver and footman.


word: Glair
definition:
Glair

Glair
(?)
n.
[F. glaire, glaire d'_;uf, the glair of an egg, prob. fr. L. clarus clear, bright. See Clear, a.]

1.
The white of egg. It is used as a size or a glaze in bookbinding, for pastry, etc.

2.
Any viscous, transparent substance, resembling the white of an egg.

3.
A broadsword fixed on a pike; a kind of halberd.


word: Glair₂
definition:
Glair

Glair
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Glaired (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Glairing.]
To smear with the white of an egg.


word: Glairin
definition:
Glairin

Glair"in
(?)
n.
A glairy viscous substance, which forms on the surface of certain mineral waters, or covers the sides of their inclosures; -- called also baregin.


word: Glairy
definition:
Glairy

Glair"y
(?)
a.
Like glair, or partaking of its qualities; covered with glair; viscous and transparent; slimy.
Wiseman.


word: Glaive
definition:
Glaive

Glaive
(?)
n.
[F. glaive, L. gladius; prob. akin to E. claymore.  Cf. Gladiator.]
1.
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.
Wilhelm.

2.
A sword; -- used poetically and loosely.

The glaive which he did wield.
Spenser.


word: Glama
definition:
Glama

Gla"ma
(?)
n.
[NL.; cf. Gr. _;, L. gramiae, Gr. _; blear-eyed.]
(Med.)
A copious gummy secretion of the humor of the eyelids, in consequence of some disorder; blearedness; lippitude.


word: glamorous
definition:
glamorous

glamourous

glamourous glamorous
adj.
having an air of allure, romance and excitement; as, glamorous movie stars.


word: Glamour
definition:
Glamour

Gla"mour
(?)
n.
[Scot. glamour, glamer; cf. Icel. glámeggdr one who is troubled with the glaucoma (?); or Icel. glām-s&ymacr_;ni weakness of sight, glamour; glāmr name of the moon, also of a ghost + s&ymacr_;ni sight, akin to E. see. Perh., however, a corruption of E. gramarye.]

1.
A charm affecting the eye, making objects appear different from what they really are.

2.
Witchcraft; magic; a spell.
Tennyson.

3.
A kind of haze in the air, causing things to appear different from what they really are.

The air filled with a strange, pale glamour that seemed to lie over the broad valley.
W. Black.

4.
Any artificial interest in, or association with, an object, through which it appears delusively magnified or glorified.

Glamour gift, Glamour might, the gift or power of producing a glamour. The former is used figuratively, of the gift of fascination peculiar to women.

It had much of glamour might
To make a lady seem a knight.
Sir W. Scott.


word: Glance
definition:
Glance

Glance
(?)
n.
[Akin to D. glans luster, brightness, G. glanz, Sw. glans, D. glands brightness, glimpse.  Cf. Gleen, Glint, Glitter, and Glance a mineral.]

1.
A sudden flash of light or splendor.

Swift as the lightning glance.
Milton.

2.
A quick cast of the eyes; a quick or a casual look; a swift survey; a glimpse.

Dart not scornful glances from those eyes.
Shak.

3.
An incidental or passing thought or allusion.

How fleet is a glance of the mind.
Cowper.

4.
(Min.)
A name given to some sulphides, mostly dark-colored, which have a brilliant metallic luster, as the sulphide of copper, called copper glance.

Glance coal, anthracite; a mineral composed chiefly of carbon. -- Glance cobalt, cobaltite, or gray cobalt. -- Glance copper, chalcocite. -- Glance wood, a hard wood grown in Cuba, and used for gauging instruments, carpenters' rules, etc. McElrath.


word: Glance₂
definition:
Glance

Glance
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Glanced (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Glancing (?).]
1.
To shoot or emit a flash of light; to shine; to flash.

From art, from nature, from the schools,
Let random influences glance,
Like light in many a shivered lance,
That breaks about the dappled pools.
Tennyson.

2.
To strike and fly off in an oblique direction; to dart aside. ”Your arrow hath glanced”.
Shak.

On me the curse aslope
Glanced on the ground.
Milton.

3.
To look with a sudden, rapid cast of the eye; to snatch a momentary or hasty view.

The poet's eye, in a fine frenzy rolling,
Doth glance from heaven to earth, from earth to heaven.
Shak.

4.
To make an incidental or passing reflection; to allude; to hint; -- often with at.

Wherein obscurely
Caesar's ambition shall be glanced at.
Shak.

He glanced at a certain reverend doctor.
Swift.

5.
To move quickly, appearing and disappearing rapidly; to be visible only for an instant at a time; to move interruptedly; to twinkle.

And all along the forum and up the sacred seat,
His vulture eye pursued the trip of those small glancing feet.
Macaulay.


word: Glance₃
definition:
Glance

Glance
(?)
v. t.
1.
To shoot or dart suddenly or obliquely; to cast for a moment; as, to glance the eye.

2.
To hint at; to touch lightly or briefly.
[Obs.]

In company I often glanced it.
Shak.


word: Glancing
definition:
Glancing

Glan"cing
(?)
a.
1.
Shooting, as light.

When through the gancing lightnings fly.
Rowe.

2.
Flying off (after striking) in an oblique direction; as, a glancing shot.


word: Glancingly
definition:
Glancingly

Glan"cing*ly
adv.
In a glancing manner; transiently; incidentally; indirectly.
Hakewill.


word: Gland
definition:
Gland

Gland
(?)
n.
[F. glande, L. glans, glandis, acorn; akin to Gr. _; for _;, and _; to cast, throw, the acorn being the dropped fruit.  Cf. Parable, n.]

1.
(Anat.)
(a)
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.
(b)
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.

&hand_; The true secreting glands are, in principle, narrow pouches of the mucous membranes, or of the integument, lined with a continuation of the epithelium, or of the epidermis, the cells of which produce the secretion from the blood. In the larger glands, the pouches are tubular, greatly elongated, and coiled, as in the sweat glands, or subdivided and branched, making compound and racemose glands, such as the pancreas.

2.
(Bot.)
(a)
A special organ of plants, usually minute and globular, which often secretes some kind of resinous, gummy, or aromatic product.
(b)
Any very small prominence.

3.
(Steam Mach.)
The movable part of a stuffing box by which the packing is compressed; -- sometimes called a follower. See Illust. of Stuffing box, under Stuffing.

4.
(Mach.)
The crosspiece of a bayonet clutch.


word: Glanders
definition:
Glanders

Glan"ders
(?)
n.
[From Gland.]
(Far.)
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.


word: Glandiferous
definition:
Glandiferous

Glan*dif"er*ous
(?)
a.
[L. glandifer; glans, glandis, acorn + ferre to bear; cf. F. glandifère.]
Bearing acorns or other nuts; as, glandiferous trees.


word: Glandiform
definition:
Glandiform

Gland"i*form
(?)
a.
[L. glans, glandis, acorn + -form: cf. F. glandiforme .]
Having the form of a gland or nut; resembling a gland.


word: Glandular
definition:
Glandular

Glan"du*lar
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. glandulaire. See Glandule.]
Containing or supporting glands; consisting of glands; pertaining to glands.


word: Glandulation
definition:
Glandulation

Glan`du*la"tion
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. glandulation.]
(Bot.)
The situation and structure of the secretory vessels in plants.
Martyn.

Glandulation respects the secretory vessels, which are either glandules, follicles, or utricles.
J. Lee.


word: Glandule
definition:
Glandule

Glan"dule
(?)
n.
[L. glandula, dim. of glans, glandis, acorn: cf. F. glandule. See Gland.]
A small gland or secreting vessel.


word: Glanduliferous
definition:
Glanduliferous

Glan`du*lif"er*ous
(?)
a.
[L. glandula gland + -ferous; cf. F. glandulifère.]
Bearing glandules.


word: Glandulosity
definition:
Glandulosity

Glan`du*los"i*ty
(?)
n.
Quality of being glandulous; a collection of glands.
[R.]
Sir T. Browne.


word: Glandulous
definition:
Glandulous

Glan"du*lous
(?)
a.
[L. glandulosus: cf. F. glanduleux.]
Containing glands; consisting of glands; pertaining to glands; resembling glands.


word: Glans
definition:
Glans

Glans
(?)
n.
pl. Glandes (#).
[L. See Gland.]

1.
(Anat.)
The vascular body which forms the apex of the penis, and the extremity of the clitoris.

2.
(Bot.)
The acorn or mast of the oak and similar fruits.
Gray.

3.
(Med.)
(a)
Goiter.
(b)
A pessary.
[Obs.]


word: Glare
definition:
Glare

Glare
(glâr)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Glared (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Glaring.]
[OE. glaren, gloren; cf. AS. glær amber, LG. glaren to glow or burn like coals, D. gloren to glimmer; prob. akin to E. glass.]

1.
To shine with a bright, dazzling light.

The cavern glares with new-admitted light.
Dryden.

2.
To look with fierce, piercing eyes; to stare earnestly, angrily, or fiercely.

And eye that scorcheth all it glares upon.
Byron.

3.
To be bright and intense, as certain colors; to be ostentatiously splendid or gay.

She glares in balls, front boxes, and the ring.
Pope.


word: Glare₂
definition:
Glare

Glare
v. t.
To shoot out, or emit, as a dazzling light.

Every eye
Glared lightning, and shot forth pernicious fire.
Milton.


word: Glare₃
definition:
Glare

Glare
n.
1.
A bright, dazzling light; splendor that dazzles the eyes; a confusing and bewildering light.

The frame of burnished steel that cast a glare.
Dryden.

2.
A fierce, piercing look or stare.

About them round,
A lion now he stalks with fiery glare.
Milton.

3.
A viscous, transparent substance. See Glair.

4.
A smooth, bright, glassy surface; as, a glare of ice.
[U. S. ]


word: Glare₄
definition:
Glare

Glare
a.
[See Glary, and Glare, n.]
Smooth and bright or translucent; -- used almost exclusively of ice; as, skating on glare ice.
[U. S.]


word: Glareolidae
definition:
Glareolidae

Glareolidae
n.
A natural family of Old World shorebirds: pratincoles and coursers.

Syn. -- family Glareolidae.


word: Glaring
definition:
Glaring

Glar"ing
a.
Clear; notorious; open and bold; barefaced; as, a glaring crime.
Glar"ing*ly, adv.


word: Glary
definition:
Glary

Glar"y
(?)
a.
Of a dazzling luster; glaring; bright; shining; smooth.

Bright, crystal glass is glary.
Boyle.


word: Glass
definition:
Glass

Glass
(glȧs)
n.
[OE. glas, gles, AS. glæs; akin to D., G., Dan., & Sw. glas, Icel. glas, gler, Dan. glar; cf. AS. glær amber, L. glaesum.  Cf. Glare, n., Glaze, v. t.]

1.
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.

&hand_; Glass is variously colored by the metallic oxides; thus, manganese colors it violet; copper (cuprous), red, or (cupric) green; cobalt, blue; uranium, yellowish green or canary yellow; iron, green or brown; gold, purple or red; tin, opaque white; chromium, emerald green; antimony, yellow.

2.
(Chem.)
Any substance having a peculiar glassy appearance, and a conchoidal fracture, and usually produced by fusion.

3.
Anything made of glass.
(a)
A looking-glass; a mirror.
(b)
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.

She would not live
The running of one glass.
Shak.
&hand_; Glass is much used adjectively or in combination; as, glass maker, or glassmaker; glass making or glassmaking; glass blower or glassblower, etc.

Bohemian glass, Cut glass, etc. See under Bohemian, Cut, etc. -- Crown glass, a variety of glass, used for making the finest plate or window glass, and consisting essentially of silicate of soda or potash and lime, with no admixture of lead; the convex half of an achromatic lens is composed of crown glass; -- so called from a crownlike shape given it in the process of blowing. -- Crystal glass, or Flint glass. See Flint glass, in the Vocabulary. -- Cylinder glass, sheet glass made by blowing the glass in the form of a cylinder which is then split longitudinally, opened out, and flattened. -- Glass of antimony, a vitreous oxide of antimony mixed with sulphide. --  Glass cloth, a woven fabric formed of glass fibers. -- Glass coach, a coach superior to a hackney-coach, hired for the day, or any short period, as a private carriage; -- so called because originally private carriages alone had glass windows. [Eng.] Smart.
[1913 Webster]
Glass coaches are [allowed in English parks from which ordinary hacks are excluded], meaning by this term, which is never used in America, hired carriages that do not go on stands. J. F. Cooper.
-- Glass cutter. (a) One who cuts sheets of glass into sizes for window panes, ets. (b) One who shapes the surface of glass by grinding and polishing. (c) A tool, usually with a diamond at the point, for cutting glass. -- Glass cutting. (a) The act or process of dividing glass, as sheets of glass into panes with a diamond. (b) The act or process of shaping the surface of glass by appylying it to revolving wheels, upon which sand, emery, and, afterwards, polishing powder, are applied; especially of glass which is shaped into facets, tooth ornaments, and the like. Glass having ornamental scrolls, etc., cut upon it, is said to be engraved. -- Glass metal, the fused material for making glass. -- Glass painting, the art or process of producing decorative effects in glass by painting it with enamel colors and combining the pieces together with slender sash bars of lead or other metal. In common parlance, glass painting and glass staining (see Glass staining, below) are used indifferently for all colored decorative work in windows, and the like. -- Glass paper, paper faced with pulvirezed glass, and used for abrasive purposes. -- Glass silk, fine threads of glass, wound, when in fusion, on rapidly rotating heated cylinders. -- Glass silvering, the process of transforming plate glass into mirrors by coating it with a reflecting surface, a deposit of silver, or a mercury amalgam. -- Glass soap, or Glassmaker's soap, the black oxide of manganese or other substances used by glass makers to take away color from the materials for glass. -- Glass staining, the art or practice of coloring glass in its whole substance, or, in the case of certain colors, in a superficial film only; also, decorative work in glass.  Cf. Glass painting. -- Glass tears. See Rupert's drop. -- Glass works, an establishment where glass is made. -- Heavy glass, a heavy optical glass, consisting essentially of a borosilicate of potash. -- Millefiore glass. See Millefiore. -- Plate glass, a fine kind of glass, cast in thick plates, and flattened by heavy rollers, -- used for mirrors and the best windows. -- Pressed glass, glass articles formed in molds by pressure when hot. -- Soluble glass (Chem.), a silicate of sodium or potassium, found in commerce as a white, glassy mass, a stony powder, or dissolved as a viscous, sirupy liquid; -- used for rendering fabrics incombustible, for hardening artificial stone, etc.; -- called also water glass. -- Spun glass, glass drawn into a thread while liquid. -- Toughened glass, Tempered glass, glass finely tempered or annealed, by a peculiar method of sudden cooling by plunging while hot into oil, melted wax, or paraffine, etc.; -- called also, from the name of the inventor of the process, Bastie glass. -- Water glass. (Chem.) See Soluble glass, above. -- Window glass, glass in panes suitable for windows.


word: Glass₂
definition:
Glass

Glass
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Glassed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Glassing.]
1.
To reflect, as in a mirror; to mirror; -- used reflexively.

Happy to glass themselves in such a mirror.
Motley.

Where the Almighty's form glasses itself in tempests.
Byron.

2.
To case in glass.
[R.]
Shak.

3.
To cover or furnish with glass; to glaze.
Boyle.

4.
To smooth or polish anything, as leater, by rubbing it with a glass burnisher.


word: glass blower
definition:
glass blower

glassblower

glass"blow*er, glass" blow*er
n.
1.
someone skilled creating objects such as bottles, vases, or other decorative or practical items from molten glass, especially one whose occupation is to make objects by blowing and shaping hot glass in its viscous semiliquid state.


word: glass blowing
definition:
glass blowing

glassblowing

glass"blow*ing, glass" blow*ing
n.
The art and process of creating glass objects, by shaping glass when reduced by heat to a viscid state, using various manipulations with the hands, especially by inflating it by blowing through a tube.  The process is used to manufacture a wide variety of useful and ornamental objects.  The manufacture of simple glass objects has been automated, but complex glass objects are still made by the traditional hand processes.


word: Glass-crab
definition:
Glass-crab

Glass"-crab`
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
The larval state (Phyllosoma) of the genus Palinurus and allied genera.  It is remarkable for its strange outlines, thinness, and transparency. See Phyllosoma.


word: glasscutter
definition:
glasscutter

glasscutter
n.
1.
one who cuts or grinds designs on glass.

2.
one who cuts flat glass to size.

Syn. -- glassworker, glazier, glazer.


word: glazed
definition:
glazed

glassed

glassed glazed
adj.
1.
fitted or covered with glass; as, a glassed wall.  Opposite of unglazed.


word: Glassen
definition:
Glassen

Glass"en
(?)
a.
Glassy; glazed.
[Obs.]

And pursues the dice with glassen eyes.
B. Jonson.


word: glasses
definition:
glasses

glasses
n. pl.
Same as eyeglasses.  See eyeglass{1}.

Syn. -- spectacles, specs, eyeglasses.


word: Glasseye
definition:
Glasseye

Glass"eye`
(?)
n.
1.
(Zool.)
A fish of the great lakes; the wall-eyed pike.

2.
(Far.)
A species of blindness in horses in which the eye is bright and the pupil dilated; a sort of amaurosis.
Youatt.


word: Glass-faced
definition:
Glass-faced

Glass"-faced`
(?)
a.
Mirror-faced; reflecting the sentiments of another.
[R.]
glass-faced
Shak.


word: Glassful
definition:
Glassful

Glass"ful
(?)
n.
pl. Glassfuls (_;).
The contents of a glass; as much of anything as a glass will hold.


word: Glass-gazing
definition:
Glass-gazing

Glass"-gaz`ing
(?)
a.
Given to viewing one's self in a glass or mirror; finical.
[Poetic]
Shak.


word: Glasshouse
definition:
Glasshouse

Glass"house`
(?)
n.
A house where glass is made; a commercial house that deals in glassware.


word: Glassite
definition:
Glassite

Glass"ite
(?)
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.


word: Glassmaker
definition:
Glassmaker

Glass maker

Glass" mak`er (?), or Glass"mak`er
n.
One who makes, or manufactures, glass.
Glass" mak`ing, or Glass"mak`ing, n.


word: Glass-rope
definition:
Glass-rope

Glass"-rope`
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
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.


word: Glass-snake
definition:
Glass-snake

Glass"-snake`
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
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.


word: Glass-sponge
definition:
Glass-sponge

Glass"-sponge`
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
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.


word: glassworker
definition:
glassworker

glassworker
n.
one who cuts flat glass to size.

Syn. -- glasscutter, glazier, glazer.


word: Glasswort
definition:
Glasswort

Glass"wort`
(?)
n.
(Bot.)
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.


word: Glassy
definition:
Glassy

Glass"y
(?)
a.
1.
Made of glass; vitreous; as, a glassy substance.
Bacon.

2.
Resembling glass in its properties, as in smoothness, brittleness, or transparency; as, a glassy stream; a glassy surface; the glassy deep.

3.
Dull; wanting life or fire; lackluster; -- said of the eyes.
glassy
Byron.

Glassy feldspar (Min.), a variety of orthoclase; sanidine.


word: Glauberite
definition:
Glauberite

Glau"ber*ite
(?)
n.
[From Glauber, a German chemist, died 1668: cf. F. glaubérite, G. glauberit.]
(Min.)
A mineral, consisting of the sulphates of soda and lime.


word: Glauber's salts
definition:
Glauber's salts

Glauber's salt

Glau"ber's salt` (?) or Glau"ber's salts` (_;)
[G. glaubersalz, from Glauber, a German chemist who discovered it. See Glauberite.]
Sulphate of soda, a well-known cathartic. It is a white crystalline substance, with a cooling, slightly bitter taste, and is commonly called “salts.”

&hand_; It occurs naturally and abundantly in some mineral springs, and in many salt deposits, as the mineral mirabilite. It is manufactured in large quantities as an intermediate step in the “soda process,” and also for use in glass making.


word: Glaucescent
definition:
Glaucescent

Glau*ces"cent
(?)
a.
[See Glaucous.]
Having a somewhat glaucous appearance or nature; becoming glaucous.


word: Glaucic
definition:
Glaucic

Glau"cic
(?)
a.
(Chem.)
Of or pertaining to the Glaucium flavum or horned poppy; -- formerly applied to an acid derived from it, now known to be fumaric acid.


word: Glaucine₂
definition:
Glaucine

Glau"cine
(?)
n.
(Chem.)
An alkaloid obtained from the plant Glaucium flavum, as a bitter, white, crystalline substance.


word: Glaucodot
definition:
Glaucodot

Glau"co*dot
(?)
n.
[Gr. glayko`s silvery, gray + dido`nai to give.]
(Min.)
A metallic mineral having a grayish tin-white color, and containing cobalt and iron, with sulphur and arsenic.


word: Glaucoma
definition:
Glaucoma

Glau*co"ma
(?)
n.
[L., fr. Gr. glay`kwma, fr. glayko`s light gray, blue gray.]
(Med.)
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.


word: Glauconite
definition:
Glauconite

Glau"co*nite
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. glauconite, glauconie, fr. L. glaucus. See Glaucous.]
(Min.)
The green mineral characteristic of the greensand of the chalk and other formations. It is a hydrous silicate of iron and potash. See Greensand.


word: Glaucophane
definition:
Glaucophane

Glau"co*phane
(?)
n.
[Gr. glayko`s silvery, gray + fai`nesqai to appear.]
(Min.)
A mineral of a dark bluish color, related to amphibole. It is characteristic of certain crystalline rocks.


word: Glaucous
definition:
Glaucous

Glau"cous
(gl&asuml_;"kŭs)
a.
[L. glaucus, Gr. glayko`s.]
1.
Of a sea-green color; of a dull green passing into grayish blue.
Lindley.

2.
(Bot.)
Covered with a fine bloom or fine white powder easily rubbed off, as that on a blue plum, or on a cabbage leaf.
Gray.


word: Glaucus
definition:
Glaucus

Glau"cus
(?)
n.
[L., sea green.]
(Zool.)
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.


word: Glaum
definition:
Glaum

Glaum
(?)
v. i.
[Etymol. uncertain.]
To grope with the hands, as in the dark.
[Scot.]

To glaum at, to grasp or snatch at; to aspire to.

Wha glaum'd at kingdoms three.
Burns.


word: Glaver
definition:
Glaver

Glav"er
(?)
v. i.
[Of Celtic origin; cf. W. glafr flattery.]
1.
To prate; to jabber; to babble.
[Obs.]

Here many, clepid filosophirs, glavern diversely.
Wyclif.

2.
To flatter; to wheedle.
[Obs.]

Some slavish, glavering, flattering parasite.
South.


word: Glaze
definition:
Glaze

Glaze
(glāz)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Glazed (glāzd); p. pr. & vb. n. Glazing.]
[OE. glasen, glazen, fr. glas. See Glass.]

1.
To furnish (a window, a house, a sash, a case, etc.) with glass.

Two cabinets daintily paved, richly handed, and glazed with crystalline glass.
Bacon.

2.
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.

Sorrow's eye glazed with blinding tears.
Shak.

3.
(Paint.)
To apply thinly a transparent or semitransparent color to (another color), to modify the effect.

4.
(Cookery)
To cover (a donut, cupcake, meat, etc.) with a thin layer of edible syrup, or other substance which may solidify to a glossy coating.  The material used for glazing is usually sweet or highly flavored.


word: Glaze₃
definition:
Glaze

Glaze
n.
1.
The vitreous coating of pottery or porcelain; anything used as a coating or color in glazing. See Glaze, v. t., 3.
Ure.

2.
(Cookery)
Broth reduced by boiling to a gelatinous paste, and spread thinly over braised dishes.

3.
A glazing oven. See Glost oven.


word: glazed₂
definition:
glazed

glazed
(glāzd)
adj.
1.
Same as glassed.

Syn. -- glassed.

2.
Having a shiny surface or coating; as, glazed fabrics; glazed doughnuts.
glassy, vitreous, vitrified
glossy, calendered
icy 
glacé
unglazed

Syn. -- shiny.

3.
Lacking liveliness; -- used of eyes; as, a glazed look.

Syn. -- glassy.


word: Glazer
definition:
Glazer

Glaz"er
(?)
n.
1.
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.

2.
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.


word: Glazier
definition:
Glazier

Gla"zier
(?)
n.
[From Glaze.]
One whose business is to set glass.

Glazier's diamond. See under Diamond.


word: Glazing
definition:
Glazing

Glaz"ing
(?)
n.
1.
The act or art of setting glass; the art of covering with a vitreous or glasslike substance, or of polishing or rendering glossy.

2.
The glass set, or to be set, in a sash, frame. etc.

3.
The glass, glasslike, or glossy substance with which any surface is incrusted or overlaid; as, the glazing of pottery or porcelain, or of paper.

4.
(Paint.)
Transparent, or semitransparent, colors passed thinly over other colors, to modify the effect.


word: Glazy
definition:
Glazy

Glaz"y
(?)
a.
Having a glazed appearance; -- said of the fractured surface of some kinds of pin iron.


word: Gleam
definition:
Gleam

Gleam
(?)
v. i.
[Cf. OE. glem birdlime, glue, phlegm, and E. englaimed.]
(Falconry)
To disgorge filth, as a hawk.


word: Gleam₂
definition:
Gleam

Gleam
n.
[OE. glem, gleam, AS. glæm, prob. akin to E. glimmer, and perh. to Gr. _; warm, _; to warm.  Cf. Glitter.]

1.
A shoot of light; a small stream of light; a beam; a ray; a glimpse.

Transient unexpected gleams of joi.
Addison.

At last a gleam
Of dawning light turned thitherward in haste
His [Satan's] traveled steps.
Milton.

A glimmer, and then a gleam of light.
Longfellow.

2.
Brightness; splendor.

In the clear azure gleam the flocks are seen.
Pope.


word: Gleam₃
definition:
Gleam

Gleam
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Gleamed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Gleaming.]
1.
To shoot, or dart, as rays of light; as, at the dawn, light gleams in the east.

2.
To shine; to cast light; to glitter.


word: Gleam₄
definition:
Gleam

Gleam
v. t.
To shoot out (flashes of light, etc.).

Dying eyes gleamed forth their ashy lights.
Shak.


word: Gleamy
definition:
Gleamy

Gleam"y
a.
Darting beams of light; casting light in rays; flashing; coruscating.

In brazed arms, that cast a gleamy ray,
Swift through the town the warrior bends his way.
Pope.


word: Glean
definition:
Glean

Glean
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Gleaned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Gleaning.]
[OE. glenen, OF. glener, glaner, F. glaner, fr. LL. glenare; cf. W. glan clean, glanh_;u to clean, purify, or AS. gelm, gilm, a hand_;ul.]

1.
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.

To glean the broken ears after the man
That the main harvest reaps.
Shak.

2.
To gather from (a field or vineyard) what is left.

3.
To collect with patient and minute labor; to pick out; to obtain.

Content to glean what we can from . . . experiments.
Locke.


word: Glean₂
definition:
Glean

Glean
v. i.
1.
To gather stalks or ears of grain left by reapers.

And she went, and came, and gleaned in the field after the reapers.
Ruth ii. 3.

2.
To pick up or gather anything by degrees.

Piecemeal they this acre first, then that;
Glean on, and gather up the whole estate.
Pope.


word: Glean₃
definition:
Glean

Glean
n.
A collection made by gleaning.

The gleans of yellow thyme distend his thighs.
Dryden.


word: Gleaner
definition:
Gleaner

Glean"er
(?)
n.
1.
One who gathers after reapers.

2.
One who gathers slowly with labor.
Locke.


word: Gleaning
definition:
Gleaning

Glean"ing
n.
The act of gathering after reapers; that which is collected by gleaning.

Glenings of natural knowledge.
Cook.


word: Gleba
definition:
Gleba

Gle"ba
(?)
n.
pl. Glebæ (#)
[L., a clod.]
(Bot.)
The chambered sporogenous tissue forming the central mass of the sporophore in puff balls, stinkhorns, etc.


word: Glebe
definition:
Glebe

Glebe
(?)
n.
[F. glèbe, L. gleba, glaeba, clod, land, soil.]
1.
A lump; a clod.

2.
Turf; soil; ground; sod.

Fertile of corn the glebe, of oil, and wine.
Milton.

3.
(Eccl. Law)
The land belonging, or yielding revenue, to a parish church or ecclesiastical benefice.


word: Gleby
definition:
Gleby

Glebous

{ Gleb"ous (?), Gleb"y (?), }
a.
[Cf. L. glaebosus cloddy.]
Pertaining to the glebe; turfy; cloddy; fertile; fruitful.
Gleby
Prior.


word: Glede
definition:
Glede

Glede
(glēd)
n.
[AS. glida, akin to Icel. gleða, Sw. glada.  Cf. Glide, v. i.]
(Zool.)
The common European kite (Milvus ictinus). This name is also sometimes applied to the buzzard.
[Written also glead, gled, gleed, glade, and glide.]


word: Glee
definition:
Glee

Glee
(glē)
n.
[OE. gle, gleo, AS. gleów, gleó, akin to Icel. gl&ymacr_;: cf. Gr. _; joke, jest.]

1.
Music; minstrelsy; entertainment.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

2.
Joy; merriment; mirth; gayety; paricularly, the mirth enjoyed at a feast.
Spenser.

3.
(Mus.)
An unaccompanied part song for three or more solo voices. It is not necessarily gleesome.


word: Glee club
definition:
Glee club

Glee club
A club or company organized for singing glees, and (by extension) part songs, ballads, etc.


word: Gleed
definition:
Gleed

Gleed
(glēd)
n.
[AS. glēd, fr. gl&omacrwan to glow as a fire; akin to D. gloed, G. glut, Icel. gl&omacrð. See Glow, v. i.]
A live or glowing coal; a glede.
[Archaic]
Chaucer. Longfellow.


word: Gleek
definition:
Gleek

Gleek
(?)
n.
[Prob. fr. Icel. leika to play, play a trick on, with the prefix ge-; akin to AS. gelācan, Sw. leka to play, Dan. lege.]

1.
A jest or scoff; a trick or deception.
[Obs.]

Where's the Bastard's braves, and Charles his gleeks ?
Shak.

2.
[Cf. Glicke]
An enticing look or glance.
[Obs.]

A pretty gleek coming from Pallas' eye.
Beau. & Fl.


word: Gleek₃
definition:
Gleek

Gleek
n.
[OF. glic, G. glück, fortune. See Luck.]

1.
A game at cards, once popular, played by three persons.
[Obs.]
Pepys. Evelyn.

2.
Three of the same cards held in the same hand; -- hence, three of anything.
[Obs.]


word: Gleeman
definition:
Gleeman

Glee"man
(?)
n.
pl. Gleemen (#).
[Glee + man; AS. gleóman.]
A name anciently given to an itinerant minstrel or musician.


word: Gleet
definition:
Gleet

Gleet
(?)
n.
[OE. glette, glet, glat, mucus, pus, filth, OF. glete.]
(Med.)
A transparent mucous discharge from the membrane of the urethra, commonly an effect of gonorrhea.
Hoblyn.


word: Gleet₂
definition:
Gleet

Gleet
v. i.
1.
To flow in a thin, limpid humor; to ooze, as gleet.
Wiseman.

2.
To flow slowly, as water.
Cheyne.


word: Glen
definition:
Glen

Glen
(?)
n.
[Of Celtic origin; cf. W. glyn a deep valley, Ir. & Gael. gleann valley, glen.]
A secluded and narrow valley; a dale; a depression between hills.

And wooes the widow's daughter of the glen.
Spenser.


word: Glengarry bonnet
definition:
Glengarry bonnet

Glengarry

{ Glen*gar"ry (?), n., or Glen*gar"ry bon"net (?) }
[Name of a valley in Scotland.]
A kind of Highland Scotch cap for men, with straight sides and a hollow top sloping to the back, where it is parted and held together by ribbons or strings.
The long silk streamers of his Glengarry bonnet.
L. Hutton.


word: Glenlivet
definition:
Glenlivet

Glenlivat

{ Glen*liv"at (?), Glen*liv"et (?), }
n.
A kind of Scotch whisky, named from the district in which it was first made.
W. E. Aytoun.


word: Glenoid
definition:
Glenoid

Gle"noid
(?)
a.
[Gr. _;; _; socket of a joint + e'i^dos form; cf. F. glénoïde.]
(Anat.)
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.


word: Gleucometer
definition:
Gleucometer

Gleu*com"e*ter
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; must + -meter: cf. F. gleucomètre.]
An instrument for measuring the specific gravity and ascertaining the quantity of sugar contained in must.


word: Gley
definition:
Gley

Gley
(?)
v. i.
[OE. gli&yogh_;en, glien, gleien, to shine, to squint; cf. Icel. gljā to glitter.]
To squint; to look obliquely; to overlook things.
[Scot.]
Jamieson.


word: Gliadin
definition:
Gliadin

Gli"a*din
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; glue: cf. F. gliadine.]
(Chem.)
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.


word: Glib
definition:
Glib

Glib
(glĭb)
a.
[Compar. Glibber (glĭb"bẽr); superl. Glibbest (glĭb"bĕst).]
[Prob. fr. D. glibberen, glippen, to slide, glibberig, glipperig, glib, slippery.]

1.
Smooth; slippery; as, ice is glib.
[Obs.]

2.
Speaking or spoken smoothly and with flippant rapidity; fluent; voluble; as, a glib tongue; a glib speech.

I want that glib and oily art,
To speak and purpose not.
Shak.


word: Glib₃
definition:
Glib

Glib
n.
[Ir. & Gael. glib a lock of hair.]
A thick lock of hair, hanging over the eyes.
[Obs.]

The Irish have, from the Scythians, mantles and long glibs, which is a thick curied bush of hair hanging down over their eyes, and monstrously disguising them.
Spenser.

Their wild costume of the glib and mantle.
Southey.


word: Glib₄
definition:
Glib

Glib
v. t.
[Cf. O. & Prov. E. lib to castrate, geld, Prov. Dan. live, LG. & OD. lubben.]
To castrate; to geld; to emasculate.
[Obs.]
Shak.


word: Glibbery
definition:
Glibbery

Glib"ber*y
(?)
a.
1.
Slippery; changeable.
[Obs.]

My love is glibbery; there is no hold on't.
Marston.

2.
Moving easily; nimble; voluble.
[Obs.]

Thy lubrical and glibbery muse.
B. Jonson.


word: Glicke
definition:
Glicke

Glicke
(?)
n.
[Cf. Gleek, n., 2, and Ir. & Gael. glic wise, cunning, crafty.]
An ogling look.
[Obs.]


word: Gliddery
definition:
Gliddery

Glidder

{ Glid"der (?), Glid"der*y (?), }
a.
[Cf. Glide.]
Giving no sure footing; smooth; slippery.
[Prov. Eng.]

Shingle, slates, and gliddery stones.
R. D. Blackmore.


word: Glide₂
definition:
Glide

Glide
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Glided; p. pr. & vb. n. Gliding.]
[AS. glīdan; akin to D. glijden, OHG. glītan, G. gleiten, Sw. glida, Dan. glide, and prob. to E. glad.]

1.
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.

The river glideth at his own sweet will.
Wordsworth.

2.
(Phon.)
To pass with a glide, as the voice.

3.
(Aëronautics)
To move through the air by virtue of gravity or momentum; to volplane.


word: Glide₃
definition:
Glide

Glide
n.
1.
The act or manner of moving smoothly, swiftly, and without labor or obstruction.

They prey at last ensnared, he dreadful darts,
With rapid glide, along the leaning line.
Thomson.

Seeing Orlando, it unlink'd itself,
And with indented glides did slip away.
Shak.

2.
(Phon.)
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).

&hand_; The on-glide of a vowel or consonant is the glidemade in passing to it, the off-glide, one made in passing from it. Glides of the other sort are distinguished as initial or final, or fore-glides and after-glides. For voice-glide, see Guide to Pronunciation, §§ 17, 95.

3.
(Aëronautics)
Movement of a glider, aëroplane, etc., through the air under gravity or its own movement.


word: Glide path
definition:
Glide path

Glide path
(?)
n.
(Aeronautics)
the proper path for an airplane approaching a landing strip; also called glide slope.


word: Glider
definition:
Glider

Glid"er
(?)
n.
1.
One who, or that which, glides.

2.
a heavier-than-air flying machine similar to an airplane, but without an engine.  It is typically towed to a high altitide by a powered aircraft and then glides to earth with no other source of power.

3.
a type of seat used on porches or in gardens, which is mounted on a frame so that it may glide forward and backward.


word: Glide slope
definition:
Glide slope

Glide slope
(?)
n.
(Aeronautics)
1.
the proper path for an airplane approaching a landing strip; also called glide path.

2.
The path indicated by a radio beacon as the proper path for an airplane to use in approaching a landing strip.


word: Gliding angle
definition:
Gliding angle

Gliding angle
(Aëronautics)
The angle, esp. the least angle, at which a gliding machine or aëroplane will glide to earth by virtue of gravity without applied power.


word: Gliding machine
definition:
Gliding machine

Gliding machine
(Aëronautics)
A construction consisting essentially of one or more aëroplanes for gliding in an inclined path from a height to the ground.


word: Gliff
definition:
Gliff

Gliff
(?)
n.
[Cf. OE. gliffen, gliften, to look with fear at.]
1.
A transient glance; an unexpected view of something that startles one; a sudden fear.
[Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
Halliwell.

2.
A moment: as, for a gliff.
[Scot.]
Sir W. Scott.


word: Glim
definition:
Glim

Glim
(?)
n.
1.
Brightness; splendor.
[Obs.]

2.
A light or candle.
[Slang]
Dickens.

Douse the glim, put out the light. [Slang]


word: Glimmer
definition:
Glimmer

Glim"mer
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Glimmered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Glimmering.]
[Akin to G. glimmer a faint, trembling light, mica, glimmern to glimmer, glimmen to shine faintly, glow, Sw. glimma, Dan. glimre, D. glimmen, glimpen. See Gleam a ray, and cf. Glimpse.]
To give feeble or scattered rays of light; to shine faintly; to show a faint, unsteady light; as, the glimmering dawn; a glimmering lamp.

The west yet glimmers with some streaks of day.
Shak.


word: Glimmer₂
definition:
Glimmer

Glim"mer
n.
1.
A faint, unsteady light; feeble, scattered rays of light; also, a gleam.

Gloss of satin and glimmer of pearls.
Tennyson.

2.
Mica. See Mica.
Woodsward.

Glimmer gowk, an owl. [Prov. Eng.] Tennyson.


word: Glimmering
definition:
Glimmering

Glim"mer*ing
n.
1.
Faint, unsteady light; a glimmer.
South.

2.
A faint view or idea; a glimpse; an inkling.


word: Glimpse
definition:
Glimpse

Glimpse
(?)
n.
[For glimse, from the root of glimmer.]

1.
A sudden flash; transient luster.

LIght as the lightning glimpse they ran.
Milton.

2.
A short, hurried view; a transitory or fragmentary perception; a quick sight.

Here hid by shrub wood, there by glimpses seen.
S. Rogers.

3.
A faint idea; an inkling.


word: Glimpse₂
definition:
Glimpse

Glimpse
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Glimpsed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Glimpsing.]
to appear by glimpses; to catch glimpses.
Drayton.


word: Glimpse₃
definition:
Glimpse

Glimpse
v. t.
To catch a glimpse of; to see by glimpses; to have a short or hurried view of.

Some glimpsing and no perfect sight.
Chaucer.


word: Glint₂
definition:
Glint

Glint
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Glinted; p. pr. & vb. n. Glinting.]
[OE. glenten.  Cf. Glance, v. i., Glitter, v. i.]
To glance; to peep forth, as a flower from the bud; to glitter.
Burns.


word: glinting
definition:
glinting

glinting
adj.
having brief brilliant points or flashes of light; as, glinting eyes; glinting water.

Syn. -- aglitter(predicate), fulgid, glittering, glittery, scintillant, scintillating, scintillescent, sparkling(prenominal), sparkly.


word: Glioma
definition:
Glioma

Gli*o"ma
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _;  glue + -oma.]
(Med.)
A tumor springing from the neuroglia or connective tissue of the brain, spinal cord, or other portions of the nervous system.


word: Glires
definition:
Glires

Gli"res
(?)
n. pl.
[L., dormice.]
(Zool.)
An order of mammals; the Rodentia.
Gli"rine (#), a.


word: Gliridae
definition:
Gliridae

Gliridae
n.
A natural family of rodents including the dormice and other Old World forms.

Syn. -- family Gliridae.


word: Glissade
definition:
Glissade

Glis`sade"
(?)
n.
[F., fr. glisser to slip.]
1.
A sliding, as down a snow slope.
Tyndall.

2.
A dance step consisting of a glide or slide to one side.


word: Glissando
definition:
Glissando

Glis*san"do
(?)
n. & a.
[As if It. = Fr. glissant sliding.]
(Mus.)
A gliding effect; gliding.


word: Glissette
definition:
Glissette

Glis*sette"
(?)
n.
[F., fr. glisser to slip.]
(Math.)
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.


word: Glisten
definition:
Glisten

Glis"ten
(glĭs"'n)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Glistened (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Glistening (?).]
[OE. glistnian, akin to glisnen, glisien, AS. glisian, glisnian, akin to E. glitter. See Glitter, v. i., and cf. Glister, 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.


word: glistening
definition:
glistening

glistening
adj.
Reflecting light readily or in large amounts; having a surface luster; reflecting light directly rather than scattering it.

Syn. -- glossy, nitid, sheeny, shiny.


word: Glister
definition:
Glister

Glis"ter
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Glistered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Glistering.]
[OE. glistren; akin to G. glistern,glinstern, D. glinsteren, and E. glisten. See Glisten.]
To be bright; to sparkle; to be brilliant; to shine; to glisten; to glitter.

All that glisters is not gold.
Shak.


word: glitch
definition:
glitch

glitch
n.
1.
A fault or defect in a system, plan, or machine.

Syn. -- bug.

2.
(Elect.)
A brief surge or interruption in the voltage in an electrical circuit or device.


word: Glitter
definition:
Glitter

Glit"ter
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Glittered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Glittering.]
[OE. gliteren; akin to Sw. glittra, Icel. glitra, glita, AS. glitenian, OS. glītan, OHG. glīzzan, G. gleissen, Goth. glitmunjan, and also to E. glint, glisten, and prob. glance, gleam.]

1.
To sparkle with light; to shine with a brilliant and broken light or showy luster; to gleam; as, a glittering sword.

The field yet glitters with the pomp of war.
Dryden.

2.
To be showy, specious, or striking, and hence attractive; as, the glittering scenes of a court.


word: Glitter₂
definition:
Glitter

Glit"ter
n.
A bright, sparkling light; brilliant and showy luster; brilliancy; as, the glitter of arms; the glitter of royal equipage.
Milton.


word: Gloam
definition:
Gloam

Gloam
(?)
v. i.
[See Gloom, Glum.]

1.
To begin to grow dark; to grow dusky.

2.
To be sullen or morose.
[Obs.]


word: Gloaming
definition:
Gloaming

Gloam"ing
n.
[See Gloom.]
1.
Twilight; dusk; the fall of the evening.
[Scot. & North of Eng., and in poetry.]
Hogg.

2.
Sullenness; melancholy.
[Obs.]
J. Still.


word: Gloat
definition:
Gloat

Gloat
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Gloated; p. pr. & vb. n. Gloating.]
[Akin to Icel. glotta to smile scornfully, G. glotzen to gloat.]
To look steadfastly; to gaze earnestly; to gaze with passionate desire, lust, or avarice.

2.
To gaze with malignant satisfaction; to exult maliciously, sometimes also triumphantly, in another's loss or discomfort; -- usually in a bad sense.

In vengeance gloating on another's pain.
Byron.


word: glob
definition:
glob

glob
n.
1.
a compact mass, especially of a semiliquid or viscous substance; as, a glob of glue fell on my shoe.

Syn. -- ball, clod, lump, clump, chunk.


word: global
definition:
global

glob"al
adj.
1.
involving the entire earth; not limited or provincial in scope; as, global war; global monetary policy.

Syn. -- planetary, worldwide.

2.
shaped like a globe; spherical.

Syn. -- ball-shaped, globose, globular, orbicular, spheric, spherical.

3.
broad in scope or content; comprehensive.  Opposite of noncomprehensive.

Syn. -- all-embracing, all-inclusive, across-the-board, blanket(prenominal), broad, complete, panoptic, wide.

4.
(Computers)
Accessible and effective throughout an entire computer program, rather than in only one subroutine; -- used of variables; as, global variable.  Opposite of local.


word: Global Positioning System
definition:
Global Positioning System

Glob"al Po*si"tion*ing Sys"tem
n.
(gl&omacr"b'l po̝*zĭsh"ŭn*ĭng sĭs"tĕm)
A worldwide system of electronic navigation in which a vessel,
aircraft or missile determines its latitude and longitude by measuring
the transmission time from several orbiting satellites.  GPS
is more precise than any other navigation system available, yielding
position accurate within 10 meters 95% of the time.

Syn. -- GPS.


  The precision of the GPS is dependent upon the very high timing accuracy of atomic clocks.  Although the military originally intentionally degraded the signal and thus the accuracy for civilian users, GPS was nevertheless more precise than any other navigation system available.  In 2000,  President Clinton issued an executive order discontinuing the degrading of the signal for civilians.

On June 26, 1993 . . . the U.S. Air Force launched the 24th Navstar satellite into orbit, completing a network of 24 satellites known as the Global Positioning System, or GPS.  With a GPS receiver that costs less than a few hundred dollars you can instantly learn your location on the planet -- your latitude, longitude, and even altitude -- to within a few hundred feet.
    This incredible new technology was made possible by a combination of scientific and engineering advances, particularly development of the world's most accurate timepieces: atomic clocks that are precise to within a billionth of a second.
http://www4.nationalacademies.org/beyond/beyonddiscovery.nsf/web/gps?OpenDocument


word: Globated
definition:
Globated

Globate

{ Glo"bate (?), Glo"ba*ted (?), }
a.
[L. globatus, p. p. of globare to make into a ball, fr. globus ball.]
Having the form of a globe; spherical.


word: Globe
definition:
Globe

Globe
(gl&omacrb)
n.
[L. globus, perh. akin to L. glomus a ball of yarn, and E. clump, golf: cf. F. globe.]
1.
A round or spherical body, solid or hollow; a body whose surface is in every part equidistant from the center; a ball; a sphere.

2.
Anything which is nearly spherical or globular in shape; as, the globe of the eye; the globe of a lamp.

3.
The earth; the terraqueous ball; -- usually preceded by the definite article.
Locke.

4.
A round model of the world; a spherical representation of the earth or heavens; as, a terrestrial or celestial globe; -- called also artificial globe.

5.
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.

Him round
A globe of fiery seraphim inclosed.
Milton.

Globe amaranth (Bot.), a plant of the genus Gomphrena (G. globosa), bearing round heads of variously colored flowers, which long retain color when gathered. -- Globe animalcule, a small, globular, locomotive organism (Volvox globator), once throught to be an animal, afterward supposed to be a colony of microscopic algæ. -- Globe of compression (Mil.), a kind of mine producing a wide crater; -- called also overcharged mine. -- Globe daisy (Bot.), a plant or flower of the genus Globularing, common in Europe. The flowers are minute and form globular heads. -- Globe sight, a form of front sight placed on target rifles. -- Globe slater (Zool.), an isopod crustacean of the genus Spheroma. -- Globe thistle (Bot.), a thistlelike plant with the flowers in large globular heads (Cynara Scolymus); also, certain species of the related genus Echinops. -- Globe valve. (a) A ball valve. (b) A valve inclosed in a globular chamber. Knight.


word: Globe₂
definition:
Globe

Globe
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Globed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Globing.]
To gather or form into a globe.


word: Globefish
definition:
Globefish

Globe"fish`
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
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.


word: Globeflower
definition:
Globeflower

Globe"flow`er
(?)
n.
(Bot.)
(a)
A plant of the genus Trollius (T. Europæus), found in the mountainous parts of Europe, and producing handsome globe-shaped flowers.
(b)
The American plant Trollius laxus.

Japan globeflower. See Corchorus.


word: globetrot
definition:
globetrot

globe-trot

globe"-trot`, globe"trot`
v. i.
to travel all over the world for pleasure and sightseeing.
globe"-trot`ter, n. -- globe"-trot`ting, a.


word: Globicephala
definition:
Globicephala

Globicephala
n.
(Zool.)
A genus comprising the pilot whales.

Syn. -- genus Globicephala.


word: Globigerina
definition:
Globigerina

Glo*big`e*ri"na
(?)
n.
pl. Globigerinæ (#).
[NL., fr. L. globus a round body + gerere to bear.]
(Zool.)
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.


word: globin
definition:
globin

globin
n.
(Biochem.)
a colorless protein obtained by removing heme from hemoglobin; the protein part of hemoglobin.


word: Globose
definition:
Globose

Glo*bose"
(?)
a.
[L. globosus.]
Having a rounded form resembling that of a globe; globular, or nearly so; spherical.
Milton.


word: Globular
definition:
Globular

Glob"u*lar
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. globulaire.]
Globe-shaped; having the form of a ball or sphere; spherical, or nearly so; as, globular atoms.
Milton.

Globular chart, a chart of the earth's surface constructed on the principles of the globular projection. -- Globular projection (Map Projection), a perspective projection of the surface of a hemisphere upon a plane parallel to the base of the hemisphere, the point of sight being taken in the axis produced beyond the surface of the opposite hemisphere a distance equal to the radius of the sphere into the sine of 45°. -- Globular sailing, sailing on the arc of a great circle, or so as to make the shortest distance between two places; circular sailing.


word: Globule
definition:
Globule

Glob"ule
(?)
n.
[L. globulus, dim. of globus globe: cf. F. globule.]
1.
A little globe; a small particle of matter, of a spherical form.

Globules of snow.
Sir I. Newton.

These minute globules [a mole's eyes] are sunk . . . deeply in the skull.
Paley.

2.
(Biol.)
A minute spherical or rounded structure; as blood, lymph, and pus corpuscles, minute fungi, spores, etc.

3.
A little pill or pellet used by homeopathists.


word: Globuliferous
definition:
Globuliferous

Glob`u*lif"er*ous
(?)
a.
[Globule + -ferous.]
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.


word: Globulimeter
definition:
Globulimeter

Glob`u*lim"e*ter
(?)
n.
[Globule + -meter.]
(Physiol.)
An instrument for measuring the number of red blood corpuscles in the blood.

&hand_; The method depends on the differences of tint obtained by mixing a sample of the blood with sodium carbonate solution.


word: Globulin
definition:
Globulin

Glob"u*lin
(?)
n.
[From Globule: cf. F. globuline.]
(Phisiol. Chem.)
An albuminous body, insoluble in water, but soluble in dilute solutions of salt. It is present in the red blood corpuscles united with hæmatin to form hæmoglobin. 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.


word: Globulite
definition:
Globulite

Glob"u*lite
(?)
n.
[See Globule.]
(Min.)
A rudimentary form of crystallite, spherical in shape.


word: Globulous
definition:
Globulous

Glob"u*lous
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. globuleux.]
Globular; spherical; orbicular.
Glob"u*lous*ness, n.


word: Glochidiate
definition:
Glochidiate

Glo*chid"i*ate
(?)
a.
[Gr. _; point of an arrow.]
(Bot.)
Having barbs; as, glochidiate bristles.
Gray.


word: Glochidium
definition:
Glochidium

Glo*chid"i*um
(?)
n.
pl. Glochidia (#).
[NL., fr. Gr. _; the point of an arrow.]
(Zool.)
The larva or young of the mussel, formerly thought to be a parasite upon the parent's gills.


word: Glockenspiel
definition:
Glockenspiel

Glock"en*spiel`
(?)
n.
[G.; glocke bell + spiel play.]
(Music)
An instrument, originally a series of bells on an iron rod, now a set of flat metal bars, diatonically tuned, giving a bell-like tone when played with a mallet; a carillon.


word: Glome
definition:
Glome

Glombe

{ Glombe (?), Glome (?), }
v. i.
To gloom; to look gloomy, morose, or sullen.
[Obs.]
Surrey.


word: Glome₃
definition:
Glome

Glome
(?)
n.
[L. glomus a ball.  Cf. Globe.]
(Anat.)
One of the two prominences at the posterior extremity of the frog of the horse's foot.


word: Glomerate
definition:
Glomerate

Glom"er*ate
(?)
a.
[L. glomeratus, p. p. of glomerare to glomerate, from glomus. See 3d Glome.]
Gathered together in a roundish mass or dense cluster; conglomerate.


word: Glomerate₂
definition:
Glomerate

Glom"er*ate
(?)
v. t. & i.
[imp. & p. p. Glomerated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Glomerating (?).]
To gather or wind into a ball; to collect into a spherical form or mass, as threads.


word: Glomeration
definition:
Glomeration

Glom`er*a"tion
(?)
n.
[L. glomeratio.]

1.
The act of forming or gathering into a ball or round mass; the state of being gathered into a ball; conglomeration.

2.
That which is formed into a ball; a ball.
Bacon.


word: Glomerous
definition:
Glomerous

Glom"er*ous
(?)
a.
[L. glomerosus, fr. glomus. See 3d Glome.]
Gathered or formed into a ball or round mass.
[Obs.]
Blount.


word: Glomerule
definition:
Glomerule

Glom"er*ule
(?)
n.
[Dim. fr. L. glomus ball.]

1.
(Bot.)
A head or dense cluster of flowers, formed by condensation of a cyme, as in the flowering dogwood.

2.
(Anat.)
A glomerulus.


word: Glomerulus
definition:
Glomerulus

Glo*mer"u*lus
(?)
n.
pl. Glomeruli (#).
[NL., dim. of L. glomus. See 3d Glome.]
(Anat.)
The bunch of looped capillary blood vessels in a Malpighian capsule of the kidney.


word: Glomuliferous
definition:
Glomuliferous

Glom`u*lif"er*ous
(?)
a.
[L. glomus a ball + -ferous.]
(Biol.)
Having small clusters of minutely branched coral-like excrescences.
M. C. Cooke.


word: Glonoine
definition:
Glonoine

Glonoin

{ Glon"o*in Glon"o*ine }
(?)
n.
[Glycerin + oxygen + nitrogen + -in, -ine.]

1.
Same as Nitroglycerin; -- called also oil of glonoin.
[Obs.]

2.
(Med.)
A dilute solution of nitroglycerin used as a neurotic.


word: Gloom
definition:
Gloom

Gloom
(glōm)
n.
[AS. gl&omacrm twilight, from the root of E. glow. See Glow, and cf. Glum, Gloam.]

1.
Partial or total darkness; thick shade; obscurity; as, the gloom of a forest, or of midnight.

2.
A shady, gloomy, or dark place or grove.

Before a gloom of stubborn-shafted oaks.
Tennyson .

3.
Cloudiness or heaviness of mind; melancholy; aspect of sorrow; low spirits; dullness.

A sullen gloom and furious disorder prevailed by fits.
Burke.

4.
In gunpowder manufacture, the drying oven.


word: Gloom₂
definition:
Gloom

Gloom
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Gloomed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Glooming.]
1.
To shine or appear obscurely or imperfectly; to glimmer.

2.
To become dark or dim; to be or appear dismal, gloomy, or sad; to come to the evening twilight.

The black gibbet glooms beside the way.
Goldsmith.

[This weary day] . . . at last I see it gloom.
Spenser.


word: Gloom₃
definition:
Gloom

Gloom
v. t.
1.
To render gloomy or dark; to obscure; to darken.

A bow window . . . gloomed with limes.
Walpole.

A black yew gloomed the stagnant air.
Tennyson.

2.
To fill with gloom; to make sad, dismal, or sullen.

Such a mood as that which lately gloomed
Your fancy.
Tennison.

What sorrows gloomed that parting day.
Goldsmith.


word: Glooming
definition:
Glooming

Gloom"ing
n.
[Cf. Gloaming.]
Twilight (of morning or evening); the gloaming.

When the faint glooming in the sky
First lightened into day.
Trench.

The balmy glooming, crescent-lit.
Tennyson.


word: Gloomy
definition:
Gloomy

Gloom"y
(?)
a.
[Compar. Gloomier (?); superl. Gloomiest.]
1.
Imperfectly illuminated; dismal through obscurity or darkness; dusky; dim; clouded; as, the cavern was gloomy.
gloomiest
Milton.

2.
Affected with, or expressing, gloom; melancholy; dejected; as, a gloomy temper or countenance.


word: Gloppen
definition:
Gloppen

Glop"pen
(gl&obreve_;p"pen)
v. t. & i.
[OE. glopnen to be frightened, frighten: cf. Icel. glūpna to look downcast.]
To surprise or astonish; to be startled or astonished.
[Prov. Eng.]
Halliwell.


word: Gloria
definition:
Gloria

Glo"ri*a
(?)
n.
[L., glory.]
(Eccl.)
(a)
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.
(b)
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.
(c)
The musical setting of a gloria.


word: Gloriation
definition:
Gloriation

Glo`ri*a"tion
(?)
n.
[L. gloriatio, from gloriari to glory, boast, fr. gloria glory. See Glory, n.]
Boast; a triumphing.
[Obs.]
Bp. Richardson.

Internal gloriation or triumph of the mind.
Hobbes.


word: Glorification
definition:
Glorification

Glo`ri*fi*ca"tion
(?)
n.
[L. glorificatio: cf. F. glorification. See Glorify.]
1.
The act of glorifying or of giving glory to.
Jer. Taylor.

2.
The state of being glorifed; as, the glorification of Christ after his resurrection.


word: glorified
definition:
glorified

glorified
adj.
1.
accorded sacrosanct or authoritative standing.

Syn. -- canonized.

2.
Made to appear more important or better than it actually is; as, The Chief Financial Officer was little more than a glorified accountant.


word: Glorify
definition:
Glorify

Glo"ri*fy
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Glorified (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Glorifying.]
[F. glorifier, L. glorificare; gloria glory + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See -fy.]

1.
To make glorious by bestowing glory upon; to confer honor and distinction upon; to elevate to power or happiness, or to celestial glory.

Jesus was not yet glorified.
John vii. 39.

2.
To make glorious in thought or with the heart, by ascribing glory to; to acknowledge the excellence of; to render homage to; to magnify in worship; to adore.

That we for thee may glorify the Lord.
Shak.

3.
To make (something or someone) appear to be more important, splendid, or valuable than would normally be thought; as, to glorify every routine job by giving its performer the title “engineer”..


word: Gloriole
definition:
Gloriole

Glo"ri*ole
(?)
n.
[L. gloriola a small glory, dim. of gloria glory.]
An aureole.
[R.]
Msr. Browning.


word: Gloriosa
definition:
Gloriosa

Glo`ri*o"sa
(?)
n.
[Nl., fr. L. gloriosus. See Glorious.]
(Bot.)
A genus of climbing plants with very showy lilylike blossoms, natives of India.


word: Glorious
definition:
Glorious

Glo"ri*ous
(?)
a.
[OF. glorios, glorious, F. glorieux, fr. L. gloriosus. See Glory, n.]

1.
Exhibiting attributes, qualities, or acts that are worthy of or receive glory; noble; praiseworthy; excellent; splendid; illustrious; inspiring admiration; as, glorious deeds.

These are thy glorious works, Parent of good !
Milton.

2.
Eager for glory or distinction; haughty; boastful; ostentatious; vainglorious.
[Obs.]

Most miserable
Is the desire that's glorious.
Shak.

3.
Ecstatic; hilarious; elated with drink.
[Colloq.]

kings may be blest, but Tam was glorious,
O'er all the ills of life victorious.
Burns.

During his office treason was no crime,
The sons of Belial had a glorious time.
Dryden.
Sing ye to the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously.
Ex. xv. 21.

I speak it not gloriously, nor out of affectation.
B. Jonson.


word: Glory
definition:
Glory

Glo"ry
(gl&omacr"r&ybreve_;; 111)
n.
[OE. glorie, OF. glorie, gloire, F. gloire, fr. L. gloria; prob. akin to Gr. kle`os, Skr. çravas glory, praise, çru to hear. See Loud.]
1.
Praise, honor, admiration, or distinction, accorded by common consent to a person or thing; high reputation; honorable fame; renown.

Glory to God in the highest.
Luke ii. 14.

Spread his glory through all countries wide.
Spenser.

2.
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.

Think it no glory to swell in tyranny.
Sir P. Sidney.

Jewels lose their glory if neglected.
Shak.

Your sex's glory 't is to shine unknown.
Young.

3.
Pride; boastfulness; arrogance.

In glory of thy fortunes.
Chapman.

4.
The presence of the Divine Being; the manifestations of the divine nature and favor to the blessed in heaven; celestial honor; heaven.

Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.
Ps. lxxiii. 24.

5.
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.

&hand_; This is the general term; when confined to the head it is properly called nimbus; when encircling the whole body, aureola or aureole.

Glory hole, an opening in the wall of a glass furnace, exposing the brilliant white light of the interior. Knight. -- Glory pea (Bot.), the name of two leguminous plants (Clianthus Dampieri and C. puniceus) of Australia and New Zeland. They have showy scarlet or crimson flowers. -- Glory tree (Bot.), a name given to several species of the verbenaceous genus Clerodendron, showy flowering shrubs of tropical regions.


word: Glory₂
definition:
Glory

Glo"ry
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Gloried (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Glorying.]
[OE. glorien, OF. glorier, fr. L. gloriari, fr. gloria glory. See Glory, n.]

1.
To exult with joy; to rejoice.

Glory ye in his holy name.
Ps. cv._;

2.
To boast; to be proud.

God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Gal. vi. 14

No one . . . should glory in his prosperity.
Richardson.


word: Gloss
definition:
Gloss

Gloss
(gl&obreve_;s)
n.
[Cf. Icel. glossi a blaze, glys finery, MHG. glosen to glow, G. glosten to glimmer; perh. akin to E. glass.]
1.
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.

It is no part . . . to set on the face of this cause any fairer gloss than the naked truth doth afford.
Hooker.

2.
A specious appearance; superficial quality or show.

To me more dear, congenial to my heart,
One native charm than all the gloss of art.
Goldsmith.


word: Gloss₂
definition:
Gloss

Gloss
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Glossed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Glossing.]
To give a superficial luster or gloss to; to make smooth and shining; as, to gloss cloth.

The glossed and gleamy wave.
J. R. Drake.


word: Gloss₃
definition:
Gloss

Gloss
n.
[OE. glose, F. glose, L. glossa a difficult word needing explanation, fr. Gr. _; tongue, language, word needing explanation.  Cf. Gloze, Glossary, Glottis.]

1.
A foreign, archaic, technical, or other uncommon word requiring explanation.
[Obs.]

2.
An interpretation, consisting of one or more words, interlinear or marginal; an explanatory note or comment; a running commentary.

All this, without a gloss or comment,
He would unriddle in a moment.
Hudibras.

Explaining the text in short glosses.
T. Baker.

3.
A false or specious explanation.
Dryden.


word: Gloss₄
definition:
Gloss

Gloss
(gl&obreve_;s)
v. t.
1.
To render clear and evident by comments; to illustrate; to explain; to annotate.

2.
To give a specious appearance to; to render specious and plausible; to palliate by specious explanation.

You have the art to gloss the foulest cause.
Philips.


word: Gloss₅
definition:
Gloss

Gloss
(?)
v. i.
1.
To make comments; to comment; to explain.
Dryden.

2.
To make sly remarks, or insinuations.
Prior.


word: Glossa
definition:
Glossa

Glos"sa
(?)
n.
pl. Glossæ (#).
[NL., fr. Gr. _; the tongue.]
(Zool.)
The tongue, or lingua, of an insect. See Hymenoptera.


word: Glossanthrax
definition:
Glossanthrax

Glos*san"thrax
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; tongue + E. anthrax: cf. F. glossanthrax.]
A disease of horses and cattle accompanied by carbuncles in the mouth and on the tongue.


word: Glossarial
definition:
Glossarial

Glos*sa"ri*al
(?)
a.
Of or pertaining to glosses or to a glossary; containing a glossary.


word: Glossarist
definition:
Glossarist

Glos"sa*rist
(?)
n.
A writer of glosses or of a glossary; a commentator; a scholiast.
Tyrwhitt.


word: Glossary
definition:
Glossary

Glos"sa*ry
(?)
n.
pl. Gossaries (#).
[L. glossarium, fr. glossa: cf. F. glossaire. See 3d Gloss.]
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.


word: Glossator
definition:
Glossator

Glos*sa"tor
(?)
n.
[LL. See 3d Gloss.]
A writer of glosses or comments; a commentator.
[R.]
glossators
Milman.


word: Glossic
definition:
Glossic

Glos"sic
(gl&obreve_;s"sĭk)
n.
[L. glossa a word requiring a gloss. See 3d Gloss.]
A system of phonetic spelling based upon the present values of English letters, but invariably using one symbol to represent one sound only.

Ingglish Glosik konvai·z hwotev·er proanusiai·shon iz inten·ded bei dhi reiter.
A. J. Ellis.


word: glossina
definition:
glossina

glossina
n.
A blood-sucking African fly that transmits sleeping sickness etc.; the tsetse fly.

Syn. -- tsetse fly, tsetse, tzetze fly, tzetze.


word: Glossiness
definition:
Glossiness

Gloss"i*ness
n.
[From Glossy.]
The condition or quality of being glossy; the luster or brightness of a smooth surface.
Boyle.


word: Glossitis
definition:
Glossitis

Glos*si"tis
(?)
n.
[NL., from Gr. _; tongue + -itis.]
(Med.)
Inflammation of the tongue.


word: Glossoepiglottic
definition:
Glossoepiglottic

Glos`so*ep`i*glot"tic
(?)
a.
[Gr. _; tongue + E. epiglottic.]
(Anat.)
Pertaining to both tongue and epiglottis; as, glossoepiglottic folds.


word: Glossographer
definition:
Glossographer

Glos"sog"ra*pher
(?)
n.
[Gr. _;; _; tongue + _; to write. See 3d Gloss.]
A writer of a glossary; a commentator; a scholiast.
Hayward.


word: Glossography
definition:
Glossography

Glos"sog"ra*phy
(?)
n.
[See Glossographer.]
The writing of glossaries, glosses, or comments for illustrating an author.


word: Glossohyal
definition:
Glossohyal

Glos`so*hy"al
(?)
a.
[Gr. _; the tongue + the letter _;.]
(Anat.)
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.


word: Glossolaly
definition:
Glossolaly

Glossolalia

{ &VerbarGlos`so*la"li*a (?), Glos*sol"a*ly (?), }
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _; tongue + _; talk: cf. F. glossolalie.]
The gift of tongues. Farrar.


word: Glossologist
definition:
Glossologist

Glos*sol"o*gist
(?)
n.
One who defines and explains terms; one who is versed in glossology.


word: Glossology
definition:
Glossology

Glos*sol"o*gy
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; tongue + -logy: cf. F. glossologie. See 3d Gloss.]
1.
The definition and explanation of terms; a glossary.

2.
The science of language; comparative philology; linguistics; glottology.


word: Glossopharyngeal
definition:
Glossopharyngeal

Glos`so*phar`yn*ge"al
(gl&obreve_;s"do̝*făr`ĭn*jē"al or gl&obreve_;s"do̝*fȧ*rĭn"je̝*al)
a.
[Gr. glw^ssa the tongue + E. pharyngeal.]
(Anat.)
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.


word: Glossy
definition:
Glossy

Gloss"y
(gl&obreve_;s"&ybreve_;)
a.
[Compar. Glossier (gl&obreve_;s"ĭ*ẽr); superl. Glossiest.]
[See Gloss luster.]
1.
Smooth and shining; reflecting luster from a smooth surface; highly polished; lustrous; as, glossy silk; a glossy surface.

2.
Smooth; specious; plausible; as, glossy deceit.


word: Glost oven
definition:
Glost oven

Glost" ov`en
(?)
An oven in which glazed pottery is fired; -- also called glaze kiln, or glaze.


word: Glottal
definition:
Glottal

Glot"tal
(?)
a.
Of or pertaining to, or produced by, the glottis; glottic.

Glottal catch, an effect produced upon the breath or voice by a sudden opening or closing of the glotts. Sweet.


word: Glottidean
definition:
Glottidean

Glottic

{ Glot"tic (?), Glot*tid"e*an (?), }
a.
Of or pertaining to the glottis; glottal.


word: Glottis
definition:
Glottis

Glot"tis
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _;, _;, from _;, _;, the tongue. See Gloss an explanatory remark.]
(Anat.)
The opening from the pharynx into the larynx or into the trachea. See Larynx.


word: Glottology
definition:
Glottology

Glot*tol"o*gy
(?)
n.
[Gr. _;, _;, the tongue + -logy.]
The science of tongues or languages; comparative philology; glossology.


word: Glove
definition:
Glove

Glove
(glŭv)
n.
[OE. glove, glofe, AS. gl&omacrf; akin to Icel. gl&omacrfi, cf. Goth. l&omacrfa palm of the hand, Icel. l&omacrfi.]

1.
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.

2.
A boxing glove.

Boxing glove. See under Boxing. -- Glove fight, a pugilistic contest in which the fighters wear boxing gloves. -- Glove money or Glove silver. (a) A tip or gratuity to servants, professedly to buy gloves with. (b) (Eng. Law.) A reward given to officers of courts; also, a fee given by the sheriff of a county to the clerk of assize and judge's officers, when there are no offenders to be executed. -- Glove sponge (Zool.), a fine and soft variety of commercial sponges (Spongia officinalis). -- To be hand and glove with, to be intimately associated or on good terms with. “Hand and glove with traitors.” J. H. Newman. -- To handle without gloves, to treat without reserve or tenderness; to deal roughly with. [Colloq.] -- To take up the glove, to accept a challenge or adopt a quarrel. -- To throw down the glove, to challenge to combat.


word: Glove₂
definition:
Glove

Glove
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Gloved (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Gloving.]
To cover with, or as with, a glove.


word: Glover
definition:
Glover

Glov"er
(?)
n.
One whose trade it is to make or sell gloves.

Glover's suture or Glover's stitch, a kind of stitch used in sewing up wounds, in which the thread is drawn alternately through each side from within outward.


word: Glow
definition:
Glow

Glow
(gl&omacr)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Glowed (gl&omacrd); p. pr. & vb. n. Glowing.]
[AS. gl&omacrwan; akin to D. gloeijen, OHG. gluoen, G. glühen, Icel. gl&omacra, Dan. gloende glowing. √94.  Cf. Gloom.]

1.
To shine with an intense or white heat; to give forth vivid light and heat; to be incandescent.

Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees.
Pope.

2.
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.

Clad in a gown that glows with Tyrian rays.
Dryden.

And glow with shame of your proceedings.
Shak.

3.
To feel hot; to have a burning sensation, as of the skin, from friction, exercise, etc.; to burn.

Did not his temples glow
In the same sultry winds and acrching heats?
Addison.

The cord slides swiftly through his glowing hands.
Gay.

4.
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.

With pride it mounts, and with revenge it glows.
Dryden.

Burns with one love, with one resentment glows.
Pope.


word: Glow₂
definition:
Glow

Glow
v. t.
To make hot; to flush.
[Poetic]

Fans, whose wind did seem
To glow the delicate cheeks which they did cool.
Shak.


word: Glow₃
definition:
Glow

Glow
n.
1.
White or red heat; incandscence.

2.
Brightness or warmth of color; redness; a rosy flush; as, the glow of health in the cheeks.

3.
Intense excitement or earnestness; vehemence or heat of passion; ardor.

The red glow of scorn.
Shak.

4.
Heat of body; a sensation of warmth, as that produced by exercise, etc.


word: Glower
definition:
Glower

Glow"er
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Glowered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Glowering.]
[Cf. Gloar.]
to look intently; to stare angrily or with a scowl.
Thackeray.


word: glowering
definition:
glowering

glowering
adj.
having a cheerless aspect or disposition.

Syn. -- dour, glum, moody, morose, saturnine, sour, sullen.


word: glowing
definition:
glowing

glowing
adj.
1.
softly bright or radiant.

Syn. -- aglow(predicate), lambent, luminous, lucent.

2.
highly enthusiastic; as, glowing praise.

3.
brilliantly colored and apparently giving off light.

Syn. -- fluorescent.

4.
afire; as, glowing embers.
[prenominal]

Syn. -- burning.


word: Glowlamp
definition:
Glowlamp

Glow"lamp`
(?)
n.
1.
(Chem.)
An aphlogistic lamp. See Aphlogistic.

2.
(Elect.)
An incandescent lamp. See Incandescent, a.


word: Glowworm
definition:
Glowworm

Glow"worm`
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
A coleopterous insect of the genus Lampyris; esp., the wingless females and larvæ of the two European species (L. noctiluca, and L. splendidula), which emit light from some of the abdominal segments.

Like a glowworm in the night,
The which hath fire in darkness, none in light.
Shak.

&hand_; The male is winged, and is supposed to be attracted by the light of the female. In America, the luminous larvæ of several species of fireflies and fire beetles are called glowworms. Both sexes of these are winged when mature. See Firefly.


word: Gloxinia
definition:
Gloxinia

Glox*in"i*a
(?)
n.
[NL.]
(Bot.)
American genus of herbaceous plants with very handsome bell-shaped blossoms; -- named after B. P. Gloxin, a German botanist.


word: Gloze
definition:
Gloze

Gloze
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Glozed(?); p. pr. & vb. n. Glozing.]
[OE. glosen, F. gloser. See gloss explanation.]

1.
To flatter; to wheedle; to fawn; to talk smoothly.
Chaucer.

A false, glozing parasite.
South.

So glozed the tempter, and his proem tuned.
Milton.

2.
To give a specious or false meaning; to ministerpret.
Shak.


word: Gloze₂
definition:
Gloze

Gloze
v. t.
To smooth over; to palliate.

By glozing the evil that is in the world.
I. Taylor.


word: Gloze₃
definition:
Gloze

Gloze
n.
1.
Flattery; adulation; smooth speech.

Now to plain dealing; lay these glozes by.
Shak.

2.
Specious show; gloss.
[Obs.]
Sir P. Sidney.


word: Glucic
definition:
Glucic

Glu"cic
(?)
a.
[Gr. _; sweet.]
(Chem.)
Pertaining to, or obtained from, sugar; as, glucic acid.


word: Glucina
definition:
Glucina

Glu*ci"na
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. glycine, glucine. So called because it forms sweet salts. See Glucinum.]
(Chem.)
A white or gray tasteless powder, the oxide of the element glucinum; -- formerly called glucine.


word: Glucinic
definition:
Glucinic

Glu*cin"ic
(?)
a.
(Chem.)
Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, glucinum; as, glucinic oxide.


word: Glucinum
definition:
Glucinum

Glu*ci"num
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. glucinium, glycium, fr. Gr. _;, sweet.  Cf. Glycerin.]
(Chem.)
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.
[Formerly written also glucinium.]


word: Gluconic
definition:
Gluconic

Glu*con"ic
(?)
a.
Pertaining to, or derived from, glucose.

Gluconic acid (Chem.), an organic acid, obtained as a colorless, sirupy liquid, by the oxidation of glucose; -- called also maltonic acid, and dextronic acid.


word: Glucose
definition:
Glucose

Glu"cose`
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; sweet.  Cf. Glycerin.]

1.
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.

2.
(Chem.)
Any one of a large class of sugars, isometric with glucose proper, and including levulose, galactose, etc.

3.
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.


word: Glucoside
definition:
Glucoside

Glu"co*side
(?)
n.
[See Glucose.]
(Chem.)
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.


word: Glucosuria
definition:
Glucosuria

Glu`co*su"ri*a
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. E. glucose + Gr. _; urine.]
(Med.)
A condition in which glucose is discharged in the urine; diabetes mellitus.


word: Glue
definition:
Glue

Glue
(glū)
n.
[F. glu, L. glus, akin to gluten, from gluere to draw together.  Cf. Gluten.]
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.

Bee glue. See under Bee. -- Fish glue, a strong kind of glue obtained from fish skins and bladders; isinglass. -- Glue plant (Bot.), a fucoid seaweed (Gloiopeltis tenax). -- Liquid glue, a fluid preparation of glue and acetic acid or alcohol. -- Marine glue, a solution of caoutchouc in naphtha, with shellac, used in shipbuilding.


word: Glue₂
definition:
Glue

Glue
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Glued (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Gluing.]
[F. gluer. See 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.

This cold, congealed blood
That glues my lips, and will not let me speak.
Shak.


word: glued
definition:
glued

glued
adj.
1.
affixed with glue or paste.

Syn. -- pasted, stuck to(predicate).

2.
having the attention so concentrated as to be difficult to cause a person to leave; as, glued to the television set; The audience was glued to their seats.
[metaphorical]

Syn. -- riveted.


word: Gluepot
definition:
Gluepot

Glue"pot`
(?)
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.


word: Glume
definition:
Glume

Glume
(glūm)
n.
[L. gluma hull, husk, fr. glubere to bark or peel: cf. F. glume or gloume.]
(Bot.)
The bracteal covering of the flowers or seeds of grain and grasses; esp., an outer husk or bract of a spikelet.
Gray.


word: Glumelle
definition:
Glumelle

Glumella

{ Glu*mel"la (?), Glu"melle (?), }
n.
[F. glumelle, dim. of glume.]
(Bot.)
One of the palets or inner chaffy scales of the flowers or spikelets of grasses.


word: Glunch
definition:
Glunch

Glunch
(glŭnch)
a.
[Cf. Glump.]
Frowning; sulky; sullen.
Sir W. Scott.
n. A sullen, angry look; a look of disdain or dislike. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]


word: Glut
definition:
Glut

Glut
(glŭt)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Glutted; p. pr. & vb. n. Glutting.]
[OE. glotten, fr. OF. glotir, gloutir, L. glutire, gluttire; cf. Gr. _; to eat, Skr. gar.  Cf. Gluttion, Englut.]
1.
To swallow, or to swallow greedlly; to gorge.

Though every drop of water swear against it,
And gape at widest to glut him.
Shak.

2.
To fill to satiety; to satisfy fully the desire or craving of; to satiate; to sate; to cloy.

His faithful heart, a bloody sacrifice,
Torn from his breast, to glut the tyrant's eyes.
Dryden.

The realms of nature and of art were ransacked to glut the wonder, lust, and ferocity of a degraded populace.
C. Kingsley.

To glut the market, to furnish an oversupply of any article of trade, so that there is no sale for it.


word: Glut₂
definition:
Glut

Glut
v. i.
To eat gluttonously or to satiety.

Like three horses that have broken fence,
And glutted all night long breast-deep in corn.
Tennyson.


word: Glut₃
definition:
Glut

Glut
n.
1.
That which is swallowed.
Milton

2.
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.

A glut of those talents which raise men to eminence.
Macaulay.

3.
Something that fills up an opening; a clog.

4.
(a)
A wooden wedge used in splitting blocks.
[Prov. Eng.]
(b)
(Mining)
A piece of wood used to fill up behind cribbing or tubbing.
Raymond
(c)
(Bricklaying)
A bat, or small piece of brick, used to fill out a course.
Knight.
(d)
(Arch.)
An arched opening to the ashpit of a kiln.
(e)
A block used for a fulcrum.

5.
(Zool.)
The broad-nosed eel (Anguilla latirostris), found in Europe, Asia, the West Indies, etc.


word: Glutaconic
definition:
Glutaconic

Glu`ta*con"ic
(?)
a.
[Glutaric + aconitic.]
(Chem.)
Pertaining to, or derived from, an acid intermediate between glutaric and aconitic acids.


word: glutaeus
definition:
glutaeus

gluteus

glu*te"us, &Verbarglu*tæ"us
(?)
n.
[NL. See Gluteal.]
(Anat.)
Any of several muscles in the buttocks of man and most mammals, especially the great muscle of the buttock (the gluteus maximus); also, the corresponding muscle in many lower animals.

&hand_; In man, the gluteus is composed of three distinct parts, which extend and abduct the thigh, and help support the body in standing.


word: Glutamic
definition:
Glutamic

Glu*tam"ic
(?)
a.
[Gluten + -amic.]
(Chem.)
Of or pertaining to gluten.

Glutamic acid, a nitrogenous organic acid obtained from certain albuminoids, as gluten; -- called also amido-glutaric acid.


word: Glutaric
definition:
Glutaric

Glu*tar"ic
(?)
a.
[Glutamic + tartaric.]
(Chem.)
Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid so called; as, glutaric ethers.

Glutaric acid, an organic acid obtained as a white crystalline substance, isomeric with pyrotartaric acid; -- called also normal pyrotartaric acid.


word: Glutazine
definition:
Glutazine

Glu"ta*zine
(?)
n.
(Chem.)
A nitrogenous substance, forming a heavy, sandy powder, white or nearly so. It is a derivative of pyridine.


word: Gluteal
definition:
Gluteal

Glu"te*al
(?)
a.
[G. _; rump, pl., the buttocks.]
(Anat.)
Pertaining to, or in the region of, the glutæus.


word: Gluten
definition:
Gluten

Glu"ten
(?)
n.
[L., glue: cf. F. gluten. See Glue.]
(Chem.)
The viscid, tenacious substance which gives adhesiveness to dough.

&hand_; Gluten is a complex and variable mixture of glutin or gliadin, vegetable fibrin, vegetable casein, oily material, etc., and is a very nutritious element of food. It may be separated from the flour of grain by subjecting this to a current of water, the starch and other soluble matters being thus washed out.

Gluten bread, bread containing a large proportion of gluten; -- used in cases of diabetes. -- Gluten casein (Chem.), a vegetable proteid found in the seeds of grasses, and extracted as a dark, amorphous, earthy mass. -- Gluten fibrin (Chem.), a vegetable proteid found in the cereal grains, and extracted as an amorphous, brownish yellow substance.


word: Glutin
definition:
Glutin

Glu"tin
(?)
n.
[See Gluten.]
(Chem.)

1.
Same as Gliadin.

2.
Sometimes synonymous with Gelatin.
[R.]


word: Glutinate
definition:
Glutinate

Glu"ti*nate
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Glutinated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Glutinating.]
[L. glutinatus, p. p. of glutinare to glue, fr. gluten glue.]
To unite with glue; to cement; to stick together.
Bailey.


word: Glutination
definition:
Glutination

Glu`ti*na"tion
(?)
n.
[L. glutinatio: cf. F. glutination.]
The act of uniting with glue; sticking together.


word: Glutinative
definition:
Glutinative

Glu"ti*na*tive
(?)
a.
[L. glutinativus: cf. F. glutinatif.]
Having the quality of cementing; tenacious; viscous; glutinous.


word: Glutinosity
definition:
Glutinosity

Glu`ti*nos"i*ty
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. glutinosité .]
The quality of being glutinous; viscousness.
[R.]


word: Glutinous
definition:
Glutinous

Glu"ti*nous
(?)
a.
[L. glutinosus, fr. gluten glue: cf. F. glutineux. See Gluten.]

1.
Of the nature of glue; resembling glue; viscous; viscid; adhesive; gluey.

2.
(Bot.)
Havig a moist and adhesive or sticky surface, as a leaf or gland.


word: Glutton
definition:
Glutton

Glut"ton
(?)
n.
[OE. glotoun, glotun, F. glouton, fr. L. gluto, glutto. See Glut.]

1.
One who eats voraciously, or to excess; a gormandizer.

2.
Fig.: One who gluts himself.

Gluttons in murder, wanton to destroy.
Granville.

3.
(Zool.)
A carnivorous mammal (Gulo gulo formerly Gulo luscus), of the weasel family Mustelidæ, about the size of a large badger; called also wolverine, wolverene and carcajou. It was formerly believed to be inordinately voracious, whence the name. It is a native of the northern parts of America, Europe, and Asia.

Glutton bird (Zool.), the giant fulmar (Ossifraga gigantea); -- called also Mother Carey's goose, and mollymawk.


word: Glutton₂
definition:
Glutton

Glut"ton
(?)
a.
Gluttonous; greedy; gormandizing.
Glutton
Dryden.

A glutton monastery in former ages makes a hungry ministry in our days.
Fuller.


word: Glutton₃
definition:
Glutton

Glut"ton
v. t. & i.
To glut; to eat voraciously.
[Obs.]

Gluttoned at last, return at home to pine.
Lovelace.

Whereon in Egypt gluttoning they fed.
Drayton.


word: Gluttonize
definition:
Gluttonize

Glut"ton*ize
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Gluttonized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Gluttonizing (?).]
To eat to excess; to eat voraciously; to gormandize.
Hallywell.


word: Gluttonous
definition:
Gluttonous

Glut"ton*ous
(?)
a.
Given to gluttony; eating to excess; indulging the appetite; voracious; as, a gluttonous age.
Glut"ton*ous*ly, adv. -- Glut"ton*ous*ness, n.


word: Gluttony
definition:
Gluttony

Glut"ton*y
(?)
n.
pl. Gluttonies (#).
[OE. glotonie, OF. glotonie, gloutonnie.]
Excess in eating; extravagant indulgence of the appetite for food; voracity.

Their sumptuous gluttonies, and gorgeous feasts.
Milton.


word: Glyceric
definition:
Glyceric

Gly*cer"ic
(?)
a.
(Chem.)
Pertaining to, or derived from, glycerin.

Glyceric acid (Chem.), an organic acid, obtained by the partial oxidation of glycerin, as a thick liquid. It is a hydroxyl derivative of propionic acid, and has both acid and alcoholic properties.


word: Glyceride
definition:
Glyceride

Glyc"er*ide
(?)
n.
[See Glycerin.]
(Chem.)
A compound ether (formed from glycerin). Some glycerides exist ready formed as natural fats, others are produced artificially.


word: Glycerine
definition:
Glycerine

Glycerin

Glyc"er*in, Glyc"er*ine (_;)
n.
[F. glycérine, fr. Gr. glykero`s, glyky`s, sweet.  Cf. Glucose, Licorice.]
(Chem.)
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 may be obtained by saponification of fats and oils.  It is a triatomic alcohol, and hence is also called glycerol. See Note under Gelatin.

&hand_; It is obtained from fats by saponification, or, on a large scale, by the action of superheated steam. It is used as an ointment, as a solvent and vehicle for medicines, and as an adulterant in wine, beer, etc.


word: Glycerite
definition:
Glycerite

Glyc"er*ite
(?)
n.
(Med.)
A medicinal preparation made by mixing or dissolving a substance in glycerin.


word: Glyceryl
definition:
Glyceryl

Glyc"er*yl
(?)
n.
[Glycerin + -yl.]
(Chem.)
A compound radical, C3H5, regarded as the essential radical of glycerin. It is metameric with allyl. Called also propenyl.


word: Glycide
definition:
Glycide

Glyc"ide
(?)
n.
[Glyceric + anhydride.]
(Chem.)
A colorless liquid, obtained from certain derivatives of glycerin, and regarded as a partially dehydrated glycerin; -- called also glycidic alcohol.


word: Glycocholate
definition:
Glycocholate

Gly`co*cho"late
(?)
n.
[Glycocoll + cholic.]
(Physiol. Chem.)
A salt of glycocholic acid; as, sodium glycocholate.


word: Glycocholic
definition:
Glycocholic

Gly`co*chol"ic
(?)
a.
(Physiol. Chem.)
Pertaining to, or composed of, glycocoll and cholic acid.

Glycocholic acid (Physiol. Chem.), a conjugate acid, composed of glycocoll and cholic acid, present in bile in the form of a sodium salt. The acid commonly forms a resinous mass, but can be crystallized in long, white needles.


word: Glycocoll
definition:
Glycocoll

Gly"co*coll
(?)
n.
[Gr. glyky`s sweet + ko`lla glue.]
(Physiol. Chem.)
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.


word: Glycogen
definition:
Glycogen

Gly"co*gen
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; sweet + -gen: cf. F. glycogène.]
(Physiol. Chem.)
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.


word: Glycogenic
definition:
Glycogenic

Gly`co*gen"ic
(?)
a.
Pertaining to, or caused by, glycogen; as, the glycogenic function of the liver.


word: Glycogenesis
definition:
Glycogenesis

Glycogeny

{ Gly*cog"e*ny (?), Gly`co*gen"e*sis (?), }
n.
(Physiol.)
The production or formation of sugar from gycogen, as in the liver.


word: Glycol
definition:
Glycol

Gly"col
(?)
n.
[Glycerin + -ol. See Glycerin.]
(Chem.)
(a)
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.
(b)
Any one of the large class of diacid alcohols, of which glycol proper is the type.


word: Glycolic
definition:
Glycolic

Gly*col"ic
(?)
a.
(Chem.)
Pertaining to, or derived from, glycol; as, glycolic ether; glycolic acid.

Glycolic acid (Chem.), an organic acid, found naturally in unripe grapes and in the leaves of the wild grape (Ampelopsis quinquefolia), and produced artificially in many ways, as by the oxidation of glycol, -- whence its name. It is a sirupy, or white crystalline, substance, HO.CH2.CO2H, has the properties both of an alcohol and an acid, and is a type of the hydroxy acids; -- called also hydroxyacetic acid.


word: Glycolide
definition:
Glycolide

Gly"co*lide
(?)
n.
[Glycol + anhydride.]
(Chem.)
A white amorphous powder, C4H4O, obtained by heating and dehydrating glycolic acid.
[Written also glycollide.]


word: Glycoluric
definition:
Glycoluric

Gly`co*lu"ric
(?)
a.
[Glycol + uric.]
(Chem.)
Pertaining to, derived from, glycol and urea; as, glycoluric acid, which is called also hydantoic acid.


word: Glycoluril
definition:
Glycoluril

Gly`co*lu"ril
(?)
n.
[Glycolyl + uric.]
(Chem.)
A white, crystalline, nitrogenous substance, obtained by the reduction of allantoïn.


word: Glycolyl
definition:
Glycolyl

Gly"co*lyl
(?)
n.
[Glycolic + -yl.]
(Chem.)
A divalent, compound radical, CO.CH2, regarded as the essential radical of glycolic acid, and a large series of related compounds.


word: Glyconic
definition:
Glyconic

Gly*con"ic
(?)
a.
[Gr. _; a kind of verse, so called from its inventor, Glycon.]
(Pros.)
Consisting of a spondee, a choriamb, and a pyrrhic; -- applied to a kind of verse in Greek and Latin poetry.
n. (Pros.) A glyconic verse.


word: Glyconin
definition:
Glyconin

Gly"co*nin
(?)
n.
An emulsion of glycerin and the yolk of eggs, used as an ointment, as a vehicle for medicines, etc.


word: Glycose
definition:
Glycose

Gly"cose
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; sweet + -ose.]
(Physiol. Chem.)
One of a class of carbohydrates having from three to nine atoms of carbon in the molecules and having the constitution either of an aldehyde alcohol or of a ketone alcohol. Most glycoses have hydrogen and oxygen present in the proportion to form water, while the number of carbon atoms is usually equal to the number of atoms of oxygen.


word: Glycosine
definition:
Glycosine

Gly"co*sine
(?)
n.
(Chem.)
An organic base, C6H6N4, produced artificially as a white, crystalline powder, by the action of ammonia on glyoxal.


word: Glycosometer
definition:
Glycosometer

Gly`co*som"e*ter
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; sweet + -meter.]
(Med.)
An apparatus for determining the amount of sugar in diabetic urine.


word: Glycyrrhiza
definition:
Glycyrrhiza

Glyc`yr*rhi"za
(?)
n.
[L., fr. Gr. _;; _; sweet + _; root.  Cf. Licorice.]

1.
(Bot.)
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.

2.
(Med.)
The root of Glycyrrhiza glabra (liquorice root), used as a demulcent, etc.


word: Glycyrrhizimic
definition:
Glycyrrhizimic

Glyc`yr*rhi*zim"ic
(?)
a.
(Chem.)
From, or pertaining to, glycyrrhizin; as, glycyrrhizimic acid.


word: Glycyrrhizin
definition:
Glycyrrhizin

Gly*cyr"rhi*zin
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. glycyrrhizine. See Glycyrrhiza.]
(Chem.)
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.


word: Glynne
definition:
Glynne

Glyn

{ Glyn, Glynne  }
(?)
n.
A glen. See Glen. [Obs. singly, but occurring often in locative names in Ireland, as Glen does in Scotland.]

He could not beat out the Irish, yet he did shut them up within those narrow corners and glyns under the mountain's foot.
Spenser.


word: Glyoxal
definition:
Glyoxal

Gly*ox"al
(?)
n.
[Glycol + oxalic + aldehyde.]
(Chem.)
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.


word: Glyoxalic
definition:
Glyoxalic

Gly`ox*al"ic
(?)
a.
(Chem.)
Pertaining to, or designating, an aldehyde acid, intermediate between glycol and oxalic acid.
[Written also glyoxylic.]


word: Glyoxaline
definition:
Glyoxaline

Gly*ox"a*line
(?)
n.
(Chem.)
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.


word: Glyoxime
definition:
Glyoxime

Gly*ox"ime
(?)
n.
[Glyoxal + oxime.]
(Chem.)
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.


word: Glyph
definition:
Glyph

Glyph
(glĭf)
n.
[Gr. glyfh` carving, fr. gly`fein to carve: cf. F. glyphe.  Cf. Cleave to split.]
1.
(Arch.)
A sunken channel or groove, usually vertical. See Triglyph.

2.
(Archæol.)
A carved figure or character, incised or in relief; a carved pictograph; hence, a pictograph representing a form originally adopted for sculpture, whether carved or painted.


word: Glyphic
definition:
Glyphic

Glyph"ic
(?)
a.
[Gr. _; of or for carving.]
(Fine Arts)
Of or pertaining to sculpture or carving of any sort, esp. to glyphs.


word: Glyphograph
definition:
Glyphograph

Glyph"o*graph
(?)
n.
A plate made by glyphography, or an impression taken from such a plate.


word: Glyphography
definition:
Glyphography

Gly*phog"ra*phy
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; to engrave + -graphy.]
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.


word: Glyptic
definition:
Glyptic

Glyp"tic
(?)
a.
[See Glyph.]

1.
Of or pertaining to gem engraving.

2.
(Min.)
Figured; marked as with figures.


word: Glyptodon
definition:
Glyptodon

Glyp"to*don
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; carved, engraved + _;, _;, tooth. See Glyph.]
(Paleon.)
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.
Owen.


word: Glyptodont
definition:
Glyptodont

Glyp"to*dont
(?)
n.
(Paleon.)
One of a family (Glyptodontidæ) of extinct South American edentates, of which Glyptodon is the type. About twenty species are known.


word: Glyptographic
definition:
Glyptographic

Glyp`to*graph"ic
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. glyptographique.]
Relating to glyptography, or the art of engraving on precious stones.
[R.]


word: Glyptography
definition:
Glyptography

Glyp*tog"ra*phy
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; carved + -graphy: cf. F. glyptographie.]
The art or process of engraving on precious stones.
[R.]


word: Glyptotheca
definition:
Glyptotheca

Glyp`to*the"ca
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _; carved + _; case, box.]
A building or room devoted to works of sculpture.


word: G-man
definition:
G-man

G-man
n.
[from Government man.]
A special law-enforcement agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Syn. -- FBI agent, FBI man, government man.


word: Gmelinite
definition:
Gmelinite

Gmel"in*ite
(?)
n.
[Named after the German chemist Gmelin.]
(Min.)
A rhombohedral zeolitic mineral, related in form and composition to chabazite.


word: Gnaphalium
definition:
Gnaphalium

Gna*pha"li*um
(?)
n.
[Nl., from Gr. _; wool of the teasel.]
(Bot.)
A genus of composite plants with white or colored dry and persistent involucres; a kind of everlasting.


word: Gnar
definition:
Gnar

Gnar
(?)
n.
[OE. knarre, gnarre, akin to OD. knor, G. knorren.  Cf. Knar, Knur, Gnarl.]
A knot or gnarl in wood; hence, a tough, thickset man; -- written also gnarr.
[Archaic]

He was . . . a thick gnarre.
Chaucer.


word: Gnar₂
definition:
Gnar

Gnar
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Gnarred (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Gnarring.]
[See Gnarl.]
To gnarl; to snarl; to growl; -- written also gnarr.
[Archaic]

At them he gan to rear his bristles strong,
And felly gnarre.
Spenser.

A thousand wants
Gnarr at the heels of men.
Tennison.


word: Gnarl
definition:
Gnarl

Gnarl
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Gnarled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Gnarling.]
[From older gnar, prob. of imitative origin; cf. G. knarren, knurren. D. knorren, Sw. knorra, Dan. knurre.]
To growl; to snarl.

And wolves are gnarling who shall gnaw thee first.
Shak.


word: Gnarl₂
definition:
Gnarl

Gnarl
n.
[See Gnar, n.]
a knot in wood; a large or hard knot, or a protuberance with twisted grain, on a tree.


word: Gnarled
definition:
Gnarled

Gnarled
(?)
a.
Knotty; full of knots or gnarls; twisted; crossgrained.

The unwedgeable and gnarléd oak.
Shak.


word: Gnash
definition:
Gnash

Gnash
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Gnashed (#); p. pr. & vb. n. Gnashing.]
[OE. gnasten, gnaisten, cf. Icel. gnastan a gnashing, gn_;sta to gnash, Dan.knaske, Sw. gnissla, D. knarsen, G. knirschen.]
To strike together, as in anger or pain; as, to gnash the teeth.


word: Gnash₂
definition:
Gnash

Gnash
v. i.
To grind or strike the teeth together.

There they him laid,
Gnashing for anguish, and despite, and shame.
Milton.


word: Gnat
definition:
Gnat

Gnat
(?)
n.
[AS. gnæt.]
1.
(Zool.)
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.

2.
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.

Gnat catcher (Zool.), one of several species of small American singing birds, of the genus Polioptila, allied to the kinglets. -- Gnat flower, the bee flower. -- Gnat hawk (Zool.), the European goatsucker; -- called also gnat owl. -- Gnat snapper (Zool.), a bird that catches gnats. -- Gnat strainer, a person ostentatiously punctilious about trifles.  Cf. Matt. xxiii. 24.


word: Gnathic
definition:
Gnathic

Gnath"ic
(?)
a.
[Gr. gna`qos the jaw.]
(Anat.)
Of or pertaining to the jaw.

Gnathic index, in a skull, the ratio of the distance from the middle of the nasofrontal suture to the basion (taken equal to 100), to the distance from the basion to the middle of the front edge of the upper jaw; -- called also alveolar index.

Skulls with the gnathic index below 98 are orthognathous, from 98 to 103 mesognathous, and above 103 are prognathous.
Flower.


word: Gnathidium
definition:
Gnathidium

Gna*thid"i*um
(?)
n.
pl. Gnathidia (#).
[NL., fr. Gr. gna`qos the jaw.]
(Zool.)
The ramus of the lower jaw of a bird as far as it is naked; -- commonly used in the plural.


word: Gnathite
definition:
Gnathite

Gnath"ite
(?)
n.
[Gr. gna`qos the jaw.]
(Zool.)
Any one of the mouth appendages of the Arthropoda. They are known as mandibles, maxillæ, and maxillipeds.


word: Gnathonical
definition:
Gnathonical

Gnathonic

{ Gna*thon"ic (?), Gna*thon"ic*al (?), }
a.
[L. Gnatho, name of a parasite in the “Eunuchus” of Terence, Gr. _;; hence, a parasite in general.]
Flattering; deceitful.
[Obs.]


word: Gnathopod
definition:
Gnathopod

Gnath"o*pod
(?)
n.
[Gr. gna`qos the jaw + -pod.]
(Zool.)
A gnathopodite or maxilliped. See Maxilliped.


word: Gnathopodite
definition:
Gnathopodite

Gna*thop"o*dite
(?)
n.
(Zool,)
Any leglike appendage of a crustacean, when modified wholly, or in part, to serve as a jaw, esp. one of the maxillipeds.


word: Gnathostegite
definition:
Gnathostegite

Gna*thos"te*gite
(?)
n.
[Gr. gna`qos the jaw + _; a roof.]
(Zool.)
One of a pair of broad plates, developed from the outer maxillipeds of crabs, and forming a cover for the other mouth organs.


word: Gnathostoma
definition:
Gnathostoma

Gna*thos"to*ma
(?)
n. pl.
[NL., from Gr. gna`qos the jaw + _;, _;, the mouth.]
(Zool.)
A comprehensive division of vertebrates, including all that have distinct jaws, in contrast with the leptocardians and marsipobranchs (Cyclostoma), which lack them.
[Written also Gnathostomata.]


word: Gnathotheca
definition:
Gnathotheca

Gnath`o*the"ca
(?)
n.
pl. Gnathothecae (#).
[NL., fr. Gr. gna`qos the jaw + _; a box.]
(Zool.)
The horney covering of the lower mandible of a bird.


word: Gnatworm
definition:
Gnatworm

Gnat"worm`
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
The aquatic larva of a gnat; -- called also, colloquially, wiggler.


word: Gnaw
definition:
Gnaw

Gnaw
(n&asuml_;)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Gnawed (n&asuml_;d); p. pr. & vb. n. Gnawing.]
[OE. gnawen, AS. gnagan; akin to D. knagen, OHG. gnagan, nagan, G. nagen, Icel. & Sw. gnaga, Dan. gnave, nage.  Cf. Nag to tease.]
1.
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.

His bones clean picked; his very bones they gnaw.
Dryden.

2.
To bite in agony or rage.

They gnawed their tongues for pain.
Rev. xvi. 10.

3.
To corrode; to fret away; to waste.

4.
To trouble in a constant manner; to plague; to worry; to vex; -- usually used with at; as, his mounting debts gnawed at him.


word: Gnaw₂
definition:
Gnaw

Gnaw
v. i.
To use the teeth in biting; to bite with repeated effort, as in eating or removing with the teeth something hard, unwieldy, or unmanageable.

I might well, like the spaniel, gnaw upon the chain that ties me.
Sir P. Sidney.


word: Gneiss
definition:
Gneiss

Gneiss
(nīs)
n.
[G.]
(Geol.)
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 gneiss or syenitic gneiss.  Similar varieties of related rocks are also called gneiss.


word: Gneissoid
definition:
Gneissoid

Gneis"soid
(-soid)
a.
[Gneiss + -oid.]
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.


word: Gnide
definition:
Gnide

Gnide
(nīd)
v. t.
[AS. gnīdan.]
To rub; to bruise; to break in pieces.
[Obs.]

&hand_; This word is found in Tyrwhitt's Chaucer, but improperly. The woed, though common in Old English, does not occur in Chaucer.
T. R. Lounsbury.


word: Gnome
definition:
Gnome

Gnome
(?)
n.
[F. gnome, prob. fr. Gr. gnw`mon one that knows, a guardian, i. e., of the treasures in the inner parts of the earth, or fr. _; intelligence, both fr. gnw^nai, gignw^skein, to know. See Know.]
1.
An imaginary being, supposed by the Rosicrucians to inhabit the inner parts of the earth, and to be the guardian of mines, quarries, etc.

2.
A dwarf; a goblin; a person of small stature or misshapen features, or of strange appearance.

3.
(Zool.)
A small owl (Glaucidium gnoma) of the Western United States.

4.
[Gr. _;.]
A brief reflection or maxim.
Peacham.


word: Gnomical
definition:
Gnomical

Gnomic

{ Gnom"ic (?), Gnom"ic*al (?), }
a.
[Gr. _;, fr. _;: cf. F. gnomique. See Gnome maxim.]
Sententious; uttering or containing maxims, or striking detached thoughts; aphoristic.

A city long famous as the seat of elegiac and gnomic poetry.
G. R. Lewes.

Gnomic Poets, Greek poets, as Theognis and Solon, of the sixth century B. C., whose writings consist of short sententious precepts and reflections.


word: Gnomological
definition:
Gnomological

Gnomologic

{ Gno`mo*log"ic (?), Gno`mo*log"ic*al (?), }
a.
[Gr. _;.]
Pertaining to, of the nature of, or resembling, a gnomology.


word: Gnomology
definition:
Gnomology

Gno*mol"o*gy
(?)
n.
[Gr. _;; _; judgment, maxim + _; discourse: cf. F. gnomologie.]
A collection of, or a treatise on, maxims, grave sentences, or reflections.
[Obs.]
Milton.


word: Gnomon
definition:
Gnomon

Gno"mon
(?)
n.
[L. gnomon, Gr. _; one that knows, the index of a sundial. See Gnome.]

1.
(Dialing)
The style or pin, which by its shadow, shows the hour of the day. It is usually set parallel to the earth's axis.

2.
(Astron.)
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.

3.
(Geom.)
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.

4.
The index of the hour circle of a globe.


word: Gnomonical
definition:
Gnomonical

Gnomonic

{ Gno*mon"ic (?), Gno*mon"ic*al (?), }
a.
[L. gnomonicus, Gr. _;: cf. F. gnomonique. See Gnomon.]
Of or pertaining to the gnomon, or the art of dialing.

Gnomonic projection, a projection of the circles of the sphere, in which the point of sight is taken at the center of the sphere, and the principal plane is tangent to the surface of the sphere. “The gnomonic projection derives its name from the connection between the methods of describing it and those for the construction of a gnomon or dial.” Cyc. of Arts & Sciences.


word: Gnomonics
definition:
Gnomonics

Gno*mon"ics
(?)
n.
[See Gnomonic.]
The art or science of dialing, or of constructing dials to show the hour of the day by the shadow of a gnomon.


word: Gnoscopine
definition:
Gnoscopine

Gnos"co*pine
(?)
n.
[Gr. gignw`skein to know + E. opium?]
(Chem.)
An alkaloid existing in small quantities in opium.


word: Gnosis
definition:
Gnosis

Gno"sis
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. gnw^sis.]
(Metaph.)
The deeper wisdom; knowledge of spiritual truth, such as was claimed by the Gnostics.


word: Gnostic
definition:
Gnostic

Gnos"tic
(?)
a.
1.
Knowing; wise; shrewd.
[Old Slang]

I said you were a gnostic fellow.
Sir W. Scott.

2.
(Eccl. Hist.)
Of or pertaining to Gnosticism or its adherents; as, the Gnostic heresy.


word: Gnostic₂
definition:
Gnostic

Gnos"tic
n.
[L. gnosticus, Gr. _; good at knowing, sagacious; as a n., man that claims to have a deeper wisdom, fr. gignw`skein to know: cf. F. gnostique. See Know.]
(Eccl. Hist.)
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.


word: Gnu
definition:
Gnu

Gnu
(?)
n.
[Hottentot gnu, or nju: cf. F. gnou.]
(Zool.)
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.
[Written also gnoo.]

&hand_; The common gnu or wildebeest (Catoblephas gnu) is plain brown; the brindled gnu or blue wildebeest (C. gorgon) is larger, with transverse stripes of black on the neck and shoulders.


word: Go₂
definition:
Go

Go
v. i.
[imp. Went (wĕnt); p. p. Gone (g&obreve_;n; 115); p. pr. & vb. n. Going. Went comes from the AS, wendan. See Wend, v. i.]
[OE. gan, gon, AS. gān, akin to D. gaan, G. gehn, gehen, OHG. gēn, gān, SW. gå, Dan. gaae; cf. Gr. kicha`nai to reach, overtake, Skr. hā to go, AS. gangan, and E. gang. The past tense in AS., eode, is from the root i to go, as is also Goth. iddja went. √47a.  Cf. Gang, v. i., Wend.]
1.
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.

2.
To move upon the feet, or step by step; to walk; also, to walk step by step, or leisurely.

&hand_; In old writers go is much used as opposed to run, or ride. “Whereso I go or ride.”  Chaucer.
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You know that love
Will creep in service where it can not go. Shak.
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Thou must run to him; for thou hast staid so long that going will scarce serve the turn. Shak.
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He fell from running to going, and from going to clambering upon his hands and his knees. Bunyan.

&hand_; In Chaucer go is used frequently with the pronoun in the objective used reflexively; as, he goeth him home.

3.
To be passed on fron one to another; to pass; to circulate; hence, with for, to have currency; to be taken, accepted, or regarded.

The man went among men for an old man in the days of Saul.
1 Sa. xvii. 12.

[The money] should go according to its true value.
Locke.

4.
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.

How goes the night, boy ?
Shak.

I think, as the world goes, he was a good sort of man enough.
Arbuthnot.

Whether the cause goes for me or against me, you must pay me the reward.
I Watts.

5.
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.

Against right reason all your counsels go.
Dryden.

To master the foul flend there goeth some complement knowledge of theology.
Sir W. Scott.

6.
To apply one's self; to set one's self; to undertake.

Seeing himself confronted by so many, like a resolute orator, he went not to denial, but to justify his cruel falsehood.
Sir P. Sidney.

&hand_; Go, in this sense, is often used in the present participle with the auxiliary verb to be, before an infinitive, to express a future of intention, or to denote design; as, I was going to say; I am going to begin harvest.

7.
To proceed by a mental operation; to pass in mind or by an act of the memory or imagination; -- generally with over or through.

By going over all these particulars, you may receive some tolerable satisfaction about this great subject.
South.

8.
To be with young; to be pregnant; to gestate.

The fruit she goes with,
I pray for heartily, that it may find
Good time, and live.
Shak.

9.
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.

I will let you go, that ye may sacrifice to the Lord your God; . . . only ye shall not go very far away.
Ex. viii. 28.

10.
To pass away; to depart forever; to be lost or ruined; to perish; to decline; to decease; to die.

By Saint George, he's gone!
That spear wound hath our master sped.
Sir W. Scott.

11.
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.

His amorous expressions go no further than virtue may allow.
Dryden.

12.
To have recourse; to resort; as, to go to law.

&hand_; Go is used, in combination with many prepositions and adverbs, to denote motion of the kind indicated by the preposition or adverb, in which, and not in the verb, lies the principal force of the expression; as, to go against to go into, to go out, to go aside, to go astray, etc.

Go to, come; move; go away; -- a phrase of exclamation, serious or ironical. -- To go a-begging, not to be in demand; to be undesired. -- To go about. (a) To set about; to enter upon a scheme of action; to undertake. “They went about to slay him.”  Acts ix. 29.
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They never go about . . . to hide or palliate their vices. Swift.
(b) (Naut.) To tack; to turn the head of a ship; to wear. -- To go abraod. (a) To go to a foreign country. (b) To go out of doors. (c) To become public; to be published or disclosed; to be current.
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Then went this saying abroad among the brethren. John xxi. 23.
-- To go against. (a) To march against; to attack. (b) To be in opposition to; to be disagreeable to. -- To go ahead. (a) To go in advance. (b) To go on; to make progress; to proceed. -- To go and come. See To come and go, under Come. -- To go aside. (a) To withdraw; to retire.
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He . . . went aside privately into a desert place. Luke. ix. 10.
(b) To go from what is right; to err. Num. v. 29.-- To go back on. (a) To retrace (one's path or footsteps). (b) To abandon; to turn against; to betray. [Slang, U. S.] -- To go below (Naut), to go below deck. -- To go between, to interpose or mediate between; to be a secret agent between parties; in a bad sense, to pander. -- To go beyond. See under Beyond. -- To go by, to pass away unnoticed; to omit. -- To go by the board (Naut.), to fall or be carried overboard; as, the mast went by the board. -- To go down. (a) To descend. (b) To go below the horizon; as, the sun has gone down. (c) To sink; to founder; -- said of ships, etc. (d) To be swallowed; -- used literally or figuratively. [Colloq.]
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Nothing so ridiculous, . . . but it goes down whole with him for truth. L' Estrange.
-- To go far. (a) To go to a distance. (b) To have much weight or influence. -- To go for. (a) To go in quest of. (b) To represent; to pass for. (c) To favor; to advocate. (d) To attack; to assault. [Low] (e) To sell for; to be parted with for (a price). -- To go for nothing, to be parted with for no compensation or result; to have no value, efficacy, or influence; to count for nothing. -- To go forth. (a) To depart from a place. (b) To be divulged or made generally known; to emanate.
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The law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem. Micah iv. 2.
-- To go hard with, to trouble, pain, or endanger. -- To go in, to engage in; to take part. [Colloq.] -- To go in and out, to do the business of life; to live; to have free access. John x. 9. -- To go in for. [Colloq.] (a) To go for; to favor or advocate (a candidate, a measure, etc.). (b) To seek to acquire or attain to (wealth, honor, preferment, etc.) (c) To complete for (a reward, election, etc.). (d) To make the object of one's labors, studies, etc.
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He was as ready to go in for statistics as for anything else. Dickens.
-- To go in to or To go in unto. (a) To enter the presence of. Esther iv. 16. (b) To have sexual intercourse with. [Script.] -- To go into. (a) To speak of, investigate, or discuss (a question, subject, etc.). (b) To participate in (a war, a business, etc.). -- To go large. (Naut) See under Large. -- To go off. (a) To go away; to depart.
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The leaders . . . will not go off until they hear you. Shak.
(b) To cease; to intermit; as, this sickness went off. (c) To die. Shak. (d) To explode or be discharged; -- said of gunpowder, of a gun, a mine, etc. (e) To find a purchaser; to be sold or disposed of. (f) To pass off; to take place; to be accomplished.
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The wedding went off much as such affairs do. Mrs. Caskell.
-- To go on. (a) To proceed; to advance further; to continue; as, to go on reading. (b) To be put or drawn on; to fit over; as, the coat will not go on. -- To go all fours, to correspond exactly, point for point.
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It is not easy to make a simile go on all fours. Macaulay.
-- To go out. (a) To issue forth from a place. (b) To go abroad; to make an excursion or expedition.
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There are other men fitter to go out than I. Shak.
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What went ye out for to see ? Matt. xi. 7, 8, 9.
(c) To become diffused, divulged, or spread abroad, as news, fame etc. (d) To expire; to die; to cease; to come to an end; as, the light has gone out.
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Life itself goes out at thy displeasure. Addison.
-- To go over. (a) To traverse; to cross, as a river, boundary, etc.; to change sides.
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I must not go over Jordan. Deut. iv. 22.
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Let me go over, and see the good land that is beyond Jordan. Deut. iii. 25.
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Ishmael . . . departed to go over to the Ammonites. Jer. xli. 10.
(b) To read, or study; to examine; to review; as, to go over one's accounts.
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If we go over the laws of Christianity, we shall find that . . . they enjoin the same thing. Tillotson.
(c) To transcend; to surpass. (d) To be postponed; as, the bill went over for the session. (e) (Chem.) To be converted (into a specified substance or material); as, monoclinic sulphur goes over into orthorhombic, by standing; sucrose goes over into dextrose and levulose. -- To go through. (a) To accomplish; as, to go through a work. (b) To suffer; to endure to the end; as, to go through a surgical operation or a tedious illness. (c) To spend completely; to exhaust, as a fortune. (d) To strip or despoil (one) of his property. [Slang] (e) To botch or bungle a business. [Scot.] -- To go through with, to perform, as a calculation, to the end; to complete. -- To go to ground. (a) To escape into a hole; -- said of a hunted fox. (b) To fall in battle. -- To go to naught (Colloq.), to prove abortive, or unavailling. -- To go under. (a) To set; -- said of the sun. (b) To be known or recognized by (a name, title, etc.). (c) To be overwhelmed, submerged, or defeated; to perish; to succumb. -- To go up, to come to nothing; to prove abortive; to fail. [Slang] -- To go upon, to act upon, as a foundation or hypothesis. -- To go with. (a) To accompany. (b) To coincide or agree with. (c) To suit; to harmonize with. -- To go well with, To go ill with,  To go hard with, to affect (one) in such manner. -- To go without, to be, or to remain, destitute of. -- To go wrong. (a) To take a wrong road or direction; to wander or stray. (b) To depart from virtue. (c) To happen unfortunately; to unexpectedly cause a mishap or failure. (d) To miss success; to fail. -- To let go, to allow to depart; to quit one's hold; to release.


word: Go₃
definition:
Go

Go
(?)
v. t.
1.
To take, as a share in an enterprise; to undertake or become responsible for; to bear a part in.

They to go equal shares in the booty.
L'Estrange.

2.
To bet or wager; as, I'll go you a shilling.
[Colloq.]

To go halves, to share with another equally. -- To go it, to behave in a wild manner; to be uproarious; to carry on; also, to proceed; to make progress. [Colloq.] -- To go it alone (Card Playing), to play a hand without the assistance of one's partner. -- To go it blind. (a) To act in a rash, reckless, or headlong manner. [Slang] (b) (Card Playing) To bet without having examined the cards. -- To go one's way, to set forth; to depart.


word: Go₄
definition:
Go

Go
n.
1.
Act; working; operation.
[Obs.]

So gracious were the goes of marriage.
Marston.

2.
A circumstance or occurrence; an incident.
[Slang]

This is a pretty go.
Dickens.

3.
The fashion or mode; as, quite the go.
[Colloq.]

4.
Noisy merriment; as, a high go.
[Colloq.]

5.
A glass of spirits.
[Slang]

6.
Power of going or doing; energy; vitality; perseverance; push; as, there is no go in him.
[Colloq.]

7.
(Cribbage)
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.

8.
Something that goes or is successful; a success; as, he made a go of it; also, an agreement.
“Well,” said Fleming, “is it a go?”
Bret Harte.

Great go, Little go, the final and the preliminary examinations for a degree. [Slang, Eng. Univ.] -- No go, a failure; a fiasco. [Slang] Thackeray. -- On the go, moving about; unsettled. [Colloq.]


word: Goad
definition:
Goad

Goad
(?)
n.
[AS. gād; perh. akin to AS. gār a dart, and E. gore. See Gore, v. t.]
A pointed instrument used to urge on a beast; hence, any necessity that urges or stimulates.

The daily goad urging him to the daily toil.
Macaulay.


word: Goad₂
definition:
Goad

Goad
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Goaded; p. pr. & vb. n. Goading.]
To prick; to drive with a goad; hence, to urge forward, or to rouse by anything pungent, severe, irritating, or inflaming; to stimulate.

That temptation that doth goad us on.
Shak.


word: goaded
definition:
goaded

goaded
adj.
compelled forcibly by an outside agency; as, mobs goaded by blind hatred.

Syn. -- driven, forced.


word: Goaf
definition:
Goaf

Goaf
(?)
n.
pl. Goafs (#) or Goaves (#).
[Cf. 1st Gob.]
(Mining)
That part of a mine from which the mineral has been partially or wholly removed; the waste left in old workings; -- called also gob .

To work the goaf or To work the gob, to remove the pillars of mineral matter previously left to support the roof, and replace them with props. Ure.


word: Goal
definition:
Goal

Goal
(?)
n.
[F. gaule pole, Prov. F. waule, of German origin; cf. Fries. walu staff, stick, rod, Goth. walus, Icel. völr a round stick; prob. akin to E. wale.]

1.
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.

Part curb their fiery steeds, or shun the goal
With rapid wheels.
Milton.

2.
The final purpose or aim; the end to which a design tends, or which a person aims to reach or attain.

Each individual seeks a several goal.
Pope.

3.
A base, station, or bound used in various games as the point or object which a team must reach in order to score points; in certain games, the point which the ball or puck must pass in order for points to be scored.  In football, it is a line between two posts across which the ball must pass in order to score points; in soccer or ice hockey, it is a net at each end of the soccer field into which the soccer ball or hocjey puck must be propelled; in basketball, it is the basket{7} suspended from the backboard, through which the basketball must pass.

4.
(Sport)
The act or instance of propelling the ball or puck into or through the goal{3}, thus scoring points; as, to score a goal.

Goal keeper, (Sport) the player charged with the defense of the goal, such as in soccer or ice hockey.


word: goal line
definition:
goal line

goal line
(?)
n.
(Sport)
The line bounding the end of a playing field, at or directly in front of the goal{3}.


word: goal post
definition:
goal post

goalpost

goalpost, goal post
(?)
n.
(Sport)
One of two posts supporting a crossbar which forms a goal{3}, especially in American football; also, in football the entire structure consisting of the posts, crossbar, and two uprights.  To score a goal by kicking the football, the ball must pass above the crossbar and between the vertical lines formed by the uprights.


word: Goa powder
definition:
Goa powder

Go"a pow"der
(?)
[So called from Goa, on the Malabar coast, whither it was shipped from Portugal.]
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.


word: go-around
definition:
go-around

go-around
n.
(aeronautics)
A landing approach that fails and gives way to another attempt.

Syn. -- overshoot, wave-off.


word: go-as-you-please
definition:
go-as-you-please

go-as-you-please
adj.
not bound by rule or law or convention.

bewildered by the old go-as-you-please liberty of alliterative rhythm.
George Saintsbury


word: Goat
definition:
Goat

Goat
(g&omacrt)
n.
[OE goot, got, gat, AS. gāt; akin to D. geit, OHG. geiz, G. geiss, Icel. geit, Sw. get, Dan. ged, Goth. gaits, L. haedus a young goat, kid.]
(Zool.)
A hollow-horned ruminant of the genus Capra, of several species and varieties, esp. the domestic goat (Capra hircus), which is raised for its milk, flesh, and skin.

&hand_; The Cashmere and Angora varieties of the goat have long, silky hair, used in the manufacture of textile fabrics. The wild or bezoar goat (Capra ægagrus), of Asia Minor, noted for the bezoar stones found in its stomach, is supposed to be one of the ancestral species of the domestic goat. The Rocky Mountain goat (Haplocercus montanus) is more nearly related to the antelopes. See Mazame.

Goat antelope (Zool), one of several species of antelopes, which in some respects resemble a goat, having recurved horns, a stout body, large hoofs, and a short, flat tail, as the goral, thar, mazame, and chikara. -- Goat fig (Bot.), the wild fig. -- Goat house. (a) A place for keeping goats. (b) A brothel. [Obs.] -- Goat moth (Zool.), any moth of the genus Cossus, esp. the large European species (Cossus ligniperda), the larva of which burrows in oak and willow trees, and requires three years to mature. It exhales an odor like that of the he-goat. -- Goat weed (Bot.), a scrophulariaceous plant, of the genus Capraria (Capraria biflora). -- Goat's bane (Bot.), a poisonous plant (Aconitum Lucoctonum), bearing pale yellow flowers, introduced from Switzerland into England; wolfsbane. -- Goat's foot (Bot.), a kind of wood sorrel (Oxalis caprina) growing at the Cape of Good Hope. -- Goat's rue (Bot.), a leguminous plant (Galega officinalis of Europe, or Tephrosia Virginiana in the United States). -- Goat's thorn (Bot.), a thorny leguminous plant (Astragalus Tragacanthus), found in the Levant. -- Goat's wheat (Bot.), the genus Tragopyrum (now referred to Atraphaxis).


word: Goatee
definition:
Goatee

Goat`ee"
(?)
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.


word: Goatfish
definition:
Goatfish

Goat"fish`
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
A fish of the genus Upeneus, inhabiting the Gulf of Mexico. It is allied to the surmullet.


word: Goatish
definition:
Goatish

Goat"ish
a.
Characteristic of a goat; goatlike.

Give your chaste body up to the embraces
Of goatish lust.
Massinger.


word: goatsbeard
definition:
goatsbeard

Goat's beard

Goat's beard, goatsbeard
n.
(Bot.)
A weedy European annual with yellow flowers, of the genus Tragopogon; -- so named from the long silky beard of the seeds. One species is the salsify or oyster plant; it is naturalized in US.

Syn. -- meadow salsify, shepherd's clock, Tragopogon pratensis.


word: goatsfoot
definition:
goatsfoot

goatsfoot
n.
A short-stemmed South African plant (Oxalis caprina) with bluish flowers.

Syn. -- goat's foot, Oxalis caprina.


word: Goatskin
definition:
Goatskin

Goat"skin`
(?)
n.
The skin of a goat, or leather made from it.
a. Made of the skin of a goat.


word: Goatsucker
definition:
Goatsucker

Goat"suck`er
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
One of several species of insectivorous birds, belonging to Caprimulgus and allied genera, esp. the European species (Caprimulgus Europæus); -- 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.


word: Gob₂
definition:
Gob

Gob
n.
[OF. gob morsel; cf. F. gobe, gobbe, a poisoned morsel, poison ball, gobet a piece swallowed, gober to swallow greedily and without tasting; cf. Gael. & Ir. gob mouth, snout, W. gwp a bird's head and neck.  Cf. Gobble, Job, n.]
1.
A little mass or collection; a small quantity; a mouthful.
[Low]
L'Estrange.

2.
The mouth.
[Prov. Eng.or Low]
Wright.


word: Gobang
definition:
Gobang

Go*bang"
(?)
n.
[Written also goban.]
[Jap. goban checkerboard, fr. Chino-Jap. go checker + ban board.]
A Japanese game, played on a checkerboard, in which the object of the game is to be the first in placing five pieces, or men, in a row in any direction.


word: Gobbet
definition:
Gobbet

Gob"bet
(?)
n.
[OE. & F. gobet. See 2d Gob.]
A mouthful; a lump; a small piece.
Spenser.

[He] had broken the stocks to small gobbets.
Wyclif.


word: Gobbing
definition:
Gobbing

Gob"bing
(?)
n.
[See 1st Gob.]
(Mining)
(a)
The refuse thrown back into the excavation after removing the coal. It is called also gob stuff.
Brande & C.


word: Gobble
definition:
Gobble

Gob"ble
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Gobbled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Gobbling (?).]
[Freq. of 2d gob.]

1.
To swallow or eat greedily or hastily; to gulp.

Supper gobbled up in haste.
Swift.

2.
To utter (a sound) like a turkey cock.

He . . . gobbles out a note of self-approbation.
Goldsmith.

To gobble up, to capture in a mass or in masses; to capture suddenly. [Slang]


word: Gobble₃
definition:
Gobble

Gob"ble
n.
A noise made in the throat.

Ducks and geese . . . set up a discordant gobble.
Mrs. Gore.


word: gobbledygook
definition:
gobbledygook

gobbledegook

gobbledegook, gobbledygook
n.
The incomprehensible or pompous jargon of specialists; as, psychoanalytic gobbledygook.


word: Gobelin
definition:
Gobelin

Gob"e*lin
(?)
a.
Pertaining to tapestry produced in the so-called Gobelin works, which have been maintained by the French Government since 1667.


word: Gobemouche
definition:
Gobemouche

Gobe`mouche"
(?)
n.
[F.]
Literally, a fly swallower; hence, once who keeps his mouth open; a boor; a silly and credulous person.


word: Go-between
definition:
Go-between

Go"-be*tween`
(?)
n.
A negotiator who acts as a link between parties; an intermediate agent; a broker; a procurer; -- sometimes in a disparaging sense.
Shak.

Syn. -- mediator, intermediator, intermediary.


word: Gobioid
definition:
Gobioid

Go"bi*oid
(?)
a.
[NL. Gobius + -oid.]
(Zool.)
Like, or pertaining to, the goby, or the genus Gobius.
n. A gobioid fish.


word: Goblet
definition:
Goblet

Gob"let
(?)
n.
[F. gobelet, LL. gobeletus, gobellus; cf. L. cupa tub, cask. See Cupel.]
A kind of cup or drinking vessel having a foot or standard, but without a handle.

We love not loaded boards and goblets crowned.
Denham.


word: Goblin
definition:
Goblin

Gob"lin
(?)
n.
[OE. gobelin, F. gobelin, LL. gobelinus, fr. Gr. _; knave, a mischievous goblin; or cf. G. kobold, E. kobold, cobalt, Armor. gobilin an ignis fatuus, goblin.]
An evil or mischievous spirit; a playful or malicious elf; a frightful phantom; a gnome.

To whom the goblin, full of wrath, replied.
Milton.


word: Gobline
definition:
Gobline

Gob"line`
(?)
n.
(Naut.)
One of the ropes or chains serving as stays for the dolphin striker or the bowsprit; -- called also gobrope and gaubline.


word: Gobstick
definition:
Gobstick

Gob"stick`
(?)
n.
[Gob mouth + stick.]
1.
(Angling)
A stick or device for removing the hook from a fish's gullet.
He . . . wrenched out the hook with the short wooden stick he called a “gobstick.”
Kipling.

2.
A spoon.
[Prov. Eng. or Slang]


word: Goby
definition:
Goby

Go"by
(?)
n.
pl. Gobies (#).
[F. gobie, L. gobius, gobio, Gr. _; Cf. Gudgeon.]
(Zool.)
One of several species of small marine fishes of the genus Gobius and allied genera.


word: Go-by
definition:
Go-by

Go"-by`
(?)
n.
A passing without notice; intentional neglect; thrusting away; a shifting off; adieu; as, to give a proposal the go-by.

Some songs to which we have given the go-by.
Prof. Wilson.


word: go-cart
definition:
go-cart

gocart

go"cart`, go"-cart`
n.
1.
A framework moving on casters, designed to support children while learning to walk.
[wns=1]

Syn. -- walker, baby-walker.

2.
A cart used to  carry heavy items and pushed by a person; it may have one, two or four wheels.
[wns=2]

Syn. -- handcart, pushcart, cart.

3.
a small carriage in which a baby or child is pushed around.
[wns=3]

Syn. -- baby buggy, baby carriage, perambulator, pram, stroller, pushchair, pusher.


word: God₂
definition:
God

God
(g&obreve_;d)
n.
[AS. god; akin to OS. & D. god, OHG. got, G. gott, Icel. guð, goð, Sw. & Dan. gud, Goth. gup, prob. orig. a p. p. from a root appearing in Skr. hū, p. p. hūta, to call upon, invoke, implore. √30.  Cf. Goodbye, Gospel, Gossip.]
1.
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.

He maketh a god, and worshipeth it.
Is. xliv. 15.

The race of Israel . . . bowing lowly down
To bestial gods.
Milton.

2.
The Supreme Being; the eternal and infinite Spirit, the Creator, and the Sovereign of the universe; Jehovah.

God is a Spirit; and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.
John iv. 24.

3.
A person or thing deified and honored as the chief good; an object of supreme regard.

Whose god is their belly.
Phil. iii. 19.

4.
Figuratively applied to one who wields great or despotic power.
[R.]
Shak.

Act of God. (Law) See under Act. -- Gallery gods, the occupants of the highest and cheapest gallery of a theater. [Colloq.] -- God's acre, God's field, a burial place; a churchyard. See under Acre. -- God's house. (a) An almshouse. [Obs.] (b) A church. -- God's penny, earnest penny. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl. -- God's Sunday, Easter.


word: Godchild
definition:
Godchild

God"child`
(?)
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.


word: goddamned
definition:
goddamned

goddamn

goddam

god"dam god"damn god"damned
adj.
A more intense and vulgar form of darned; -- often taken as profane and offensive.
[vulgar]

Syn. -- blasted, blessed, damn, darned, deuced.


word: Goddaughter
definition:
Goddaughter

God"daugh`ter
(?)
n.
[AS. goddohtor.]
A female for whom one becomes sponsor at baptism.


word: Goddess
definition:
Goddess

God"dess
(?)
n.
1.
A female god; a divinity, or deity, of the female sex.

When the daughter of Jupiter presented herself among a crowd of goddesses, she was distinguished by her graceful stature and superior beauty.
Addison.

2.
A woman of superior charms or excellence.


word: Go-devil
definition:
Go-devil

Go"-dev"il
(?)
n.
(Mach.)
(a)
A weight which is dropped into a bore, as of an oil well, to explode a cartridge previously lowered.
(b)
A device, as a loosely fitted plug, which is driven through a pipe by the pressure of the contents behind the plug to clear away obstructions.
(c)
A rough sled or dray used for dragging logs, hauling stone, etc.
[Local, U. S.]


word: Godfather
definition:
Godfather

God"fa`ther
(?)
n.
[AS. godfæder.  Cf. Gossip.]
A man who becomes sponsor for a child at baptism, and makes himself a surety for its Christian training and instruction.  Correlative of godmother.

There shall be for every Male-child to be baptized, when they can be had, two Godfathers and one Godmother; and for every Female, one Godfather and two Godmothers; and Parents shall be admitted as Sponsors, if it is desired.
Book of Common Prayer (Prot. Episc. Ch., U. S. ).


word: Godfather₂
definition:
Godfather

God"fa`ther
v. t.
To act as godfather to; to take under one's fostering care.
[R.]
Burke.


word: God-fearing
definition:
God-fearing

god"fear`ing, God"-fear`ing
(?)
a.
Having a reverential and loving feeling towards God; devoutly religious.

Syn. -- devout, pious.

A brave god-fearing man.
Tennyson.

a god-fearing and law-abiding people.
H. L. Mencken


word: god-forsaken
definition:
god-forsaken

godforsaken

god"for*sak`en, god"-for*sak`en
adj.
1.
deserted and unhospitable.

Syn. -- desert, desolate, waste, wild.

2.
forlorn.

Syn. -- desolate, forlorn, lorn, sad.


word: Godhead
definition:
Godhead

God"head
(?)
n.
[OE. godhed. See -head, and cf. Godhood.]
1.
Godship; deity; divinity; divine nature or essence; godhood.

2.
The Deity; God; the Supreme Being.

The imperial throne
Of Godhead, fixed for ever.
Milton.

3.
A god or goddess; a divinity.
[Obs.]

Adoring first the genius of the place,
The nymphs and native godheads yet unknown.
Dryden.


word: Godless
definition:
Godless

God"less
a.
Having, or acknowledging, no God; without reverence for God; impious; wicked.
God"less*ly, adv. -- God"less*ness, n.


word: Godlike
definition:
Godlike

God"like`
(?)
a.
[God + like. Cf. Godly.]
Resembling or befitting a god or God; divine; hence, preeminently good; as, godlike virtue.
God"like`ness, n.


word: Godliness
definition:
Godliness

God"li*ness
n.
[From Godly.]
Careful observance of, or conformity to, the laws of God; the state or quality of being godly; piety.

Godliness is profitable unto all things.
1 Tim. iv. 8.


word: Godly
definition:
Godly

God"ly
a.
[God, n. + -ly.  Cf. Godlike, Like.]
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.

For godly sorrow worketh repentance.
2 Cor. vii. 10.


word: Godly₂
definition:
Godly

God"ly
(?)
adv.
Piously; devoutly; righteously.

All that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.
2. Tim. iii. 12.


word: Godmother
definition:
Godmother

God"moth`er
(?)
n.
[AS. godm&omacrdor.]
A woman who becomes sponsor for a child in baptism. See Godfather


word: Godroon
definition:
Godroon

Go*droon"
(go̝*drōn")
n.
[F. godron a round plait, godroon.]
(Arch.)
An ornament produced by notching or carving a rounded molding.


word: Godsend
definition:
Godsend

God"send`
(g&obreve_;d"sĕnd)
n.
Something sent by God; an unexpected acquisiton or piece of good fortune.


word: Godship
definition:
Godship

God"ship
n.
[God, n. + -ship.]
The rank or character of a god; deity; divinity; a god or goddess.

O'er hills and dales their godships came.
Prior.


word: Godson
definition:
Godson

God"son`
(g&obreve_;d"sŭn)
n.
[AS. godsunu.]
A male for whom one has stood sponsor in baptism. See Godfather.


word: Godspeed
definition:
Godspeed

God"speed`
(g&obreve_;d"spēd`)
n.
Success; prosperous journeying; -- a contraction of the phrase, “God speed you.” 
[Written also as two separate words.]

Receive him not into house, neither bid him God speed.
2 John 10.


word: Godwit
definition:
Godwit

God"wit
(g&obreve_;d"wĭt)
n.
[Prob. from AS. g&omacrd good + wiht creature, wight.]
(Zool.)
One of several species of long-billed, wading birds of the genus Limosa, and family Tringidæ. The European black-tailed godwit (Limosa limosa), the American marbled godwit (Limosa fedoa), the Hudsonian godwit (Limosa hæmastica), and others, are valued as game birds.  Called also godwin.


word: Goemin
definition:
Goemin

Go`ë`min"
(?)
n.
[F. goëmon seaweed.]
A complex mixture of several substances extracted from Irish moss.


word: Goer
definition:
Goer

Go"er
(?)
n.
[From Go.]
One who, or that which, goes; a runner or walker
(a)
A foot.
[Obs.]
Chapman.
(b)
A horse, considered in reference to his gait; as, a good goer; a safe goer.

This antechamber has been filled with comers and goers.
Macaulay.


word: Goety
definition:
Goety

Go"e*ty
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; witchcraft, from _; to bewitch, _; sorcerer: cf. F. goétie.]
Invocation of evil spirits; witchcraft.
[Obs.]
Hallywell.


word: Goff
definition:
Goff

Goff
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. goffe ill-made, awkward, It. goffo, Sp. gofo, Prov. G. goff a blockhead, Gr. _; stupid.]
A silly clown.
[Prov. Eng.]
Halliwell.


word: Goffer
definition:
Goffer

Gof"fer
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Goffered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Goffering.]
[See Gauffer.]
To plait, flute, or crimp. See Gauffer.
Clarke.


word: Gog
definition:
Gog

Gog
(g&obreve_;g)
n.
[Cf. agog, F. gogue sprightliness, also W. gogi to agitate, shake.]
Haste; ardent desire to go.
[Obs.]
Beau. & Fl.


word: go-getter
definition:
go-getter

go-getter
n.
a person disposed to initiate action, rather than take instructions; an enterprising person; a person with a strong drive to accomplish useful goals; especially, one whose career progresses rapidly.
[wns=1]

Syn. -- whizz-kid, whiz-kid, ball of fire.


word: Goggle
definition:
Goggle

Gog"gle
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Goggled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Goggling (?).]
[Cf. Ir. & Gael. gog a nod, slight motion.]
To roll the eyes; to stare.

And wink and goggle like an owl.
Hudibras.


word: Goggle₂
definition:
Goggle

Gog"gle
a.
Full and rolling, or staring; -- said of the eyes.

The long, sallow vissage, the goggle eyes.
Sir W. Scott.


word: Goggle₃
definition:
Goggle

Gog"gle
n.
[See Goggle, v. i.]

1.
A strained or affected rolling of the eye.

2.
pl.
(a)
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.
(b)
Colored glasses for relief from intense light.
(c)
A disk with a small aperture, to direct the sight forward, and cure squinting.
(d)
Any screen or cover for the eyes, with or without a slit for seeing through.


word: Goggle-eye
definition:
Goggle-eye

Gog"gle-eye`
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
(a)
One of two or more species of American fresh-water fishes of the family Centrarchidæ, esp. Chænobryttus antistius, of Lake Michigan and adjacent waters, and Ambloplites rupestris, of the Great Lakes and Mississippi Valley; -- so called from their prominent eyes.
(b)
The goggler.


word: Goggler
definition:
Goggler

Gog"gler
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
A carangoid oceanic fish (Trachurops crumenophthalmus), having very large and prominent eyes; -- called also goggle-eye, big-eyed scad, and cicharra.


word: Going
definition:
Going

Go"ing
(?)
n.
1.
The act of moving in any manner; traveling; as, the going is bad.

2.
Departure.
Milton.

3.
Pregnancy; gestation; childbearing.
Crew.

4.
pl.
Course of life; behavior; doings; ways.

His eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings.
Job xxxiv. 21.

Going barrel. (Horology) (a) A barrel containing the mainspring, and having teeth on its periphery to drive the train. (b) A device for maintaining a force to drive the train while the timepiece is being wound up. -- Going forth. (Script.) (a) Outlet; way of exit. “Every going forth of the sanctuary.” Ezek. xliv. 5. (b) A limit; a border. “The going forth thereof shall be from the south to Kadesh-barnea.” Num. xxxiv. 4. -- Going out, or Goings out. (Script.) (a) The utmost extremity or limit. “The border shall go down to Jordan, and the goings out of it shall be at the salt sea.” Num. xxxiv. 12. (b) Departure or journeying. “And Moses wrote their goings out according to their journeys.” Num. xxxiii. 2. -- Goings on, behavior; actions; conduct; -- usually in a bad sense.


word: Going₂
definition:
Going

Go"ing
p. pr.
of Go
(a)
That goes; in existence; available for present use or enjoyment; current; obtainable; also, moving; working; in operation; departing; as, he is of the brightest men going; going prices or rate.
(b)
Carrying on its ordinary business; conducting business, or carried on, with an indefinite prospect of continuance; -- chiefly used in the phrases a going business, concern, etc.
(c)
Of or pertaining to a going business or concern; as, the going value of a company.


word: Goitre
definition:
Goitre

Goiter

{ Goi"ter Goi"tre }
(?)
n.
[F. goître, L. guttur throat, cf. tumidum guttur goiter, gutturosus goitered. See Guttural.]
(Med.)
An enlargement of the thyroid gland, on the anterior part of the neck, usually resulting from iodine deficiency; bronchocele. It is frequently associated with cretinism, and was at one time common in mountainous regions, especially in certain parts of Switzerland.  The incidence of goiter has been substantially reduced by addition of iodine to ceratin foods, such as salt.

Syn. -- struma.


word: goitrogen
definition:
goitrogen

goitrogen
n.
any substance (like thiouracil or thiourea) that induces the formation of a goiter.


word: Goitrous
definition:
Goitrous

Goi"trous
(?)
a.
[F. goîtreux, L. gutturosus. See Goiter.]
Pertaining to the goiter; affected with the goiter; of the nature of goiter or bronchocele.

Let me not be understood as insinuating that the inhabitants in general are either goitrous or idiots.
W. Coxe.


word: go-kart
definition:
go-kart

go-kart
n.
a small low motor vehicle with four wheels and an open framework; -- used for racing.


word: Goolde
definition:
Goolde

Golde

Gold

{ Gold (g&omacrld), Golde, Goolde (gōld), }
n.
(Bot.)
An old English name of some yellow flower, -- the marigold (Calendula), according to Dr. Prior, but in Chaucer perhaps the turnsole.


word: Gold
definition:
Gold

Gold
(g&omacrld)
n.
[AS. gold; akin to D. goud, OS. & G. gold, Icel. gull, Sw. & Dan. guld, Goth. gulþ, Russ. & OSlav. zlato; prob. akin to E. yellow. √49, 234. See Yellow, and cf. Gild, v. t.]

1.
(Chem.)
A metallic element of atomic number 79, 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 (melting point 1064.4° C), moisture, and most corrosive agents, and therefore well suited for its use in coin and jewelry. Symbol Au (Aurum). Atomic weight 196.97.

&hand_; Native gold contains usually eight to ten per cent of silver, but often much more. As the amount of silver increases, the color becomes whiter and the specific gravity lower. Gold is very widely disseminated, as in the sands of many rivers, but in very small quantity. It usually occurs in quartz veins (gold quartz), in slate and metamorphic rocks, or in sand and alluvial soil, resulting from the disintegration of such rocks. It also occurs associated with other metallic substances, as in auriferous pyrites, and is combined with tellurium in the minerals petzite, calaverite, sylvanite, etc. Pure gold is too soft for ordinary use, and is hardened by alloying with silver and copper, the latter giving a characteristic reddish tinge. [See Carat.] Gold also finds use in gold foil, in the pigment purple of Cassius, and in the chloride, which is used as a toning agent in photography.

2.
Money; riches; wealth.

For me, the gold of France did not seduce.
Shak.

3.
A yellow color, like that of the metal; as, a flower tipped with gold.

4.
Figuratively, something precious or pure; as, hearts of gold.
Shak.

Age of gold. See Golden age, under Golden. -- Dutch gold, Fool's gold, Gold dust, etc. See under Dutch, Dust, etc. -- Gold amalgam, a mineral, found in Columbia and California, composed of gold and mercury. -- Gold beater, one whose occupation is to beat gold into gold leaf. -- Gold beater's skin, the prepared outside membrane of the large intestine of the ox, used for separating the leaves of metal during the process of gold-beating. -- Gold beetle (Zool.), any small gold-colored beetle of the family Chrysomelidæ; -- called also golden beetle. -- Gold blocking, printing with gold leaf, as upon a book cover, by means of an engraved block. Knight. -- Gold cloth. See Cloth of gold, under Cloth. -- Gold Coast, a part of the coast of Guinea, in West Africa. -- Gold cradle. (Mining) See Cradle, n., 7. -- Gold diggings, the places, or region, where gold is found by digging in sand and gravel from which it is separated by washing. -- Gold end, a fragment of broken gold or jewelry. -- Gold-end man. (a) A buyer of old gold or jewelry. (b) A goldsmith's apprentice. (c) An itinerant jeweler. “I know him not: he looks like a gold-end man.”  B. Jonson. -- Gold fever, a popular mania for gold hunting. -- Gold field, a region in which are deposits of gold. -- Gold finder. (a) One who finds gold. (b) One who empties privies. [Obs. & Low] Swift. -- Gold flower, a composite plant with dry and persistent yellow radiating involucral scales, the Helichrysum Stœchas of Southern Europe. There are many South African species of the same genus. -- Gold foil, thin sheets of gold, as used by dentists and others. See Gold leaf. -- Gold knobs or Gold knoppes (Bot.), buttercups. -- Gold lace, a kind of lace, made of gold thread. -- Gold latten, a thin plate of gold or gilded metal. -- Gold leaf, gold beaten into a film of extreme thinness, and used for gilding, etc. It is much thinner than gold foil. -- Gold lode (Mining), a gold vein. -- Gold mine, a place where gold is obtained by mining operations, as distinguished from diggings, where it is extracted by washing.  Cf. Gold diggings (above). -- Gold nugget, a lump of gold as found in gold mining or digging; -- called also a pepito. -- Gold paint. See Gold shell. -- Gold pheasant, or Golden pheasant. (Zool.) See under Pheasant. -- Gold plate, a general name for vessels, dishes, cups, spoons, etc., made of gold. -- Gold of pleasure. [Name perhaps translated from Sp. oro-de-alegria.] (Bot.) A plant of the genus Camelina, bearing yellow flowers. C. sativa is sometimes cultivated for the oil of its seeds. -- Gold shell. (a) A composition of powdered gold or gold leaf, ground up with gum water and spread on shells, for artists' use; -- called also gold paint. (b) (Zool.) A bivalve shell (Anomia glabra) of the Atlantic coast; -- called also jingle shell and silver shell. See Anomia. -- Gold size, a composition used in applying gold leaf. -- Gold solder, a kind of solder, often containing twelve parts of gold, two of silver, and four of copper. -- Gold stick, the colonel of a regiment of English lifeguards, who attends his sovereign on state occasions; -- so called from the gilt rod presented to him by the sovereign when he receives his commission as colonel of the regiment. [Eng.] -- Gold thread. (a) A thread formed by twisting flatted gold over a thread of silk, with a wheel and iron bobbins; spun gold. Ure. (b) (Bot.) A small evergreen plant (Coptis trifolia), so called from its fibrous yellow roots. It is common in marshy places in the United States. -- Gold tissue, a tissue fabric interwoven with gold thread. -- Gold tooling, the fixing of gold leaf by a hot tool upon book covers, or the ornamental impression so made. -- Gold washings, places where gold found in gravel is separated from lighter material by washing. -- Gold worm, a glowworm. [Obs.] -- Jeweler's gold, an alloy containing three parts of gold to one of copper. -- Mosaic gold. See under Mosaic.


word: Gold-beating
definition:
Gold-beating

Gold"-beat`ing
(g&omacrld"bēt`ĭng)
n.
The art or process of reducing gold to extremely thin leaves, by beating with a hammer.
Ure.


word: goldbrick
definition:
goldbrick

gold"brick`
n.
an idle worthless person.
[slang]

Syn. -- goof-off, ne'er-do-well, good-for-nothing, good-for-naught.


word: goldbricking
definition:
goldbricking

goldbricking
n.
The evasion of work or duty.
[informal]

Syn. -- shirking, slacking, soldiering, goofing off.


word: Goldcrest
definition:
Goldcrest

Gold"crest`
(g&omacrld"krĕst`)
n.
(Zool.)
The European golden-crested kinglet (Regulus cristatus, or Regulus regulus); -- called also golden-crested wren, and golden wren.  The name is also sometimes applied to the American golden-crested kinglet.  See Kinglet.


word: Golden
definition:
Golden

Gold"en
(g&omacrld"'n)
a.
[OE. golden; cf. OE. gulden, AS. gylden, from gold. See Gold, and cf. Guilder.]

1.
Made of gold; consisting of gold.

2.
Having the color of gold; as, the golden grain.

3.
Very precious; highly valuable; excellent; eminently auspicious; as, golden opinions.

Golden age. (a) The fabulous age of primeval simplicity and purity of manners in rural employments, followed by the silver age, bronze age, and iron age. Dryden. (b) (Roman Literature) The best part (B. C. 81 -- A. D. 14) of the classical period of Latinity; the time when Cicero, Cæsar, Virgil, etc., wrote. Hence: (c) That period in the history of a literature, etc., when it flourishes in its greatest purity or attains its greatest glory; as, the Elizabethan age has been considered the golden age of English literature. -- Golden balls, three gilt balls used as a sign of a pawnbroker's office or shop; -- originally taken from the coat of arms of Lombardy, the first money lenders in London having been Lombards. -- Golden bull. See under Bull, an edict. -- Golden chain (Bot.), the shrub Cytisus Laburnum, so named from its long clusters of yellow blossoms. -- Golden club (Bot.), an aquatic plant (Orontium aquaticum), bearing a thick spike of minute yellow flowers. -- Golden cup (Bot.), the buttercup. -- Golden eagle (Zool.), a large and powerful eagle (Aquila Chrysaëtos) inhabiting Europe, Asia, and North America. It is so called from the brownish yellow tips of the feathers on the head and neck.  A dark variety is called the royal eagle; the young in the second year is the ring-tailed eagle. -- Golden fleece. (a) (Mythol.) The fleece of gold fabled to have been taken from the ram that bore Phryxus through the air to Colchis, and in quest of which Jason undertook the Argonautic expedition. (b) (Her.) An order of knighthood instituted in 1429 by Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy; -- called also Toison d'Or. -- Golden grease, a bribe; a fee. [Slang] -- Golden hair (Bot.), a South African shrubby composite plant with golden yellow flowers, the Chrysocoma Coma-aurea. -- Golden Horde (Hist.), a tribe of Mongolian Tartars who overran and settled in Southern Russia early in the 18th century. -- Golden Legend, a hagiology (the “Aurea Legenda”) written by James de Voragine, Archbishop of Genoa, in the 13th century, translated and printed by Caxton in 1483, and partially paraphrased by Longfellow in a poem thus entitled. -- Golden marcasite tin. [Obs.] -- Golden mean, the way of wisdom and safety between extremes; sufficiency without excess; moderation.
[1913 Webster]
Angels guard him in the golden mean. Pope.
-- Golden mole (Zool), one of several South African Insectivora of the family Chrysochloridæ, resembling moles in form and habits.  The fur is tinted with green, purple, and gold. -- Golden number (Chronol.), a number showing the year of the lunar or Metonic cycle.  It is reckoned from 1 to 19, and is so called from having formerly been written in the calendar in gold. -- Golden oriole. (Zool.) See Oriole. -- Golden pheasant. See under Pheasant. -- Golden pippin, a kind of apple, of a bright yellow color. -- Golden plover (Zool.), one of several species of plovers, of the genus Charadrius, esp. the European (Charadrius apricarius, syn. Charadrius pluvialis; -- called also yellow plover, black-breasted plover, hill plover, and whistling plover.  The common American species (Charadrius dominicus) is also called frostbird, and bullhead. -- Golden robin. (Zool.) See Baltimore oriole, in Vocab. -- Golden rose (R. C. Ch.), a gold or gilded rose blessed by the pope on the fourth Sunday in Lent, and sent to some church or person in recognition of special services rendered to the Holy See. -- Golden rule. (a) The rule of doing as we would have others do to us.  Cf. Luke vi. 31. (b) The rule of proportion, or rule of three. -- Golden samphire (Bot.), a composite plant (Inula crithmoides), found on the seashore of Europe. -- Golden saxifrage (Bot.), a low herb with yellow flowers (Chrysosplenium oppositifolium), blossoming in wet places in early spring. -- Golden seal (Bot.), a perennial ranunculaceous herb (Hydrastis Canadensis), with a thick knotted rootstock and large rounded leaves. -- Golden sulphide of antimony, or Golden sulphuret of antimony (Chem.), the pentasulphide of antimony, a golden or orange yellow powder. -- Golden warbler (Zool.), a common American wood warbler (Dendroica æstiva); -- called also blue-eyed yellow warbler, garden warbler, and summer yellow bird. -- Golden wasp (Zool.), a bright-colored hymenopterous insect, of the family Chrysididæ. The colors are golden, blue, and green. -- Golden wedding. See under Wedding.


word: goldenbush
definition:
goldenbush

gold"en*bush`
n.
A plant of the genus Haplopappus.

2.
Any of various much-branched yellow-flowered shrubs of the genus Chrysothamnus, growing in Western North America.


word: Golden-eye
definition:
Golden-eye

Gold"en-eye`
(g&omacrld"'n*ī)
n.
(Zool.)
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 (Glaucionetta Islandica) is less common.


word: Godlenly
definition:
Godlenly

Godl"en*ly
adv.
In golden terms or a golden manner; splendidly; delightfully.
[Obs.]
Shak.


word: golden-rod
definition:
golden-rod

goldenrod

gold"en*rod`, gold"en-rod`
(g&omacrld"'n*r&obreve_;d`)
n.
(Bot.)
A tall herb (Solidago Virga-aurea), bearing small yellow flowers in a graceful elongated cluster.  The name is common to all the species of the genus Solidago.

Golden-rod tree (Bot.), a shrub (Bosea Yervamora), a native of the Canary Isles.


word: goldenseal
definition:
goldenseal

goldenseal
n.
A perennial herb of Northeastern U. S. (Hydrastis Canadensis) having a thick knotted yellow rootstock and large rounded leaves.

Syn. -- golden seal, yellow root, turmeric root, Hydrastis Canadensis.


word: golden snitch
definition:
golden snitch

gold"en snitch`
(g&omacrld"'n snĭch)
n.
[ca. 2000]
1.
A fictional object shaped like a small golden sphere with wings, described in the series of “Harry Potter” novels by J.K. Rowling.  It is used in a fictional game called Quidditch, in which wizards on broomsticks fly through the air and, among other things, try to catch the golden snitch, which flies quickly and erratically, and is therefore difficult to catch.

2.
Hence:
[metaphorically]
Some object that is difficult to catch, or a goal that is difficult to achieve.


word: goldfields
definition:
goldfields

goldfields
n.
A small slender woolly annual (Lasthenia chrysostoma) with very narrow opposite leaves and branches bearing solitary golden-yellow flower heads; it grows from Southwestern Oregon to Baja California and Arizona; -- it is often cultivated.

Syn. -- Lasthenia chrysostoma.


word: Goldfinch
definition:
Goldfinch

Gold"finch`
(?)
n.
[AS. goldfinc. See Gold, and Finch.]
(Zool.)
(a)
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.
(b)
The yellow-hammer.
(c)
A small American finch (Spinus tristis); the thistle bird.

&hand_; The name is also applied to other yellow finches, esp. to several additional American species of Spinus.


word: Goldfinny
definition:
Goldfinny

Gold"fin`ny
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
One of two or more species of European labroid fishes (Crenilabrus melops, and Ctenolabrus rupestris); -- called also goldsinny, and goldney.


word: Goldfish
definition:
Goldfish

Gold"fish`
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
(a)
A small domesticated cyprinoid fish (Carassius auratus); -- so named from its color. It is a 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.
(b)
A California marine fish of an orange or red color; the garibaldi.


word: Golding
definition:
Golding

Goldin

{ Gold"in (?), Gold"ing (?), }
n.
(Bot.)
[From the golden color of the blossoms.]
A conspicuous yellow flower, commonly the corn marigold (Chrysanthemum segetum).
[This word is variously corrupted into gouland, gools, gowan, etc.]


word: gold-of-pleasure
definition:
gold-of-pleasure

gold-of-pleasure
n.
(Bot.)
An annual European false flax (Camelina sativa) having small white flowers; cultivated since Neolithic times as a source of fiber and for its oil-rich seeds; widely naturalized in North America.

Syn. -- gold of pleasure, Camelina sativa.


word: Goldsmith
definition:
Goldsmith

Gold"smith`
(?)
n.
[AS. goldsmi_;. See Gold., and Smith.]
1.
An artisan who manufactures vessels and ornaments, etc., of gold.

2.
A banker.
[Obs.]

&hand_; The goldsmiths of London formerly received money on deposit because they were prepared to keep it safely.

Goldsmith beetle (Zool.), a large, bright yellow, American beetle (Cotalpa lanigera), of the family Scarabæidæ


word: Goldylocks
definition:
Goldylocks

Gold"y*locks`
(?)
n.
(Bot.)
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.


word: Golf
definition:
Golf

Golf
(g&obreve_;lf)
n.
[D. kolf club or bat, also a Dutch game played in an inclosed area with clubs and balls; akin to G. kolben club, but end, Icel. k_;lfr tongue of a bell. bolt, Sw. kolf bolt, dart, but end, Dan. kolv bolt, arrow.  Cf. Club, Globe.]
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.
[Scot.]
Strutt.


word: Golf₂
definition:
Golf

Golf
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Golfed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Golfing.]
To play at golf.
Last mystery of all, he learned to golf.
Kipling.


word: golf cart
definition:
golf cart

golfcart

golfcart, golf cart
n.
a motorized cart in which golfers can ride between shots.

Syn. -- golf cart.


word: golf club
definition:
golf club

golfclub

golfclub, golf club
n.
an implement used by a golfer to hit a golf ball.

Syn. -- club.


word: Goliard
definition:
Goliard

Gol"iard
(g&omacrl"yẽrd)
n.
[From OF. goliart glutton, buffoon, riotous student, Goliard, LL. goliardus, prob. fr. L. gula throat.  Cf. Gules.]
A buffoon in the Middle Ages, who attended rich men's tables to make sport for the guests by ribald stories and songs.


word: Goliath beetle
definition:
Goliath beetle

Go*li"ath bee"tle
(?)
[From Goliath, the Philistine giant.]
(Zool.)
Any species of Goliathus, a genus of very large and handsome African beetles.


word: Goman
definition:
Goman

Go"man
(?)
n.
[Prob. fr. good man; but cf. also AS. gumman a man, OHG. gomman man, husband.]
A husband; a master of a family.
[Obs.]


word: Gomarite
definition:
Gomarite

Gomarist

{ Go"mar*ist (?), Go"mar*ite (?), }
n.
(Eccl.-Hist.)
One of the followers of Francis Gomar or Gomarus, a Dutch disciple of Calvin in the 17th century, who strongly opposed the Arminians.


word: Gome
definition:
Gome

Gome
(?)
n.
[AS. guma; akin to Goth. guma, L. homo. See Bridegroom.]
A man.
[Obs.]
P. Plowman.


word: Gome₂
definition:
Gome

Gome
n.
[Cf. Icel. gormr ooze, mud.]
The black grease on the axle of a cart or wagon wheel; -- called also gorm. See Gorm.
[Prov. Eng.]


word: Gomer₂
definition:
Gomer

Go"mer
n.
(Gun.)
A conical chamber at the breech of the bore in heavy ordnance, especially in mortars; -- named after the inventor.


word: Gomphiasis
definition:
Gomphiasis

Gom*phi"a*sis
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _; toothache or gnashing of teeth, fr. _; a grinder tooth, from _; a bolt.]
(Med.)
A disease of the teeth, which causes them to loosen and fall out of their sockets.
[Archaic]


word: Gomphosis
definition:
Gomphosis

Gom*pho"sis
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _;, prop., a bolting together, fr. _; to fasten with bolts or nails, _; bolt, nail: cf. F. gomphose.]
(Anat.)
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.


word: Gomuti
definition:
Gomuti

Go*mu"ti
(?)
n.
[Malayan gumuti.]
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.


word: Gonad
definition:
Gonad

Gon"ad
(?)
n.
pl. Gonads (#).
[Gr. _; that which generates.]
(Anat.)
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.
Wiedersheim.


word: gonadotropin
definition:
gonadotropin

gonadotropin
n.
(Physiology)
A hormone secreted by the pituitary gland and placenta, which stimulates the gonads and controls reproductive activity.

Syn. -- gonadotropic hormone.


word: Gonangium
definition:
Gonangium

Go`nan*gi"um
(?)
n.
pl. L. Gonangia (#), E. Gonangiums (#).
[NL., fr. Gr. _; offspring + _; vessel.]
(Zool.)
See Gonotheca.


word: Gondola
definition:
Gondola

Gon"do*la
(?)
n.
[It., dim. of gonda a gondola; cf. LL. gandeia a kind of boat, Gr. _; a drinking vessel; said to be a Persian word; cf. F. gondole gondola, cup.]

1.
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.

2.
A flat-bottomed boat for freight.
[U. S.]

3.
A long platform car, either having no sides or with very low sides, used on railroads.
[U. S.]

4.
(Aëronautics)
An elongated car under a dirigible.


word: Gondwanaland
definition:
Gondwanaland

Gondwanaland
prop. n.
1.
A hypothetical continent that (according to plate tectonic theory) broke up later into India and Australia and Africa and South America and Antarctica.  See plate tectonics.


word: Goneness
definition:
Goneness

Gone"ness
n.
A state of exhaustion; faintness, especially as resulting from hunger.
[Colloq. U. S.]


word: Gonfanon
definition:
Gonfanon

Gonfalon

{ Gon"fa*lon (?), Gon"fa*non (?), }
n.
[OE. gonfanoun, OF. gonfanon, F. gonfalon, the same word as F. confalon, name of a religious brotherhood, fr. OHG. gundfano war flag; gund war (used in comp., and akin to AS. gūð) + fano cloth, flag; akin to E. vane; cf. AS. gūðfana. See Vane, and cf. Confalon.]
1.
The ensign or standard in use by certain princes or states, such as the mediæval republics of Italy, and in more recent times by the pope.

2.
A name popularly given to any flag which hangs from a crosspiece or frame instead of from the staff or the mast itself.

Standards and gonfalons, 'twixt van and rear,
Stream in the air.
Milton.


word: Gonfalonier
definition:
Gonfalonier

Gon`fa*lon*ier"
(?)
n.
[F. gonfalonier: cf. It. gonfaloniere.]
He who bears the gonfalon; a standard bearer
(a)
An officer at Rome who bears the standard of the Church.
(b)
The chief magistrate of any one of several republics in mediæveal Italy.
(c)
A Turkish general, and standard keeper.


word: Gong
definition:
Gong

Gong
(?)
n.
[AS. gong, gang, a going, passage, drain. See Gang.]
A privy or jakes.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

Gong farmer, Gong man, a cleaner of privies. [Obs.]


word: Gong₂
definition:
Gong

Gong
n.
1.
[Malayan (Jav.) g&omacrng.]
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.

O'er distant deserts sounds the Tartar gong.
Longfellow.

2.
(Mach.)
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.

Gong metal, an alloy (78 parts of copper, 22 of tin), from which Oriental gongs are made.


word: Gongorism
definition:
Gongorism

Gon"go*rism
(?)
n.
An affected elegance or euphuism of style, for which the Spanish poet Gongora y Argote (1561-1627), among others of his time, was noted.
Gongorism, that curious disease of euphuism, that broke out simultaneously in Italy, England, and Spain.
The Critic.
The Renaissance riots itself away in Marinism, Gongorism, Euphuism, and the affectations of the Hôtel Rambouillet.
J. A. Symonds.


word: Goniatite
definition:
Goniatite

Go"ni*a*tite
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; angle.]
(Paleon.)
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.


word: Gonidial₂
definition:
Gonidial

Go*nid"i*al
a.
(Zool.)
Of or pertaining to the angles of the mouth; as, a gonidial groove of an actinian.


word: Gonidium
definition:
Gonidium

Go*nid"i*um
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _;, dim. of _; angle.]
(Zool.)
A special groove or furrow at one or both angles of the mouth of many Anthozoa.


word: Gonidium₂
definition:
Gonidium

Go*nid"i*um
n.
pl. Gonidia (#).
[NL., fr. Gr. _; that which generates.]
(Bot.)
A component cell of the yellowish green layer in certain lichens.


word: gon"iff
definition:
gon"iff

gon"iff
(?)
n.
[From Yiddish, prob. fr.  Heb. gannābh thief.]
A pickpocket or thief.
[Also spelled ganef, gonif, and gonoph.]
[Eng. Slang]


word: Gonimia
definition:
Gonimia

Go*nim"i*a
(?)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. _; productive, fr. _; that which generates.]
(Bot.)
Bluish green granules which occur in certain lichens, as Collema, Peltigera, etc., and which replace the more usual gonidia.


word: Gonimous
definition:
Gonimous

Gon"i*mous
(?)
a.
(Bot.)
Pertaining to, or containing, gonidia or gonimia, as that part of a lichen which contains the green or chlorophyll-bearing cells.


word: Goniometer
definition:
Goniometer

Go`ni*om"e*ter
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; angle + -meter: cf. F. goniomètre.]
An instrument for measuring angles, especially the angles of crystals, or the inclination of planes.

Contact goniometer, or Hand goniometer, a goniometer having two movable arms (ab, cd), between which (at ab) the faces of the crystals are placed. These arms turn about a fixed point, which is the center of the graduated circle or semicircle upon which the angle is read off. -- Reflecting goniometer, an instrument for measuring the angles of crystals by determining through what angular space the crystal must be turned so that two rays reflected from two surfaces successively shall have the same direction; -- called also Wollaston's goniometer, from the inventor.


word: Goniometrical
definition:
Goniometrical

Goniometric

Go`ni*o*met"ric (?), Go`ni*o*met"ric*al (_;)
a.
Pertaining to, or determined by means of, a goniometer; trigonometric.


word: Goniometry
definition:
Goniometry

Go`ni*om"e*try
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. goniométrie.]
(Math.)
The art of measuring angles; trigonometry.


word: gonna
definition:
gonna

gon"na
(gŭn"nŭ)
phr.
[phonetic transcription of colloquial speech.]
Going to; as, who's gonna get the milk?.
[colloq., phonetic spelling]

 Phonetic transcriptions of rapid colloquial speech are sometimes used in place of the grammatically proper spelling in order to provide a flavor of the original spirit of a spoken dialogue.  See also the related entries for gotta, wanna, and wannabe.


word: Gonoblastid
definition:
Gonoblastid

Gon`o*blas"tid
(?)
n.
[See Gonoblastidium.]
(Zool.)
A reproductive bud of a hydroid; a simple gonophore.


word: Gonoblastidium
definition:
Gonoblastidium

Gon`o*blas*tid"i*um
(?)
n.
pl. Gonoblastidia (#).
[NL., fr. Gr. _; offspring + _; to bud.]
(Zool.)
A blastostyle.


word: Gonocalyx
definition:
Gonocalyx

Gon`o*ca"lyx
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; offspring + E. calyx,]
(Zool.)
The bell of a sessile gonozooid.


word: Gonochorism
definition:
Gonochorism

Gon`o*cho"rism
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; offspring + _; to separate.]
(a)
Separation of the sexes in different individuals; -- opposed to hermaphroditism.
(b)
In ontogony, differentiation of male and female individuals from embryos having the same rudimentary sexual organs.
(c)
In phylogeny, the evolution of distinct sexes in species previously hermaphrodite or sexless.


word: Gonococcus
definition:
Gonococcus

Gon`o*coc"cus
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _; semen, the genitals + NL. & E. coccus.]
(Med.)
A microorganism (Neisseria gonnorrhoeae) of the genus Neisseria (formerly Micrococcus), found in the secretion in gonorrhea, and constituting the cause of this disease.


word: Gonoph
definition:
Gonoph

Gon"oph
(?)
n.
[From Yiddish, prob. fr.  Heb. gannābh thief.]
A pickpocket or thief.
[Also spelled ganef, gonif, and goniff.]
[Eng. Slang]
Dickens.


word: Gonophore
definition:
Gonophore

Gon"o*phore
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; offspring, seed + fe`rein to bear.]
1.
(Zool.)
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.

2.
(Bot.)
A lengthened receptacle, bearing the stamens and carpels in a conspicuous manner.


word: gonorrhoea
definition:
gonorrhoea

gonorrhea

{ gon`or*rhe"a, gon`or*rhœ"a  }
(?)
n.
[L. gonorrhoea, Gr. _;; _; that which begets, semen, the genitals + _; to flow: cf. F. gonorrhée.]
(Med.)
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.  It is caused by infection with the bacterium Neiseria gonorrheae, and is commonly transmitted  by sexual intercourse.


word: Gonorrhoeal
definition:
Gonorrhoeal

Gonorrheal

{ Gon`or*rhe"al, Gon`or*rhœ"al  }
(?)
a.
(Med.)
Of or pertaining to gonorrhea; as, gonorrheal rheumatism.


word: Gonosome
definition:
Gonosome

Gon"o*some
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; offspring + -some body.]
(Zool.)
The reproductive zooids of a hydroid colony, collectively.


word: Gonotheca
definition:
Gonotheca

Gon`o*the"ca
(?)
n.
pl. Gonothec_; (#).
[NL., fr. Gr. _; offspring + _; box.]
(Zool.)
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.


word: Gonozooid
definition:
Gonozooid

Gon`o*zo"oid
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; offspring + E. zooid.]
(Zool.)
A sexual zooid, or medusoid bud of a hydroid; a gonophore. See Hydroidea, and Illust. of Campanularian.


word: Gonys
definition:
Gonys

Go"nys
(?)
n.
[Cf. Genys.]
(Zool.)
The keel or lower outline of a bird's bill, so far as the mandibular rami are united.


word: Good
definition:
Good

Good
(?)
a.
[Compar. Better (?); superl. Best (?). These words, though used as the comparative and superlative of good, are from a different root.]
[AS. G&omacrd, akin to D. goed, OS. g&omacrd, OHG. guot, G. gut, Icel. g&omacrðr, Sw. & Dan. god, Goth. g&omacrds; prob. orig., fitting, belonging together, and akin to E. gather. √29 Cf. Gather.]

1.
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.

And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good.
Gen. i. 31.

Good company, good wine, good welcome.
Shak.

2.
Possessing moral excellence or virtue; virtuous; pious; religious; -- said of persons or actions.

In all things showing thyself a pattern of good works.
Tit. ii. 7.

3.
Kind; benevolent; humane; merciful; gracious; polite; propitious; friendly; well-disposed; -- often followed by to or toward, also formerly by unto.

The men were very good unto us.
1 Sam. xxv. 15.

4.
Serviceable; suited; adapted; suitable; of use; to be relied upon; -- followed especially by for.

All quality that is good for anything is founded originally in merit.
Collier.

5.
Clever; skillful; dexterous; ready; handy; -- followed especially by at.

He . . . is a good workman; a very good tailor.
Shak.

Those are generally good at flattering who are good for nothing else.
South.

6.
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.

My reasons are both good and weighty.
Shak.

My meaning in saying he is a good man is . . . that he is sufficient . . . I think I may take his bond.
Shak.

7.
Real; actual; serious; as in the phrases in good earnest; in good sooth.

Love no man in good earnest.
Shak.

8.
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.

9.
Not lacking or deficient; full; complete.

Good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over.
Luke vi. 38.

10.
Not blemished or impeached; fair; honorable; unsullied; as in the phrases a good name, a good report, good repute, etc.

A good name is better than precious ointment
Eccl. vii. 1.

As good as. See under As. -- For good, or For good and all, completely and finally; fully; truly.
[1913 Webster]
The good woman never died after this, till she came to die for good and all. L'Estrange.
-- Good breeding, polite or polished manners, formed by education; a polite education.
[1913 Webster]
Distinguished by good humor and good breeding. Macaulay.
-- Good cheap, literally, good bargain; reasonably cheap.
-- Good consideration (Law). (a) A consideration of blood or of natural love and affection. Blackstone. (b) A valuable consideration, or one which will sustain a contract. -- Good fellow, a person of companionable qualities. [Familiar] -- Good folk, or Good people, fairies; brownies; pixies, etc. [Colloq. Eng. & Scot.] -- Good for nothing. (a) Of no value; useless; worthless. (b) Used substantively, an idle, worthless person.
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My father always said I was born to be a good for nothing. Ld. Lytton.
-- Good Friday, the Friday of Holy Week, kept in some churches as a fast, in memoory of our Savior's passion or suffering; the anniversary of the crucifixion. -- Good humor, or Good-humor, a cheerful or pleasant temper or state of mind. -- Good humor man, a travelling vendor who sells Good Humor ice-cream (or some similar ice-cream) from a small refrigerated truck; he usually drives slowly through residential neighborhoods in summertime, loudly playing some distinctive recorded music to announce his presence. [U. S.] -- Good nature, or Good-nature, habitual kindness or mildness of temper or disposition; amiability; state of being in good humor.
[1913 Webster]
The good nature and generosity which belonged to his character. Macaulay.
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The young count's good nature and easy persuadability were among his best characteristics. Hawthorne.
-- Good people. See Good folk (above). -- Good speed, good luck; good success; godspeed; -- an old form of wishing success. See Speed. -- Good turn, an act of kidness; a favor. -- Good will. (a) Benevolence; well wishing; kindly feeling. (b) (Law) The custom of any trade or business; the tendency or inclination of persons, old customers and others, to resort to an established place of business; the advantage accruing from tendency or inclination.
[1913 Webster]
The good will of a trade is nothing more than the probability that the old customers will resort to the old place. Lord Eldon.
-- In good time. (a) Promptly; punctually; opportunely; not too soon nor too late. (b) (Mus.) Correctly; in proper time. -- To hold good, to remain true or valid; to be operative; to remain in force or effect; as, his promise holds good; the condition still holds good. -- To make good, to fulfill; to establish; to maintain; to supply (a defect or deficiency); to indemmify; to prove or verify (an accusation); to prove to be blameless; to clear; to vindicate.
[1913 Webster]
Each word made good and true. Shak.
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Of no power to make his wishes good. Shak.
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I . . . would by combat make her good. Shak.
[1913 Webster]
Convenient numbers to make good the city. Shak.
-- To think good, to approve; to be pleased or satisfied with; to consider expedient or proper.
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If ye think good, give me my price; and if not, forbear. Zech. xi. 12.

&hand_; Good, in the sense of wishing well, is much used in greeting and leave-taking; as, good day, good night, good evening, good morning, etc.


word: Good₂
definition:
Good

Good
(?)
n.
1.
That which possesses desirable qualities, promotes success, welfare, or happiness, is serviceable, fit, excellent, kind, benevolent, etc.; -- opposed to evil.

There be many that say, Who will show us any good ?
Ps. iv. 6.

2.
Advancement of interest or happiness; welfare; prosperity; advantage; benefit; -- opposed to harm, etc.

The good of the whole community can be promoted only by advancing the good of each of the members composing it.
Jay.

3.
pl.
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.
Wharton.

He hath made us spend much good.
Chaucer.

Thy lands and goods
Are, by the laws of Venice, confiscate
Unto the state of Venice.
Shak.

Dress goods, Dry goods, etc. See in the Vocabulary. -- Goods engine, a freight locomotive. [Eng.] -- Goods train, a freight train. [Eng.] -- Goods wagon, a freight car [Eng.] See the Note under Car, n., 2.


word: Good₃
definition:
Good

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.

As good almost kill a man as kill a good book.
Milton.

As good as, in effect; virtually; the same as.

They who counsel ye to such a suppressing, do as good as bid ye suppress yourselves.
Milton.


word: Good₄
definition:
Good

Good
v. t.
1.
To make good; to turn to good.
[Obs.]

2.
To manure; to improve.
[Obs.]
Bp. Hall.


word: Good-bye
definition:
Good-bye

Good-by

{ Good`-by", Good`-bye"  }
(?)
n. or interj.
[A contraction of God be with ye (God be wĭ ye, God bw' ye, God bwye).]
Farewell; a form of address used at parting. See the last Note under By, prep.
Shak.


word: Good-den
definition:
Good-den

Good`-den"
(?)
interj.
[Corrupt. of good e'en, for good evening.]
A form of salutation.
[Obs.]
Shak.


word: Good-humored
definition:
Good-humored

Good`-hu"mored
(?)
a.
Having a cheerful spirit and demeanor; cheerful; good-tempered. See Good-natured.
[wns=2]

2.
Disposed to please.
[wns=1]

Syn. -- amiable, agreeable, good-humored, likable, likeable.


word: Good-humoredly
definition:
Good-humoredly

Good`-hu"mored*ly
adv.
With a cheerful spirit; in a cheerful or good-tempered manner.


word: Goodish
definition:
Goodish

Good"ish
(?)
a.
Rather good than the contrary; not actually bad; tolerable.

Goodish pictures in rich frames.
Walpole.


word: good-king-henry
definition:
good-king-henry

good-king-henry
n.
A European plant (Chenopodium bonus-henricus) naturalized in North America; often collected from the wild as a potherb.

Syn. -- good king henry, allgood, fat hen, wild spinach, Chenopodium bonus-henricus.


word: Goodliness
definition:
Goodliness

Good"li*ness
(?)
n.
[From Goodly.]
Beauty of form; grace; elegance; comeliness.

Her goodliness was full of harmony to his eyes.
Sir P. Sidney.


word: Good-looking
definition:
Good-looking

Good"-look`ing
(?)
a.
Handsome; fine-looking; as, a good-looking man.

Syn. -- fine-looking, better-looking, handsome, well-favored, well-favoured.


word: Goodly₂
definition:
Goodly

Good"ly
a.
[Compar. Goodlier (?); superl. Goodliest.]
[OE. godlich, AS. g&omacrdlic. See Good, and Like.]

1.
Pleasant; agreeable; desirable.

We have many goodly days to see.
Shak.

2.
Of pleasing appearance or character; comely; graceful; as, a goodly person; goodly raiment, houses.

The goodliest man of men since born.
Milton.

3.
Large; considerable; portly; as, a goodly number.

Goodly and great he sails behind his link.
Dryden.


word: Goodlyhood
definition:
Goodlyhood

Goodlyhead

{ Good"ly*head (?), Good"ly*hood (?) }
n.
Goodness; grace; goodliness.
[Obs.]
Spenser.


word: Goodman
definition:
Goodman

Good"man
(?)
n.
[Good + man]

1.
A familiar appellation of civility, equivalent to “My friend”, “Good sir”, “Mister;” -- sometimes used ironically.
[Obs.]

With you, goodman boy, an you please.
Shak.

2.
A husband; the master of a house or family; -- often used in speaking familiarly.
[Archaic]
Chaucer.

Say ye to the goodman of the house, . . . Where is the guest-chamber ?
Mark xiv. 14.

&hand_; In the early colonial records of New England, the term goodman is frequently used as a title of designation, sometimes in a respectful manner, to denote a person whose first name was not known, or when it was not desired to use that name; in this use it was nearly equivalent to Mr.  This use was doubtless brought with the first settlers from England.


word: Good-natured
definition:
Good-natured

Good`-na"tured
(?)
a.
Naturally mild in temper; not easily provoked; amiable; cheerful; not taking offense easily; as, too good-natured to resent a little criticism; the good-natured policeman on our block; the sounds of good-natured play.  Opposite of ill-natured.
equable, even-tempered, good-tempered, placid 
Also See: kind, pleasant, agreeable, good-natured, pleasing.

2.
to one's own liking or feelings or nature; pleasing; -- of people.  Opposite of disagreeable.

Syn. -- agreeable, pleasing.


word: Goodness
definition:
Goodness

Good"ness
(?)
n.
[AS. g&omacrdnes.]
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.


word: Good-tempered
definition:
Good-tempered

Good`-tem"pered
(?)
a.
Having a good temper; not easily vexed or irritated. See Good-natured.

Syn. -- equable, even-tempered, placid.


word: good-time
definition:
good-time

good-time
adj.
occupied with or fond of the pleasures of good company; as, he was a real good-time Charlie.

Syn. -- convivial.


word: Goody
definition:
Goody

Good"y
(?)
n.
pl. Goodies (_;).
1.
A bonbon, cake, or the like; -- usually in the pl.
[Colloq.]

2.
(Zool.)
An American fish; the lafayette or spot.


word: Goody₂
definition:
Goody

Good"y
n.
pl. Goodies (#).
[Prob. contr. from goodwife.]
Goodwife; -- a low term of civility or sport.


word: Goody₃
definition:
Goody

Good"y
(?)
a.
Weakly or sentimentally good; affectedly good; -- often in the reduplicated form goody-goody.
[Colloq.]


word: Good-year
definition:
Good-year

Good"-year
(?)
n.
[See Goujere.]
The venereal disease; -- often used as a mild oath.
[Obs.]
Shak.


word: Goody-goody
definition:
Goody-goody

Good"y-good`y
a.
Mawkishly or weakly good; exhibiting goodness with silliness.
[Colloq.]


word: goody-goody
definition:
goody-goody

good"y-good"y
(?)
n.
A person who is weakly, sentimentally, or affectedly good; a goody-goody person; -- sometimes used to refer to person who acts with good intentions but who bunglingly does more harm than good.  The latter may sometimes be deprecatingly referred to as a goo-goo.
[Colloq.]


word: goof off
definition:
goof off

goof off
v. i.
To shirk one's duties; to avoid work by relaxing or performing idle activities.
[Informal]


word: goof-off
definition:
goof-off

goof-off
n.
A person who habitually shirks his duties or avoids work; an idle worthless person.
[Informal]

Syn. -- goldbrick, ne'er-do-well, good-for-nothing, good-for-naught.


word: goofproof
definition:
goofproof

goof"proof`
a.
such as will function properly even if treated badly or ineptly; foolproof; -- of devices, plans, recipes, etc.; as, nothing running under Windows is completely goofproof.

Syn. -- foolproof.


word: goofproof₂
definition:
goofproof

goof"proof`
v. t.
To design (a device or plan of action) so that it will function properly even if treated badly or executed ineptly; foolproof.

Syn. -- foolproof.


word: goofy
definition:
goofy

goofy
adj.
foolish and silly, or appearing silly; as, he wore a goofy hat.

Syn. -- cockamamie, cockamamy, fool(prenominal), sappy, silly, wacky, zany, unreasonable.


word: google
definition:
google

goo"gle
n.
(Computers)
To search for Web pages containing a word or phrase, using the Google web site (www.google.com); as, I googled “ontology” and found 351,000 references.
[recent]


word: googly
definition:
googly

googly
n.
(Cricket)
a cricket ball bowled as if to break one way that actually breaks in the opposite way.

Syn. -- wrong 'un, bosie, bosie ball.


word: Guru
definition:
Guru

Gooroo

&VerbarGoo*roo", Gu*ru" (gō*rō")
n.
[Hind. gurū a spiritual parent or teacher, Skr. guru heavy, noble, venerable, teacher.  Cf. Grief.]
1.
A spiritual teacher, guide, or confessor among the Hindus; a guru.
Malcom.

2.
(gō"rō)
one who has expert knowledge of a technical area and serves as an advisor to others; an expert and teacher.  Usually written guru.

3.
(gō"rō)
an intellectual or spiritual guide or advisor; a mentor.  Usually written guru.


word: Goosander
definition:
Goosander

Goos"an`der
(?)
n.
[OE. gossander, a tautological word formed fr. goose + gander.  Cf. Merganser.]
(Zool.)
A species of merganser (M. merganser) of Northern Europe and America; -- called also merganser, dundiver, sawbill, sawneb, shelduck, and sheldrake. See Merganser.


word: Goose
definition:
Goose

Goose
(gōs)
n.
pl. Geese (gēs).
[OE. gos, AS. g&omacrs, pl. gēs; akin to D. & G. gans, Icel. gās, Dan. gaas, Sw. gås, Russ. guse. OIr. geiss, L. anser, for hanser, Gr. chh`n, Skr. ha&msdot_;sa. √233.  Cf. Gander, Gannet, Ganza, Gosling.]
(Zool.)

1.
Any large web-footen bird of the subfamily Anserinæ, and belonging to Anser, Branta, Chen, and several allied genera. See Anseres.

&hand_; The common domestic goose is believed to have been derived from the European graylag goose (Anser anser). The bean goose (A. segetum), the American wild or Canada goose (Branta Canadensis), and the bernicle goose (Branta leucopsis) are well known species. The American white or snow geese and the blue goose belong to the genus Chen. See Bernicle, Emperor goose, under Emperor, Snow goose, Wild goose, Brant.

2.
Any large bird of other related families, resembling the common goose.

&hand_; The Egyptian or fox goose (Alopochen Aegyptiaca) and the African spur-winged geese (Plectropterus) belong to the family Plectropteridæ. The Australian semipalmated goose (Anseranas semipalmata) and Cape Barren goose (Cereopsis Novæ-Hollandiæ) are very different from northern geese, and each is made the type of a distinct family. Both are domesticated in Australia.

3.
A tailor's smoothing iron, so called from its handle, which resembles the neck of a goose.

4.
A silly creature; a simpleton.

5.
A game played with counters on a board divided into compartments, in some of which a goose was depicted.

The pictures placed for ornament and use,
The twelve good rules, the royal game of goose.
Goldsmith.

A wild goose chase, an attempt to accomplish something impossible or unlikely of attainment. -- Fen goose. See under Fen. -- Goose barnacle (Zool.), any pedunculated barnacle of the genus Anatifa or Lepas; -- called also duck barnacle. See Barnacle, and Cirripedia. -- Goose cap, a silly person. [Obs.] Beau. & . -- Goose corn (Bot.), a coarse kind of rush (Juncus squarrosus). -- Goose feast, Michaelmas. [Colloq. Eng.] --  Goose grass. (Bot.) (a) A plant of the genus Galium (G. Aparine), a favorite food of geese; -- called also catchweed and cleavers. (b) A species of knotgrass (Polygonum aviculare). (c) The annual spear grass (Poa annua). -- Goose neck, anything, as a rod of iron or a pipe, curved like the neck of a goose; specially (Naut.), an iron hook connecting a spar with a mast. -- Goose quill, a large feather or quill of a goose; also, a pen made from it. -- Goose skin. See Goose flesh, above. -- Goose tongue (Bot.), a composite plant (Achillea ptarmica), growing wild in the British islands. -- Sea goose. (Zool.) See Phalarope. -- Solan goose. (Zool.) See Gannet.


word: Gooseberry
definition:
Gooseberry

Goose"ber*ry
(?)
n.
pl.
Gooseberries
(#)
[Corrupted for groseberry or groiseberry, fr. OF. groisele, F. groseille, -- of German origin; cf. G. krausbeere, kräuselbeere (fr. kraus crisp), D. kruisbes, kruisbezie (as if crossberry, fr. kruis cross; for kroesbes, kroesbezie, fr. kroes crisp), Sw. krusbär (fr. krus, krusing, crisp). The first part of the word is perh. akin to E. curl.  Cf. Grossular, a.]
1.
(Bot.)
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.

2.
A silly person; a goose cap.
Goldsmith.

Barbadoes gooseberry, a climbing prickly shrub (Pereskia aculeata) of the West Indies, which bears edible berries resembling gooseberries. -- Coromandel gooseberry. See Carambola. -- Gooseberry fool. See 1st Fool. -- Gooseberry worm (Zool.), the larva of a small moth (Dakruma convolutella). It destroys the gooseberry by eating the interior.


word: Goose egg
definition:
Goose egg

Goose egg
1.
In games, a zero; a score or record of naught; -- so named in allusion to the egglike outline of the zero sign 0. Called also duck egg.
[Slang]

2.
A bump on the skin caused by a blow, especially one on the head.


word: gooseflesh
definition:
gooseflesh

gooseflesh
n.
A peculiar roughness of the skin produced by cold or fear, in which the hair follicles become erect and form bumps on the skin; -- called also goose skin, goose pimples, goose bumps.

Syn. -- goose bumps, goose pimples, goose skin.


word: goose-grass
definition:
goose-grass

goose-grass
n.
(Bot.)
A low-growing perennial (Potentilla anserina) having leaves silvery beneath; foundin Northern U. S., Europe, and Asia.

Syn. -- silverweed, goose-tansy, Potentilla anserina.


word: Goose-rumped
definition:
Goose-rumped

Goose"-rumped`
(?)
a.
(Zool.)
Having the tail set low and buttocks that fall away sharply from the croup; -- said of certain horses.


word: Goosery
definition:
Goosery

Goos"er*y
(?)
n.
pl. Gooseries (_;).
1.
A place for keeping geese.

2.
The characteristics or actions of a goose; silliness.

The finical goosery of your neat sermon actor.
Milton.


word: goose-tansy
definition:
goose-tansy

goose-tansy
n.
(Bot.)
Same as goose-grass.

Syn. -- silverweed, goose-grass, Potentilla anserina.


word: Goosewing
definition:
Goosewing

Goose"wing`
(?)
n.
(Naut.)
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.


word: Goosewinged
definition:
Goosewinged

Goose"winged`
(?)
a.
(Naut.)
(a)
Having a “goosewing.”
(b)
Said of a fore-and-aft rigged vessel with foresail set on one side and mainsail on the other; wing and wing.


word: Go-out
definition:
Go-out

Go"-out`
(?)
n.
A sluice in embankments against the sea, for letting out the land waters, when the tide is out.
[Written also gowt.]


word: GOP
definition:
GOP

GOP
n.
[from Grand Old Party.]
The Republican Party, the younger of the two major political parties in the U. S.


word: Gopher
definition:
Gopher

Go"pher
(?)
n.
[F. gaufre waffle, honeycomb. See Gauffer.]
(Zool.)
1.
One of several North American burrowing rodents of the genera Geomys and Thomomys, of the family Geomyidæ; -- called also pocket gopher and pouched rat. See Pocket gopher, and Tucan.

&hand_; The name was originally given by French settlers to many burrowing rodents, from their honeycombing the earth.

2.
One of several western American species of the genus Spermophilus, of the family Sciuridæ; as, the gray gopher (Spermophilus Franklini) and the striped gopher (S. tridecemlineatus); -- called also striped prairie squirrel, leopard marmot, and leopard spermophile. See Spermophile.

3.
A large land tortoise (Testudo Carilina) of the Southern United States, which makes extensive burrows.

4.
A large burrowing snake (Spilotes Couperi) of the Southern United States.

Gopher drift (Mining), an irregular prospecting drift, following or seeking the ore without regard to regular grade or section. Raymond.


word: Gopherus
definition:
Gopherus

Gopherus
n.
A genus comprising the gopher tortoises, North AMerican burrowing toroises.

Syn. -- genus Gopherus.


word: Gopher wood
definition:
Gopher wood

Go"pher wood`
(?)
[Heb. g&omacrpher.]
A species of wood used in the construction of Noah's ark.
Gen. vi. 14.


word: gopherwood
definition:
gopherwood

gopherwood
n.
A small handsome round-headed deciduous tree (Cladrastis lutea) having showy white flowers in terminal clusters and heavy hardwood yielding yellow dye; also called yellowwood.

Syn. -- Kentucky yellowwood, Cladrastis lutea, Cladrastis kentukea, yellowwood.


word: Gor-belly
definition:
Gor-belly

Gor"-bel`ly
n.
[Gore filth, dirt + belly.]
A prominent belly; a big-bellied person.
[Obs.]


word: Gorce
definition:
Gorce

Gorce
(?)
n.
[OF. gort, nom. gorz, gulf, L. gurges whirlpool, gulf, stream. See Gorge.]
A pool of water to keep fish in; a wear.
[Obs.]


word: Gorcock
definition:
Gorcock

Gor"cock`
(?)
n.
[Prob. from gore blood.]
(Zool.)
The moor cock, or red grouse. See Grouse.
[Prov. Eng.]


word: Gorcrow
definition:
Gorcrow

Gor"crow`
(?)
n.
[AS. gor dung, dirt. See Gore blood, dirt.]
(Zool.)
The carrion crow; -- called also gercrow.
[Prov. Eng.]


word: Gord
definition:
Gord

Gord
(?)
n.
[Written also gourd.]
[Perh. hollow, and so named in allusion to a gourd.]
An instrument of gaming; a sort of dice.
[Obs.]
Beau. & Fl.


word: Gordiacea
definition:
Gordiacea

Gor`di*a"ce*a
(?)
n. pl.
[NL. See Gordian, 1.]
(Zool.)
A division of nematoid worms, including the hairworms or hair eels (Gordius and Mermis). See Gordius, and Illustration in Appendix.


word: Gordian
definition:
Gordian

Gor"di*an
(?)
a.
1.
Pertaining to Gordius, king of Phrygia, or to a knot tied by him; hence, intricate; complicated; inextricable.

Gordian knot, an intricate knot tied by Gordius in the thong which connected the pole of the chariot with the yoke. An oracle having declared that he who should untie it should be master of Asia, Alexander the Great averted the ill omen of his inability to loosen it by cutting it with his sword. Hence, a Gordian knot is an inextricable difficulty; and to cut the Gordian knot is to remove a difficulty by bold and energetic measures.

2.
(Zool.)
Pertaining to the Gordiacea.


word: Gordius
definition:
Gordius

Gor"di*us
(?)
n.
[NL. See Gordian, 1.]
(Zool.)
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.


word: Gore
definition:
Gore

Gore
(?)
n.
[AS. gor dirt, dung; akin to Icel. gor, SW. gorr, OHG. gor, and perh. to E. cord, chord, and yarn; cf. Icel. görn, garnir, guts.]
1.
Dirt; mud.
[Obs.]
Bp. Fisher.

2.
Blood; especially, blood that after effusion has become thick or clotted.
Milton.


word: Gore₂
definition:
Gore

Gore
n.
[OE. gore, gare, AS. g_;ra angular point of land, fr. g_;r spear; akin to D. geer gore, G. gehre gore, ger spear, Icel. geiri gore, geir spear, and prob. to E. goad.  Cf. Gar, n., Garlic, and Gore, v.]
1.
A wedgeshaped or triangular piece of cloth, canvas, etc., sewed into a garment, sail, etc., to give greater width at a particular part.

2.
A small traingular piece of land.
Cowell.

3.
(Her.)
One of the abatements. It is made of two curved lines, meeting in an acute angle in the fesse point.

&hand_; It is usually on the sinister side, and of the tincture called tenné. Like the other abatements it is a modern fancy and not actually used.


word: Gore₃
definition:
Gore

Gore
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Gored (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Goring.]
[OE. gar spear, AS. g_;r. See 2d Gore.]
To pierce or wound, as with a horn; to penetrate with a pointed instrument, as a spear; to stab.

The low stumps shall gore
His daintly feet.
Coleridge.


word: Gore₄
definition:
Gore

Gore
v. t.
To cut in a traingular form; to piece with a gore; to provide with a gore; as, to gore an apron.


word: Gorge
definition:
Gorge

Gorge
(?)
n.
[F. gorge, LL. gorgia, throat, narrow pass, and gorga abyss, whirlpool, prob. fr. L. gurgea whirlpool, gulf, abyss; cf. Skr. gargara whirlpool, g&rsdot_; to devour.  Cf. Gorget.]
1.
The throat; the gullet; the canal by which food passes to the stomach.

Wherewith he gripped her gorge with so great pain.
Spenser.

Now, how abhorred! . . . my gorge rises at it.
Shak.

2.
A narrow passage or entrance
(a)
A defile between mountains.
(b)
The entrance into a bastion or other outwork of a fort; -- usually synonymous with rear. See Illust. of Bastion.

3.
That which is gorged or swallowed, especially by a hawk or other fowl.

And all the way, most like a brutish beast,
e spewed up his gorge, that all did him detest.
Spenser.

4.
A filling or choking of a passage or channel by an obstruction; as, an ice gorge in a river.

5.
(Arch.)
A concave molding; a cavetto.
Gwilt.

6.
(Naut.)
The groove of a pulley.

7.
(Angling)
A primitive device used instead of a fishhook, consisting of an object easy to be swallowed but difficult to be ejected or loosened, as a piece of bone or stone pointed at each end and attached in the middle to a line.

Gorge circle (Gearing), the outline of the smallest cross section of a hyperboloid of revolution. -- Circle of the gorge (Math.), a minimum circle on a surface of revolution, cut out by a plane perpendicular to the axis. -- Gorge fishing, trolling with a dead bait on a double hook which the fish is given time to swallow, or gorge. -- Gorge hook, two fishhooks, separated by a piece of lead. Knight.


word: Gorge₂
definition:
Gorge

Gorge
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Gorged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Gorging (?).]
[F. gorger. See Gorge, n.]
1.
To swallow; especially, to swallow with greediness, or in large mouthfuls or quantities.

The fish has gorged the hook.
Johnson.

2.
To glut; to fill up to the throat; to satiate.

The giant gorged with flesh.
Addison.

Gorge with my blood thy barbarous appetite.
Dryden.


word: Gorged
definition:
Gorged

Gorged
(?)
a.
1.
Having a gorge or throat.

2.
(Her.)
Bearing a coronet or ring about the neck.

3.
Glutted; fed to the full.


word: Gorgeous
definition:
Gorgeous

Gor"geous
(?)
a.
[OF. gorgias beautiful, glorious, vain, luxurious; cf. OF. gorgias ruff, neck handkerchief, and F. gorge throat, and se pengorger to assume airs.  Cf. Gorge, n.]
Imposing through splendid or various colors; showy; fine; magnificent.

Cloud-land, gorgeous land.
Coleridge.

Gorgeous as the sun at midsummer.
Shak.


word: Gorgerin
definition:
Gorgerin

Gor`ge*rin"
(?)
n.
[F., fr. gorge neck.]
(Arch.)
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.


word: Gorget
definition:
Gorget

Gor"get
(?)
n.
[OF. gorgete, dim. of gorge throat. See Gorge, n.]
1.
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.

2.
A piece of plate armor covering the same parts and worn over the buff coat in the 17th century, and without other steel armor.

Unfix the gorget's iron clasp.
Sir W. Scott.

3.
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.

4.
A ruff worn by women.
[Obs.]

5.
(Surg.)
(a)
A cutting instrument used in lithotomy.
(b)
A grooved instrunent used in performing various operations; -- called also blunt gorget.
Dunglison.

6.
(Zool.)
A crescent-shaped, colored patch on the neck of a bird or mammal.

Gorget hummer (Zool.), a humming bird of the genus Trochilus. See Rubythroat.


word: Gorgon
definition:
Gorgon

Gor"gon
(gôr"g&obreve_;n)
n.
[L. Gorgo, -onis, Gr. Gorgw`, fr. gorgo`s terrible.]
1.
(Gr. Myth.)
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.

2.
Anything very ugly or horrid.
Milton.

3.
(Zool.)
The brindled gnu. See Gnu.


word: Gorgoneion
definition:
Gorgoneion

Gor`go*ne"ion
(gôr`go̝*nē"y&obreve_;n)
n.
pl. Gorgoneia (#).
[NL., fr. Gr. Gorgo`neios, equiv. to Gorgei^os belonging to a Gorgon.]
(Arch.)
A mask carved in imitation of a Gorgon's head.
Elmes.


word: Gorgonia
definition:
Gorgonia

Gor*go"ni*a
(gôr*g&omacr"nĭ*ȧ)
n.
[L., a coral which hardens in the air.]
(Zool.)
1.
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.

2.
Any slender branched gorgonian.


word: Gorgoniacea
definition:
Gorgoniacea

Gor*go`ni*a"ce*a
(?)
n. pl.
[NL. See Gorgonia.]
(Zool.)
One of the principal divisions of Alcyonaria, including those forms which have a firm and usually branched axis, covered with a porous crust, or cœnenchyma, in which the polyp cells are situated.

&hand_; The axis is commonly horny, but it may be solid and stony (composed of calcium carbonate), as in the red coral of commerce, or it may be in alternating horny and stony joints, as in Isis. See Alcyonaria, Anthozoa, Cœnenchyma.


word: Gorgonian
definition:
Gorgonian

Gor*go"ni*an
(?)
a.
[L. Gorgoneus.]
1.
Pertaining to, or resembling, a Gorgon; terrifying into stone; terrific.

The rest his look
Bound with Gorgonian rigor not to move.
Milton.

2.
(Zool.)
Pertaining to the Gorgoniacea; as, gorgonian coral.


word: Gorgonize
definition:
Gorgonize

Gor"gon*ize
(?)
v. t.
To have the effect of a Gorgon upon; to turn into stone; to petrify.
[R.]


word: Gorgonzola
definition:
Gorgonzola

Gor`gon*zo"la
(?)
n.
[It.]
A kind of Italian pressed milk cheese; -- so called from a village near Milan.


word: Gorilla
definition:
Gorilla

Go*ril"la
(?)
n.
[An African word; found in a Greek translation of a treatise in Punic by Hanno, a Carthaginian.]
(Zool.)
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.


word: Goring cloth
definition:
Goring cloth

Goring

Gor"ing (?), or Gor"ing cloth` (_;)
n.
(Naut.)
A piece of canvas cut obliquely to widen a sail at the foot.


word: Gorky
definition:
Gorky

Gorky
prop. n.
An industrial city in the European part of Soviet Russia.

Syn. -- Gorki, Gorkiy, Nizhni Novgorod.


word: Gorm₂
definition:
Gorm

Gorm
v. t.
To daub, as the hands or clothing, with gorm; to daub with anything sticky.
[Prov. Eng.]


word: Gormand
definition:
Gormand

Gor"mand
(?)
n.
[F. gourmand; cf. Prov. F. gourmer to sip, to lap, gourmacher to eat improperly, F. gourme mumps, glanders, Icel. gormr mud, mire, Prov. E. gorm to smear, daub; all perh. akin to E. gore blood, filth.  Cf. Gourmand.]
A greedy or ravenous eater; a luxurious feeder; a gourmand.


word: Gourmandize
definition:
Gourmandize

Gormandize

Gor"mand*ize, Gour"mand*ize
(?)
v. i. & t.
[imp. & p. p. Gormandized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Gormandizing (?).]
[F. gourmandise gluttony. See Gormand.]
To eat greedily; to swallow voraciously; to feed ravenously or like a glutton; to make a pig of oneself.
Shak.

Syn. -- gorge, ingurgitate, overindulge, glut, englut, stuff, engorge, overgorge, overeat, gormandize, gourmandize, binge, pig out, pok out, satiate, scarf out.


word: Goroon shell
definition:
Goroon shell

Go*roon" shell`
(?)
(Zool.)
A large, handsome, marine, univalve shell (Triton femorale).


word: Gorse
definition:
Gorse

Gorse
(?)
n.
[OE. & AS. gorst; perh. akin to E. grow, grass.]
(Bot.)
Furze. See Furze.

The common, overgrown with fern, and rough
With prickly gorse.
Cowper.

Gorse bird (Zool.), the European linnet; -- called also gorse hatcher. [Prov. Eng.] -- Gorse chat (Zool.), the winchat. -- Gorse duck, the corncrake; -- called also grass drake, land drake, and corn drake.


word: Gory
definition:
Gory

Gor"y
(?)
a.
[From Gore.]

1.
Covered with gore or clotted blood.

Thou canst not say I did it; never shake
Thy gory locks at me.
Shak.

2.
Bloody; murderous.
Gory
Shak.


word: gosan-chiku
definition:
gosan-chiku

gosan-chiku
n.
(Bot.)
A small bamboo of Southeastern China (Phyllostachys aurea) having slender culms flexuous when young.

Syn. -- fishpole bamboo, hotei-chiku, Phyllostachys aurea.


word: Goshawk
definition:
Goshawk

Gos"hawk`
(?)
n.
[AS. g&omacrshafuc, lit., goosehawk; or Icel. gāshaukr. See Goose, and Hawk the bird.]
(Zool.)
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. Novæ-Hollandiæ) is pure white.


word: Gosherd
definition:
Gosherd

Gos"herd
(?)
n.
[OE. gosherde. See Goose, and Herd a herdsman.]
One who takes care of geese.


word: Goslet
definition:
Goslet

Gos"let
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
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.


word: Gosling
definition:
Gosling

Gos"ling
(?)
n.
[AS. g&omacrs goose + -ling.]

1.
A young or unfledged goose.

2.
A catkin on nut trees and pines.
Bailey.


word: go-slow
definition:
go-slow

go-slow
n.
A form of labor protest by workers in which they deliberately slow down in order to cause problems for their employers.
[British]


word: gosmore
definition:
gosmore

gosmore
n.
(Bot.)
A European weed (Hypochaeris radicata) widely naturalized in North America having yellow flower heads and leaves resembling a cat's ears.

Syn. -- cat's-ear, cat's ear, California dandelion, capeweed, Hypochaeris radicata.


word: Gospel
definition:
Gospel

Gos"pel
(?)
n.
[OE. gospel, godspel, AS. godspell; god God + spell story, tale. See God, and Spell, v.]

1.
Glad tidings; especially, the good news concerning Christ, the Kingdom of God, and salvation.

And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom.
Matt. iv. 23.

The steadfast belief of the promises of the gospel.
Bentley.

&hand_; It is probable that gospel is from. OE. godspel, God story, the narrative concerning God; but it was early confused with god spell, good story, good tidings, and was so used by the translators of the Authorized version of Scripture. This use has been retained in most cases in the Revised Version.

Thus the literal sense [of gospel] is the “narrative of God,” i. e., the life of Christ.
Skeat.

2.
One of the four narratives of the life and death of Jesus Christ, written by Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.

3.
A selection from one of the gospels, for use in a religious service; as, the gospel for the day.

4.
Any system of religious doctrine; sometimes, any system of political doctrine or social philosophy; as, this political gospel.
Burke.

5.
Anything propounded or accepted as infallibly true; as, they took his words for gospel.
[Colloq.]

If any one thinks this expression hyperbolical, I shall only ask him to read Œdipus, instead of taking the traditional witticisms about Lee for gospel.
Saintsbury.


word: Gospel₂
definition:
Gospel

Gos"pel
a.
Accordant with, or relating to, the gospel; evangelical; as, gospel righteousness.
Bp. Warburton.


word: Gospeler
definition:
Gospeler

Gos"pel*er
(?)
n.
[AS. godspellere.]
[Written also gospeller.]
1.
One of the four evangelists.
Rom. of R.

Mark the gospeler was the ghostly son of Peter in baptism.
Wyclif.

2.
A follower of Wyclif, the first English religious reformer; hence, a Puritan.
[Obs.]
Latimer.

The persecution was carried on against the gospelers with much fierceness by those of the Roman persuasion.
Strype.

3.
A priest or deacon who reads the gospel at the altar during the communion service.

The Archbishop of York was the celebrant, the epistoler being the dean, and the gospeler the Bishop of Sydney.
Pall Mall Gazette.


word: Gospelize
definition:
Gospelize

Gos"pel*ize
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Gospelized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Gospelizing (?).]
[Written also gospellize.]

1.
To form according to the gospel; as, a command gospelized to us.
Milton.

2.
To instruct in the gospel; to evangelize; as, to gospelize the savages.
Boyle.


word: Gossamer
definition:
Gossamer

Gos"sa*mer
(?)
n.
[OE. gossomer, gossummer, gosesomer, perh. for goose summer, from its downy appearance, or perh. for God's summer, cf. G. mariengarr gossamer, properly Mary's yarn, in allusion to the Virgin Mary. Perhaps the E. word alluded to a legend that the gossamer was the remnant of the Virgin Mary's winding sheet, which dropped from her when she was taken up to heaven. For the use of summer in the sense of film or threads, cf. G. Mädchensommer, Altweibersommer, fliegender Sommer, all meaning, gossamer.]

1.
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.

2.
Any very thin gauzelike fabric; also, a thin waterproof stuff.

3.
An outer garment, made of waterproof gossamer.

Gossamer spider (Zool.), any small or young spider which spins webs by which to sail in the air. See Ballooning spider.


word: Gossamery
definition:
Gossamery

Gos"sa*mer*y
(?)
a.
Like gossamer; flimsy.

The greatest master of gossamery affectation.
De Quincey.


word: Gossan
definition:
Gossan

Gos"san
(?)
n.
(Geol.)
Decomposed rock, usually reddish or ferruginous (owing to oxidized pyrites), forming the upper part of a metallic vein.  Called also iron hat.


word: Gossat
definition:
Gossat

Gos"sat
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
A small British marine fish (Motella tricirrata); -- called also whistler and three-bearded rockling.
[Prov. Eng.]


word: Gossip
definition:
Gossip

Gos"sip
(?)
n.
[OE. gossib, godsib, a relation or sponsor in baptism, a relation by a religious obligation, AS. godsibb, fr. god + sib alliance, relation; akin to G. sippe, Goth. sibja, and also to Skr. sabhā assembly.]

1.
A sponsor; a godfather or a godmother.

Should a great lady that was invited to be a gossip, in her place send her kitchen maid, 't would be ill taken.
Selden.

2.
A friend or comrade; a companion; a familiar and customary acquaintance.
[Obs.]

My noble gossips, ye have been too prodigal.
Shak.

3.
One who runs house to house, tattling and telling news; an idle tattler.

The common chat of gossips when they meet.
Dryden.

4.
The tattle of a gossip; groundless rumor.

Bubbles o'er like a city with gossip, scandal, and spite.
Tennyson.


word: Gossip₃
definition:
Gossip

Gos"sip
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Gossiped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Gossiping.]
1.
To make merry.
[Obs.]
Shak.

2.
To prate; to chat; to talk much.
Shak.

3.
To run about and tattle; to tell idle tales.


word: Gossiprede
definition:
Gossiprede

Gos"sip*rede
(?)
n.
[Cf. Kindred.]
The relationship between a person and his sponsors.
[Obs.]


word: Gossipry
definition:
Gossipry

Gos"sip*ry
(?)
n.
1.
Spiritual relationship or affinity; gossiprede; special intimacy.
Bale.

2.
Idle talk; gossip.
Mrs. Browning.


word: Gossoon
definition:
Gossoon

Gos*soon"
(?)
n.
[Scot. garson an attendant, fr. F. garçon, OF. gars.]
A boy; a servant.
[Ireland]


word: Gossypium
definition:
Gossypium

Gos*syp"i*um
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. L. gossypion, gossipion.]
(Bot.)
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.


word: gotcha
definition:
gotcha

got"cha
(gŭn"nŭ)
phr.
[phonetic transcription of colloquial speech.]
Got you; I got you; as, I gotcha!.

 Phonetic transcriptions of rapid colloquial speech are sometimes used in place of the grammatically proper spelling in order to provide a flavor of the original spirit of a spoken dialogue.  See also the related entries for gonna, gotta, wanna, and wannabe.
[colloq., phonetic spelling]


word: gotcha₂
definition:
gotcha

got"cha
(gŭn"nŭ)
n.
[phonetic transcription of colloquial speech, from got you.]
A situation in which a mistake by one person which is pointed out by another person; see gotcha, phr..
[colloq., phonetic spelling]

2.
A situation in which an error or indiscretion by one person is deliberately caused by another person -- a mild form of entrapment with malicious or humorous intent; as, he was furious to be the victim of a gotcha

Kathleen "Kit" Gingrich (Sept. 23), 77, mother of former House Speaker Newt Gingrich . . . became famous as the victim of a "gotcha" interview by CBS's Connie Chung; the TV personality coaxed ("whisper it to me, just between you and me") out of Mrs. Gingrich a nasty comment attributed to her son concerning then-First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton -- and then aired it.
World on the Web  [Obituary notice: October 4, 2003].

3.
A situation or attribute which tends to cause one to make an error; as, one of the main gotchas in learning English is the frequency of non-phonetic spellings.


word: Gote
definition:
Gote

Gote
(?)
n.
[Cf. LG. gote, gaute, canal, G. gosse; akin to giessen to pour, shed, AS. geótan, and E. fuse to melt.]
A channel for water.
[Prov. Eng.]
Crose.


word: Goteborg
definition:
Goteborg

Goteborg
(Geog.)
prop. n.
a port in southwestern Sweden; the second largest city in Sweden.

Syn. -- Goeteborg, Gothenburg.


word: Goth
definition:
Goth

Goth
(?)
n.
[L. Gothi, pl.; cf. Gr. _;]
1.
(Ethnol.)
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.

&hand_; Under the reign of Valens, they took possession of Dacia (the modern Transylvania and the adjoining regions), and came to be known as Ostrogoths and Visigoths, or East and West Goths; the former inhabiting countries on the Black Sea up to the Danube, and the latter on this river generally. Some of them took possession of the province of Moesia, and hence were called Moesogoths. Others, who made their way to Scandinavia, at a time unknown to history, are sometimes styled Suiogoths.

2.
One who is rude or uncivilized; a barbarian; a rude, ignorant person.
Chesterfield.


word: Gothamist
definition:
Gothamist

Go"tham*ist
(?)
n.
A wiseacre; a person deficient in wisdom; -- so called from Gotham, in Nottinghamshire, England, noted for some pleasant blunders.
Bp. Morton.


word: Gothamite
definition:
Gothamite

Go"tham*ite
(?)
n.
1.
A gothamist.

2.
An inhabitant of New York city.
[Jocular]
Irving.


word: Gothic
definition:
Gothic

Goth"ic
(?)
a.
[L. Gothicus: cf. F. gothique.]

1.
Pertaining to the Goths; as, Gothic customs; also, rude; barbarous.

2.
(Arch.)
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.


word: Gothic₂
definition:
Gothic

Goth"ic
n.
1.
The language of the Goths; especially, the language of that part of the Visigoths who settled in Moesia in the 4th century. See Goth.

&hand_; Bishop Ulfilas or Walfila translated most of the Bible into Gothic about the Middle of the 4th century. The portion of this translaton which is preserved is the oldest known literary document in any Teutonic language.

2.
A kind of square-cut type, with no hair lines.

&hand_; This is Nonpareil GOTHIC. 

3.
(Arch.)
The style described in Gothic, a., 2.


word: Gothicism
definition:
Gothicism

Goth"i*cism
(?)
n.
1.
A Gothic idiom.

2.
Conformity to the Gothic style of architecture.

3.
Rudeness of manners; barbarousness.


word: Gothicize
definition:
Gothicize

Goth"i*cize
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Gothicized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Gothicizing (?).]
To make Gothic; to bring back to barbarism.


word: goethite₂
definition:
goethite

gothite

Gö"thite, go"thite, or Goe"thite (_;)
n.
[After the poet Göthe.]
(Min.)
A hydrous oxide of iron (HFeO2), occurring in prismatic crystals, also massive, with a fibrous, reniform, or stalactitic structure. The color varies from yellowish to blackish brown.


word: go-to-meeting
definition:
go-to-meeting

go-to-meeting
adj.
best-looking; -- used of clothing; as, her Sunday-go-to-meeting clothes.
[prenominal]

Syn. -- good, Sunday, Sunday-best, Sunday-(prenominal).


word: gotta
definition:
gotta

got"ta
(g&obreve_;t"tŭ)
phr.
[phonetic transcription of colloquial speech, from got to.]
Got to; have to; must; as, I gotta leave now.
[colloq., phonetic spelling]

 Phonetic transcriptions of rapid colloquial speech are sometimes used in place of the grammatically proper spelling in order to provide a flavor of the original spirit of a spoken dialogue.  See also the related entries for gonna, wanna, and wannabe.


word: Goetterdaemmerung
definition:
Goetterdaemmerung

Gotterdammerung

Got`ter*dam"mer*ung, Göt`ter*däm"mer*ung
n.
[G., lit. Twilight of the Gods; a modern mistranslation of the Old Icelandic Ragnarok, meaning, fate of the gods. RHUD]
(German mythology)
1.
A myth about the ultimate destruction of the gods in a battle with evil.

Syn. -- Ragnarok, Twilight of the Gods.

2.
An opera by Richard Wagner.


word: Gouache
definition:
Gouache

Gouache
(gwȧsh)
n.
[F., It. guazzo.]
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.


word: Goud
definition:
Goud

Goud
(?)
n.
[Cf. OF. gaide, F. guède, fr. OHG. weit; or cf. F. gaude weld.  Cf. Woad.]
Woad.
[Obs.]


word: Goudron
definition:
Goudron

Gou`dron"
(?)
n.
[F., tar.]
(Mil.)
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.
Farrow.


word: Gouge
definition:
Gouge

Gouge
(?)
n.
[F. gouge. LL. gubia, guvia, gulbia, gulvia, gulvium; cf. Bisc. gubia bow, gubioa throat.]

1.
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.

2.
A bookbinder's tool for blind tooling or gilding, having a face which forms a curve.

3.
An incising tool which cuts forms or blanks for gloves, envelopes, etc. from leather, paper, etc.
Knight.

4.
(Mining)
Soft material lying between the wall of a vein and the solid vein.
Raymond.

5.
The act of scooping out with a gouge, or as with a gouge; a groove or cavity scooped out, as with a gouge.

6.
Imposition; cheat; fraud; also, an impostor; a cheat; a trickish person.
[Slang, U. S.]

Gouge bit, a boring bit, shaped like a gouge.


word: Bouge₄
definition:
Bouge

Bouge
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Gouged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Gouging (?).]
1.
To scoop out with a gouge.

2.
To scoop out, as an eye, with the thumb nail; to force out the eye of (a person) with the thumb.
[K S.]

&hand_; A barbarity mentioned by some travelers as formerly practiced in the brutal frays of desperadoes in some parts of the United States.

3.
To cheat in a bargain; to chouse.
[Slang, U. S.]


word: Gougeshell
definition:
Gougeshell

Gouge"shell`
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
A sharp-edged, tubular, marine shell, of the genus Vermetus; also, the pinna. See Vermetus.


word: Goujere
definition:
Goujere

Gou"jere
(?)
n.
[F. gouge prostitute, a camp trull.  Cf. Good-year.]
The venereal disease.
[Obs.]


word: Goulards extract
definition:
Goulards extract

Gou*lard"s" ex"tract"
(?)
[Named after the introducer, Thomas Goulard, a French surgeon.]
(Med.)
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.


word: Gour
definition:
Gour

Gour
(?)
n.
[See Giaour.]
1.
A fire worshiper; a Gheber or Gueber.
Tylor.

2.
(Zool.)
See Koulan.


word: Goura
definition:
Goura

Gou"ra
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
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 best known species.


word: Gourami
definition:
Gourami

Gou"ra*mi
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
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.
[Written also goramy.]


word: Gourd
definition:
Gourd

Gourd
(?)
n.
[F. gourde, OF. cougourde, gouhourde, fr. L. cucurbita gourd (cf. NPr. cougourdo); perh. akin to corbin basket, E. corb.  Cf. Cucurbite.]
1.
(Bot.)
A fleshy, three-celled, many-seeded fruit, as the melon, pumpkin, cucumber, etc., of the order Cucurbitaceæ; 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.

2.
A dipper or other vessel made from the shell of a gourd; hence, a drinking vessel; a bottle.
Chaucer.

Bitter gourd, colocynth.


word: Gourde
definition:
Gourde

Gourd

{ Gourd, Gourde  }
n.
[Sp. gordo large.]
A silver dollar; --  so called in Cuba, Haiti, etc.
Simmonds.


word: Gourd tree
definition:
Gourd tree

Gourd" tree"
(?)
(Bot.)
A tree (the Crescentia Cujete, or calabash tree) of the West Indies and Central America.


word: Gourmand
definition:
Gourmand

Gour"mand
(?)
n.
[F.]
A greedy or ravenous eater; a glutton. See Gormand.

That great gourmand, fat Apicius.
B. Jonson.


word: Gout
definition:
Gout

Gout
(gout)
n.
[F. goutte a drop, the gout, the disease being considered as a defluxion, fr. L. gutta drop.]

1.
A drop; a clot or coagulation.

On thy blade and dudgeon gouts of blood.
Shak.

2.
(Med.)
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.  It is an inherited disease of purine metaboism, which causes an increased level of uric acid in the blood, and leads to deposition of crystals of sodium urate in cartilage within joints and in connective tissue.  It can be alleviated by a diet low in purines, and is treated by drugs which block formation of uric acid.
Dunglison.

3.
A disease of cornstalks. See Corn fly, under Corn.

Gout stones. See Chalkstone, n., 2.


word: Goutwort
definition:
Goutwort

Goutweed

{ Gout"weed` (_;), Gout"wort` (?) }
n.
[So called from having been formerly used in assuaging the pain of the gout.]
(Bot.)
A coarse umbelliferous plant of Europe (Aegopodium Podagraria); -- called also bishop's weed, ashweed, and herb gerard.


word: Gouty
definition:
Gouty

Gout"y
(?)
a.
1.
Diseased with, or subject to, the gout; as, a gouty person; a gouty joint.

2.
Pertaining to the gout.
Gouty
Blackmore.

3.
Swollen, as if from gout.
Derham.

4.
Boggy; as, gouty land.
[Obs.]
Spenser.

Gouty bronchitis, bronchitis arising as a secondary disease during the progress of gout. -- Gouty concretions, calculi (urate of sodium) formed in the joints, kidneys, etc., of sufferers from gout. -- Gouty kidney, an affection occurring during the progress of gout, the kidney shriveling and containing concretions of urate of sodium.


word: Govern
definition:
Govern

Gov"ern
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Governed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Governing.]
[OF. governer, F. gouverner, fr. L. gubernare to steer, pilot, govern, Gr. kyberna^n.  Cf. Gubernatorial.]
1.
To direct and control, as the actions or conduct of men, either by established laws or by arbitrary will; to regulate by authority.
govern
Shak.

2.
To regulate; to influence; to direct; to restrain; to manage; as, to govern the life; to govern a horse.

Govern well thy appetite.
Milton.

3.
(Gram.)
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.


word: Governable
definition:
Governable

Gov"ern*a*ble
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. gouvernable.]
Capable of being governed, or subjected to authority; controllable; manageable; obedient.
Locke.


word: Governail
definition:
Governail

Governal

Gov"ern*al (?), Gov"ern*ail (_;)
n.
[Cf. F. gouvernail helm, rudder, L. gubernaculum.]
Management; mastery.
[Obs.]
Chaucer. Spenser.


word: Governance
definition:
Governance

Gov"ern*ance
(?)
n.
[F. gouvernance.]
Exercise of authority; control; government; arrangement.
Chaucer. J. H. Newman.


word: Governess
definition:
Governess

Gov"ern*ess
(?)
n.
[Cf. OF. governeresse. See Governor.]
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.


word: Governing
definition:
Governing

Gov"ern*ing
a.
1.
Holding the superiority; prevalent; controlling; as, a governing wind; a governing party in a state.
Jay.

2.
(Gram.)
Requiring a particular case.


word: Government
definition:
Government

Gov"ern*ment
(?)
n.
[F. gouvernement. See Govern.]
1.
The act of governing; the exercise of authority; the administration of laws; control; direction; regulation; as, civil, church, or family government.

2.
The mode of governing; the system of polity in a state; the established form of law.

That free government which we have so dearly purchased, free commonwealth.
Milton.

3.
The right or power of governing; authority.

I here resign my government to thee.
Shak.

4.
The person or persons authorized to administer the laws; the ruling power; the administration.

When we, in England, speak of the government, we generally understand the ministers of the crown for the time being.
Mozley & W.

5.
The body politic governed by one authority; a state; as, the governments of Europe.

6.
Management of the limbs or body.
Shak.

7.
(Gram.)
The influence of a word in regard to construction, requiring that another word should be in a particular case.


word: Governmental
definition:
Governmental

Gov"ern*men"tal
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. gouvernemental.]
Pertaining to government; made by government; as, governmental duties.


word: government-in-exile
definition:
government-in-exile

government-in-exile
n.
A temporary government moved to or formed in a foreign land by exiles who hope to rule when their country is liberated.


word: Governor
definition:
Governor

Gov"ern*or
(?)
n.
[OE. governor, governour, OF. governeor, F. gouverneur, fr. L. gubernator steersman, ruler, governor. See Govern.]
1.
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.
governor
Shak.

2.
One who has the care or guardianship of a young man; a tutor; a guardian.

3.
(Naut.)
A pilot; a steersman.
[R.]

4.
(Mach.)
A contrivance applied to steam engines, water wheels, and other machinery, to maintain nearly uniform speed when the resistances and motive force are variable.

&hand_; The illustration shows a form of governor commonly used for steam engines, in wich a heavy sleeve (a) sliding on a rapidly revolving spindle (b), driven by the engine, is raised or lowered, when the speed varies, by the changing centrifugal force of two balls (c c) to which it is connected by links (d d), the balls being attached to arms (e e) which are jointed to the top of the spindle. The sleeve is connected with the throttle valve or cut-off through a lever (f), and its motion produces a greater supply of steam when the engine runs too slowly and a less supply when too fast.

Governor cut-off (Steam Engine), a variable cut-off gear in which the governor acts in such a way as to cause the steam to be cut off from entering the cylinder at points of the stroke dependent upon the engine's speed. -- Hydraulic governor (Mach.), a governor which is operated by the action of a liquid in flowing; a cataract.


word: Governor general
definition:
Governor general

Gov"ern*or gen"er*al
(?)
A governor who has lieutenant or deputy governors under him; as, the governor general of Canada, of India.


word: Gowan
definition:
Gowan

Gow"an
(?)
n.
[Scot., fr. Gael. gugan bud, flower, daisy.]
1.
The daisy, or mountain daisy.
[Scot.]

And pu'd the gowans fine.
Burns.

2.
(Min.)
Decomposed granite.


word: Gowany
definition:
Gowany

Gow"an*y
(?)
a.
Having, abounding in, or decked with, daisies.
[Scot.]

Sweeter than gowany glens or new-mown hay.
Ramsay.


word: Gowk₂
definition:
Gowk

Gowk
n.
[See Gawk.]
(Zool.)
1.
The European cuckoo; -- called also gawky.

2.
A simpleton; a gawk or gawky.


word: Gown
definition:
Gown

Gown
(goun)
n.
[OE. goune, prob. from W. gwn gown, loose robe, akin to Ir. gunn, Gael. gùn; cf. OF. gone, prob. of the same origin.]
1.
A loose, flowing upper garment
(a)
The ordinary outer dress of a woman, especially one that is full-length/ex>.
(b)
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.

He Mars deposed, and arms to gowns made yield.
Dryden.
2.
Any sort of dress or garb.

He comes . . . in the gown of humility.
Shak.

3.
An evening gown.

4.
The students and faculty of a college and university, as opposed to the local inhabitants not connected to the university; -- used often in the phrase “town and gown”, referring to interactions between the university and the local townspeople; as, a town and gown dispute.


word: Gowned
definition:
Gowned

Gowned
(gound)
p. a.
Dressed in a gown; clad.

Gowned in pure white, that fitted to the shape.
Tennyson.


word: Gownman
definition:
Gownman

Gownsman

Gowns"man (?), Gown"man (_;)
n.
pl. -men (-men).
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.


word: Graafian
definition:
Graafian

Graaf"i*an
(?)
a.
(Anat.)
Pertaining to, or discovered by, Regnier de Graaf, a Dutch physician.

Graafian follicles or vesicles, small cavities in which the ova are developed in the ovaries of mammals, and by the bursting of which they are discharged.


word: Grab
definition:
Grab

Grab
(grăb)
n.
[Ar. & Hind. ghurāb crow, raven, a kind of Arab ship.]
(Naut.)
A vessel used on the Malabar coast, having two or three masts.


word: Grab₂
definition:
Grab

Grab
(grăb)
v. t. & i.
[imp. & p. p. Grabbed (grăbd); p. pr. & vb. n. Grabbing.]
[Akin to Sw. grabba to grasp.  Cf. Grabble, Grapple, Grasp.]
To gripe suddenly; to seize; to snatch; to clutch.


word: Grab₃
definition:
Grab

Grab
n.
1.
A sudden grasp or seizure.

2.
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.

Grab bag, at fairs, a bag or box holding small articles which are to be drawn, without being seen, on payment of a small sum. [Colloq.] -- Grab game, a theft committed by grabbing or snatching a purse or other piece of property. [Colloq.]


word: Grabble
definition:
Grabble

Grab"ble
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Grabbled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Grabbling (_;).]
[Freq. of grab; cf. D. grabbelen.]
1.
To grope; to feel with the hands.

He puts his hands into his pockets, and keeps a grabbling and fumbling.
Selden.

2.
To lie prostrate on the belly; to sprawl on the ground; to grovel.
Ainsworth.


word: Grace
definition:
Grace

Grace
(grās)
n.
[F. grâce, L. gratia, from gratus beloved, dear, agreeable; perh. akin to Gr. _; to rejoice, cha`ris favor, grace, Skr. hary to desire, and E. yearn.  Cf. Grateful, Gratis.]
1.
The exercise of love, kindness, mercy, favor; disposition to benefit or serve another; favor bestowed or privilege conferred.

To bow and sue for grace
With suppliant knee.
Milton.

2.
(Theol.)
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.

And if by grace, then is it no more of works.
Rom. xi. 6.

My grace is sufficicnt for thee.
2 Cor. xii. 9.

Where sin abounded, grace did much more abound.
Rom. v. 20.

By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand.
Rom. v.2

3.
(Law)
(a)
The prerogative of mercy execised by the executive, as pardon.
(b)
The same prerogative when exercised in the form of equitable relief through chancery.

4.
Fortune; luck; -- used commonly with hard or sorry when it means misfortune.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

5.
Inherent excellence; any endowment or characteristic fitted to win favor or confer pleasure or benefit.

He is complete in feature and in mind.
With all good grace to grace a gentleman.
Shak.

I have formerly given the general character of Mr. Addison's style and manner as natural and unaffected, easy and polite, and full of those graces which a flowery imagination diffuses over writing.
Blair.

6.
Beauty, physical, intellectual, or moral; loveliness; commonly, easy elegance of manners; perfection of form.

Grace in women gains the affections sooner, and secures them longer, than any thing else.
Hazlitt.

I shall answer and thank you again For the gift and the grace of the gift.
Longfellow.

7.
pl.
(Myth.)
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.

The Graces love to weave the rose.
Moore.

The Loves delighted, and the Graces played.
Prior.

8.
The title of a duke, a duchess, or an archbishop, and formerly of the king of England.

How fares your Grace !
Shak.

9.
(Commonly pl.)
Thanks.
[Obs.]

Yielding graces and thankings to their lord Melibeus.
Chaucer.

10.
A petition for grace; a blessing asked, or thanks rendered, before or after a meal.

11.
pl.
(Mus.)
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.

12.
(Eng. Universities)
An act, vote, or decree of the government of the institution; a degree or privilege conferred by such vote or decree.
Walton.

13.
pl.
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.

Act of grace. See under Act. -- Day of grace (Theol.), the time of probation, when the offer of divine forgiveness is made and may be accepted.
[1913 Webster]
That day of grace fleets fast away. I. Watts.
-- Days of grace (Com.), the days immediately following the day when a bill or note becomes due, which days are allowed to the debtor or payer to make payment in.  In Great Britain and the United States, the days of grace are three, but in some countries more, the usages of merchants being different. -- Good graces, favor; friendship. -- Grace cup. (a) A cup or vessel in which a health is drunk after grace. (b) A health drunk after grace has been said.
[1913 Webster]
The grace cup follows to his sovereign's health. Hing.
-- Grace drink, a drink taken on rising from the table; a grace cup.
[1913 Webster]
To [Queen Margaret, of Scotland] . . . we owe the custom of the grace drink, she having established it as a rule at her table, that whosoever staid till grace was said was rewarded with a bumper. Encyc. Brit.
-- Grace hoop, a hoop used in playing graces. See Grace, n., 13. -- Grace note (Mus.), an appoggiatura. See Appoggiatura, and def. 11 above. -- Grace stroke, a finishing stoke or touch; a coup de grace. -- Means of grace, means of securing knowledge of God, or favor with God, as the preaching of the gospel, etc. --  To do grace, to reflect credit upon.
[1913 Webster]
Content to do the profession some grace. Shak.
-- To say grace, to render thanks before or after a meal. -- With a good grace, in a fit and proper manner grace fully; graciously. -- With a bad grace, in a forced, reluctant, or perfunctory manner; ungraciously.
[1913 Webster]
What might have been done with a good grace would at least
be done with a bad grace. Macaulay.


word: Grace₂
definition:
Grace

Grace
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Graced (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Gracing (?).]
1.
To adorn; to decorate; to embellish and dignify.

Great Jove and Phoebus graced his noble line.
Pope.

We are graced with wreaths of victory.
Shak.

2.
To dignify or raise by an act of favor; to honor.

He might, at his pleasure, grace or disgrace whom he would
in court.
Knolles.

3.
To supply with heavenly grace.
Bp. Hall.

4.
(Mus.)
To add grace notes, cadenzas, etc., to.


word: Graceful
definition:
Graceful

Grace"ful
(?)
a.
Displaying grace or beauty in form or action; elegant; easy; agreeable in appearance; as, a graceful walk, deportment, speaker, air, act, speech.

High o'er the rest in arms the graceful Turnus rode.
Dryden.


word: Graceless
definition:
Graceless

Grace"less
a.
1.
Wanting in grace or excellence; departed from, or deprived of, divine grace; hence, depraved; corrupt.
graceless
Milton.

2.
Unfortunate.  Cf. Grace, n., 4.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.


word: gracilariid
definition:
gracilariid

gracilariid
n.
Any of several small dull or metallic-colored tineoid moths whose larvae mine in plant leaves; a member of the Gracilariidae.

Syn. -- gracilariid moth.


word: Gracilariidae
definition:
Gracilariidae

Gracilariidae
prop. n.
A natural family of moths, the larvae of which are one type of leaf miner.

Syn. -- Gracillariidae, family Gracilariidae.


word: Gracillent
definition:
Gracillent

Gracile

{ Grac"ile (?), Grac"il*lent (?) }
a.
[L. gracilis, gracilentus.]
Slender; thin.
[Obs.]
Bailey.

Syn. -- willowy.


word: Gracility
definition:
Gracility

Gra*cil"i*ty
(?)
n.
[L. gracilitas; cf.  F. gracilité.]
State of being gracilent; slenderness.
Milman.
gracility
W.  D. Howells.


word: Gracious
definition:
Gracious

Gra"cious
(grā"shŭs)
a.
[F. gracieux, L. gratiosus. See Grace.]
1.
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.

A god ready to pardon, gracious and merciful.
Neh.  ix. 17.

So hallowed and so gracious in the time.
Shak.

2.
Abounding in beauty, loveliness, or amiability; graceful; excellent.

Since the birth of Cain, the first male child, . . . 
There was not such a gracious creature born.
Shak.

3.
Produced by divine grace; influenced or controlled by the divine influence; as, gracious affections.


word: Graciously
definition:
Graciously

Gra"cious*ly
(?)
adv.
1.
In a gracious manner; courteously; benignantly.
Dryden.

2.
Fortunately; luckily.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.


word: Grackle
definition:
Grackle

Grac"kle
(?)
n.
[Cf. L. graculus jackdaw.]
(Zool.)
(a)
One of several American blackbirds, of the family Icteridæ; 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.
(b)
An Asiatic bird of the genus Gracula. See Myna.


word: Gradate
definition:
Gradate

Gra"date
(?)
v. t.
[See Grade.]
1.
To grade or arrange (parts in a whole, colors in painting, etc.), so that they shall harmonize.

2.
(Chem.)
To bring to a certain strength or grade of concentration; as, to gradate a saline solution.


word: Gradation
definition:
Gradation

Gra*da"tion
(?)
n.
[L. gradatio: cf. F. gradation. See Grade.]
1.
The act of progressing by regular steps or orderly arrangement; the state of being graded or arranged in ranks; as, the gradation of castes.

2.
The act or process of bringing to a certain grade.

3.
Any degree or relative position in an order or series.

The several gradations of the intelligent universe.
I. Taylor.

4.
(Fine Arts)
A gradual passing from one tint to another or from a darker to a lighter shade, as in painting or drawing.

6.
(Mus.)
A diatonic ascending or descending succession of chords.


word: Gradatory
definition:
Gradatory

Grad"a*to*ry
(?)
a.
[See Grade.]
1.
Proceeding step by step, or by gradations; gradual.

Could we have seen [Macbeth's] crimes darkening on their progress . . . could this gradatory apostasy have been shown us.
A. Seward.

2.
(Zool.)
Suitable for walking; -- said of the limbs of an animal when adapted for walking on land.


word: Gradatory₂
definition:
Gradatory

Grad"a*to*ry
n.
[Cf. LL. gradatarium.]
(Arch.)
A series of steps from a cloister into a church.


word: Grade
definition:
Grade

Grade
(grād)
n.
[F. grade, L. gradus step, pace, grade, from gradi to step, go.  Cf. Congress, Degree, Gradus.]
1.
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.

They also appointed and removed, at their own pleasure,
teachers of every grade.
Buckle.

2.
In a railroad or highway
(a)
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.
(b)
A graded ascending, descending, or level portion of a road; a gradient.

3.
(Stock Breeding)
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.

At grade, on the same level; -- said of the crossing of a railroad with another railroad or a highway, when they are on the same level at the point of crossing. -- Down grade, a descent, as on a graded railroad. -- Up grade, an ascent, as on a graded railroad. -- Equating for grades. See under Equate. -- Grade crossing, a crossing at grade.


word: Grade₂
definition:
Grade

Grade
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Graded; p. pr. & vb. n. Grading.]
1.
To arrange in order, steps, or degrees, according to size, quality, rank, etc.

2.
To reduce to a level, or to an evenly progressive ascent, as the line of a canal or road.

3.
(Stock Breeding)
To cross with some better breed; to improve the blood of.


word: graded
definition:
graded

graded
adj.
1.
ordered by some quantitative ranking; as, Reading tests of graded difficulty.

Syn. -- ordered, ranked.

2.
leveled and drained but not paved; -- of roads.

Syn. -- graveled.


word: Gradely
definition:
Gradely

Grade"ly
a.
[Cf. AS. grad grade, step, order, fr. L. gradus. See Grade.]
Decent; orderly.
[Prov. Eng.]
Halliwell.
adv. Decently; in order. [Prov. Eng.]


word: Grader
definition:
Grader

Grad"er
(?)
n.
1.
One who grades, or that by means of which grading is done or facilitated.
2.
Specifically:
A vehicle used for levelling earth, esp. one with a plow blade suspended from the center, used specifically for grading roads.


word: Gradient
definition:
Gradient

Gra"di*ent
(?)
a.
[L. gradiens, p. pr. of gradi to step, to go. See Grade.]
1.
Moving by steps; walking; as, gradient automata.
Wilkins.

2.
Rising or descending by regular degrees of inclination; as, the gradient line of a railroad.

3.
Adapted for walking, as the feet of certain birds.


word: Gradient₂
definition:
Gradient

Gra"di*ent
n.
1.
The rate of regular or graded ascent or descent in a road; grade.

2.
A part of a road which slopes upward or downward; a portion of a way not level; a grade.

3.
The rate of increase or decrease of a variable magnitude, or the curve which represents it; as, a thermometric gradient.
4.
(Chem., Biochem.)
The variation of the concentration of a chemical substance in solution through some linear path; also called concentration gradient; -- usually measured in concentration units per unit distance.  Concentration gradients are created naturally, e.g. by the diffusion of a substance from a point of high concentration toward regions of lower concentration within a body of liquid; in laboratory techniques they may be made artificially.

Gradient post, a post or stake indicating by its height or by marks on it the grade of a railroad, highway, or embankment, etc., at that spot.


word: Gradine
definition:
Gradine

Gradin

{ &VerbarGra"din (?), Gra*dine" (?),}
n.
[F. gradin, dim. of grade. See Grade.]
(Arch.)
Any member like a step, as the raised back of an altar or the like; a set raised over another.
gradines
Layard.


word: Grading
definition:
Grading

Grad"ing
(?)
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.


word: Gradino
definition:
Gradino

Gra*di"no
(?)
n.
pl. Gradinos (#).
[It.]
(Arch.)
A step or raised shelf, as above a sideboard or altar.  Cf. Superaltar, and Gradin.


word: Gradual
definition:
Gradual

Grad"u*al"
(?)
a.
[Cf; F. graduel. See Grade, and cf. 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.

Creatures animate with gradual life
Of growth, sense, reason, all summed up in man.
Milton.


word: Gradual₂
definition:
Gradual

Grad"u*al
n.
[LL. graduale a gradual (in sense 1), fr. L. gradus step: cf. F. graduel. See Grade, and cf. Grail a gradual.]
1.
(R. C. Ch.)
(a)
An antiphon or responsory after the epistle, in the Mass, which was sung on the steps, or while the deacon ascended the steps.
(b)
A service book containing the musical portions of the Mass.

2.
A series of steps.
[Obs.]
Dryden.


word: Gradually
definition:
Gradually

Grad"u*al*ly
(?)
adv.
1.
In a gradual manner.

2.
In degree.
[Obs.]

Human reason doth not only gradually, but specifically, differ from the fantastic reason of brutes.
Grew.


word: Gradualness
definition:
Gradualness

Grad"u*al*ness
n.
The quality or state of being gradual; regular progression or gradation; slowness.

The gradualness of this movement.
M. Arnold.

The gradualness of growth is a characteristic which strikes the simplest observer.
H. Drummond.


word: Graduate
definition:
Graduate

Grad"u*ate
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Graduated (?) p. pr. & vb. n. Graduating (_;).]
[Cf. F. graduer. See Graduate, n., Grade.]

1.
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.

2.
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.

3.
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.

Dyers advance and graduate their colors with salts.
Browne.

4.
(Chem.)
To bring to a certain degree of consistency, by evaporation, as a fluid.

Graduating engine, a dividing engine. See Dividing engine, under Dividing.


word: Graduate₂
definition:
Graduate

Grad"u*ate
v. i.
1.
To pass by degrees; to change gradually; to shade off; as, sandstone which graduates into gneiss; carnelian sometimes graduates into quartz.

2.
(Zool.)
To taper, as the tail of certain birds.

3.
To take a degree in a college or university; to become a graduate; to receive a diploma.

He graduated at Oxford.
Latham.

He was brought to their bar and asked where he had graduated.
Macaulay.


word: Graduate₃
definition:
Graduate

Grad"u*ate
(?)
n.
[LL. graduatus, p. p. of graduare to admit to a degree, fr. L. gradus grade. See Grade, n.]
1.
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.

2.
A graduated cup, tube, flask, or cylinder; a glass measuring container used by apothecaries and chemists. See under Graduated.


word: Graduate₄
definition:
Graduate

Grad"u*ate
a.
[See Graduate, n. & v.]
Arranged by successive steps or degrees; graduated.

Beginning with the genus, passing through all the graduate
and subordinate stages.
Tatham.


word: Graduated
definition:
Graduated

Grad"u*a"ted
(?)
a.
1.
Marked with, or divided into, degrees; divided into grades.

2.
(Zool.)
Tapered; -- said of a bird's tail when the outer feathers are shortest, and the others successively longer.

3.
Having visible marks and numbers at vertical intervals, permitting one to estimate the quantitity of material contained; -- of vessels, most commonly those used in laboratories for containing liquids.  See graduated cylinder, etc., below.

Graduated cylinder, Graduated flask, Graduated tube, Graduated bottle, Graduated cap,  Graduated glass a vessel, usually of glass, having horizontal marks upon its sides, with figures, to indicate the amount of the contents at the several levels. -- Graduated spring (Railroads), a combination of metallic and rubber springs.


word: Graduation
definition:
Graduation

Grad"u*a"tion
(?)
n.
[LL. graduatio promotion to a degree: cf. F. graduation division into degrees.]

1.
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.

2.
The marks on an instrument or vessel to indicate degrees or quantity; a scale.

3.
The exposure of a liquid in large surfaces to the air, so as to hasten its evaporation.


word: Graduator
definition:
Graduator

Grad"u*a"tor
(?)
n.
1.
One who determines or indicates graduation; as, a graduator of instruments.

2.
An instrument for dividing any line, right or curve, into small, regular intervals.

3.
An apparatus for diffusing a solution, as brine or vinegar, over a large surface, for exposure to the air.


word: Gradus
definition:
Gradus

Gra"dus
(?)
n.
[From L. gradus ad Parnassum a step to Parnassus.]
A dictionary of prosody, designed as an aid in writing Greek or Latin poetry.

He set to work . . . without gradus or other help.
T. Hughes.


word: Graf
definition:
Graf

Graf
(?)
n.
[G.  Cf. -grave.]
A German title of nobility, equivalent to earl in English, or count in French. See Earl.


word: Graff
definition:
Graff

Graff
(?)
n.
[OE. grafe, greife, greive.  Cf. Margrave.]
A steward; an overseer.

[A prince] is nothing but a servant, overseer, or graff, and not the head, which is a title belonging only to Christ.
John Knox.


word: Graffiti
definition:
Graffiti

Graf*fi"ti
(?)
n. pl.
[It., pl. of graffito scratched]
1.
Inscriptions, figure drawings, etc., found on the walls of ancient sepulchers or ruins, as in the Catacombs, or at Pompeii.

2.
any writings or drawings on a surface in a public place, placed there without authorization of the owner of the object on which it is written.  Such graffiti are usually unwelcome, and are considered as form of vandalism.


word: Graffito
definition:
Graffito

Graf*fi"to
(?)
n.
[It., fr. graffio a scratching.]
1.
(Art)
Production of decorative designs by scratching them through a surface of layer plaster, glazing, etc., revealing a different-colored ground; also, pottery or ware so decorated; -- chiefly used attributively.

2.
the singular form of graffiti, seldom used.


word: Graft
definition:
Graft

Graft
(?)
n.
[OE. graff, F. greffe, originally the same word as OF. grafe pencil, L. graphium, Gr. _;, _;, fr. _; to write; prob. akin to E. carve. So named from the resemblance of a scion or shoot to a pointed pencil.  Cf. Graphic, Grammar.]
(a)
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.
(b)
A branch or portion of a tree growing from such a shoot.
(c)
(Surg.)
A portion of living tissue used in the operation of autoplasty.


word: Graft₂
definition:
Graft

Graft
(?)
n.
[Prob. orig. so called because illegitimate or improper profit was looked upon as a graft, or sort of excrescence, on a legitimate business undertaking, in distinction from its natural proper development.]
1.
Acquisition of money, position, etc., by dishonest or unjust means, as by actual theft or by taking advantage of a public office or any position of trust or employment to obtain fees, perquisites, profits on contracts, legislation, pay for work not done or service not performed, etc.; illegal or unfair practice for profit or personal advantage; also, anything thus gained.
[Colloq.]

2.
A “soft thing” or “easy thing;” a “snap.”
[Slang]


word: Graft₃
definition:
Graft

Graft
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Grafted; p. pr. & vb. n. Grafting.]
[F. greffer. See Graft, n.]
1.
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.
[Formerly written graff.]

2.
(Surg.)
To implant a portion of (living flesh or akin) in a lesion so as to form an organic union.

3.
To join (one thing) to another as if by grafting, so as to bring about a close union.

And graft my love immortal on thy fame !
Pope.

4.
(Naut.)
To cover, as a ring bolt, block strap, splicing, etc., with a weaving of small cord or rope-yarns.


word: Graft₄
definition:
Graft

Graft
v. i.
To insert scions from one tree, or kind of tree, etc., into another; to practice grafting.


word: Graftage
definition:
Graftage

Graft"age
(?)
n.
(Hort.)
The science of grafting, including the various methods of practice and details of operation.


word: Grafter
definition:
Grafter

Graft"er
(?)
n.
1.
One who inserts scions on other stocks, or propagates fruit by ingrafting.

2.
An instrument by which grafting is facilitated.

3.
The original tree from which a scion has been taken for grafting upon another tree.
Shak.


word: Grafting
definition:
Grafting

Graft"ing
n.
(Hort.)

2.
(Naut.)
The act or method of weaving a cover for a ring, rope end, etc.

3.
(Surg.)
The transplanting of a portion of flesh or skin to a denuded surface; autoplasty.

4.
(Carp.)
A scarfing or endwise attachment of one timber to another.

Cleft grafting (Hort.) a method of grafting in which the scion is placed in a cleft or slit in the stock or stump made by sawing off a branch, usually in such a manaer that its bark evenly joins that of the stock. -- Crown grafting or Rind grafting,  (Hort.) a method of grafting which the alburnum and inner bark are separated, and between them is inserted the lower end of the scion cut slantwise. -- Saddle grafting, a mode of grafting in which a deep cleft is made in the end of the scion by two sloping cuts, and the end of the stock is made  wedge-shaped to fit the cleft in the scion, which is placed upon it saddlewise. -- Side grafting, a mode of grafting in which the scion, cut quite across very obliquely, so as to give it the form of a slender wedge, is thrust down inside of the bark of the stock or stem into which it is inserted, the cut side of the scion being next the wood of the stock. -- Skin grafting. (Surg.) See Autoplasty. -- Splice grafting (Hort.), a method of grafting by cutting the ends of the scion and stock completely across and obliquely, in such a manner that the sections are of the same shape, then lapping the ends so that the one cut surface exactly fits the other, and securing them by tying or otherwise. -- Whip grafting, tongue grafting, the same as splice grafting, except that a cleft or slit is made in the end of both scion and stock, in the direction of the grain and in the middle of the sloping surface, forming a kind of tongue, so that when put together, the tongue of each is inserted in the slit of the other. -- Grafting scissors, a surgeon's scissors, used in rhinoplastic operations, etc. -- Grafting tool. (a) Any tool used in grafting. (b) A very strong curved spade used in digging canals. -- Grafting wax, a composition of rosin, beeswax tallow, etc., used in binding up the wounds of newly grafted trees.


word: Graham bread
definition:
Graham bread

Gra"ham bread"
(?)
[From Sylvester Graham, a lecturer on dietetics.]
Bread made of unbolted wheat flour.
[U. S.]
Bartlett.


word: Grahamite
definition:
Grahamite

Gra"ham*ite
(?)
n.
[See Graham bread.]
One who follows the dietetic system of Graham.
[U. S.]


word: Grail
definition:
Grail

Grail
(?)
n.
[OF. greel, LL. gradale. See Gradual, n.]
A book of offices in the Roman Catholic Church; a gradual.
[Obs.]
T. Warton.

Such as antiphonals, missals, grails, processionals, etc.
Strype.


word: Grail₂
definition:
Grail

Grail
n.
[OF. graal, greal, greet, F. graal, gréal, LL. gradalis, gradale, prob. derived fr. L. crater bowl, mixing vessel, Gr. krath`r.  See Crater.]
A broad, open dish; a chalice; -- only used of the Holy Grail.

&hand_;The Holy Grail, according to some legends of the Middle Ages, was the cup used by our Savior in dispensing the wine at the last supper; and  according to others, the platter on which the paschal lamb was served at the last Passover observed by our Lord. This cup, according to the legend, if appoached by any but a perfectly pure and holy person, would be borne away and vanish from the sight. The quest of the Holy Grail was to be undertaken only by a knight who was perfectly chaste in thought, word, and act.


word: Grail₃
definition:
Grail

Grail
n.
[F. grêle hail, from grés grit, OHG. griex, grioz, G. gries, gravel, grit. See Grit.]
Small particles of earth; gravel.
[Obs.]

Lying down upon the sandy grail.
Spenser.


word: Graille
definition:
Graille

Graille
(grāl)
n.
[Cf. F. grêle a sort of file.]
A halfround single-cut file or fioat, having one curved face and one straight face, -- used by comb makers.
Knight.


word: Grain₂
definition:
Grain

Grain
(grān)
n.
[F. grain, L. granum, grain, seed, small kernel, small particle. See Corn, and cf. Garner, n., Garnet, Gram the chick-pea, Granule, Kernel.]

1.
A single small hard seed; a kernel, especially of  those plants, like wheat, whose seeds are used for food.

2.
The fruit of certain grasses which furnish the chief food of man, as corn, wheat, rye, oats, etc., or the plants themselves; -- used collectively.

Storehouses crammed with grain.
Shak.

3.
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.

I . . . with a grain of manhood well resolved.
Milton.

4.
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. 

5.
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.

All in a robe of darkest grain.
Milton.

Doing as the dyers do, who, having first dipped their silks in colors of less value, then give' them the last tincture of crimson in grain.
Quoted by Coleridge, preface to Aids to Reflection.

6.
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.

Hard box, and linden of a softer grain.
Dryden.

7.
The direction, arrangement, or appearance of the fibers in wood, or of the strata in stone, slate, etc.

Knots, by the conflux of meeting sap,
Infect the sound pine and divert his grain
Tortive and errant from his course of growth.
Shak.

8.
The fiber which forms the substance of wood or of any fibrous material.

9.
The hair side of a piece of leather, or the marking on that side.
Knight.

10.
pl.
The remains of grain, etc., after brewing or distillation; hence, any residuum. Also called draff.

11.
(Bot.)
A rounded prominence on the back of a sepal, as in the common dock. See Grained, a., 4.

12.
Temper; natural disposition; inclination.
[Obs.]

Brothers . . . not united in grain.
Hayward.

13.
A sort of spice, the grain of paradise.
[Obs.]

He cheweth grain and licorice,
To smellen sweet.
Chaucer.

Against the grain, against or across the direction of the fibers; hence, against one's wishes or tastes; unwillingly; unpleasantly; reluctantly; with difficulty. Swift. Saintsbury.-- A grain of allowance, a slight indulgence or latitude a small allowance. -- Grain binder, an attachment to a harvester for binding the grain into sheaves. -- Grain colors, dyes made from the coccus or kermes insect. -- Grain leather. (a) Dressed horse hides. (b) Goat, seal, and other skins blacked on the grain side for women's shoes, etc.  -- Grain moth (Zool.), one of several small moths, of the family Tineidæ (as Tinea granella and Butalis cerealella), whose larvæ devour grain in storehouses. -- Grain side (Leather), the side of a skin or hide from which the hair has been removed; -- opposed to flesh side. -- Grains of paradise, the seeds of a species of amomum. -- grain tin, crystalline tin ore metallic tin smelted with charcoal. -- Grain weevil (Zool.), a small red weevil (Sitophilus granarius), which destroys stored wheat and other grain, by eating out the interior. -- Grain worm (Zool.), the larva of the grain moth. See grain moth, above. -- In grain, of a fast color; deeply seated; fixed; innate; genuine. “Anguish in grain.” Herbert. -- To dye in grain, to dye of a fast color by means of the coccus or kermes grain [see Grain, n., 5]; hence, to dye firmly; also, to dye in the wool, or in the raw material. See under Dye.
[1913 Webster]
The red roses flush up in her cheeks . . . 
Likce crimson dyed in grain. Spenser.
-- To go against the grain of (a person), to be repugnant to; to vex, irritate, mortify, or trouble.


word: Grain₃
definition:
Grain

Grain
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Grained (grānd); p. pr. & vb. n. Graining.]
1.
To paint in imitation of the grain of wood, marble, etc.

2.
To form (powder, sugar, etc.) into grains.

3.
To take the hair off (skins); to soften and raise the grain of (leather, etc.).


word: Grain₄
definition:
Grain

Grain
v. i.
[F. grainer, grener. See Grain, n.]
1.
To yield fruit.
[Obs.]
Gower.

2.
To form grains, or to assume a granular form, as the result of crystallization; to granulate.


word: Grain₅
definition:
Grain

Grain
(grān)
n.
[See Groin a part of the body.]

1.
A branch of a tree; a stalk or stem of a plant.
[Obs.]
G. Douglas.

2.
A tine, prong, or fork.
Specifically:
(a)
One the branches of a valley or of a river.
(b)
pl.
An iron fish spear or harpoon, having four or more barbed points.

3.
A blade of a sword, knife, etc.

4.
(Founding)
A thin piece of metal, used in a mold to steady a core.


word: Grained
definition:
Grained

Grained
(grānd)
a.
1.
Having a grain; divided into small particles or grains; showing the grain; hence, rough.

2.
Dyed in grain; ingrained.

Persons lightly dipped, not grained, in generous honesty, are but pale in goodness. 
Sir T. Browne.

3.
Painted or stained in imitation of the grain of wood, marble, etc.

4.
(Bot.)
Having tubercles or grainlike processes, as the petals or sepals of some flowers.


word: Grainer
definition:
Grainer

Grain"er
(grān"ẽr)
n.
1.
An infusion of pigeon's dung used by tanners to neutralize the effects of lime and give flexibility to skins; -- called also grains and bate.

2.
A knife for taking the hair off skins.

3.
One who paints in imitation of the grain of wood, marble, etc.; also, the brush or tool used in graining.


word: graininess
definition:
graininess

graininess
n.
the quality of being composed of relatively large particles.

Syn. -- coarseness, granularity.


word: Graining
definition:
Graining

Grain"ing
n.
1.
Indentation; roughening; milling, as on edges of coins.
Locke.

2.
A process in dressing leather, by which the skin is softened and the grain raised.

3.
Painting or staining, in imitation of the grain of  wood, stone, etc.

4.
(Soap Making)
The process of separating soap from spent lye, as with salt.


word: Graining₂
definition:
Graining

Grain"ing
n.
(Zool.)
A small European fresh-water fish (Leuciscus vulgaris); -- called also dobule, and dace.


word: Grains
definition:
Grains

Grains
(grānz)
n. pl.
1.
See 5th Grain, n., 2 (b).

2.
Pigeon's dung used in tanning.  See Grainer. n., 1.


word: Graith₂
definition:
Graith

Graith
n.
Furniture; apparatus or accouterments for work, traveling, war, etc.
[Scot.]
Jamieson.


word: Grallae
definition:
Grallae

Gral"læ
(?)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. L. grallae stilts, for gradulae, fr. gradus.  See Grade.]
(Zool.)
An order of birds which formerly included all the waders.  By later writers it is usually restricted to the sandpipers, plovers, and allied forms; -- called also Grallatores.


word: Grallatores
definition:
Grallatores

Gral"la*to"res
(?)
n. pl.
[NL. from L. grallator one who runs on stilts.]
(Zool.)
See Grallæ.


word: Grallatory
definition:
Grallatory

Grallatorial

Gral`la*to"ri*al (?), Gral"la*to*ry (?),
a.
(Zool.)
Of or pertaining to the Grallatores, or waders.


word: -gram
definition:
-gram

-gram
(-grăm)
[Gr. gra`mma a thing drawn or written, a letter, fr. gra`fein to draw, write. See Graphic.]
A suffix indicating something drawn or written, a drawing, writing; -- as, monogram, telegram, chronogram.


word: Gram₂
definition:
Gram

Gram
n.
[Pg. grão grain. See Grain.]
(Bot.)
The East Indian name of the chick-pea (Cicer arietinum) and its seeds; also, other similar seeds there used for food.


word: Gramme
definition:
Gramme

Gram

Gram, Gramme (grăm)
n.
[F. gramme, from Gr. gra`mma that which is written, a letter, a small weight, fr. gra`fein to write. See Graphic.]
The unit of mass or weight in the metric system.  It was intended to be exactly, and is very nearly, equivalent to the weight in a vacuum of one cubic centimeter of pure water at its maximum density.  It is equal to 15.432 grains. See Grain, n., 4.

Gram degree, or Gramme degree (Physics), a unit of heat, being the amount of heat necessary to raise the temperature of one gram of pure water one degree centigrade. -- Gram equivalent (Electrolysis), that quantity of the metal which will replace one gram of hydrogen.


word: Grama grass
definition:
Grama grass

Gra"ma grass`
(?)
[Sp. grama a sort of grass.]
(Bot.)
The name of several kinds of pasture grasses found in the Western United States, esp. the Bouteloua oligostachya.


word: Gramarye
definition:
Gramarye

Gram"a*rye
(?)
n.
[OE. gramer, grameri, gramori, grammar, magic, OF. gramaire, F. grammaire.  See Grammar.]
Necromancy; magic.
Sir W. Scott.


word: Gramashes
definition:
Gramashes

Gra*mash"es
(?)
n. pl.
[See Gamashes.]
Gaiters reaching to the knee; leggings.

Strong gramashes, or leggings of thick gray cloth.
Sir W. Scott.


word: Grame
definition:
Grame

Grame
(?)
n.
[See Gram, a.]
1.
Anger; wrath; scorn.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

2.
Sorrow; grief; misery.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.


word: Gramercy
definition:
Gramercy

Gra*mer"cy
(?)
interj.
[F. grand-merci. See Grand, and Mercy.]
A word formerly used to express thankfulness, with surprise; many thanks.

Gramercy, Mammon, said the gentle knight.
Spenser.


word: Graminaceous
definition:
Graminaceous

Gram"i*na"ceous
(?)
a.
[L. gramen, graminis, grass.]
Pertaining to, or resembling, the grasses; gramineous; as, graminaceous plants.


word: Gramineae
definition:
Gramineae

Gramineae
n.
1.
the grasses: chiefly herbaceous but some woody plants including cereals; bamboo; reeds; sugar cane.

Syn. -- family Gramineae, Graminaceae, family Graminaceae, Poaceae, family Poaceae, grass family.


word: Gramineous
definition:
Gramineous

Gra*min"e*ous
(?)
a.
[L. gramineus, fr. gramen, graminis, grass.]
(Bot.)
Like, Or pertaining to, grass. See Grass, n., 2.


word: Graminifolious
definition:
Graminifolious

Gram"i*ni*fo"li*ous
(?)
a.
[L. gramen, graminis, grass + folium leaf.]
(Bot.)
Bearing leaves resembling those of grass.


word: Graminivorous
definition:
Graminivorous

Gram"i*niv"o*rous
(?)
a.
[L. gramen, graminis, grass + vorare to eat greedily.]
Feeding or subsisting on grass, and the like food; -- said of horses, cattle, and other animals.


word: gramma
definition:
gramma

gram"ma
n.
A pasture grass of the plains of South America and western North America; same as grama grass, which see.

Syn. -- grama, grama grass, gramma grass.


word: Grammalogue
definition:
Grammalogue

Gram"ma*logue
(grăm"mȧ*l&obreve_;g)
n.
[Gr. gra`mma letter + lo`gos word.  Cf. Logogram.]
(Phonography)
Literally, a letter word; a word represented by a logogram; as, it, represented by |, that is, t.
Pitman.


word: Grammar
definition:
Grammar

Gram"mar
(?)
n.
[OE. gramere, OF. gramaire, F. grammaire Prob. fr. L. gramatica Gr _;, fem. of _; skilled in grammar, fr. _; letter. See Gramme, Graphic, and cf. Grammatical, Gramarye.]
1.
The science which treats of the principles of language; the study of forms of speech, and their relations to one another; the art concerned with the right use and application of the rules of a language, in speaking or writing.

&hand_; The whole fabric of grammar rests upon the classifying of words according to their function in the sentence.
Bain.

2.
The art of speaking or writing with correctness or according to established usage; speech considered with regard to the rules of a grammar.

The original bad grammar and bad spelling.
Macaulay.

3.
A treatise on the principles of language; a book containing the principles and rules for correctness in speaking or writing.

4.
treatise on the elements or principles of any science; as, a grammar of geography.

Comparative grammar, the science which determines the relations of kindred languages by examining and comparing their grammatical forms. -- Grammar school. (a) A school, usually endowed, in which Latin and Greek grammar are taught, as also other studies preparatory to colleges or universities; as, the famous Rugby Grammar School. This use of the word is more common in England than in the United States.

When any town shall increase to the number of a hundred
families or householders, they shall set up a grammar school, the master thereof being able to instruct youth so far as they may be fitted for the University.
Mass. Records (1647).


word: Grammar₂
definition:
Grammar

Gram"mar
v. i.
To discourse according to the rules of grammar; to use grammar.
[Obs.]
Beau. & Fl.


word: Grammarian
definition:
Grammarian

Gram*ma"ri*an
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. grammairien.]
1.
One versed in grammar, or the construction of languages; a philologist.

&hand_; “The term was used by the classic ancients as a term of honorable distinction for all who were considered learned in any art or faculty whatever.” Brande & C.

2.
One who writes on, or teaches, grammar.


word: Grammarianism
definition:
Grammarianism

Gram*ma"ri*an*ism
(?)
n.
The principles, practices, or peculiarities of grammarians.
[R.]


word: Grammates
definition:
Grammates

Gram"mates
(?)
n. pl.
[From Gr. _; letters, written rules.]
Rudiments; first principles, as of grammar.
[Obs.]
Ford.


word: Grammatical
definition:
Grammatical

Gram*mat"ic*al
(?)
a.
[L. grammaticus, grammaticalis; Gr. _; skilled in grammar, knowing one's letters, from _; a letter: cf. F. grammatical. See Grammar.]
1.
Of or pertaining to grammar; of the nature of grammar; as, a grammatical rule.

2.
According to the rules of grammar; grammatically correct; as, the sentence is not grammatical; the construction is not grammatical.


word: Grammaticaster
definition:
Grammaticaster

Gram*mat"icas"ter
(?)
n.
[LL.]
A petty grammarian; a grammatical pedant or pretender.

My noble Neophite, my little grammaticaster.
B. Jonson.


word: Grammatication
definition:
Grammatication

Gram*mat"i*ca"tion
(?)
n.
A principle of grammar; a grammatical rule.
[Obs.]
Dalgarno.


word: Grammaticize
definition:
Grammaticize

Gram*mat"i*cize
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Grammaticized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Grammaticizing (?).]
To render grammatical.
Fuller.


word: Grammatist
definition:
Grammatist

Gram"ma*tist
(?)
n.
[L. grammatista schoolmaster, Gr. _;, from _; to teach the letters, to be a scribe: cf. F. grammatiste. See Grammatical.]
A petty grammarian.
[R.]
Tooke.


word: Grammatophyllum
definition:
Grammatophyllum

Grammatophyllum
n.
A small genus of large epiphytic or terrestrial orchids of Southeastern Asia to Polynesia; the giants of the Orchidaceae having long narrow leaves and drooping flower clusters often 6 feet long.

Syn. -- genus Grammatophyllum.


word: Gramme machine
definition:
Gramme machine

Gramme" ma*chine"
(?)
(Elec.)
A kind of dynamo-electric machine; -- so named from its French inventor, M. Gramme.
Knight.


word: Gramophone
definition:
Gramophone

Gram"o*phone
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; a thing drawn or written (fr. _; write) + -phone, as in telephone.  Originally a trademark.]
An instrument for recording, preserving, and reproducing sounds, the record being a tracing of a phonautograph etched in some solid material. Reproduction is accomplished by means of a system attached to an elastic diaphragm.  This older term is almost completely replaced for modern devices by the word phonograph (or hi-fi), and technological changes have made the term sound antiquated, and it is usually used to refer to older non-electronic versions of the phonograph.
[obsolescent]


word: Grampus
definition:
Grampus

Gram"pus
(?)
n.
pl. Grampuses (#).
[Probably corrupted from It. gran pesce great fish, or Sp. gran pez, or Pg. gran peixe, all fr. L. grandis piscis. See Grand, and Fish. the animal.]
1.
(Zool.)
A toothed delphinoid cetacean, of the genus Grampus, esp. G. griseus of Europe and America, which is valued for its oil. It grows to be fifteen to twenty feet long; its color is gray with white streaks. Called also cowfish. The California grampus is G. Stearnsii.

2.
A kind of tongs used in a bloomery.
[U.S.]


word: Granadilla
definition:
Granadilla

Gran`a*dil"la
(?)
n.
[Sp., dim. of granada pomegranate. See Grenade, Garnet.]
(Bot.)
The fruit of certain species of passion flower (esp. Passiflora quadrangularis) found in Brazil and the West Indies. It is as large as a child's head, and is a good dessert fruit. The fruit of Passiflora edulis is used for flavoring ices.


word: granadillo
definition:
granadillo

gran`a*dil"lo
n.
(Bot.)
A West Indian tree (Brya ebenus) yielding a fine grade of green ebony.

Syn. -- granadilla tree, Brya ebenus.


word: Granary
definition:
Granary

Gran"a*ry
(?)
n.
pl. Granaries (#).
[L. granarium, fr. granum grain. See Garner.]
1.
A storehouse or repository for grain, esp. after it is thrashed or husked; a cornhouse.

2.
Hence:
Fig
A region fertile in grain; in this sense, equivalent to breadbasket, used figuratively; as, Ukraine, the granary of the Soviet Union.

The exhaustless granary of a world.
Thomson.


word: Granatin
definition:
Granatin

Gra*na"tin
(?)
n.
[L. granatum the pomegranate.]
(Chem.)
D-mannitol; -- so called because found in the pomegranate.  See mannitol.


word: Grand
definition:
Grand

Grand
(grănd)
a.
[Compar. Grander (grănd"ẽr); superl. Grandest.]
[OE. grant, grount, OF. grant, F. grand, fr. L. grandis; perh. akin to gravis heavy, E. grave, a.  Cf. Grandee.]
1.
Of large size or extent; great; extensive; hence, relatively great; greatest; chief; principal; as, a grand mountain; a grand army; a grand mistake.
grand
Milton.

Making so bold . . . to unseal
Their grand commission.
Shak.

2.
Great in size, and fine or imposing in appearance or impression; illustrious, dignifled, or noble (said of persons); majestic, splendid, magnificent, or sublime (said of things); as, a grand monarch; a grand lord; a grand general; a grand view; a grand conception.

They are the highest models of expression, the unapproached
masters of the grand style.
M. Arnold. 

3.
Having higher rank or more dignity, size, or importance than other persons or things of the same name; as, a grand lodge; a grand vizier; a grand piano, etc.

4.
Standing in the second or some more remote degree of parentage or descent; -- generalIy used in composition; as, grandfather, grandson, grandchild, etc.

What cause
Mov'd our grand parents, in that happy state,
Favor'd of Heaven so highly, to fall off
From their Creator.
Milton.

Grand action, a pianoforte action, used in grand pianos, in which special devices are employed to obtain perfect action of the hammer in striking and leaving the string. -- Grand Army of the Republic, an organized voluntary association of men who served in the Union army or navy during the civil war in the United States. The order has chapters, called Posts, throughout the country. -- Grand cross. (a) The highest rank of knighthood in the Order of the Bath. (b) A knight grand cross. -- Grand cordon, the cordon or broad ribbon, identified with the highest grade in certain honorary orders; hence, a person who holds that grade. -- Grand days (Eng. Law), certain days in the terms which are observed as holidays in the inns of court and chancery (Candlemas, Ascension, St. John Baptist's, and All Saints' Days); called also Dies non juridici. -- Grand duchess. (a) The wife or widow of a grand duke. (b) A lady having the sovereignty of a duchy in her own right. (c) In Russia, a daughter of the Czar. -- Grand duke. (a) A sovereign duke, inferior in rank to a king; as, the Grand Duke of Tuscany. (b) In Russia, a son of the Czar. (c) (Zool.) The European great horned owl or eagle owl (Bubo maximas). -- Grand-guard, or Grandegarde, a piece of plate armor used in tournaments as an extra protection for the left shoulder and breast. -- Grand juror, a member of a grand jury. -- Grand jury (Law), a jury of not less than twelve men, and not more than twenty-three, whose duty it is, in private session, to examine into accusations against persons charged with crime, and if they see just cause, then to find bills of indictment against them, to be presented to the court; -- called also grand inquest. -- Grand juryman, a grand juror. -- Grand larceny. (Law) See under Larceny. -- Grand lodge, the chief lodge, or governing body, among Freemasons and other secret orders. -- Grand master. (a) The head of one of the military orders of knighthood, as the Templars, Hospitallers, etc. (b) The head of the order of Freemasons or of Good Templars, etc. -- Grand paunch, a glutton or gourmand. [Obs.] Holland. -- Grand pensionary. See under Pensionary. -- Grand piano (Mus.), a large piano, usually harp-shaped, in which the wires or strings are generally triplicated, increasing the power, and all the mechanism is introduced in the most effective manner, regardless of the size of the instrument. -- Grand relief (Sculp.), alto relievo. -- Grand Seignior. See under Seignior. -- Grand stand, the principal stand, or erection for spectators, at a, race course, etc. -- Grand vicar (Eccl.), a principal vicar; an ecclesiastical delegate in France. -- Grand vizier. See under Vizier.


word: Grandam
definition:
Grandam

Gran"dam
(?)
n.
[F. grande, fem. of grand + dame. See Grand, and Dame.]
An old woman; specifically, a grandmother.
Shak.


word: Grandchild
definition:
Grandchild

Grand"child"
(?)
n.
A son's or daughter's child; a child in the second degree of descent.


word: Grandee
definition:
Grandee

Gran*dee"
(?)
n.
[Sp. grande. See Grand.]
A man of elevated rank or station; a nobleman. In Spain, a nobleman of the first rank, who may be covered in the king's presence.


word: Grandeur
definition:
Grandeur

Gran"deur
(?)
n.
[F., fr. grand. See Grand.]
The state or quality of being grand; vastness; greatness; splendor; magnificence; stateliness; sublimity; dignity; elevation of thought or expression; nobility of action.

Nor doth this grandeur and majestic show
Of luxury . . . allure mine eye.
Milton.


word: Grandevous
definition:
Grandevous

Gran*de"vous
(?)
a.
[L. grandaevus; grandig grand+ aevum lifetime, age.]
Of great age; aged; longlived.
[R.]
Bailey.


word: Grandfather
definition:
Grandfather

Grand"fa"ther
(?)
n.
A father's or mother's father; an ancestor immediately after the father or mother in lineal ascent.

Grandfather longlegs. (Zool.) See Daddy longlegs.


word: Grandfatherly
definition:
Grandfatherly

Grand"fa"ther*ly
a.
Like a grandfather in age or manner; kind; benignant; indulgent.

He was a grandfatherly sort of personage.
Hawthorne.


word: Grandific
definition:
Grandific

Gran*dif"ic
(?)
a.
[L. grandificus; grandis grand + facere to make.]
Making great.
[R.]
Bailey.


word: Grandiloquence
definition:
Grandiloquence

Gran*dil"o*quence
(?)
n.
The use of lofty words or phrases; bombast; -- usually in a bad sense.

The sin of grandiloquence or tall talking.
Thackeray,


word: Grandiloquent
definition:
Grandiloquent

Gran*dil"o*quent
(?)
a.
[L. grandis grand + logui to speak.]
Speaking in a lofty style; pompous; bombastic.


word: Grandiloquous
definition:
Grandiloquous

Gran*dil"o*quous
(?)
a.
[L. grandiloquus; grandis grand + loqui to apeak.]
Grandiloquent.


word: Grandinous
definition:
Grandinous

Gran"di*nous
(?)
a.
[L. grandinosus, fr. qrando, grandinis, hail.]
Consisting of hail; abounding in hail.
[R.]
Bailey.


word: Grandiose
definition:
Grandiose

Gran"di*ose"
(?)
a.
[F. grandiose, It. grandioso. See Grand.]
1.
Impressive or elevating in effect; imposing; splendid; striking; -- in a good sense.

The tone of the parts was to be perpetually kept down in order not to impair the grandiose effect of the whole.
M. Arnold.

The grandiose red tulips which grow wild.
C. Kingsley.

2.
Characterized by affectation of grandeur or splendor; flaunting; turgid; bombastic; -- in a bad sense; as, a grandiose style.


word: Grandiosity
definition:
Grandiosity

Gran"di*os"i*ty
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. grandiosité, It. grandiosità.]
The state or quality of being grandiose,


word: Grandsire
definition:
Grandsire

Grand"sire"
(?)
n.
[OF. grantsire. See Grand, and Sire.]
Specifically, a grandfather; more generally, any ancestor.


word: grand unification theory
definition:
grand unification theory

grand unified theory

grand unified theory, grand unification theory
n.
(Theoretical physics)
Any of a class of physics theories that attempts to explain the electroweak forces, stong force, and gravitation within a single mathematical conceptual scheme.  In the 1990's string theory and superstring theory were prominent examples.  Abbreviated GUT, plural GUTs.


word: Grange
definition:
Grange

Grange
(?)
n.
[F. grange barn, LL. granea, from L. granum grain. See Grain a kernel.]
1.
A building for storing grain; a granary.
[Obs.]
Milton.

2.
A farmhouse, with the barns and other buildings for farming purposes.

And eke an officer out for to ride,
To see her granges and her bernes wide.
Chaucer.

Nor burnt the grange, nor bussed the milking maid.
Tennyson.

3.
A farmhouse of a monastery, where the rents and tithes, paid in grain, were deposited.
[Obs.]

4.
A farm; generally, a farm with a house at a distance from neighbors.

5.
An association of farmers, designed to further their interests, and particularly to bring producers and consumers, farmers and manufacturers, into direct commercial relations, without intervention of middlemen or traders. The first grange was organized in 1867.
[U. S.]


word: Grangerism
definition:
Grangerism

Gran"ger*ism
(?)
n.
[So called from the Rev. James Granger, whose “Biographical History of England” (1769) was a favorite book for illustration in this manner.]
The practice of illustrating a particular book by engravings collected from other books.


word: Grangerite
definition:
Grangerite

Gran"ger*ite
(?)
n.
One who collects illustrations from various books for the decoration of one book.


word: Grangerize
definition:
Grangerize

Gran"ger*ize
(?)
v. t. & i.
To collect (illustrations from books) for decoration of other books.
G. A. Sala.


word: Granger roads
definition:
Granger roads

Granger railroads

{Gran"ger railroads, or Granger roads  }
(Finance)
Certain railroads whose traffic largely consists in carrying the produce of farmers or grangers; -- specifically applied to the Chicago & Alton; Chicago, Burlington & Quincey; Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific; Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul; and Chicago & Northwestern, railroads.
[U. S., obsolescent]


word: Granger shares
definition:
Granger shares

Granger stocks

Granger stocks or Granger shares
Stocks or shares of the granger railroads.


word: Graniferous
definition:
Graniferous

Gra*nif"er*ous
(?)
a.
[L. qranifer; granum grain + ferre to bear: cf. F. granifère.]
Bearing grain, or seeds like grain.
Humble.


word: Granilla
definition:
Granilla

Gra*nil"la
(?)
n.
[Sp., small seed.]
Small grains or dust of cochineal or the coccus insect.


word: Granite
definition:
Granite

Gran"ite
(grăn"ĭt)
n.
[It. granito granite, adj., grainy, p. p. of granire to make grainy, fr. L. granum grain; cf. F. granit. See Grain.]
(Geol.)
A crystalline, granular rock, consisting of quartz, feldspar, and mica, and usually of a whitish, grayish, or flesh-red color. It differs from gneiss in not having the mica in planes, and therefore in being destitute of a schistose structure.

&hand_; Varieties containing hornblende are common. See also the Note under Mica.

Gneissoid granite, granite in which the mica has traces of a regular arrangement. -- Graphic granite, granite consisting of quartz and feldspar without mica, and having the quartz crystals so arranged in the transverse section like oriental characters. -- Porphyritic granite, granite containing feldspar in distinct crystals. -- Hornblende granite, or Syenitic granite, granite containing hornblende as well as mica, or, according to some authorities hornblende replacing the mica. -- Granite ware. (a) A kind of stoneware. (b) A Kind of ironware, coated with an enamel resembling granite.


word: Granitic
definition:
Granitic

Gra*nit"ic
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. granitique.]
1.
Like granite in composition, color, etc.; having the nature of granite; as, granitic texture.

2.
Consisting of granite; as, granitic mountains.


word: Granitification
definition:
Granitification

Gra*nit`i*fi*ca"tion
(?)
n.
[Granite + L. -ficare (in comp.) to make. See -fy.]
The act or the process of forming into granite.
Humble.


word: Granitiform
definition:
Granitiform

Gra*nit"i*form
(?)
a.
[Granite + -form.]
(Geol.)
Resembling granite in structure or shape.


word: Granitoid
definition:
Granitoid

Gran"i*toid
(?)
a.
[Granite + -oid: cf. F. granitoïde.]
Resembling granite in granular appearance; as, granitoid gneiss; a granitoid pavement.


word: Granivorous
definition:
Granivorous

Gra*niv"o*rous
(?)
a.
[L. granum grain + vorare to devour: cf. F. granivore.]
Eating grain; feeding or subsisting on seeds; as, granivorous birds.
Gay.


word: Granny
definition:
Granny

Gran"ny
(?)
n.
A grandmother; a grandam; familiarly, an old woman.

Granny's bend, or Granny's knot (Naut.), a kind of insecure knot or hitch; a reef knot crossed the wrong way.


word: Granolithic
definition:
Granolithic

Gran`o*lith"ic
(?)
n.
[L. granum a grain (or E. granite) + -lith + -ic.]
A kind of hard artificial stone, used for pavements.


word: Grant
definition:
Grant

Grant
(grȧnt)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Granted; p. pr. & vb. n. Granting.]
[OE. graunten, granten, OF. graanter, craanter, creanter, to promise, yield, LL. creantare to promise, assure, for (assumed LL.) credentare to make believe, fr. L. credens, p. pr. of credere to believe. See Creed, Credit.]
1.
To give over; to make conveyance of; to give the possession or title of; to convey; -- usually in answer to petition.

Grant me the place of this threshing floor.
1 Chron. xxi. 22.

2.
To bestow or confer, with or without compensation, particularly in answer to prayer or request; to give.

Wherefore did God grant me my request.
Milton.

3.
To admit as true what is not yet satisfactorily proved; to yield belief to; to allow; to yield; to concede.

Grant that the Fates have firmed by their decree.
Dryden.


word: Grant₃
definition:
Grant

Grant
n.
[OE. grant, graunt, OF. graant, creant, promise, assurance. See Grant, v. t.]
1.
The act of granting; a bestowing or conferring; concession; allowance; permission.

2.
The yielding or admission of something in dispute.

3.
The thing or property granted; a gift; a boon.
Especially:
a sum of money given to an institution, group, or individual for a specific purpose, such as for scientific research; as, he got a million-dollar grant from the National Institutes of Health to study cancer.
Grants for research and other purposes are given usually by government agencies, charitable foundations, or industrial organizations.

4.
(Law)
A transfer of property by deed or writing; especially, an appropriation or conveyance made by the government; as, a grant of land or of money; also, the deed or writing by which the transfer is made.

&hand_; Formerly, in English law, the term was specifically applied to transfers of incorporeal hereditaments, expectant estates, and letters patent from government and such is its present application in some of the United States.  But now, in England the usual mode of transferring realty is by grant; and so, in some of the United States, the term grant is applied to conveyances of every kind of real property.
Bouvier. Burrill.


word: granted
definition:
granted

granted
adj.
1.
Given.

2.
(Logic, Rhetoric)
Acknowledged or assumed as a supposition.

Syn. -- given.


word: grantee
definition:
grantee

gran*tee"
(grȧn*tē")
n.
(Law)
The person to whom a grant or conveyance is made.

His grace will not survive the poor grantee he despises.
Burke.


word: granular
definition:
granular

gran"u*lar
(grăn"&uuptack_;*lẽr)
a.
[Cf. F. granulaire. See Granule.]
Consisting of, or resembling, grains; as, a granular substance.

granular limestone, crystalline limestone, or marble, having a granular structure.


word: granulate
definition:
granulate

gran"u*late
(grăn"&uuptack_;*lāt)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Granulated (grăn"&uuptack_;*lā`tĕd); p. pr. & vb. n. Granulating (grăn"&uuptack_;*lā`tĭng).]
[See Granule.]
1.
To form into grains or small masses; as, to granulate powder, sugar, or metal.

2.
To raise in granules or small asperities; to make rough on the surface.


word: Granulate
definition:
Granulate

Gran"u*late
v. i.
To collect or be formed into grains; as, cane juice granulates into sugar.


word: Granulated
definition:
Granulated

Granulate

{ Gran"u*late (?), Gran"u*la`ted (?), }
a.
1.
Consisting of, or resembling, grains; crystallized in grains; granular; as, granulated sugar.

2.
Having numerous small elevations, as shagreen.

Granulated steel, a variety of steel made by a particular process beginning with the granulation of pig iron.


word: Granulation
definition:
Granulation

Gran`u*la"tion
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. granulation.]
1.
The act or process of forming or crystallizing into grains; as, the granulation of powder and sugar.

2.
The state of being granulated.

3.
(Med.)
(a)
One of the small, red, grainlike prominences which form on a raw surface (that of wounds or ulcers), and are the efficient agents in the process of healing.
(b)
The act or process of the formation of such prominences.


word: Granule
definition:
Granule

Gran"ule
(grăn"&uuptack_;l)
n.
[L. granulum, dim. of granum grain: cf. F. granule. See Grain a kernel.]
A little grain; a small particle; a pellet.


word: Granuliform
definition:
Granuliform

Gra*nu"li*form
(?)
a.
[Granule + -form.]
(Min.)
Having a granular structure; granular; as, granuliform limestone.


word: Granulite
definition:
Granulite

Gran"u*lite
(?)
n.
[From Granule.]
(Geol.)
A whitish, granular rock, consisting of feldspar and quartz intimately mixed; -- sometimes called whitestone, and leptynite.


word: Granulose
definition:
Granulose

Gran"u*lose`
(grăn"&uuptack_;*l&omacrs`)
n.
[From Granule.]
(Physiol. Chem.)
The main constituent of the starch grain or granule, in distinction from the framework of cellulose.  Unlike cellulose, it is colored blue by iodine, and is converted into dextrin and sugar by boiling acids and amylolytic ferments.
[Obsolescent]


word: Granulous
definition:
Granulous

Gran"u*lous
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. granuleux.]
Full of grains; abounding with granular substances; granular.


word: Grape
definition:
Grape

Grape
(?)
n.
[OF. grape, crape, bunch or cluster of grapes, F. grappe, akin to F. grappin grapnel, hook; fr. OHG. chrapfo hook, G. krapfen, akin to E. cramp. The sense seems to have come from the idea of clutching.  Cf. Agraffe, Cramp, Grapnel, Grapple.]
1.
(Bot.)
A well-known edible berry growing in pendent clusters or bunches on the grapevine. The berries are smooth-skinned, have a juicy pulp, and are cultivated in great quantities for table use and for making wine and raisins.

2.
(Bot.)
The plant which bears this fruit; the grapevine.

3.
(Man.)
A mangy tumor on the leg of a horse.

4.
(Mil.)
Grapeshot.

Grape borer. (Zool.) See Vine borer. -- Grape curculio (Zool.), a minute black weevil (Craponius inæqualis) which in the larval state eats the interior of grapes. -- Grape flower, or Grape hyacinth (Bot.), a liliaceous plant (Muscari racemosum) with small blue globular flowers in a dense raceme. -- Grape fungus (Bot.), a fungus (Oidium Tuckeri) on grapevines; vine mildew. -- Grape hopper (Zool.), a small yellow and red hemipterous insect, often very injurious to the leaves of the grapevine. -- Grape moth (Zool.), a small moth (Eudemis botrana), which in the larval state eats the interior of grapes, and often binds them together with silk. -- Grape of a cannon, the cascabel or knob at the breech. -- Grape sugar. See Glucose. -- Grape worm (Zool.), the larva of the grape moth. -- Sour grapes, things which persons affect to despise because they can not possess them; -- in allusion to Æsop's fable of the fox and the grapes.


word: grapefruit
definition:
grapefruit

grape"fruit`
(grāp"frōt`)
n.
1.
A citrus tree (Citrus paradisi) bearing large round edible fruit having a thick yellow rind and juicy somewhat acid pulp.
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Syn. -- Citrus paradisi.

2.
The large yellow fruit of the Citrus paradisi, having somewhat acid juicy pulp.  It is a popular breakfast food.
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word: Grapeshot
definition:
Grapeshot

Grape"shot`
(?)
n.
(Mil.)
A cluster, usually nine in number, of small iron balls, put together by means of cast-iron circular plates at top and bottom, with two rings, and a central connecting rod, in order to be used as a charge for a cannon. Formerly grapeshot were inclosed in canvas bags.


word: Grapevine
definition:
Grapevine

Grape"vine`
(?)
n.
(Bot.)
A vine or climbing shrub, of the genus Vitis, having small green flowers and lobed leaves, and bearing the fruit called grapes.

&hand_; The common grapevine of the Old World is Vitis vinifera, and is a native of Central Asia. Another variety is that yielding small seedless grapes commonly called Zante currants. The northern Fox grape of the United States is the V. Labrusca, from which, by cultivation, has come the Isabella variety. The southern Fox grape, or Muscadine, is the V. vulpina. The Frost grape is V. cordifolia, which has very fragrant flowers, and ripens after the early frosts.


word: -graph
definition:
-graph

-graph
(-grȧf)
[From Gr. gra`fein to write. See Graphic.]
A suffix signifying something written (as in digraph), a writing; also, a writer or an instrument that produces a written or visible record of a measurement, such as a spectrograph; as, autograph, crystograph, telegraph, photograph.


word: Graph
definition:
Graph

Graph
(grȧf)
n.
[See -graph.]
(Math.)
1.
A curve or surface, the locus of a point whose coordinates are the variables in the equation of the locus; as, a graph of the exponential function.

2.
A diagram symbolizing a system of interrelations of variable quantities using points represented by spots, or by lines to represent the relations of continuous variables.  More than one set of interrelations may be presented on one graph, in which case the spots or lines are typically distinguishable from each other, as by color, shape, thickness, continuity, etc.  A diagram in which relationships between variables are represented by other visual means is sometimes called a graph, as in a bar graph, but may also be called a chart.


word: grapheme
definition:
grapheme

graph"eme
n.
(Linguistics)
a written symbol that is used to represent speech.

Syn. -- character, graphic symbol.


word: Graphical
definition:
Graphical

Graphic

{ Graph"ic (grăf"ĭk), Graph"ic*al (grăf"ĭ*kal) }
a.
[L. graphicus, Gr. grafiko`s, fr. gra`fein to write; cf. F. graphique. See Graft.]
1.
Of or pertaining to the arts of painting and drawing; of or pertaining to graphics; as, graphic art work.
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2.
Of or pertaining to the art of writing.

3.
Written or engraved; formed of letters or lines.

The finger of God hath left an inscription upon all his works, not graphical, or composed of letters.
Sir T. Browne. 

4.
Having the faculty of clear, detailed, and impressive description; as, a graphic writer.

5.
Well delineated; clearly and vividly described; characterized by, clear, detailed, and impressive description; vivid; evoking lifelike images within the mind; as graphic details of the President's sexual misbehavior; a graphic description of the accident; graphic images of violence.
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Syn. -- lifelike, pictorial, vivid.

6.
Hence:
describing nudity or sexual activity in explicit detail; as, a novel with graphic sex scenes.

7.
relating to or presented by a graph{2}; as, a graphic presentation of the data.
[wns=3]

Syn. -- graphical.

Graphic algebra, a branch of algebra in which, the properties of equations are treated by the use of curves and straight lines. -- Graphic arts, a name given to those fine arts which pertain to the representation on a fiat surface of natural objects; as distinguished from music, etc., and also from sculpture. -- Graphic formula. (Chem.) See under Formula. -- Graphic granite. See under Granite. -- Graphic method, the method of scientific analysis or investigation, in which the relations or laws involved in tabular numbers are represented to the eye by means of curves or other figures; as the daily changes of weather by means of curves, the abscissas of which represent the hours of the day, and the ordinates the corresponding degrees of temperature. -- Graphical statics (Math.), a branch of statics, in which the magnitude, direction, and position of forces are represented by straight lines -- Graphic tellurium. See Sylvanite.


word: Graphicalness
definition:
Graphicalness

Graphicness

{ Graph"ic*ness, Graph"ic*al*ness, }
n.
The quality or state of being graphic.


word: Graphics
definition:
Graphics

Graph"ics
(?)
n.
The art or the science of drawing; esp. of drawing according to mathematical rules, as in perspective, projection, and the like.


word: Graphite
definition:
Graphite

Graph"ite
(?)
n.
[Gr. gra`fein to write: cf. F. graphite. See Graphic.]
(Min.)
Native carbon in hexagonal crystals, also foliated or granular massive, of black color and metallic luster, and so soft as to leave a trace on paper. It is used for pencils (improperly called lead pencils), for crucibles, and as a lubricator, etc.  Often called plumbago or black lead.

Graphite battery (Elec.), a voltaic battery consisting of zinc and carbon in sulphuric acid, or other exciting liquid.


word: Graphitic
definition:
Graphitic

Gra*phit"ic
(?)
a.
Pertaining to, containing, derived from, or resembling, graphite.

Graphitic acid (Chem.), an organic acid, so called because obtained by the oxidation of graphite; -- usually called mellitic acid. -- Graphitic carbon, in iron or steel, that portion of the carbon which is present as graphite. Raymond.


word: Graphitoidal
definition:
Graphitoidal

Graphitoid

{ Graph"i*toid (?), Graph"i*toid"al (?), }
a.
Resembling graphite or plumbago.


word: graphoanalist
definition:
graphoanalist

graph`o*an"a*list
(grăf`o̝*ăn"ȧ*lĭst)
n.
A person professing to be skilled in graphoanalysis.  The synonymous term Graphoanalyst was trademarked by the International Graphoanalysis Society.


word: graphoanalysis
definition:
graphoanalysis

graph`o*an*al"y*sis
(grăf`o̝*an*ăl"ĭ*sĭs)
n.
The art of judging of a person's character, disposition, and aptitude from his handwriting; also called graphology. As a discipline, the modern form was developed by Milton Newman Bunker in the period after 1915.
Though its practitioners consider it a science, many commentators believe that its methodology is not scientific, and some consider it a pseudoscience, as is astrology.  Some information about graphoanalysis and its methods can be found at the web site maintained by the International Graphoanalysis Society.


word: Grapholite
definition:
Grapholite

Graph"o*lite
(?)
n.
[Gr. gra`fein to write + -lite: cf. F. grapholithe.]
Any species of slate suitable to be written on.


word: graphologist
definition:
graphologist

graph*ol"o*gist
(grăf*&obreve_;l"o̝*jĭst)
n.
A person skilled in or professing to be skilled in graphology.


word: graphology
definition:
graphology

gra*phol"o*gy
(grȧ*f&obreve_;l"o̝*j&ybreve_;)
n.
[Gr. gra`fein to write + -logy: cf. F. graphologie.]
1.
The art of judging of a person's character, disposition, and aptitude from his handwriting; called graphoanalysis by its practitioners.  Though its practitioners consider it a science, it is widely considered a pseudoscience, as is astrology.

2.
(Math.)
The system or notation used in dealing with graphs.

3.
(Linguistics)
The study of systems of writing of languages; also called grammatology.


word: Graphophone
definition:
Graphophone

Graph"o*phone
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; to write + -phone, as in telephone.]
A kind of photograph.


word: Graphoscope
definition:
Graphoscope

Graph"o*scope
(?)
n.
[Gr. gra`fein to write + -scope.]
1.
An optical instrument for magnifying engravings, photographs, etc., usually having one large lens and two smaller ones.

2.
An optical device for showing (or photographing) an image when projected upon the atmosphere as a screen.


word: Graphotype
definition:
Graphotype

Graph"o*type
(?)
n.
[Gr. gra`fein to write + -type.]
(Engraving)
A process for producing a design upon a surface in relief so that it can be printed from. Prepared chalk or oxide of zinc is pressed upon a smooth plate by a hydraulic press, and the design is drawn upon this in a peculiar ink which hardens the surface wherever it is applied. The surface is then carefully rubbed or brushed, leaving the lines in relief.


word: -graphy
definition:
-graphy

-gra*phy
(?)
[Gr. _;, fr. _; write. See Graphic.]
A suffix denoting the art of writing or describing; also, the writing or description itself; a treatise; as, calligraphy, biography, geography.


word: Grapnel
definition:
Grapnel

Grap"nel
(?)
n.
[OE. grapenel, dim. fr. F. grappin the grapple of a ship; of German origin. See Grape.]
(Naut.)
A small anchor, with four or five flukes or claws, used to hold boats or small vessels; hence, any instrument designed to grapple or hold; a grappling iron; a grab; -- written also grapline, and crapnel.


word: Grapple
definition:
Grapple

Grap"ple
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Grappled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Grappling (?).]
[F. grappiller, OF. graypil the grapple of a ship, fr. graper to pluck, prop., to seize, clutch; of German origin. See Grape.]
1.
To seize; to lay fast hold of; to attack at close quarters: as, to grapple an antagonist.

2.
To fasten, as with a grapple; to fix; to join indissolubly.

The gallies were grappled to the Centurion.
Hakluyt.

Grapple them to thy soul with hoops of steel.
Shak.


word: Grapple₂
definition:
Grapple

Grap"ple
v. i.
To use a grapple; to contend in close fight; to attach one's self as if by a grapple, as in wrestling; to close; to seize one another.

To grapple with, to enter into contest with, resolutely and courageously.

And in my standard bear the arms of York,
To grapple with the house of Lancaster.
Shak.


word: Grapple₃
definition:
Grapple

Grap"ple
n.
[See Grapple, v. t., and cf. Crapple.]
1.
A seizing or seizure; close hug in contest; the wrestler's hold.
Milton.

2.
(a)
An instrument, usually with hinged claws, for seizing and holding fast to an object; a grab.
(b)
(Naut.)
A grappling iron.

The iron hooks and grapples keen.
Spenser.

Grapple plant (Bot.), a South African herb (Herpagophytum leptocarpum) having the woody fruits armed with long hooked or barbed thorns by which they adhere to cattle, causing intense annoyance. -- Grapple shot (Life-saving Service), a projectile, to which are attached hinged claws to catch in a ship's rigging or to hold in the ground; -- called also anchor shot.


word: Grappling
definition:
Grappling

Grap"pling
(?)
n.
1.
A laying fast ho1d of; also, that by which anything is seized and held, a grapnel.

2.
A grapple; a struggle.  A match for yards in fight, in grappling for the bear.
Dryden.

Grappling iron, a hooked iron used for grappling and holding fast a vessel or other object. -- Grappling tongs, broad-mouthed tongs for gathering oysters.


word: Grapsoid
definition:
Grapsoid

Grap"soid
(?)
a.
[NL. Grapsus + -oid.]
(Zool.)
Pertaining to the genus Grapsus or the family Grapsidæ.
n. A grapsoid crab.


word: Graptolite
definition:
Graptolite

Grap"to*lite
(?)
n.
[NL, Graptolithus, from Gr.  _; is engraved, written (gra`fein to write) + _;  stone.]
(Paleon.)
One of numerous species of slender and delicate fossils, of the genus Graptolites and allied genera, found in the Silurian rocks. They belong to an extinct group (Graptolithina) supposed to be hydroids.


word: Graptolitic
definition:
Graptolitic

Grap"to*lit`ic
(?)
a.
Of or pertaining to graptolites; containing graptolites; as, a graptolitic slate.


word: Grasp
definition:
Grasp

Grasp
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Grasper (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Qraspine.]
[OE. graspen; prob.  akin to LG. grupsen, or to E. grope.  Cf. Grab, Grope.]
1.
To seize and hold by clasping or embracing with the fingers or arms; to catch to take possession of.

Thy hand is made to grasp a palmer's staff.
Shak.

2.
To lay hold of with the mind; to become thoroughly acquainted or conversant with; to comprehend.


word: Grasp₂
definition:
Grasp

Grasp
v. i.
To effect a grasp; to make the motion of grasping; to clutch; to struggle; to strive.

As one that grasped And tugged for life and was by strength subdued.
Shak.

To grasp at, to catch at; to try to seize; as, Alexander grasped at universal empire,


word: Grasp₃
definition:
Grasp

Grasp
n.
1.
A gripe or seizure of the hand; a seizure by embrace, or infolding in the arms.
Shak.

2.
Reach of the arms; hence, the power of seizing and holding; as, it was beyond his grasp.

3.
Forcible possession; hold.

The whole space that's in the tyrant's grasp.
Shak.

4.
Wide-reaching power of intellect to comprehend subjects and hold them under survey.

The foremost minds of the next . . . era were not, in power of grasp, equal to their predecessors.
Z. Taylor.

5.
The handle of a sword or of an oar.


word: Grasping
definition:
Grasping

Grasp"ing
a.
1.
Seizing; embracing; catching.

2.
Avaricious; greedy of gain; covetous; close; miserly; as, he is a grasping man.
Grasp"ing*ly, adv.  -- Grasp"ing*ness, n.


word: Graspless
definition:
Graspless

Grasp"less
a.
Without a grasp; relaxed.

From my graspless hand Drop friendship's precious pearls.
Coleridge.


word: Grass
definition:
Grass

Grass
(grȧs)
n.
[OE. gras, gres, gers, AS, græs, gærs; akin to OFries. gres, gers, OS., D., G., Icel., &  Goth. gras, Dan. græs, Sw. gräs, and prob. to E. green, grow.  Cf. Graze.]
1.
Popularly: Herbage; the plants which constitute the food of cattle and other beasts; pasture.

2.
(Bot.)
An endogenous plant having simple leaves, a stem generally jointed and tubular, the husks or glumes in pairs, and the seed single.

&hand_; This definition includes wheat, rye, oats, barley, etc., and excludes clover and some other plants which are commonly called by the name of grass. The grasses form a numerous family of plants.

3.
The season of fresh grass; spring.
[Colloq.]

Two years old next grass.
Latham.

4.
Metaphorically used for what is transitory.

Surely the people is grass.
Is. xl. 7.

5.
Marijuana.
[Slang]

&hand_; The following list includes most of the grasses of the United States of special interest, except cereals.  Many of these terms will be found with definitions in the Vocabulary. See Illustrations in Appendix.
&hand_; Many plants are popularly called grasses which are not true grasses botanically considered, such as black grass, goose grass, star grass, etc.

Black grass, a kind of small rush (Juncus Gerardi), growing in salt marshes, used for making salt hay.  -- Grass of the Andes, an oat grass, the Arrhenatherum avenaceum of Europe.-- Grass of Parnassus, a plant of the genus Parnassia growing in wet ground.  The European species is Parnassia palustris; in the United States there are several species. -- Grass bass (Zool.), the calico bass. -- Grass bird, the dunlin. -- Grass cloth, a cloth woven from the tough fibers of the grass-cloth plant. -- Grass-cloth plant, a perennial herb of the Nettle family (Bœhmeria nivea syn. Urtica nivea), which grows in Sumatra, China, and Assam, whose inner bark has fine and strong fibers suited for textile purposes.  -- Grass finch. (Zool.) (a) A common American sparrow  (Poöcætes gramineus); -- called also vesper sparrow and bay-winged bunting. (b) Any Australian finch, of the genus Poëphila, of which several species are known.  -- Grass lamb, a lamb suckled by a dam running on pasture land and giving rich milk.-- Grass land, land kept in grass and not tilled. --  Grass moth (Zool.), one of many small moths of the genus Crambus, found in grass. -- Grass oil, a fragrant essential volatile oil, obtained in India from grasses of the genus Andropogon, etc.; -- used in perfumery under the name of citronella, ginger grass oil, lemon grass oil, essence of verbena etc. -- Grass owl (Zool.), a South African owl  (Strix Capensis). -- Grass parrakeet (Zool.), any of several species of Australian parrots, of the genus Euphemia; --  also applied to the zebra parrakeet. -- Grass plover (Zool.), the upland or field plover. -- Grass poly (Bot.), a species of willowwort (Lythrum Hyssopifolia). Johnson. -- Crass quit (Zool.), one of several tropical American finches of the genus Euetheia. The males have most of the head and chest black and often marked with yellow. -- Grass snake.  (Zool.) (a) The common English, or ringed, snake (Tropidonotus natrix). (b) The common green snake of the Northern United States. See Green snake, under Green.  -- Grass snipe (Zool.), the pectoral sandpiper (Tringa maculata); -- called also jacksnipe in America. -- Grass spider (Zool.), a common spider (Agelena nævia), which spins flat webs on grass, conspicuous when covered with dew. -- Grass sponge (Zool.), an inferior kind of commercial sponge from Florida and the Bahamas. --  Grass table. (Arch.) See Earth table, under Earth. -- Grass vetch (Bot.), a vetch (Lathyrus Nissolia), with narrow grasslike leaves. -- Grass widow.  [Cf. Prov. R. an unmarried mother, G. strohwittwe a mock widow, Sw. gräsenka a grass widow.] (a) An unmarried woman who is a mother. [Obs.] (b) A woman separated from her husband by abandonment or prolonged absence; a woman living apart from her husband. [Slang.] -- Grass wrack (Bot.) eelgrass. -- To bring to grass (Mining.), to raise, as ore, to the surface of the ground. -- To put to grass, To put out to grass, to put out to graze a season, as cattle.


word: Grass₂
definition:
Grass

Grass
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Grassed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Grassing.]
1.
To cover with grass or with turf.

2.
To expose, as flax, on the grass for bleaching, etc.

3.
To bring to the grass or ground; to land; as, to grass a fish.
[Colloq.]


word: Grassation
definition:
Grassation

Gras*sa"tion
(?)
n.
[L. grassatio, from grassari to go about.]
A wandering about with evil intentions; a rioting.
[Obs. & R.]
Feltham.


word: grassfinch
definition:
grassfinch

grass"finch`
n.
Any of several usually brightly-colored Australian weaverbirds; they are often kept as cage birds.

Syn. -- grass finch.


word: Grass-green
definition:
Grass-green

Grass"-green`
(?)
a.
1.
Green with grass.

2.
Of the color of grass; clear and vivid green.


word: Grasshopper
definition:
Grasshopper

Grass"hop`per
(?)
n.
1.
(Zool.)
Any jumping, orthopterous insect, of the families Acrididæ and Locustidæ, having large hind legs adapted for leaping, and chewing mouth parts. The species and genera are very numerous and some are very destructive to crops.  The former family includes the Western grasshopper or locust (Caloptenus spretus), noted for the great extent of its ravages in the region beyond the Mississippi. In the Eastern United States the red-legged (Caloptenus femurrubrum and C. atlanis) are closely related species, but their ravages are less important. They are closely related to the migratory locusts of the Old World. See Locust.

&hand_; The meadow or green grasshoppers belong to the Locustidæ. They have long antennæ, large ovipositors, and stridulating organs at the base of the wings in the male. The European great green grasshopper (Locusta viridissima) belongs to this family. The common American green species mostly belong to Xiphidium, Orchelimum, and Conocephalus.

2.
In ordinary square or upright pianos of London make, the escapement lever or jack, so made that it can be taken out and replaced with the key; -- called also the hopper.
Grove.

3.
(Mil.)
An antipersonnel mine that jumps from the ground to body height when activated, and explodes, hurling metal fragments over a wide area.

4.
A mixed alcoholic beverage containing crème de menthe, light cream, and sometimes crème de cacao.  The name comes from its light green color.

Grasshopper engine, a steam engine having a working beam with its fulcrum at one end, the steam cylinder at the other end, and the connecting rod at an intermediate point. -- Grasshopper lobster (Zool.) a young lobster. [Local, U. S.] -- Grasshopper warbler (Zool.), cricket bird.


word: grass-of-Parnassus
definition:
grass-of-Parnassus

grass-of-Parnassus
n.
Any of various usually evergreen bog plants of the genus Parnassia having broad smooth basal leaves and a single pale buttercuplike flower.

Syn. -- parnassia, grass of Parnassus.


word: Grass tree
definition:
Grass tree

Grass" tree"
(?)
(Bot.)
(a)
An Australian plant of the genus Xanthorrhœa, having a thick trunk crowned with a dense tuft of pendulous, grasslike leaves, from the center of which arises a long stem, bearing at its summit a dense flower spike looking somewhat like a large cat-tail. These plants are often called “blackboys” from the large trunks denuded and blackened by fire. They yield two kinds of fragrant resin, called Botany-bay gum, and Gum Acaroides.
(b)
A similar Australian plant (Kingia australis).


word: Grassy
definition:
Grassy

Grass"y
(?)
a.
1.
Covered with grass; abounding with grass; as, a grassy lawn.
Spenser.

2.
Resembling grass; green.


word: Grate
definition:
Grate

Grate
(?)
a.
[L. gratus agreeable, grateful: cf. It. & Sp. grato. See Grace, and cf. Agree.]
Serving to gratify; agreeable.
[Obs.]
Sir T. Herbert.


word: Grate₂
definition:
Grate

Grate
n.
[LL. grata, fr. L. crates hurdle; or It. grata, of the same origin. Sae Crate, Hurdle.]
1.
A structure or frame containing parallel or crosed bars, with interstices; a kind of latticework, such as is used ia the windows of prisons and cloisters.
Shak.

2.
A frame or bed, or kind of basket, of iron bars, for holding fuel while burning.

Grate surface (Steam, Boiler) the area of the surface of the grate upon which the fuel lies in the furnace.


word: Grate₃
definition:
Grate

Grate
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Grated; p. pr. & vb. n. Grating.]
To furnish with grates; to protect with a grating or crossbars; as, to grate a window.


word: Grate₄
definition:
Grate

Grate
v. t.
[OF grater to scrape, scratch, F. gratter, LL. gratare, cratare; of German origin; cf. OHG. chrazz&omacrn G. kratzen, D. krassen, Sw. Kratta, and perh. E. scratch.]
1.
To rub roughly or harshly, as one body against another, causing a harsh sound; as, to grate the teeth; to produce (a harsh sound) by rubbing.

On their hinges grate
Harsh thunder.
Milton.

2.
To reduce to small particles by rubbing with anything rough or indented; as, to grate a nutmeg.

3.
To fret; to irritate; to offend.

News, my good lord Rome . . . grates me.
Shak.


word: Grate₅
definition:
Grate

Grate
v. i.
1.
To make a harsh sound by friction.

I had rather hear a brazen canstick turned,
Or a dry wheel grate on the exletree.
Shak.

2.
To produce the effect of rubbing with a hard rough material; to cause wearing, tearing, or bruising. Hence; To produce exasperation, soreness, or grief; to offend by oppression or importunity.

This grated harder upon the hearts of men.
South.


word: Grateful
definition:
Grateful

Grate"ful
(?)
a.
[Grate, a. + full; cf. F. gré thanks, good will, fr. L. gratum, neut. of gratus agreeable, grateful. See Grate, a.]
1.
Having a due sense of benefits received; kindly disposed toward one from whom a favor has been received; willing to acknowledge and repay, or give thanks for, benefits; as, a grateful heart.

A grateful mind
By owing, owes not, but still pays.
Milton.

2.
Affording pleasure; pleasing to the senses; gratifying; delicious; as, a grateful present; food grateful to the palate; grateful sleep.

Now golden fruits on loaded branches shine,
And grateful clusters swell.
Pope.


word: Grater
definition:
Grater

Grat"er
(?)
a.
[From Qrate, v.]
One who, or that which, grates; especially, an instrument or utensil with a rough, indented surface, for rubbing off small particles of any substance; as a grater for nutmegs.


word: Graticulation
definition:
Graticulation

Gra*tic"u*la"tion
(?)
n.
[F. graticulation, craticulation, fr. graticuler, craticuler, to square, fr. graticule, craticule, graticule, L. craticula, dim. of crates wickerwork. See 2d Grate.]
The division of a design or draught into squares, in order the more easily to reproduce it in larger or smaller dimensions.


word: Graticule
definition:
Graticule

Grat"i*cule
(?)
n.
[F. See Graticulation.]
A design or draught which has been divided into squares, in order to reproduce it in other dimensions.


word: Gratification
definition:
Gratification

Grat"i*fi*ca"tion
(?)
n.
[L. gratificatio: cf. F. gratification.]
1.
The act of gratifying, or pleasing, either the mind, the taste, or the appetite; as, the gratification of the palate, of the appetites, of the senses, of the desires, of the heart.

2.
That which affords pleasure; satisfaction; enjoyment; fruition: delight.

3.
A reward; a recompense; a gratuity. 
Bp. Morton.


word: Gratify
definition:
Gratify

Grat"i*fy
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Gratified (#); p. pr. & vb. n. Gratifying (#).]
[F. gratifier, L. gratificari; gratus pleasing + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See -fy.]
1.
To please; to give pleasure to; to satisfy; to soothe; to indulge; as, to gratify the taste, the appetite, the senses, the desires, the mind, etc.

For who would die to gratify a foe?
Dryden.

2.
To requite; to recompense.
[Obs.]

It remains . . . 
To gratify his noble service.
Shak.


word: gratifying
definition:
gratifying

gratifying
adj.
1.
giving personal satisfaction.

Syn. -- appreciated, pleasing, satisfying.

2.
occasioning pride; as, a gratifying accomplishment.

3.
pleasing to the mind or feeling.

Syn. -- sweet.

4.
affording pleasure or satisfaction.

Syn. -- enjoyable, pleasurable.


word: Gratin
definition:
Gratin

Gra`tin"
(?)
n.
[F.]
(Cookery)
The brown crust formed upon a gratinated dish; also, the dish itself, as of crusts of bread, game, or poultry.


word: Gratinate
definition:
Gratinate

Grat"i*nate
(?)
v. t.
[F. gratiner, v.i., to form a crust.]
(Cookery)
To cook, as macaroni, in a savory juice or sauce until the juice is absorbed and a crisp surface forms.


word: gratinee
definition:
gratinee

&VerbarGra`tin*é" or &VerbarGra`tin*ée"
(grä`t'n*ā")
n.
[F., p. p. of gratiner to cook au gratin.]
(Cookery)
same as au gratin.


word: Grating
definition:
Grating

Grat"ing
(?)
n.
[See 2d Grate.]
1.
A partition, covering, or frame of parallel or cross bars; a latticework resembling a window grate; as, the grating of a prison or convent.

2.
(Optics)
A system of close equidistant parallel lines or bars, esp. lines ruled on a polished surface, used for producing spectra by diffraction; -- called also diffraction grating.
Gratings have been made with over 40,000 such lines to the inch, but those with a somewhat smaller number give the best definition.  They are used, e. g., to produce monochromatic light for use in optical instruments such as spectrophotometers.

3.
pl.
(Naut.)
The strong wooden lattice used to cover a hatch, admitting light and air; also, a movable Lattice used for the flooring of boats.


word: Grating₂
definition:
Grating

Grat"ing
a.
[See Grate to rub harshy.]
That grates; making a harsh sound; harsh.
Grat"ing*ly, adv.


word: Gratiolin
definition:
Gratiolin

Gra*ti"o*lin
(?)
n.
(Chem.)
One of the essential principles of the hedge hyssop (Gratiola officinalis).


word: Gratis
definition:
Gratis

Gra"tis
(gră"tĭs or grā"tĭs)
adv.
[L., contr. fr. gratiis out of favor or kindness, without recompense, for nothing, fr. gratia favor. See Grace.]
For nothing; without fee or recompense; freely; gratuitously.


word: Gratitude
definition:
Gratitude

Grat"i*tude
(?)
n.
[F. gratitude, LL. gratitudo, from gratus agreeable, grateful. See Grate, a.]
The state of being grateful; warm and friendly feeling toward a benefactor; kindness awakened by a favor received; thankfulness.

The debt immense of endless gratitude.
Milton.


word: Gratuitous
definition:
Gratuitous

Gra*tu"i*tous
(?)
a.
[L. gratuitus, from gratus pleasing. See Grate, a., Gratis.]
1.
Given without an equivalent or recompense; conferred without valuable consideration; granted without pay, or without claim or merit; not required by justice.

We mistake the gratuitous blessings of Heaven for the fruits of our own industry.
L'Estrange.

2.
Not called for by the circumstances; without reason, cause, or proof; adopted or asserted without any good ground; as, a gratuitous assumption.

Acts of gratuitous self-humiliation.
De Quincye.


word: Gratuity
definition:
Gratuity

Gra*tu"i*ty
(?)
n.
pl. Gratuities (#).
[F. gratuité, or LL. gratuitas.]
1.
Something given freely or without recompense; a free gift; a present.
Swift.

2.
Something voluntarily given in return for a favor or service, as a recompense or acknowledgment.


word: Gratulate
definition:
Gratulate

Grat"u*late
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Grqatulated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Gratulating (?).]
[L. gratulatus, p. p. of gratulari to congratulate, fr. gratus pleasing, agreeable. See Grate, a.]
To salute with declaration of joy; to congratulate.
[R.]
Shak.


word: Gratulate₂
definition:
Gratulate

Grat"u*late
(?)
a.
Worthy of gratulation.
[Obs.]

There's more behind that is more gratulate.
Shak.


word: Gratulation
definition:
Gratulation

Grat"u*la"tion
(?)
n.
[L. gratulatio.]
The act of gratulating or felicitating; congratulation.

I shall turn my wishes into gratulations.
South.


word: Gratulatory
definition:
Gratulatory

Grat"u*la*to*ry
(?)
a.
[L. gratulatorius.]
Expressing gratulation or joy; congratulatory.

The usual groundwork of such gratulatory odes.
Bp. Horsley.


word: Gravamen
definition:
Gravamen

Gra*va"men
(?)
n.
pl. L. Gravamina  (#), E. Gravamens (#).
[L., fr. gravare to load, burden, fr. gravis heavy, weighty. See Grave, a.]
(Law)
The grievance complained of; the substantial cause of the action; also, in general, the ground or essence of a complaint. Bouvier.


word: Grave
definition:
Grave

Grave
(?)
v. t.
(Naut.)
To clean, as a vessel's bottom, of barnacles, grass, etc., and pay it over with pitch; -- so called because graves or greaves was formerly used for this purpose.


word: Grave₂
definition:
Grave

Grave
a.
[Compar. Graver (grāv"ẽr); superl. Gravest.]
[F., fr. L. gravis heavy; cf. It. & Sp. grave heavy, grave. See Grief.]
1.
Of great weight; heavy; ponderous.
[Obs.]

His shield grave and great.
Chapman.

2.
Of importance; momentous; weighty; influential; sedate; serious; -- said of character, relations, etc.; as, grave deportment, character, influence, etc.

Most potent, grave, and reverend seigniors.
Shak.

A grave and prudent law, full of moral equity.
Milton.

3.
Not light or gay; solemn; sober; plain; as, a grave color; a grave face.

4.
(Mus.)
(a)
Not acute or sharp; low; deep; -- said of sound; as, a grave note or key.

The thicker the cord or string, the more grave is the note or tone.
Moore (Encyc. of Music).
Grave accent. (Pron.) See the Note under Accent, n., 2.


word: Grave₃
definition:
Grave

Grave
v. t.
[imp. Graved (grāvd); p. p. Graven (grāv"'n) or Graved; p. pr. & vb. n. Graving.]
[AS.  grafan to dig, grave, engrave; akin to OFries. greva, D. graven, G. graben, OHG. & Goth. graban, Dan.  grabe, Sw. gräfva, Icel. grafa, but prob. not to Gr. gra`fein to write, E. graphic. Cf. Grave, n., Grove, n.]

1.
To dig. [Obs.] Chaucer.

He hath graven and digged up a pit.
Ps. vii. 16 (Book of Common Prayer). 

2.
To carve or cut, as letters or figures, on some hard substance; to engrave.

Thou shalt take two onyx stones, and grave on them the names of the children of Israel.
Ex. xxviii. 9.

3.
To carve out or give shape to, by cutting with a chisel; to sculpture; as, to grave an image.

With gold men may the hearte grave.
Chaucer.

4.
To impress deeply (on the mind); to fix indelibly.

O! may they graven in thy heart remain.
Prior.

5.
To entomb; to bury.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

Lie full low, graved in the hollow ground.
Shak.


word: Grave₄
definition:
Grave

Grave
v. i.
To write or delineate on hard substances, by means of incised lines; to practice engraving.


word: Grave₅
definition:
Grave

Grave
n.
[AS. gr?f, fr. grafan to dig; akin to D. & OS. graf, G. grab, Icel. gröf, Russ. grob' grave, coffin. See Grave to carve.]
An excavation in the earth as a place of burial; also, any place of interment; a tomb; a sepulcher. Hence: Death; destruction.

He bad lain in the grave four days.
John xi. 17.

Grave wax, adipocere.


word: Gravedigger
definition:
Gravedigger

Grave"dig`ger
(?)
n.
1.
A digger of graves.

2.
(Zool.)
See Burying beetle, under Bury, v. t.


word: Gravel
definition:
Gravel

Grav"el
(?)
n.
[OF. gravele, akin to F. gr?ve a sandy shore, strand; of Celtic origin; cf. Armor. grouan gravel, W. gro coarse gravel, pebbles, and Skr. grāvan stone.]
1.
Small stones, or fragments of stone; very small pebbles, often intermixed with particles of sand.

2.
(Med.)
A deposit of small calculous concretions in the kidneys and the urinary or gall bladder; also, the disease of which they are a symptom.

Gravel powder, a coarse gunpowder; pebble powder.


word: Gravel₂
definition:
Gravel

Grav"el
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Graveled (?) or Gravelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Graveling or Gravelling.]

1.
To cover with gravel; as, to gravel a walk.

2.
To run (as a ship) upon the gravel or beach; to run aground; to cause to stick fast in gravel or sand.

When we were fallen into a place between two seas, they graveled the ship.
Acts xxvii. 41 (Rhemish version).

Willam the Conqueror . . . chanced as his arrival to be graveled; and one of his feet stuck so fast in the sand that he fell to the ground.
Camden.

3.
To check or stop; to embarrass; to perplex.
[Colloq.]

When you were graveled for lack of matter.
Shak.

The physician was so graveled and amazed withal, that he had not a word more to say.
Sir T. North.

4.
To hurt or lame (a horse) by gravel lodged between the shoe and foot.


word: Gravelling
definition:
Gravelling

Graveling

Grav"el*ing (?), or Grav"el*ling
n.
1.
The act of covering with gravel.

2.
A layer or coating of gravel (on a path, etc.).


word: Gravelling₂
definition:
Gravelling

Graveling

Grav"el*ing, or Grav"el*ling
n.
(Zool.)
A salmon one or two years old, before it has gone to sea.


word: Graven
definition:
Graven

Grav"en
(?)
p. p.
Grave
v. t.
Carved.

Graven image, an idol; an object of worship carved from wood, stone, etc. “Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image.” Ex. xx. 4.


word: Graveness
definition:
Graveness

Grave"ness
n.
The quality of being grave.

His sables and his weeds,
Importing health and graveness.
Shak.


word: Gravenstein
definition:
Gravenstein

Gra"ven*stein"
(?)
n.
[So called because it came from Gravenstein, a place in Schleswig. Downing.]
A kind of fall apple, marked with streaks of deep red and orange, and of excellent flavor and quality.


word: Graveolence
definition:
Graveolence

Gra*ve"o*lence
(?)
n.
[L. graveolentia: cf. F. gravéolence. See Graveolent.]
A strong and offensive smell; rancidity.
[R.]
Bailey.


word: Graveolent
definition:
Graveolent

Gra*ve"o*lent
(?)
a.
[L. graveolens; gravis heavy + olere to smell.]
Having a rank smell.
[R.]
Boyle.


word: Graver
definition:
Graver

Graver
(?)
n.
1.
One who graves; an engraver or a sculptor; one whose occupation is te cut letters or figures in stone or other hard material.

2.
An ergraving or cutting tool; a burin.


word: Gravery
definition:
Gravery

Grav"er*y
(?)
n.
The act, process, or art, of graving or carving; engraving.

Either of picture or gravery and embossing.
Holland.


word: Graves' disease
definition:
Graves' disease

Graves"' dis*ease"
(?)
[So called after Dr. Graves, of Dublin.]
Same as Basedow's disease.


word: Gravestone
definition:
Gravestone

Grave"stone
(?)
n.
A stone laid over, or erected near, a grave, usually with an inscription, to preserve the memory of the dead; a tombstone.


word: Gravic
definition:
Gravic

Grav"ic
(?)
a.
Pertaining to, or causing, gravitation; as, gravic forces; gravic attraction.
[R.]


word: Gravid
definition:
Gravid

Grav"id
(?)
a.
[L. gravidus, fr. gravis heavy, loaded. See Grave, a.]
Being with child; heavy with young; pregnant; fruitful; as, a gravid uterus; gravid piety; -- of animals as well as people.
gravid
Sir T. Herbert.


