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word: Gravidated
definition:
Gravidated

Grav"i*da"ted
(?)
a.
[L. gravidatus, p. p. of gravidare to load, impregnate. See Gravid.]
Made pregnant; big.
[Obs.]
Barrow.


word: Gravigrade
definition:
Gravigrade

Grav"i*grade
(?)
a.
[L. gravis heavy + gradus step.]
(Zool.)
Slow-paced.
n. One of the pachyderms.


word: Gravimeter
definition:
Gravimeter

Gra*vim"e*ter
(?)
n.
[L. gravis heavy + -meter: cf. F. gravimètre.]
(Physics)
An instrument for ascertaining the specific gravity of bodies.


word: Gravimetric
definition:
Gravimetric

Grav"i*met"ric
(?)
a.
(Chem.)
Of or pertaining to measurement by weight; measured by weight.
Grav"i*met"ric*al*ly (#), adv.

Gravimetric analysis (Chem.), analysis in which the amounts of the constituents are determined by weight;  -- in distinction from volumetric analysis.


word: Graving
definition:
Graving

Grav"ing
(?)
n.
[From Grave to clean.]
The act of cleaning a ship's bottom.

Graving dock. (Naut.) See under Dock.


word: Graving₂
definition:
Graving

Grav"ing
n.
[From Grave to dig.]
1.
The act or art of carving figures in hard substances, especially by incision or in intaglio.

2.
That which is graved or carved.
[R.]

Skillful to . . . grave any manner of graving.
2 Chron. ii. 14.

3.
Impression, as upon the mind or heart.

New gravings upon their souls.
Eikon Basilike


word: Gravitate
definition:
Gravitate

Grav"i*tate
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Gravitated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Gravitating (?).]
[Cf. F. graviter. See Gravity.]
To obey the law of gravitation; to exert a force or pressure, or tend to move, under the influence of gravitation; to tend in any direction or toward any object.

Why does this apple fall to the ground? Because all bodies gravitate toward each other.
Sir W. Hamilton.

Politicians who naturally gravitate towards the stronger party.
Macaulay.


word: Gravitation
definition:
Gravitation

Grav"i*ta"tion
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. gravitation. See Gravity.]
1.
The act of gravitating.

2.
(Pysics)
That species of attraction or force by which all bodies or particles of matter in the universe tend toward each other; called also attraction of gravitation, universal gravitation, and universal gravity. See Attraction, and Weight.

Law of gravitation, that law in accordance with which gravitation acts, namely, that every two bodies or portions of matter in the universe attract each other with a force proportional directly to the quantity of matter they contain, and inversely to the squares of their distances.


word: Gravitational
definition:
Gravitational

Grav`i*tation*al
(?)
a.
(Physics)
Of or pertaining to the force of gravity; as, gravitational units.


word: graviton
definition:
graviton

graviton
n.
(Physics)
A theoretical gauge boson that mediates the (extremely weak) gravitational interactions between particles; the quantum of the gravitational field, having zero rest mass and a spin of 2.


word: Gravity
definition:
Gravity

Grav"i*ty
(?)
n.
pl. Gravities (#).
[L. gravitas, fr. gravis heavy; cf. F. gravité. See Grave, a., Grief.]
1.
The state of having weight; beaviness; as, the gravity of lead.

2.
Sobriety of character or demeanor.
gravity
Shak.

3.
Importance, significance, dignity, etc; hence, seriousness; enormity; as, the gravity of an offense.

They derive an importance from . . . the gravity of the place where they were uttered.
Burke.

4.
(Physics)
The tendency of a mass of matter toward a center of attraction; esp., the tendency of a body toward the center of the earth; terrestrial gravitation.

5.
(Mus.)
Lowness of tone; -- opposed to acuteness.

Center of gravity See under Center. -- Gravity battery, See Battery, n., 4. -- Specific gravity, the ratio of the weight of a body to the weight of an equal volume of some other body taken as the standard or unit. This standard is usually water for solids and liquids, and air for gases. Thus, 19, the specific gravity of gold, expresses the fact that, bulk for bulk, gold is nineteen times as heavy as water.


word: Gravy
definition:
Gravy

Gra"vy
(?)
n.
pl. Gravies (#).
[OE. greavie; prob. fr. greaves, graves, the sediment of melted tallow. See Greaves.]
1.
The juice or other liquid matter that drips from flesh in cooking, made into a dressing for the food when served up.

2.
Liquid dressing for meat, fish, vegetables, etc.


word: Gray
definition:
Gray

Gray
(grā)
a.
[Compar. Grayer (_;); superl. Grayest.]
[OE. gray, grey, AS. gr&aemacr_;g, grēg; akin to D. graauw, OHG. grāo, G. grau, Dan. graa, Sw. grå, Icel.  grār.]
[Written also grey.]
1.
any color of neutral hue between white and black; white mixed with black, as the color of pepper and salt, or of ashes, or of hair whitened by age; sometimes, a dark mixed color; as, the soft gray eye of a dove.

These gray and dun colors may be also produced by mixing whites and blacks.
Sir I. Newton.

2.
Gray-haired; gray-headed; of a gray color; hoary.

3.
Old; mature; as, gray experience.
 Ames.

4.
gloomy; dismal.

Gray antimony (Min.), stibnite. -- Gray buck (Zool.), the chickara. -- Gray cobalt (Min.), smaltite. -- Gray copper (Min.), tetrahedrite. -- Gray duck (Zool.), the gadwall; also applied to the female mallard. -- Gray falcon (Zool.) the peregrine falcon. -- Gray Friar. See Franciscan, and Friar. -- Gray hen (Zool.), the female of the blackcock or black grouse. See Heath grouse. -- Gray mill or Gray millet (Bot.), a name of several plants of the genus Lithospermum; gromwell. -- Gray mullet (Zool.) any one of the numerous species of the genus Mugil, or family Mugilidæ, found both in the Old World and America; as the European species (Mugilidæ capito, and Mugilidæ auratus), the American striped mullet (Mugilidæ albula), and the white or silver mullet (Mugilidæ Braziliensis). See Mullet. -- Gray owl (Zool.),  the European tawny or brown owl (Syrnium aluco). The great gray owl (Ulula cinerea) inhabits arctic America. -- Gray parrot (Zool.), an African parrot (Psittacus erithacus), very commonly domesticated, and noted for its aptness in learning to talk.  Also called jako. -- Gray pike. (Zool.) See Sauger. --  Gray snapper (Zool.), a Florida fish; the sea lawyer. See Snapper. -- Gray snipe (Zool.), the dowitcher in winter plumage. -- Gray whale (Zool.), a rather large and swift whale of the northern Pacific (Eschrichtius robustus, formerly Rhachianectes glaucus), having short jaws and no dorsal fin.  It grows to a length of 50 feet (someimes 60 feet).  It was formerly taken in large numbers in the bays of California, and is now rare; -- called also grayback, devilfish, and hardhead.  It lives up to 50 or 60 years and adults weigh from 20 to 40 tons.


word: Gray₂
definition:
Gray

Gray
(grā)
n.
1.
A gray color; any mixture of white and black; also, a neutral or whitish tint.

2.
An animal or thing of gray color, as a horse, a badger, or a kind of salmon.

Woe worth the chase, woe worth the day.
That coats thy life, my gallant gray.
Sir W. Scott.

3.
(U. S. History)
the Confederate army or a soldier in the confederate army; as, a battle between the blue and the gray.


word: Gray₃
definition:
Gray

Gray
(grā)
n.
[named after Louis Harold Gray, English radiobiologist.]
the SI unit of absorbed dosage of ionizing radiation, equal to an absorbed energy of 1 joule per kilogram of irradiated material; -- abbreviated Gy.  This unit is 100 times the commonly used unit, the rad.


word: Grayback
definition:
Grayback

Gray"back`
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
(a)
The California gray whale.
(b)
The redbreasted sandpiper or knot.
(c)
The dowitcher.
(d)
The body louse.


word: gray-headed
definition:
gray-headed

gray-haired

gray-haired gray-headed
adj.
showing characteristics of age, especially having gray or white hair.

Syn. -- gray, grey, grey-haired, grey-headed, hoar, hoary.


word: Graylag
definition:
Graylag

Gray"lag`
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
The common wild gray goose (Anser anser) of Europe, believed to be the wild form of the domestic goose. See Illust. of Goose.


word: Grayling
definition:
Grayling

Gray"ling
(?)
n.
[From Gray, a.]
1.
(Zool.)
A European fish (Thymallus vulgaris), allied to the trout, but having a very broad dorsal fin; -- called also umber.  It inhabits cold mountain streams, and is valued as a game fish.

And here and there a lusty trout,
And here and there a grayling.
Tennyson.

2.
(Zool.)
An American fish of the genus Thymallus, having similar habits to the above; one species (T. Ontariensis), inhabits several streams in Michigan; another  (T. montanus), is found in the Yellowstone region.


word: Graystone
definition:
Graystone

Gray"stone`
(?)
n.
(Geol.)
A grayish or greenish compact rock, composed of feldspar and augite, and allied to basalt.


word: Graywacke
definition:
Graywacke

Gray"wacke`
(?)
n.
[G. grauwacke; grau gray + wacke wacke. See Gray, and Wacke, and cf. Grauwacke.]
(Geol.)
A conglomerate or grit rock, consisting of rounded pebbles and sand firmly united together.

&hand_; This term, derived from the grauwacke of German miners, was formerly applied in geology to different grits and slates of the Silurian series; but it is now seldom used.


word: Gray whale
definition:
Gray whale

Gray whale
(Zool.)
a rather large and swift baleen whale of the northern Pacific (Eschrichtius robustus, formerly Rhachianectes glaucus), having short jaws and no dorsal fin; -- called also grayback, devilfish, and hardhead.  It grows to a length of 50 feet (sometimes 60 feet).  It was formerly taken in large numbers in the bays of California, and is now rare.  It lives up to 50 or 60 years and adults weigh from 20 to 40 tons.


word: Graze
definition:
Graze

Graze
(grāz)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Grazed (grāzd); p. pr. & vb. n. Grazing.]
[OE. grasen, AS. grasian, fr.  græs grass. See Grass.]
1.
To feed or supply (cattle, sheep, etc.) with grass; to furnish pasture for.

A field or two to graze his cows.
Swift.

2.
To feed on; to eat (growing herbage); to eat grass from (a pasture); to browse.

The lambs with wolves shall graze the verdant mead.
Pope.

3.
To tend (cattle, etc.) while grazing.

When Jacob grazed his uncle Laban's sheep.
Shak.

4.
To rub or touch lightly the surface of (a thing) in passing; as, the bullet grazed the wall.


word: Graze₂
definition:
Graze

Graze
v. i.
1.
To eat grass; to feed on growing herbage; as, cattle graze on the meadows.

2.
To yield grass for grazing.

The ground continueth the wet, whereby it will never graze to purpose.
Bacon.

3.
To touch something lightly in passing.


word: Graze₃
definition:
Graze

Graze
n.
1.
The act of grazing; the cropping of grass.
[Colloq.]

Turning him out for a graze on the common.
T. Hughes. 

2.
A light touch; a slight scratch.


word: Grazer
definition:
Grazer

Graz"er
(?)
n.
One that grazes; a creature which feeds on growing grass or herbage.

The cackling goose,
Close grazer, finds wherewith to ease her want.
J. Philips. 


word: Grazier
definition:
Grazier

Gra"zier
(?)
n.
One who pastures cattle, and rears them for market.

The inhabitants be rather . . . graziers than plowmen.
Stow.


word: Grazing
definition:
Grazing

Graz"ing
(?)
n.
1.
The act of one who, or that which, grazes.

2.
A pasture; growing grass.


word: Grease
definition:
Grease

Grease
(grēs)
n.
[OE. grese, grece, F. graisse; akin to gras fat, greasy, fr. LL. grassus thick, fat, gross, L. crassus.  Cf. Crass.]
1.
Animal fat, as tallow or lard, especially when in a soft state; oily or unctuous matter of any kind.

2.
(Far.)
An inflammation of a horse's heels, suspending the ordinary greasy secretion of the part, and producing dryness and scurfiness, followed by cracks, ulceration, and fungous excrescences.

Grease bush. (Bot.) Same as Grease wood (below). -- Grease moth (Zool.), a pyralid moth (Aglossa pinguinalis) whose larva eats greasy cloth, etc. -- Grease wood (Bot.), a scraggy, stunted, and somewhat prickly shrub (Sarcobatus vermiculatus) of the Spinach family, very abundant in alkaline valleys from the upper Missouri to California. The name is also applied to other plants of the same family, as several species of Atriplex and Obione.


word: Grease₂
definition:
Grease

Grease
(grēz or grēs; 277)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Greased (grēzd or grēsd); p. pr. & vb. n. Greasing.]

1.
To smear, anoint, or daub, with grease or fat; to lubricate; as, to grease the wheels of a wagon.

2.
To bribe; to corrupt with presents.

The greased advocate that grinds the poor.
Dryden.

3.
To cheat or cozen; to overreach.
[Obs.]
Beau. & Fl.

4.
(Far.)
To affect (a horse) with grease, the disease.

To grease in the hand, To grease the hand, to corrupt by bribes. Usher.


word: greaseball
definition:
greaseball

grease"ball
n.
a person of Italian descent; -- used as a derogatory ethnic slur, and considered offensive.
[offensive slang]

Syn. -- wop, dago, Guinea.


word: Grease cup
definition:
Grease cup

Grease cock

{ Grease cock or Grease cup  }
(Mach.)
A cock or cup containing grease, to serve as a lubricator.


word: greased
definition:
greased

greased
adj.
smeared with oil or grease to reduce friction; as, a greased pig is too slippery to hold.

Syn. -- lubricated.


word: Greaser
definition:
Greaser

Greas"er
(?)
n.
1.
One who, or that which, greases; specifically, a person employed to lubricate the working parts of machinery, engines, carriages, etc.

2.
A nickname sometimes applied in contempt to a Mexican or other Latin-American of the lowest type; -- derogatory and offensive.
[Low, U. S.]


word: grease-gun
definition:
grease-gun

grease gun

grease gun, grease-gun
n.
A device held in the hand, having a supply of grease and attached to a reservoir of pressurized air, used to force grease between adjacent moving parts of a machine, especially in the bearings of motor vehicles.


word: greasepaint
definition:
greasepaint

greasepaint
n.
1.
a greasy substance containing pigments, used as makeup by actors, clowns, and other entertainers; as, the smell of the greasepaint, the roar of the crowd.

2.
Theatrical makeup, generally.


word: greaseproof
definition:
greaseproof

grease"proof
adj.
resistant to penetration by grease or oil or wax; as, greaseproof wrapping paper.


word: greasewood
definition:
greasewood

greasewood
n.
A low hardy much-branched spiny shrub (Sarcobatus vermiculatus) common in alkaline soils of Western America.

Syn. -- black greasewood, Sarcobatus vermiculatus.


word: Greasily
definition:
Greasily

Greas"i*ly
(?)
adv.
1.
In a greasy manner.

2.
In a gross or indelicate manner.
[Obs.]

You talk greasily; your lips grow foul.
Shak.


word: Greasiness
definition:
Greasiness

Greas"i*ness
n.
The quality or state of being greasy, oiliness; unctuousness; grossness.


word: Greasy
definition:
Greasy

Greas"y
(?)
a.
[Compar. Greasier (_;); superl. Greasiest.]
1.
Composed of, or characterized by, grease; oily; unctuous; as, a greasy dish.

2.
Smeared or defiled with grease.

With greasy aprons, rules, and hammers.
Shak.

3.
Like grease or oil; smooth; seemingly unctuous to the touch, as is mineral soapstone.

4.
Fat of body; bulky.
[R.]
Shak.

5.
Gross; indelicate; indecent.
[Obs.]
Marston.

6.
(Far.)
Affected with the disease called grease; as, the heels of a horse. See Grease, n., 2.


word: Great
definition:
Great

Great
(grāt)
a.
[Compar. Greater (_;); superl. Greatest.]
[OE. gret, great, AS. greát; akin to OS. & LG. gr&omacrt, D. groot, OHG. gr&omacrz, G. gross.  Cf. Groat the coin.]
1.
Large in space; of much size; big; immense; enormous; expanded; -- opposed to small and little; as, a great house, ship, farm, plain, distance, length.

2.
Large in number; numerous; as, a great company, multitude, series, etc.

3.
Long continued; lengthened in duration; prolonged in time; as, a great while; a great interval.

4.
Superior; admirable; commanding; -- applied to thoughts, actions, and feelings.

5.
Endowed with extraordinary powers; uncommonly gifted; able to accomplish vast results; strong; powerful; mighty; noble; as, a great hero, scholar, genius, philosopher, etc.

6.
Holding a chief position; elevated: lofty: eminent; distinguished; foremost; principal; as, great men; the great seal; the great marshal, etc.

He doth object I am too great of birth.
Shak.

7.
Entitled to earnest consideration; weighty; important; as, a great argument, truth, or principle.

8.
Pregnant; big (with young).

The ewes great with young.
Ps. lxxviii. 71.

9.
More than ordinary in degree; very considerable in degree; as, to use great caution; to be in great pain.

We have all
Great cause to give great thanks.
Shak.

10.
(Genealogy)
Older, younger, or more remote, by single generation; -- often used before grand to indicate one degree more remote in the direct line of descent; as, great-grandfather (a grandfather's or a grandmother's father), great-grandson, etc.

Great bear (Astron.), the constellation Ursa Major. --  Great cattle (Law), all manner of cattle except sheep and yearlings. Wharton. -- Great charter (Eng. Hist.), Magna Charta. -- Great circle of a sphere, a circle the plane of which passes through the center of the sphere. -- Great circle sailing, the process or art of conducting a ship on a great circle of the globe or on the shortest arc between two places. -- Great go, the final examination for a degree at the University of Oxford, England; -- called also greats. T. Hughes. -- Great guns. (Naut.) See under Gun. -- The Great Lakes the large fresh-water lakes (Lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario) which lie on the northern borders of the United States. -- Great master.  Same as Grand master, under Grand. -- Great organ (Mus.), the largest and loudest of the three parts of a grand organ (the others being the choir organ and the swell, and sometimes the pedal organ or foot keys), It is played upon by a separate keyboard, which has the middle position. -- The great powers (of Europe), in modern diplomacy, Great Britain, France, Germany, Austria, Russia, and Italy. -- Great primer. See under Type. --  Great scale (Mus.), the complete scale; -- employed to designate the entire series of musical sounds from lowest to highest. -- Great sea, the Mediterranean sea. In Chaucer both the Black and the Mediterranean seas are so called. -- Great seal. (a) The principal seal of a kingdom or state. (b) In Great Britain, the lord chancellor  (who is custodian of this seal); also, his office. -- Great tithes. See under Tithes. -- The great, the eminent, distinguished, or powerful. -- The Great Spirit, among the North American Indians, their chief or principal deity.  -- To be great (with one), to be intimate or familiar (with him). Bacon.


word: Greaten
definition:
Greaten

Great"en
(?)
v. t.
To make great; to aggrandize; to cause to increase in size; to expand.
[R.]

A minister's [business] is to greaten and exalt [his king].
Ken.


word: Greaten₂
definition:
Greaten

Great"en
v. i.
To become large; to dilate.
[R.]

My blue eyes greatening in the looking-glass.
Mrs. Browning. 


word: greatest
definition:
greatest

greatest
adj.
[superl. of great.]
1.
not to be surpassed.

Syn. -- top.

2.
largest in size of those under consideration.

Syn. -- biggest, largest.

3.
most of.

4.
highest in importance or degree or significance or achievement; most eminent; as, our greatest statesmen.

Syn. -- leading(prenominal), preeminent.

5.
highest in quality.

Syn. -- sterling(prenominal), superlative.


word: Great-granddaughter
definition:
Great-granddaughter

Great"-grand"daugh`ter
(?)
n.
[See Great, 10.]
A daughter of one's grandson or granddaughter.


word: Great-grandfather
definition:
Great-grandfather

Great"-grand"fa`ther
(?)
n.
[See Great, 10.]
The father of one's grandfather or grandmother.


word: Great-grandson
definition:
Great-grandson

Great"-grand"son`
(?)
n.
[See Great, 10.]
A son of one's grandson or granddaughter.


word: Great-hearted
definition:
Great-hearted

Great"-heart`ed
(?)
a.
1.
High-spirited; fearless.
[Obs.]
Clarendon.

2.
Generous; magnanimous; noble.
[wns=1]


word: Great-heartedness
definition:
Great-heartedness

Great"-heart`ed*ness
n.
The quality of being greathearted; high-mindedness; magnanimity.


word: Greatly
definition:
Greatly

Great"ly
adv.
1.
In a great degree; much.

I will greatly multiply thy sorrow.
Gen. iii. 16.

2.
Nobly; illustriously; magnanimously.

By a high fate thou greatly didst expire.
Dryden.


word: Greatness
definition:
Greatness

Great"ness
n.
[AS. greátnes.]
1.
The state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc.

2.
Pride; haughtiness.
[Obs.]

It is not of pride or greatness that he cometh not aboard your ships.
Bacon.


word: Great White Way
definition:
Great White Way

Great White Way
Broadway, in New York City, in the neighborhood chiefly occupied by theaters, as from about 30th Street to about 50th Street; -- so called from its brilliant illumination at night.


word: Great White shark
definition:
Great White shark

Great White shark
a large shark (Carcharodon carcharias, class Chondrichtyes) usually found in warm seas.  When young it is bluish but it becomes white with age.  It grows to over 15 feet in length and is feared as a man-eater.  Also called white shark and great white.


word: Greave₂
definition:
Greave

Greave
n.
[OF. grees; cf. Sp. grevas.]
Armor for the leg below the knee; -- usually in the plural.


word: Greave₃
definition:
Greave

Greave
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Greaved (grēvd); p. pr.  & vb. n. Greaving.]
[From Greaves.]
Naut.
To clean (a ship's bottom); to grave.


word: Greaves
definition:
Greaves

Greaves
(grēvz)
n. pl.
[Cf. dial. Sw. grevar greaves, LG. greven, G. griebe, also AS. greofa pot.  Cf. Gravy.]
The sediment of melted tallow. It is made into cakes for dogs' food. In Scotland it is called cracklings.
[Written also graves.]


word: Grebe
definition:
Grebe

Grebe
(grēb)
n.
[F. grèbe, fr. Armor. krib comb; akin to kriben crest, W. crib comb, crest.  So called in allusion to the crest of one species.]
(Zool.)
One of several swimming birds or divers, of the genus Colymbus (formerly Podiceps), and allied genera, found in the northern parts of America, Europe, and Asia. They have strong, sharp bills, and lobate toes.


word: Grecian
definition:
Grecian

Gre"cian"
(?)
a.
[Cf. Greek.]
Of or pertaining to Greece; Greek.

Grecian bend, among women, an affected carriage of the body, the upper part being inclined forward. [Collog.] -- Grecian fire. See Greek fire, under Greek.


word: Grecian₂
definition:
Grecian

Gre"cian
n.
1.
A native or naturalized inhabitant of Greece; a Greek.

2.
A jew who spoke Greek; a Hellenist.
Acts vi. 1.

&hand_; The Greek word rendered Grecian in the Authorized Version of the New Testament is translated Grecian Jew in the Revised Version.

6.
One well versed in the Greek language, literature, or history.
De Quincey.


word: Grecize
definition:
Grecize

Gre"cize
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Grecized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Grecizing.]
[Cf. F. gréciser.]
1.
To render Grecian; also, to cause (a word or phrase in another language) to take a Greek form; as, the name is Grecized.
T. Warton.

2.
To translate into Greek.


word: Grecianize
definition:
Grecianize

Grecize

Gre"cize, Gre"cian*ize (_;)
v. i.
To conform to the Greek custom, especially in speech.


word: Greco-Roman
definition:
Greco-Roman

Gre"co-Ro"man
(?)
a.
Having characteristics that are partly Greek and partly Roman; as, Greco-Roman architecture.


word: Grecque
definition:
Grecque

Grecque
(grĕk)
n.
[F.]
An ornament supposed to be of Greek origin, esp. a fret or meander.


word: Gree
definition:
Gree

Gree
(?)
n.
[F. gré. See Grateful, and cf. Agree.]
1.
Good will; favor; pleasure; satisfaction; -- used esp. in such phrases as: to take in gree; to accept in gree; that is, to take favorably.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

Accept in gree, my lord, the words I spoke.
Fairfax.

2.
Rank; degree; position.
[Obs. or Scot.]
Chaucer.

He is a shepherd great in gree.
Spenser.

3.
The prize; the honor of the day; as, to bear the gree, i. e., to carry off the prize.
[Obs. or Scot.]
Chaucer.


word: Gree₃
definition:
Gree

Gree
n.
pl. Grees (grēz); obs. plurals Greece (grēs) Grice (grīs or grēs), Grise, Grize (grīz or grēz), etc.
[OF. gré, F. grade. See Grade.]
A step.


word: Greed
definition:
Greed

Greed
(grēd")
n.
[Akin to Goth. grēdus hunger, Icel. grāðr. √34. See Greedy.]
An eager desire or longing; greediness; as, a greed of gain.


word: Greediness
definition:
Greediness

Greed"i*ness
n.
[AS gr&aemacr_;dignes.]
The quality of being greedy; vehement and selfish desire.

Fox in stealth, wolf in greediness.
Shak.


word: Greedy
definition:
Greedy

Greed"y
(grēd"&ybreve_;)
a.
[Compar. Greedier (-ĭ*ẽr); superl. Greediest.]
[OE. gredi, AS. gr&aemacr_;dig, grēdig; akin to D. gretig, OS. grādag, OHG. grātag, Dan. graadig, OSw. gradig, grådig, Icel. grāðugr, Goth. grēdags greedy, grēdēn to be hungry; cf. Skr. g&rsdot_;dh to be greedy.  Cf. Greed.]
1.
Having a keen appetite for food or drink; ravenous; voracious; very hungry; -- followed by of; as, a lion that is greedy of his prey.

2.
Having a keen desire for anything; vehemently desirous; eager to obtain; avaricious; as, greedy of gain.


word: Grigri
definition:
Grigri

Greegree

Gree"gree`, Gri"gri`
(?)
n.
An African talisman or charm.

A greegree man, an African magician or fetich priest.


word: Greek
definition:
Greek

Greek
(?)
a.
[AS. grec, L. Graecus, Gr. ?: cf. F. grec.  Cf. Grecian.]
Of or pertaining to Greece or the Greeks; Grecian.

Greek calends. See under Greek calends in the vocabulary. -- Greek Church (Eccl. Hist.), the Eastern Church; that part of Christendom which separated from the Roman or Western Church in the ninth century. It comprises the great bulk of the Christian population of Russia (of which this is the established church), Greece, Moldavia, and Wallachia. The Greek Church is governed by patriarchs and is called also the Byzantine Church. -- Greek cross. See Illust. (10) Of Cross. -- Greek Empire. See Byzantine Empire. -- Greek fire, a combustible composition which burns under water, the constituents of which are supposed to be asphalt, with niter and sulphur. Ure. -- Greek rose, the flower campion.


word: Greek₂
definition:
Greek

Greek
n.
1.
A native, or one of the people, of Greece; a Grecian; also, the language of Greece.

2.
A swindler; a knave; a cheat.
[Slang]

Without a confederate the . . . game of baccarat does not . . . offer many chances for the Greek.
Sat. Rev.

3.
Something unintelligible; as, it was all Greek to me.
[Colloq.]


word: Greek calendar
definition:
Greek calendar

Greek calendar
1.
Any of various calendars used by the ancient Greek states.
The Attic calendar divided the year into twelve months of 29 and 30 days, as follows:
1. Hecatombæon (July-Aug.).
2. Metageitnion (Aug.-Sept.).
3. Boëdromion (Sept.-Oct.).
4. Pyanepsion (Oct.-Nov.).
5. Mæmacterion (Nov.-Dec.).
6. Poseideon (Dec.-Jan.).
7. Gamelion (Jan.-Feb.).
8. Anthesterion (Feb.-Mar.).
9. Elaphebolion (Mar.-Apr.).
10. Munychion (Apr.-May).
11. Thargelion (May-June).
12. Scirophorion (June-July).
A fixed relation to the seasons was maintained by introducing an intercalary month, “the second Poseideon,” at first in an inexact way, afterward in years 3, 5, 8, 11, 13, 16, 19 of the Metonic cycle. Dates were reckoned in Olympiads.

2.
The Julian calendar, used in the Greek Church.


word: Greek kalends
definition:
Greek kalends

Greek calends

Greek calends or Greek kalends
A time that will never come, as the Greeks had no calends.


word: greeklike
definition:
greeklike

greeklike
adj.
of or relating to or characteristic of Greece or the Greeks; as, greeklike struggles.

Syn. -- grecian.


word: Green
definition:
Green

Green
(grēn)
a.
[Compar. Greener (grēn"ẽr); superl. Greenest.]
[OE. grene, AS. grēne; akin to D. groen, OS. gr&omacrni, OHG. gruoni, G. grün, Dan. & Sw. grön, Icel.  grænn; fr. the root of E. grow.  See Grow.]
1.
Having the color of grass when fresh and growing; resembling that color of the solar spectrum which is between the yellow and the blue; verdant; emerald.

2.
Having a sickly color; wan.

To look so green and pale.
Shak.

3.
Full of life and vigor; fresh and vigorous; new; recent; as, a green manhood; a green wound.

As valid against such an old and beneficent government as against . . . the greenest usurpation.
Burke.

4.
Not ripe; immature; not fully grown or ripened; as, green fruit, corn, vegetables, etc.

5.
Not roasted; half raw.
[R.]

We say the meat is green when half roasted.
L. Watts. 

6.
Immature in age, judgment, or experience; inexperienced; young; raw; not trained; awkward; as, green in years or judgment.

I might be angry with the officious zeal which supposes that its green conceptions can instruct my gray hairs.
Sir W. Scott. 

7.
Not seasoned; not dry; containing its natural juices; as, green wood, timber, etc.
Shak.

8.
(Politics)
Concerned especially with protection of the enviroment; -- of political parties and political philosophies; as, the European green parties.

Green brier (Bot.), a thorny climbing shrub (Emilaz rotundifolia) having a yellowish green stem and thick leaves, with small clusters of flowers, common in the United States; -- called also cat brier. -- Green con (Zool.), the pollock. -- Green crab (Zool.), an edible, shore crab (Carcinus menas) of Europe and America; -- in New England locally named joe-rocker. -- Green crop, a crop used for food while in a growing or unripe state, as distingushed from a grain crop, root crop, etc. -- Green diallage. (Min.) (a) Diallage, a variety of pyroxene. (b) Smaragdite. -- Green dragon (Bot.), a North American herbaceous plant (Arisæma Dracontium), resembling the Indian turnip; -- called also dragon root. -- Green earth (Min.), a variety of glauconite, found in cavities in amygdaloid and other eruptive rock, and used as a pigment by artists; -- called also mountain green. -- Green ebony. (a) A south American tree (Jacaranda ovalifolia), having a greenish wood, used for rulers, turned and inlaid work, and in dyeing. (b) The West Indian green ebony. See Ebony. -- Green fire (Pyrotech.), a composition which burns with a green flame. It consists of sulphur and potassium chlorate, with some salt of barium (usually the nitrate), to which the color of the flame is due. --  Green fly (Zool.), any green species of plant lice or aphids, esp. those that infest greenhouse plants. -- Green gage, (Bot.) See Greengage, in the Vocabulary. -- Green gland (Zool.), one of a pair of large green glands in Crustacea, supposed to serve as kidneys. They have their outlets at the bases of the larger antennæ. -- Green hand, a novice. [Colloq.] -- Green heart (Bot.), the wood of a lauraceous tree found in the West Indies and in South America, used for shipbuilding or turnery. The green heart of Jamaica and Guiana is the Nectandra Rodiœi, that of Martinique is the Colubrina ferruginosa. -- Green iron ore  (Min.) dufrenite. -- Green laver (Bot.), an edible seaweed  (Ulva latissima); -- called also green sloke. -- Green lead ore (Min.), pyromorphite. -- Green linnet (Zool.), the greenfinch. -- Green looper (Zool.), the cankerworm. -- Green marble (Min.), serpentine. -- Green mineral, a carbonate of copper, used as a pigment. See Greengill. -- Green monkey (Zool.) a West African long-tailed monkey (Cercopithecus callitrichus), very commonly tamed, and trained to perform tricks. It was introduced into the West Indies early in the last century, and has become very abundant there. -- Green salt of Magnus (Old Chem.), a dark green crystalline salt, consisting of ammonia united with certain chlorides of platinum. -- Green sand (Founding)  molding sand used for a mold while slightly damp, and not dried before the cast is made. -- Green sea (Naut.), a wave that breaks in a solid mass on a vessel's deck. --  Green sickness (Med.), chlorosis. -- Green snake (Zool.), one of two harmless American snakes (Cyclophis vernalis, and C. æstivus). They are bright green in color. -- Green turtle (Zool.), an edible marine turtle. See Turtle. --  Green vitriol. (a) (Chem.) Sulphate of iron; a light green crystalline substance, very extensively used in the preparation of inks, dyes, mordants, etc. (b) (Min.) Same as copperas, melanterite and sulphate of iron. -- Green ware, articles of pottery molded and shaped, but not yet baked.  -- Green woodpecker (Zool.), a common European woodpecker (Picus viridis); -- called also yaffle.


word: Green₂
definition:
Green

Green
(grēn)
n.
1.
The color of growing plants; the color of the solar spectrum intermediate between the yellow and the blue.

2.
A grassy plain or plat; a piece of ground covered with verdant herbage; as, the village green.

O'er the smooth enameled green.
Milton.

3.
Fresh leaves or branches of trees or other plants; wreaths; -- usually in the plural.

In that soft season when descending showers
Call forth the greens, and wake the rising flowers.
Pope.

4.
pl.
Leaves and stems of young plants, as spinach, beets, etc., which in their green state are boiled for food.

5.
Any substance or pigment of a green color.

Alkali green (Chem.), an alkali salt of a sulphonic acid derivative of a complex aniline dye, resembling emerald green; -- called also Helvetia green. -- Berlin green. (Chem.) See under Berlin. -- Brilliant green (Chem.), a complex aniline dye, resembling emerald green in composition. -- Brunswick green, an oxychloride of copper. -- Chrome green. See under Chrome. -- Emerald green. (Chem.) (a) A complex basic derivative of aniline produced as a metallic, green crystalline substance, and used for dyeing silk, wool, and mordanted vegetable fiber a brilliant green; -- called also aldehyde green, acid green, malachite green, Victoria green, solid green, etc. It is usually found as a double chloride, with zinc chloride, or as an oxalate. (b) See Paris green (below). -- Gaignet's green (Chem.) a green pigment employed by the French artist, Adrian Gusgnet, and consisting essentially of a basic hydrate of chromium. -- Methyl green (Chem.), an artificial rosaniline dyestuff, obtained as a green substance having a brilliant yellow luster; -- called also light-green. -- Mineral green. See under Mineral. -- Mountain green. See Green earth, under Green, a. -- Paris green (Chem.), a poisonous green powder, consisting of a mixture of several double salts of the acetate and arsenite of copper. It has found very extensive use as a pigment for wall paper, artificial flowers, etc., but particularly as an exterminator of insects, as the potato bug; -- called also Schweinfurth green, imperial green, Vienna green, emerald qreen, and mitis green. -- Scheele's green (Chem.), a green pigment, consisting essentially of a hydrous arsenite of copper; -- called also Swedish green. It may enter into various pigments called parrot green, pickel green, Brunswick green, nereid green, or emerald green.


word: Green₃
definition:
Green

Green
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Greened (great): p. pr. & vb. n. Greening.]
To make green.

Great spring before
Greened all the year.
Thomson.


word: Green₄
definition:
Green

Green
v. i.
To become or grow green.
Tennyson.

By greening slope and singing flood.
Whittier.


word: Greenback
definition:
Greenback

Green"back"
(?)
n.
One of the legal tender notes of the United States; a note of paper currency of the United States; -- first issued in 1862, and having the devices on the back printed with green ink, to prevent alterations and counterfeits.


word: Greenbacker
definition:
Greenbacker

Green"back"er
(?)
n.
One of those who supported greenback or paper money, and opposed the resumption of specie payments.
[Colloq. U. S.]


word: green-blind
definition:
green-blind

green-blind
adj.
Unable to see the color green or to distinguish green and purplish-red.

Syn. -- deuteranopic.


word: green-blindness
definition:
green-blindness

green-blindness
n.
A defect of color vision characterized by inability to distinguish green and purplish-red.

Syn. -- deuteranopia, daltonism.


word: Greenbone
definition:
Greenbone

Green"bone
(?)
n.
[So named because the bones are green when boiled.]
(Zool.)
(a)
Any garfish (Belone or Tylosurus).
(b)
The European eelpout.


word: Green-broom
definition:
Green-broom

Green"-broom`
(?)
n.
(Bot.)
A plant of the genus Genista (G. tinctoria); dyer's weed; -- called also greenweed.


word: Greencloth
definition:
Greencloth

Green"cloth`
(-kl&obreve_;th`; 115)
n.
A board or court of justice formerly held in the counting house of the British sovereign's household, composed of the lord steward and his officers, and having cognizance of matters of justice in the household, with power to correct offenders and keep the peace within the verge of the palace, which extends two hundred yards beyond the gates.


word: Greenery
definition:
Greenery

Green"er*y
(?)
n.
Green plants; verdure.

A pretty little one-storied abode, so rural, so smothered in greenery.
J. Ingelow.


word: Green-eyed
definition:
Green-eyed

Green"-eyed
(?)
a.
1.
Having green eyes.

2.
Seeing everything under the influence of emotions which discolor or distort.
Green-eyed
Shak.

3.
Hence:
suspicious or unduly suspicious or fearful of being displaced by a rival.
[wns=1]

Syn. -- jealous, overjealous.


word: Greenfinch
definition:
Greenfinch

Green"finch`
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
1.
A European finch (Ligurinus chloris);  -- called also green bird, green linnet, green grosbeak, green olf, greeny, and peasweep.

2.
The Texas sparrow  (Embernagra rufivirgata), in which the general color is olive green, with four rufous stripes on the head.


word: Greengage
definition:
Greengage

Green"gage`
(?)
n.
(Bot.)
A kind of plum of medium size, roundish shape, greenish flesh, and delicious flavor. It is called in France Reine Claude, after the queen of Francis I. See Gage.


word: Greengill
definition:
Greengill

Green"gill`
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
An oyster which has the gills tinged with a green pigment, said to be due to an abnormal condition of the blood.


word: Greengrocer
definition:
Greengrocer

Green"gro`cer
(?)
n.
A retailer of vegetables or fruits in their fresh or green state.


word: Greenhood
definition:
Greenhood

Greenhead

{ Green"head (?), Green"hood (?), }
n.
A state of greenness; verdancy.
Chaucer.


word: Greenhouse
definition:
Greenhouse

Green"house`
(?)
n.
A house in which tender plants are cultivated and sheltered from the weather.


word: Greening
definition:
Greening

Green"ing
n.
A greenish apple, of several varieties, among which the Rhode Island greening is the best known for its fine-grained acid flesh and its excellent keeping quality.


word: Greenish
definition:
Greenish

Green"ish
a.
Somewhat green; having a tinge of green; as, a greenish yellow.
Green"ish*ness, n.


word: Greenland
definition:
Greenland

Greenland
prop. n.
An island situated between the Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, the largest island in the world; it is a Danish territory.


word: Green-leek
definition:
Green-leek

Green"-leek`
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
An Australian parrakeet (Polytelis Barrabandi); -- called also the scarlet-breasted parrot.


word: Greenlet
definition:
Greenlet

Green"let
(?)
n.
1.
(Zool.)
One of numerous species of small American singing birds, of the genus Vireo, as the solitary, or blue-headed (Vireo solitarius); the brotherly-love  (V. Philadelphicus); the warbling greenlet (V. gilvus); the yellow-throated greenlet (V. flavifrons) and others. See Vireo.

2.
(Zool,)
Any species of Cyclorhis, a genus of tropical American birds allied to the tits.


word: greenling
definition:
greenling

greenling
n.
[1400-1450]
any spiny-finned food fish of the northern Pacific coasts, of the genus Hexagrammos.


word: greenmail
definition:
greenmail

green"mail
n.
(Finance)
The act, performed by a publicly traded corporation, of paying a corporate raider to give up a takeover attempt, by buying the shares of stock he owns; also, the threat posed by corporate raiders to take over a company unless their stocks are purchased by the company at a price giving them a large profit.
[Informal]


word: Greenness
definition:
Greenness

Green"ness
n.
[AS. grēnnes. See Green.]
1.
The quality of being green; viridity; verdancy; as, the greenness of grass, or of a meadow.

2.
Freshness; vigor; newness.

3.
Immaturity; unripeness; as, the greenness of fruit; inexperience; as, the greenness of youth.


word: Greenockite
definition:
Greenockite

Green"ock*ite
(?)
n.
[Named after Lord Greenock.]
(Min.)
Native cadmium sulphide, a mineral occurring in yellow hexagonal crystals, also as an earthy incrustation.


word: Greensand
definition:
Greensand

Green"sand`
(-sănd`)
n.
(Geol.)
A variety of sandstone, usually imperfectly consolidated, consisting largely of glauconite, a silicate of iron and potash of a green color, mixed with sand and a trace of phosphate of lime.

 &hand_;Greensand is often called marl, because it is a useful fertilizer. The greensand beds of the American Cretaceous belong mostly to the Upper Cretaceous.


word: Greenshank
definition:
Greenshank

Green"shank`
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
A European sandpiper or snipe (Totanus canescens); -- called also greater plover.


word: Green-stall
definition:
Green-stall

Green"-stall`
(?)
n.
A stall at which greens and fresh vegetables are exposed for sale.


word: Greenstone
definition:
Greenstone

Green"stone`
(grēn"st&omacrn`)
n.
[So called from a tinge of green in the color.]
(Geol.)
A name formerly applied rather loosely to certain dark-colored igneous rocks, including diorite, diabase, etc.


word: Greenth
definition:
Greenth

Greenth
(grēnth)
n.
[Cf. Growth.]
The state or quality of being green; verdure.
[R.]

The greenth of summer.
G. Eliot.


word: greenwing
definition:
greenwing

green"wing
n.
The common teal (Anas crecca) of Eurasia and North America.

Syn. -- green-winged teal, Anas crecca.


word: Greet₂
definition:
Greet

Greet
v. i.
[OE. greten, AS. gr&aemacr_;tan, grētan; akin to Icel. grāta, Sw. gråta, Dan. græde, Goth. grēctan; cf. Skr. hrād to sound, roar. √50.]
To weep; to cry; to lament.
[Obs. or Scot.]
[Written also greit.]
Spenser.


word: Greet₄
definition:
Greet

Greet
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Greeted; p. pr. & vb. n. Greeting.]
[OE. greten, AS. grētan to address, approach; akin to OS. gr&omacrtian, LG. gröten, D. groeten, OHG. gruozzen, G. grüssen. √50.]
1.
To address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes; to salute; to hail; to welcome; to accost with friendship; to pay respects or compliments to, either personally or through the intervention of another, or by writing or token.

My lord, the mayor of London comes to greet you.
Shak.

2.
To come upon, or meet, as with something that makes the heart glad.

In vain the spring my senses greets.
Addison.

3.
To accost; to address.
Pope.


word: Greet₅
definition:
Greet

Greet
(grēt)
v. i.
To meet and give salutations.

There greet in silence, as the dead are wont, And sleep in peace.
Shak.


word: Greeting
definition:
Greeting

Greet"ing
n.
Expression of kindness or joy; salutation at meeting; a compliment from one absent.

Write to him . . . gentle adieus and greetings.
Shak.


word: Greeze
definition:
Greeze

Greeze
(?)
n.
A step. See Gree, a step.
[Obs.]

The top of the ladder, or first greeze, is this.
Latimer.


word: Greffier
definition:
Greffier

Gref"fi*er
(?)
n.
[F., from LL. grafarius, graphiarius, fr. L. graphium, a writing style; cf. F.  greffe a record office. See Graft, and cf. Graffer.]
A registrar or recorder; a notary.
[Obs.]
Bp. Hall.


word: Gregal
definition:
Gregal

Gre"gal
(?)
a.
[L. gregalis, fr. grex, gregis, herd.]
Pertaining to, or like, a flock.

For this gregal conformity there is an excuse.
W. S. Mayo.


word: Gregarian
definition:
Gregarian

Gre*ga"ri*an
(?)
a.
Gregarious; belonging to the herd or common sort; common.
[Obs.]
Howell.


word: Gregarinae
definition:
Gregarinae

Greg`a*ri"næ
(?)
prop. n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gregarina the typical genus, fr. L. gregarius.  See Gregarious.]
(Zool.)
An order of Protozoa, allied to the Rhizopoda, and parasitic in other animals, as in the earthworm, lobster, etc.   When adult, they have a small, wormlike body inclosing a nucleus, but without external organs; in one of the young stages, they are amœbiform; -- called also Gregarinida, and Gregarinaria.


word: Gregarious
definition:
Gregarious

Gre*ga"ri*ous
(?)
a.
[L. gregarius, fr. grex, gregis, herd; cf. Gr. _; to assemble, Skr. jar to approach.  Cf. Congregate, Egregious.]
Habitually living or moving in flocks or herds; tending to flock or herd together; not habitually solitary or living alone.
Burke.

No birds of prey are gregarious.
Ray.


word: Gregge
definition:
Gregge

Grege

Grege (?), Greg"ge (_;)
v. t.
[OE. gregier to burden.]
To make heavy; to increase.
[Obs.]
Wyclif.


word: Grego
definition:
Grego

Greggoe

{ Greg"goe (?), Gre"go (?), }
n.
[Prob. fr, It. Greco Greek, or Sp. Griego, or Pg. Grego.]
A short jacket or cloak, made of very thick, coarse cloth, with a hood attached, worn by the Greeks and others in the Levant.
[Written also griego.]


word: Gregorian
definition:
Gregorian

Gre*go"ri*an
(?)
a.
[NL. Gregorianus, fr. Gregorius Gregory, Gr. _;: cf. F. grégorien.]
Pertaining to, or originated by, some person named Gregory, especially one of the popes of that name.

Gregorian calendar, the calendar as reformed by Pope Gregory XIII. in 1582, including the method of adjusting the leap years so as to harmonize the civil year with the solar, and also the regulation of the time of Easter and the movable feasts by means of epochs. See Gregorian year (below). -- Gregorian chant (Mus.), plain song, or canto fermo, a kind of unisonous music, according to the eight celebrated church modes, as arranged and prescribed by Pope Gregory I. (called “the Great”) in the 6th century.  -- Gregorian modes, the musical scales ordained by Pope Gregory the Great, and named after the ancient Greek scales, as Dorian, Lydian, etc. -- Gregorian telescope (Opt.), a form of reflecting telescope, named from Prof. James Gregory, of Edinburgh, who perfected it in 1663. A small concave mirror in the axis of this telescope, having its focus coincident with that of the large reflector, transmits the light received from the latter back through a hole in its center to the eyepiece placed behind it. --  Gregorian year, the year as now reckoned according to the Gregorian calendar. Thus, every year, of the current reckoning, which is divisible by 4, except those divisible by 100 and not by 400, has 366 days; all other years have 365 days. See Bissextile, and Note under Style, n., 7.


word: Gregory
definition:
Gregory

Gregory
prop. n.
1.
Pope Gregory XIII., born 1572, died 1585, the pope who introduced the modern calendar.

Syn. -- Gregory XIII, Ugo Buoncompagni.

2.
Pope Gregory I., born circa 540, died 604; the pope for whom Gregorian chants were named.

Syn. -- Gregory I, Saint Gregory I, Gregory the Great.


word: Greillade
definition:
Greillade

Greil"lade
(?)
n.
(Metal.)
Iron ore in coarse powder, prepared for reduction by the Catalan process.


word: Greisen
definition:
Greisen

Grei"sen
(?)
n.
(Min.)
A crystalline rock consisting of quarts and mica, common in the tin regions of Cornwall and Saxony.


word: Greith
definition:
Greith

Greith
(?)
v. t.
[Icel. greiða: cf. AS. ger&aemacr_;dan to arrange; pref. ge- + r&aemacr_;de ready.  Cf. Ready.]
To make ready; -- often used reflexively.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.


word: Gremial₂
definition:
Gremial

Gre"mi*al
n.
1.
A bosom friend.
[Obs.]
Fuller.

2.
(Ecol.)
A cloth, often adorned with gold or silver lace, placed on the bishop's lap while he sits in celebrating mass, or in ordaining priests.


word: Grenade
definition:
Grenade

Gre*nade"
(?)
n.
[F. grenade a pomegranate, a grenade, or Sp. granada; orig., filled with seeds. So called from the resemblance of its shape to a pomegranate. See Carnet, Grain a kernel, and cf. Pomegranate.]
(Min.)
A hollow ball or shell of iron filled with powder of other explosive, ignited by means of a fuse, and thrown from the hand among enemies.

Hand grenade. (a) A small grenade of iron or glass, usually about two and a half inches in diameter, to be thrown from the hand into the head of a sap, trenches, covered way, or upon besiegers mounting a breach. (b) A portable fire extinguisher consisting of a glass bottle containing water and gas. It is thrown into the flames. Called also fire grenade. -- Rampart grenades, grenades of various sizes, which, when used, are rolled over the pararapet in a trough.


word: Grenadian
definition:
Grenadian

Grenadian
adj.
1.
of or pertaining to Grenada; as, the Grenadian capital.

2.
of or pertaining to the inhabitants of Grenada; as, Grenadian troops.


word: Grenadier
definition:
Grenadier

Gren`a*dier"
(?)
n.
[F. grenadier. See Grenade.]
1.
(Mil.)
Originaly, a soldier who carried and threw grenades; afterward, one of a company attached to each regiment or battalion, taking post on the right of the line, and wearing a peculiar uniform. In modern times, a member of a special regiment or corps; as, a grenadier of the guard of Napoleon I. one of the regiment of Grenadier Guards of the British army, etc.

&hand_;  The feats of grenadiers have been memorialized in song, as in the following: (for the melody see http://www.acronet.net/~robokopp/english.html) 

Some talk of Alexander, and some of Hercules / The British Grenadiers
ca. 18th Century
The British Grenadiers

Some talk of Alexander,
And some of Hercules
Of Hector and Lysander,
And such great names as these.
But of all the world's great heroes,
There's none that can compare
With a tow, row, row, row, row, row,
To the British Grenadier.

2. Those heroes of antiquity
Ne'er saw a cannon ball
Or knew the force of powder
To slay their foes withall.
But our brave boys do know it,
And banish all their fears,
Sing tow, row, row, row, row, row,
For the British Grenadier.

3. Whene'er we are commanded
To storm the palisades
Our leaders march with fusees,
And we with hand grenades.
We throw them from the glacis,
About the enemies' ears.
Sing tow, row, row, row, row, row,
The British Grenadiers.

4. And when the siege is over,
We to the town repair
The townsmen cry, "Hurra, boys,
Here comes a Grenadier!"
Here come the Grenadiers, my boys,
Who know no doubts or fears!
Then sing tow, row, row, row, row, row,
The British Grenadiers.

5. Then let us fill a bumper,
And drink a health to those
Who carry caps and pouches,
And wear the louped clothes.
May they and their commanders
Live happy all their years
With a tow, row, row, row, row, row,
For the British Grenadiers.

2.
(Zool.)
Any marine fish of the genus Macrurus, in which the body and tail taper to a point; they mostly inhabit the deep sea; -- called also onion fish, and rat-tail fish.

3.
(Zool.)
A bright-colored South African grosbeak (Pyromelana orix), having the back red and the lower parts black.


word: Grenadillo
definition:
Grenadillo

Gren`a*dil"lo
(?)
n.
[Sp. granadillo.]
A handsome tropical American wood, much used for making flutes and other wind instruments; -- called also Grenada cocos, or cocus, and red ebony.


word: Grenadine
definition:
Grenadine

Gren`a*dine"
(?)
n.
[F.]
1.
A thin gauzelike fabric of silk or wool, for women's wear.

2.
A trade name for a dyestuff, consisting essentially of impure fuchsine.


word: Gressorious
definition:
Gressorious

Gressorial

{ Gres*so"ri*al (?), Gres*so"ri*ous (?), }
a.
[L. gressus, p. p. of gradi to step, go.]
(Zool.)
Adapted for walking; anisodactylous; as the feet of certain birds and insects. See Illust. under Aves.


word: Gruesome
definition:
Gruesome

Grewsome

Grew"some (?), Grue"some
a.
[From a word akin to Dan. gru horror, terror + -some; cf. D. gruwzaam, G. grausam.  Cf. Grisly.]
Ugly; frightful.

Grewsome sights of war.
C. Kingsley.


word: grey-haired
definition:
grey-haired

grey-haired
adj.
showing characteristics of age, especially having gray or white hair.

Syn. -- gray, grey, gray-haired, gray-headed, grey-headed, hoar, hoary.


word: grey-headed
definition:
grey-headed

grey-headed
adj.
1.
same as gray-headed.

Syn. -- gray, grey, gray-haired, grey-haired, gray-headed, hoar, hoary.


word: Greyhound
definition:
Greyhound

Grey"hound`
(?)
n.
[OE. graihund, greihound, greahund, grihond, Icel. greyhundr; grey greyhound + hundr dog; cf. AS. grīghund. The origin of the first syllable is unknown.]
1.
A slender, graceful breed of dogs, remarkable for keen sight and swiftness. It is one of the oldest varieties known, and is figured on the Egyptian monuments.
[Written also grayhound.]

2.
A swift steamer, esp. an ocean steamer.


word: greyness
definition:
greyness

greyness
n.
a neutral achromatic color midway between while and black.

Syn. -- gray, grayness, grey.


word: Grias
definition:
Grias

Grias
n.
The genus of trees including the anchovy pear tree Grias cauliflora, whose fruit is somewhat like the mango.

Syn. -- genus Grias.


word: Gribble
definition:
Gribble

Grib"ble
(?)
n.
[Cf. Prov. E. grib to bite.]
(Zool.)
A small marine isopod crustacean (Limnoria lignorum or Limnoria terebrans), which burrows into and rapidly destroys submerged timber, such as the piles of wharves, both in Europe and America.


word: Grice
definition:
Grice

Grice
(grīs)
n.
[OE. gris, grise; of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. gr?ss, Sw.  gris, Dan. grus, also Gr. _;, Skr.  ghrshvi, boar.  Cf. Grise, Griskin.]
A little pig.
[Written also grise.]
[Scot.]


word: Grid
definition:
Grid

Grid
(grĭd)
n.
1.
A grating of thin parallel bars, similar to a gridiron.

2.
(Elec.)
A plate or sheet of lead with perforations, or other irregularities of surface, by which the active material of a secondary battery or accumulator is supported.

3.
(Electronics)
a mesh or coil of fine wire in an electron tube, connected to the circuit so as to regulate the current passing through the tube.

4.
any network of crossing horizontal and vertical lines; -- they are used, for example, as reference coordinates to locate objects or places on a map.

5.
anything resembling a grid{4}, as the Manhattan street grid.  See also gridlock.

6.
a network of connected conductors for distributing electrical power, especially one using high-tension lines for wide geographic distribution of power; as, the Northeast power grid.

7.
(Football)
the gridiron.


word: Griddle
definition:
Griddle

Grid"dle
(?)
n.
[OE. gredil, gredl, gridel, of Celtic origin; cf.  W. greidell, Ir. greideal, greideil, griddle, gridiron, greadaim I burn, scorch.  Cf. Gridiron.]
1.
An iron plate or pan used for cooking cakes.

2.
A sieve with a wire bottom, used by miners.


word: Griddlecake
definition:
Griddlecake

Grid"dle*cake`
(?)
n.
A cake baked or fried on a griddle, esp. a thin batter cake, as of buckwheat or common flour.


word: Gride
definition:
Gride

Gride
(grīd)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Grided; p. pr. &  vb. n. Griding.]
[For gird, properly, to strike with a rod. See Yard a measure, and cf. Grid to strike, sneer.]
To cut with a grating sound; to cut; to penetrate or pierce harshly; as, the griding sword.
Milton.

That through his thigh the mortal steel did gride.
Spenser.


word: Gride₂
definition:
Gride

Gride
n.
A harsh scraping or cutting; a grating.

The gride of hatchets fiercely thrown.
On wigwam log, and tree, and stone.
Whittier.


word: Gridelin
definition:
Gridelin

Grid"e*lin
(grĭd"e̝*lĭn)
n.
[F. gris de lin gray of flax, flax gray.]
A color mixed of white, and red, or a gray violet.
[Written also gredaline, grizelin.]
Dryden.


word: Gridiron
definition:
Gridiron

Grid"i`ron
(?)
n.
[OE. gredire, gredirne, from the same source as E. griddle, but the ending was confused with E. iron. See Griddle.]
1.
A grated iron utensil for broiling flesh and fish over coals.

2.
(Naut.)
An openwork frame on which vessels are placed for examination, cleaning, and repairs.
3.
(Sport)
A football field; -- so called because of the resemblance of the parallel marked yard lines to a gridiron{1}.

Gridiron pendulum. See under Pendulum. -- Gridiron valve (Steam Engine), a slide valve with several parallel perforations corresponding to openings in the seat on which the valve moves.


word: gridiron-tailed lizard
definition:
gridiron-tailed lizard

gridiron-tailed lizard
n.
a lizard having a long tail with black bands (Callisaurus draconoides), which lives in the deserts of the southwestern U. S. and Mexico; called also zebra-tailed lizard.
RHUD


word: Grief
definition:
Grief

Grief
(grēf)
n.
[OE. grief, gref, OF. grief, gref, F. grief, L. gravis heavy; akin to Gr. bary`s, Skr. guru, Goth. kaúrus.  Cf. Barometer, Grave, a., Grieve, Gooroo.]
1.
Pain of mind on account of something in the past; mental suffering arising from any cause, as misfortune, loss of friends, misconduct of one's self or others, etc.; sorrow; sadness.

The mother was so afflicted at the loss of a fine boy, . . . that she died for grief of it.
Addison.

2.
Cause of sorrow or pain; that which afficts or distresses; trial; grievance.

Be factious for redress of all these griefs.
Shak.

3.
Physical pain, or a cause of it; malady.
[R.]

This grief (cancerous ulcers) hastened the end of that famous mathematician, Mr. Harriot.
Wood.

To come to grief, to meet with calamity, accident, defeat, ruin, etc., causing grief; to turn out badly. [Colloq.]


word: Grievance
definition:
Grievance

Griev"ance
(?)
n.
[OF. grevance. See Grieve, v. t.]
1.
A cause of uneasiness and complaint; a wrong done and suffered; that which gives ground for remonstrance or resistance, as arising from injustice, tyranny, etc.; injury.

2.
Grieving; grief; affliction.

The . . . grievance of a mind unreasonably yoked.
Milton.


word: Grievancer
definition:
Grievancer

Griev"an*cer
(?)
n.
One who occasions a grievance; one who gives ground for complaint.
[Obs.]

Petition . . . against the bishops as grand grievancers.
Fuller.


word: Greeve₂
definition:
Greeve

Grieve

Grieve (grēv), Greeve
n.
[AS. gerēfa.  Cf. Reeve an officer.]
A manager of a farm, or overseer of any work; a reeve; a manorial bailiff.
[Scot.]

Their children were horsewhipped by the grieve.
Sir W. Scott.


word: Grieve
definition:
Grieve

Grieve
(grēv)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Grieved (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Grieving.]
[OE. greven, OF. grever, fr. L. gravare to burden, oppress, fr. gravis heavy.  See Grief.]
1.
To occasion grief to; to wound the sensibilities of; to make sorrowful; to cause to suffer; to afflict; to hurt; to try.

Grieve not the Holy Spirit of God.
Eph. iv. 30.

The maidens grieved themselves at my concern.
Cowper,

2.
To sorrow over; as, to grieve one's fate.
[R.]


word: Grieve₂
definition:
Grieve

Grieve
v. i.
To feel grief; to be in pain of mind on account of an evil; to sorrow; to mourn; -- often followed by at, for, or over.

Do not you grieve at this.
Shak.


word: Grieving
definition:
Grieving

Griev"ing
a.
Sad; sorrowful; causing grief.
n. The act of causing grief; the state of being grieved.
Griev"ing*ly, adv.
Shak.


word: Grievous
definition:
Grievous

Griev"ous
(?)
a.
[OF. grevous, grevos, LL. gravosus. See Grief.]
1.
Causing grief or sorrow; painful; afflictive; hard to bear; offensive; harmful.

The famine was grievous in the land.
Gen. xii. 10.

The thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight.
Gen. xxi. 11.

2.
Characterized by great atrocity; heinous; aggravated; flagitious; as, a grievous sin.
Gen. xviii. 20.

3.
Full of, or expressing, grief; showing great sorrow or affliction; as, a grievous cry.
Griev"ous*ly, adv. -- Griev"ous*ness, n.


word: Griff
definition:
Griff

Griff
(?)
n.
[Cf. Gripe.]
1.
Grasp; reach.
[Obs.]

A vein of gold ore within one spade's griff.
Holland.

2.
[Cf. F. griffe, G. griff, prop., a grasping.]
(Weaving)
An arrangement of parallel bars for lifting the hooked wires which raise the warp threads in a loom for weaving figured goods.
Knight.


word: Griffe
definition:
Griffe

Griffe
(?)
n.
[F.]
1.
The offspring of a mulatto woman and a negro; also, a mulatto.
[Local, U. S.]

2.
A person of mixed negro and American Indian blood.


word: Griffon
definition:
Griffon

Griffin

{ Grif"fin (?), Grif"fon (?), }
n.
[OE. griffin, griffon, griffoun, F. griffon, fr. L. gryphus, equiv to gryps, Gr. _;; -- so called because of the hooked beak, and akin to grypo`s curved, hook-nosed.]

1.
(Myth.)
A fabulous monster, half lion and half eagle. It is often represented in Grecian and Roman works of art.

2.
(Her.)
A representation of this creature as an heraldic charge.

3.
(Zool.)
A species of large vulture (Gyps fulvus) found in the mountainous parts of Southern Europe, North Africa, and Asia Minor; -- called also gripe, and grype. It is supposed to be the “eagle” of the Bible. The bearded griffin is the lammergeir.
[Written also gryphon.]

4.
An English early apple.


word: Griffon₂
definition:
Griffon

Grif"fon
(grĭf"f&obreve_;n)
n.
[F.]
One of a European breed of rough-coated dogs, somewhat taller than the setter and of a grizzly liver color. They are used in hunting game birds. The Brussels griffon is a very small, wiry-coated, short-nosed pet dog of Belgian origin.


word: Grig
definition:
Grig

Grig
(grĭg)
n.
[Cf. Sw. kräk little creature, reptile; or D. kriek cricket, E. cricket.]
1.
(Zool.)
(a)
A cricket or grasshopper.
[Prov. Eng.]
(b)
Any small eel.
(c)
The broad-nosed eel. See Glut.
[Prov. Eng.]

2.
Heath.
[Prov. Eng.]
Audrey.

As merry as a grig [etymology uncertain], a saying supposed by some to be a corruption of “As merry as a Greek; ” by others, to be an allusion to the cricket.


word: gri-gri
definition:
gri-gri

gri-gri
n.
An African amulet, talisman or charm.  Same as gree-gree,

Syn. -- gree-gree, gris-gris.


word: Gril
definition:
Gril

Gril
(grĭl)
a.
[OE. gril harsh; akin to G. grell offending the ear or eye, shrill, dazzling, MHG. grel angry; cf. AS. gallan to provoke.]
Harsh; hard; severe; stern; rough.
[Obs.]
Rom. of R.


word: Grill
definition:
Grill

Grill
n.
[F. gril. See Grill, v. t.]
1.
A gridiron.

[They] make grills of [wood] to broil their meat.
Cotton.

2.
That which is broiled on a gridiron, as meat, fish, etc.

3.
A figure of crossed bars with interstices, such as those sometimes impressed upon postage stamps.

4.
A grillroom.


word: Grill₂
definition:
Grill

Grill
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Grilled (?); p. pr. &  vb. n. Grilling.]
[F. griller, fr. gril gridiron, OF.  graïl, L. craticulum for craticula fine hurdlework, a small gridiron, dim. of crates hurdle. See Grate, n.]

1.
To broil on a grill or gridiron.

Boiling of men in caldrons, grilling them on gridirons.
Marvell.
2.
To torment, as if by broiling.
Dickens.

3.
To stamp or mark with a grill.


word: Grill₃
definition:
Grill

Grill
v. i.
To undergo the process of being grilled, or broiled; to broil.
He had grilled in the heat, sweated in the rains.
Kipling.


word: Grillade
definition:
Grillade

Gril*lade"
(_;)
n.
[F. See Grill, v. t.]
The act of grilling; also, that which is grilled.


word: Grillage
definition:
Grillage

Gril"lage
(?)
n.
[F.]
(Hydraulic Eagin.)
A framework of sleepers and crossbeams forming a foundation in marshy or treacherous soil.


word: Grille
definition:
Grille

Grille
(?)
a.
[F. See Grill, v. t.]
A lattice or grating.

The grille which formed part of the gate.
L. Oliphant.


word: Grillroom
definition:
Grillroom

Grill"room`
(?)
n.
1.
A room specially fitted for broiling food, esp. one in a restaurant, hotel, or clubhouse, arranged for prompt service.

2.
a restaurant where food is cooked on a grill.
[wns=1]

Syn. -- grill.


word: grillwork
definition:
grillwork

grill"work
n.
1.
netting made of wires.

Syn. -- wirework.

2.
a framework of metal bars used as a partition or a grate; as, he stood on the grillwork over the ventilating shaft.

Syn. -- grill, grille.


word: Grilly
definition:
Grilly

Gril"ly
(?)
v. t.
[See Grill, v. t.]
To broil; to grill; hence, To harass.
[Obs.]
Hudibras.


word: Grilse
definition:
Grilse

Grilse
(?)
n.
[Etymol. uncertain.]
(Zool.)
A young salmon after its first return from the sea.


word: Grim
definition:
Grim

Grim
(grĭm)
a.
[Compar. Grimmer (-mẽr); superl. Grimmest (-mĕst).]
[AS. grim; akin to G. grimm, equiv.  to G. & D. grimmig, Dan. grim, grum, Sw. grym, Icel. grimmr, G. gram grief, as adj., hostile; cf. Gr. _;, a crushing sound, _; to neigh.]
Of forbidding or fear-inspiring aspect; fierce; stern; surly; cruel; frightful; horrible.

Whose grim aspect sets every joint a-shaking.
Shak.

The ridges of grim war.
Milton.


word: Grimace
definition:
Grimace

Gri*mace"
(grĭm"ĭs or grĭ*mās")
n.
[F., prob. of Teutonic origin; cf. AS. grīma mask, specter, Icel. grīma mask, hood, perh. akin to E. grin.]
A distortion of the countenance, whether habitual, from affectation, or momentary and occasional, to express some feeling, as contempt, disapprobation, complacency, etc.; a smirk; a made-up face.

Moving his face into such a hideous grimace, that every feature of it appeared under a different distortion.
Addison.

&hand_; “Half the French words used affectedly by Melantha in Dryden's ‘Marriage a-la-Mode,’ as innovations in our language, are now in common use: chagrin, double-entendre, éclaircissement, embarras, équivoque, foible, grimace, naïvete, ridicule.  All these words, which she learns by heart to use occasionally, are now in common use.”  I. Disraeli.


word: Grimalkin
definition:
Grimalkin

Gri*mal"kin
(?)
n.
[For graymalkin; gray + malkin.]
1.
An old cat, especially a she-cat.
J. Philips.

2.
A bad-tempered old woman.


word: Grime
definition:
Grime

Grime
(?)
n.
[Cf. Dan. grim, griim, lampblack, soot, grime, Icel. grīma mask, sort of hood, OD. grijmsel, grimsel, soot, smut, and E. grimace.]
Foul matter; dirt, rubbed in; sullying blackness, deeply ingrained.


word: Grimly
definition:
Grimly

Grim"ly
(?)
a.
Grim; hideous; stern.
[R.]

In glided Margaret's grimly ghost,
And stood at William's feet.
D. Mallet.  


word: Grimme
definition:
Grimme

Grimme
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. grimme.]
(Zool.)
A West African antelope (Cephalophus rufilotus) of a deep bay color, with a broad dorsal stripe of black; -- called also conquetoon.


word: Grimness
definition:
Grimness

Grim"ness
(?)
n.
[AS. grimnes.]
Fierceness of look; sternness; crabbedness; forbiddingness.


word: Grimy
definition:
Grimy

Grim"y
(?)
a.
[Compar. Grimier (?); superl. Grimiest.]
Full of grime; begrimed; dirty; foul.


word: Grin
definition:
Grin

Grin
(?)
n.
[AS. grin.]
A snare; a gin.
[Obs.]

Like a bird that hasteth to his grin.
Remedy of Love.


word: Grin₂
definition:
Grin

Grin
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Grinned (?); p. pr. &  vb. n. Grinning.]
[OE. grinnen, grennen, AS. grennian, Sw. grina; akin to D. grijnen, G. greinen, OHG. grinan, Dan. grine. √35.  Cf. Groan.]
1.
To show the teeth, as a dog; to snarl.

2.
To set the teeth together and open the lips, or to open the mouth and withdraw the lips from the teeth, so as to show them, as in laughter, scorn, or pain.

The pangs of death do make him grin.
Shak.


word: Grin₄
definition:
Grin

Grin
n.
The act of closing the teeth and showing them, or of withdrawing the lips and showing the teeth; a hard, forced, or sneering smile.
I.Watts.

He showed twenty teeth at a grin.
Addison.


word: Grind
definition:
Grind

Grind
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Ground (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Grinding.]
[AS. grindan; perh. akin to L. frendere to gnash, grind.  Cf. Grist.]
1.
To reduce to powder by friction, as in a mill, or with the teeth; to crush into small fragments; to produce as by the action of millstones.

Take the millstones, and grind meal.
Is. xivii. 2.

2.
To wear down, polish, or sharpen, by friction; to make smooth, sharp, or pointed; to whet, as a knife or drill; to rub against one another, as teeth, etc.

3.
To oppress by severe exactions; to harass.

To grind the subject or defraud the prince.
Dryden.

4.
To study hard for examination; -- commonly used with away; as, to grind away at one's studies.
[College Slang]


word: Grind₂
definition:
Grind

Grind
(?)
v. i.
1.
To perform the operation of grinding something; to turn the millstones.

Send thee
Into the common prison, there to grind.
Milton.

2.
To become ground or pulverized by friction; as, this corn grinds well.

3.
To become polished or sharpened by friction; as, glass grinds smooth; steel grinds to a sharp edge.

4.
To move with much difficulty or friction; to grate.

5.
To perform hard and distasteful service; to drudge; to study hard, as for an examination.
Farrar.


word: Grind₃
definition:
Grind

Grind
n.
1.
The act of reducing to powder, or of sharpening, by friction.

2.
Any severe continuous work or occupation; esp., hard and uninteresting study.
[Colloq.]
T. Hughes.

3.
A student that studies hard; a dig; a wonk.
[College Slang]


word: Grindelia
definition:
Grindelia

Grin*de"li*a
(?)
n.
[NL. Named after D. H. Grindel, a Russian.]
(Med.)
The dried stems and leaves of tarweed (Grindelia), used as a remedy in asthma and bronchitis.


word: Grinder
definition:
Grinder

Grind"er
(?)
n.
1.
One who, or that which, grinds.

2.
One of the double teeth, used to grind or masticate the food; a molar.

3.
(Zool.)
The restless flycatcher (Seisura inquieta)  of Australia; -- called also restless thrush and volatile thrush. It makes a noise like a scissors grinder, to which the name alludes.
4.
A submarine sandwich.
[local, U.S.]

Syn. -- submarine, hoagie.

Grinder's asthma, Grinder's phthisis, or Grinder's rot (Med.), a lung disease produced by the mechanical irritation of the particles of steel and stone given off in the operation of grinding.


word: Grindery
definition:
Grindery

Grind"er*y
(?)
n.
Leather workers' materials.
[Eng.]

Grindery warehouse, a shop where leather workers' materials and tools are kept on sale. [Eng.]


word: Grinding
definition:
Grinding

Grind"ing
a. & n.
from Grind.

Grinding frame, an English name for a cotton spinning machine. -- Grinding mill. (a) A mill for grinding grain. (b) A lapidary's lathe.


word: Grindstone
definition:
Grindstone

Grind"stone`
(?)
n.
A flat, circular stone, revolving on an axle, for grinding or sharpening tools, or shaping or smoothing objects.

To hold one's nose to the grindstone,  To bring one's nose to the grindstone, to oppress one; to keep one in a condition of servitude. -- To put one's nose to the grindstone (a) to oppress one; to cause one to work hard and steadily. (b) to set oneself to a long and arduous task.  -- To keep one's nose to the grindstone to continue at a long and arduous task; to apply oneself steadily to one's duties.

They might be ashamed, for lack of courage, to suffer the Lacedæmonians to hold their noses to the grindstone.
Sir T. North.


word: Gringo
definition:
Gringo

Grin"go
(?)
n.
[Amer. Sp., fr. Sp. gringo gibberish; cf. griego Greek, F. grigou wretch.]
Among Spanish Americans, a foreigner, especially an American or sometimes an Englishman; -- often used disparagingly or as a term of reproach.


word: Grinte
definition:
Grinte

Grin"te
(?)
obs.
imp. of Grin, v. i., 1.

[He] grinte with his teeth, so was he wroth.
Chaucer.


word: Grip₄
definition:
Grip

Grip
n.
[AS. gripe.  Cf. Grip, v. t., Gripe, v. t.]
1.
An energetic or tenacious grasp; a holding fast; strength in grasping.

2.
A peculiar mode of clasping the hand, by which members of a secret association recognize or greet, one another; as, a masonic grip.

3.
That by which anything is grasped; a handle or gripe; as, the grip of a sword.

4.
A device for grasping or holding fast to something.

5.
Specif., an apparatus attached to a car for clutching a traction cable.

6.
A gripsack; a hand bag; a satchel or suitcase.
[Colloq.]

7.
(Med.)
The influenza; grippe.


word: Grip₅
definition:
Grip

Grip
v. t.
[From Grip a grasp; or P. gripper to seize; -- of German origin. See Gripe, v. t.]
To give a grip to; to grasp; to gripe.


word: Gripe
definition:
Gripe

Gripe
(?)
n.
[See Grype.]
(Zool.)
A vulture; the griffin.
[Obs.]

Like a white hind under the gripe's sharp claws.
Shak.

Gripe's egg, an alchemist's vessel. [Obs.] E. Jonson.


word: Gripe₂
definition:
Gripe

Gripe
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Griped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Griping.]
[AS. gripan; akin to D. grijpen, G. greifen, OHG. gr_;fan, Icel. gripa, Sw. gripe, Dan. gribe, Goth. greipan; cf. Lith. graibyti, Russ. grabite to plunder, Skr. grah, grabh, to seize.  Cf. Grip, v. t., Grope.]

1.
To catch with the hand; to clasp closely with the fingers; to clutch.

2.
To seize and hold fast; to embrace closely.

Wouldst thou gripe both gain and pleasure ?
Robynson (More's Utopia).

3.
To pinch; to distress. Specifically, to cause pinching and spasmodic pain to the bowels of, as by the effects of certain purgative or indigestible substances.

How inly sorrow gripes his soul.
Shak.


word: Gripe₃
definition:
Gripe

Gripe
v. i.
1.
To clutch, hold, or pinch a thing, esp. money, with a gripe or as with a gripe.

2.
To suffer griping pains.
Jocke.

3.
(Naut.)
To tend to come up into the wind, as a ship which, when sailing closehauled, requires constant labor at the helm.
R. H. Dana, Jr.
2.
to complain


word: Gripe₄
definition:
Gripe

Gripe
n.
1.
Grasp; seizure; fast hold; clutch.

A barren scepter in my gripe.
Shak.

2.
That on which the grasp is put; a handle; a grip; as, the gripe of a sword.

3.
(Mech.)
A device for grasping or holding anything; a brake to stop a wheel.

4.
Oppression; cruel exaction; affiction; pinching distress; as, the gripe of poverty.

5.
Pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines; -- chiefly used in the plural.

6.
(Naut.)
(a)
The piece of timber which terminates the keel at the fore end; the forefoot.
(b)
The compass or sharpness of a ship's stern under the water, having a tendency to make her keep a good wind.
(c)
pl.
An assemblage of ropes, dead-eyes, and hocks, fastened to ringbolts in the deck, to secure the boats when hoisted; also, broad bands passed around a boat to secure it at the davits and prevent swinging.

Gripe penny, a miser; a niggard. D. L. Mackenzie.


word: Gripper
definition:
Gripper

Grip"per
(?)
n.
1.
One who, or that which, grips or seizes.

2.
pl.
In printing presses, the fingers or nippers.


word: Gris
definition:
Gris

Gris
(?)
a.
[OF. & F., fr. LL. griseus; of German origin; cf. MHG. gris, G. greis, hoary.  Cf. Grizzle.]
Gray.
[R.]
Chaucer.


word: Gris₂
definition:
Gris

Gris
(?)
n.
[OF., fr. gris gray.  Cf. G. grauwerk  (lit. gray work) the gray skin of the Siberian squirrel.  See Gris, a.]
A costly kind of fur.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.


word: Grisaille
definition:
Grisaille

Gri"saille`
(?)
n.
[F., from gris gray.]
1.
(Fine Arts)
Decorative painting in gray monochrome; -- used in English especially for painted glass.

2.
A kind of French fancy dress goods.
Knight.


word: Grise₂
definition:
Grise

Grise
(grīs or grēs)
n.
[Prop. pl. of gree a step.]
A step (in a flight of stairs); a degree.
[Obs.]

Every grise of fortune
Is smoothed by that below.
Shak.


word: Griseous
definition:
Griseous

Gris"e*ous
(?)
a.
[LL. griseus. See Gris.]
Of a light color, or white, mottled with black or brown; grizzled or grizzly.
Maunder.


word: Grisette
definition:
Grisette

Gri*sette"
(?)
n.
[F., fr. grisette a gray woolen cloth, fr. gris gray. Grisettes were so called because they wore gray gowns made of this stuff.  See Gars.]
A French girl or young married woman of the lower class; more frequently, a young working woman who is fond of gallantry.
Sterne.


word: Grisly
definition:
Grisly

Gris"ly
(?)
a.
[OE, grisly, grislich, AS. grislic, gryslic, fr. gr_;san to shudder; cf. OD. grijselick horrible, OHG. grisenl?ch, and also AS. gre?san to frighten, and E. gruesome.]
Frightful; horrible; dreadful; harsh; as, grisly locks; a grisly specter.
Chaucer.

A man of grisly and stern gravity.
Robynson (More's Utopia).

Grisly bear. (Zool.) See under Grizzly.


word: Grison
definition:
Grison

Gri"son
(?)
n.
[F., fr. grison gray, gray-haired, gris gray. See Gris.]
(Zool.)
(a)
A South American animal of the family Mustelidae (Galictis vittata). It is about two feet long, exclusive of the tail. Its under parts are black. Also called South American glutton.
(b)
A South American monkey (Lagothrix infumatus), said to be gluttonous.


word: Grisons
definition:
Grisons

Gri"sons
(?)
n. pl.
[F.]
(Geog.)
(a)
Inhabitants of the eastern Swiss Alps.
(b)
sing.
The largest and most eastern of the Swiss cantons.


word: Grist
definition:
Grist

Grist
(?)
n.
[AS. grist, fr. grindan. See Grind.]

1.
Ground corn; that which is ground at one time; as much grain as is carried to the mill at one time, or the meal it produces.

Get grist to the mill to have plenty in store.
Tusser. Q.

2.
Supply; provision.
Swift.

3.
In rope making, a given size of rope, common grist being a rope three inches in circumference, with twenty yarns in each of the three strands.
Knight.

All is grist that comes to his mill, all that he has anything to do with is a source of profit. [Colloq.] -- To bring grist to the maill, to bring profitable business into one's hands; to be a source of profit. [Colloq.] Ayliffe.


word: Gristle
definition:
Gristle

Gris"tle
(?)
n.
[OE. gristel, gristil, AS. gristl; akin to OFries. gristel, grestel. Perh. a dim. of grist but cf. OHG. krustila, krostela.  Cf. Grist.]
(Anat.)
Cartilage. See Cartilage.
Bacon.


word: Gristly
definition:
Gristly

Gris"tly
(?)
a.
(Anat.)
Consisting of, or containing, gristle; like gristle; cartilaginous.


word: Gristmill
definition:
Gristmill

Grist"mill"
(?)
n.
A mill for grinding grain; especially, a mill for grinding grists, or portions of grain brought by different customers; a custom mill.


word: Grit
definition:
Grit

Grit
(?)
n.
[OE, greet, greot, sand, gravel, AS. greót grit, sant, dust; akin to OS griott, OFries. gret gravel, OHG. grioz, G. griess, Icel. grj&omacrt, and to E. groats, grout. See Groats, Grout, and cf. Grail gravel.]
1.
Sand or gravel; rough, hard particles.

2.
The coarse part of meal.

3.
pl.
Grain, esp. oats or wheat, hulled and coarsely ground; in high milling, fragments of cracked wheat smaller than groats.

4.
(Geol.)
A hard, coarse-grained siliceous sandstone; as, millstone grit; -- called also gritrock and gritstone.  The name is also applied to a finer sharp-grained sandstone; as, grindstone grit.

5.
Structure, as adapted to grind or sharpen; as, a hone of good grit.

6.
Firmness of mind; invincible spirit; unyielding courage; fortitude.
C. Reade. E. P. Whipple.


word: Grit₂
definition:
Grit

Grit
(grĭt)
v. i.
To give forth a grating sound, as sand under the feet; to grate; to grind.

The sanded floor that grits beneath the tread.
Goldsmith.


word: Grit₃
definition:
Grit

Grit
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Gritted; p. pr. & vb. n. Gritting.]
To grind; to rub harshly together; to grate; as, to grit the teeth.
[Collog.]


word: Grith
definition:
Grith

Grith
(grĭth)
n.
[AS. grið peace; akin to Icel. grid.]
Peace; security; agreement.
[Obs.]
Gower.


word: Gritstone
definition:
Gritstone

Gritrock

{ Grit"rock` (grĭt"r&obreve_;k`), Grit"stone` (-st&omacrn`) }
n.
(Geol.)
See Grit, n., 4.


word: Gritty
definition:
Gritty

Grit"ty
(-t&ybreve_;)
a.
1.
Containing sand or grit; consisting of grit; caused by grit; full of hard particles.

2.
Spirited; resolute; unyielding.
[Colloq., U. S.]


word: Grivet
definition:
Grivet

Griv"et
(grĭv"ĕt)
n.
[Cf. F. grivet.]
(Zool.)
A monkey of the upper Nile and Abyssinia (Cercopithecus griseo-viridis), having the upper parts dull green, the lower parts white, the hands, ears, and face black. It was known to the ancient Egyptians. Called also tota.


word: Grizzle
definition:
Grizzle

Griz"zle
(?)
n.
[F. gris: cf. grisaille hair partly gray, fr. gris gray. See Gris, and cf. Grisaille.]
Gray; a gray color; a mixture of white and black.
Shak.


word: Grizzle₂
definition:
Grizzle

Griz"zle
(?)
v. t. & i.
To make or become grizzly, or grayish.

Hardship of the way such as would grizzle little children.
R. F. Burton.

I found myself on the Nubian desert shaking hands with a
grizzling man whom men addressed as Collins Bey.
Pall Mall Mag.


word: Grizzle₃
definition:
Grizzle

Griz"zle
v. i. & t.
[Etym. uncertain.]
To worry; to fret; to bother; grumble.
[Prov. Eng.]
grizzling
Charles Reade.


word: Grizzled
definition:
Grizzled

Griz"zled
(?)
a.
Gray; grayish; sprinkled or mixed with gray; of a mixed white and black.

Grizzled hair flowing in elf locks.
Sir W. Scott.


word: Grizzly
definition:
Grizzly

Griz"zly
(?)
a.
Somewhat gray; grizzled.

Old squirrels that turn grizzly.
Bacon.

Grizzly bear (Zool.), a large and ferocious bear  (Ursus horribilis) of Western North America and the Rocky Mountains. It is remarkable for the great length of its claws.


word: Grizzly₂
definition:
Grizzly

Griz"zly
n.
pl. Grizzlies (_;).
1.
(Zool.)
A grizzly bear. See under Grizzly, a.

2.
pl.
In hydraulic mining, gratings used to catch and throw out large stones from the sluices.
[Local, U. S.]
Raymond.


word: groan
definition:
groan

groan
(gr&omacrn)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Groaned (gr&omacrnd); p. pr. & vb. n. Groaning.]
[OE. gronen, granen, granien, AS. grānian, fr.  the root of grennian to grin.  √35. See 2d Grin, and cf. Grunt.]
1.
To give forth a low, moaning sound in breathing; to utter a groan, as in pain, in sorrow, or in derision; to moan.

For we . . . do groan, being burdened.
2 Cor. v. 4.

He heard the groaning of the oak.
Sir W. Scott. 

2.
To strive after earnestly, as with groans.

Nothing but holy, pure, and clear,
Or that which groaneth to be so.
Herbert.


word: Groan₂
definition:
Groan

Groan
n.
A low, moaning sound; usually, a deep, mournful sound uttered in pain or great distress; sometimes, an expression of strong disapprobation; as, the remark was received with groans.

Such groans of roaring wind and rain.
Shak.

The wretched animal heaved forth such groans.
Shak.


word: groat
definition:
groat

groat
(gr&asuml_;t or gr&omacrt)
n.
[LG. gr&omacrte, orig., great, that is, a great piece of coin, larger than other coins in former use. See Great.]
1.
An old English silver coin, equal to four pence.

2.
Any small sum of money.


word: Groats
definition:
Groats

Groats
(?)
n. pl.
[OE. grot, AS. grātan; akin to Icel. grautr porridge, and to E. gritt, grout. See Grout.]
Dried grain, as oats or wheat, hulled and broken or crushed; in high milling, cracked fragments of wheat larger than grits.

Embden groats, crushed oats.


word: Grobian
definition:
Grobian

Gro"bi*an
(?)
n.
[G., fr. grob rude. Cf. Gruff, a.]
A rude or clownish person; boor; lout.


word: Grocer
definition:
Grocer

Gro"cer
(?)
n.
[Formerly written grosser, orig., one who sells by the gross, or deals by wholesale, fr. F. grossier, marchand grossier, fr. gros large, great. See Gross.]
A trader who deals in foods such as meats, dairy products, produce, tea, sugar, spices, coffee, fruits, and various other commodities.

Grocer's itch (Med.), a disease of the skin, caused by handling sugar and treacle.


word: Grocery
definition:
Grocery

Gro"cer*y
(?)
n.
pl. Groceries (#).
[F. grosserie wholesale. See Grocer.]
1.
The commodities sold by grocers, as tea, coffee, spices, etc.; -- in the United States almost always in the plural form, in this sense.

A deal box . . . to carry groceries in.
Goldsmith.

The shops at which the best families of the neighborhood bought grocery and millinery.
Macaulay.

2.
A retail grocer's shop or store.
[U. S.]


word: Grog
definition:
Grog

Grog
(gr&obreve_;g)
n.
[So named from “Old Grog” a nickname given to Admiral Vernon, in allusion to his wearing a grogram cloak in foul weather.  He is said to have been the first to dilute the rum of the sailors (about 1745).]
A mixture of spirit and water not sweetened; hence, any intoxicating liquor.

Grog blossom, a redness on the nose or face of persons who drink ardent spirits to excess. [Collog.]


word: Groggery
definition:
Groggery

Grog"ger*y
(gr&obreve_;g"gẽr*&ybreve_;)
n.
pl. Groggeries (gr&obreve_;g"gẽr*ĭz)
A grogshop.
[Slang, U. S.]


word: Grogginess
definition:
Grogginess

Grog"gi*ness
(gr&obreve_;g"gĭ*nĕs)
n.
1.
State of being groggy.

2.
(Man.)
Tenderness or stiffness in the foot of a horse, which causes him to move in a hobbling manner.


word: Groggy
definition:
Groggy

Grog"gy
(?)
a.
1.
Overcome with grog; tipsy; unsteady on the legs.
[Colloq.]

2.
Weakened in a fight so as to stagger; -- said of pugilists.
[Cant or Slang]

3.
(Man.)
Moving in a hobbling manner, owing to tender feet; -- said of a horse.
Youatt.


word: Grogran
definition:
Grogran

Grogram

{ Grog"ram (?), Grog"ran (?), }
n.
[OF. gros-grain, lit., gros-grain, of a coarse texture. See Gross, and Grain a kernel, and cf. Grog.]
A coarse stuff made of silk and mohair, or of coarse silk.


word: grogshop
definition:
grogshop

grog"shop`
(gr&obreve_;g"sh&obreve_;p`)
n.
A shop or room where strong liquors are sold and drunk; a dramshop.


word: groin
definition:
groin

groin
(groin)
n.
[F. groin, fr. grogner to grunt, L.  grunnire.]
The snout of a swine.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.


word: Groin
definition:
Groin

Groin
v. i.
[F. grogner to grunt, grumble.]
To grunt to growl; to snarl; to murmur.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

Bears that groined coatinually.
Spenser.


word: Groin₂
definition:
Groin

Groin
n.
[Icel. grein distinction, division, branch; akin to Sw. gren, branch, space between the legs, Icel.  greina to distinguish, divide, Sw. grena to branch, straddle.  Cf. Grain a branch.]
1.
(Anat.)
The line between the lower part of the abdomen and the thigh, or the region of this line; the inguen.

2.
(Arch.)
The projecting solid angle formed by the meeting of two vaults, growing more obtuse as it approaches the summit.

3.
(Math.)
The surface formed by two such vaults.

4.
A frame of woodwork across a beach to accumulate and retain shingle.
[Eng.]
Weale.


word: Groin₃
definition:
Groin

Groin
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Groined (groind); p. pr.  & vb. n. Groining.]
(Arch.)
To fashion into groins; to build with groins.

The hand that rounded Peter's dome,
And groined the aisles of Christian Rome,
Wrought in a sad sincerity.
Emerson.


word: Grolier
definition:
Grolier

Gro"lier`
(?)
n.
The name by which Jean Grolier de Servier (1479-1565), a French bibliophile, is commonly known; -- used in naming a certain style of binding, a design, etc.

Grolier binding, a book binding decorated with a pattern imitated from those given covers of books bound for Jean Grolier, and bearing his name and motto. -- Grolier design or Grolier school, the pattern of interlacing bars, bands, or ribbons, with little scrolls of slender gold lines, assumed to be an imitation of the designs on Jean Grolier's book bindings.


word: grommet
definition:
grommet

grom"met
(gr&obreve_;m"mĕt)
n.
[F. gourmette curb, curb chain, fr. gourmer to curb, thump, beat; cf.  Armor. gromm a curb, gromma to curb.]
1.
A ring formed by twisting on itself a single strand of an unlaid rope. Sometimes written grummet.

2.
Any eyelet or ring of metal or other material inserted in a hole in a sheet of some other material; in sailing, a metallic ring in or for a sail or a mailbag.

3.
A ring of rubber or other insulating material inserted in a hole in some surface of a device, to prevent wires passing through the hole from making contact with the surface; used especially in electrical and electronic devices, to prevent undesired electrical contact.

4.
(Mil.)
A ring of rope used as a wad to hold a cannon ball in place.


word: Gromwell
definition:
Gromwell

Grom"well
(?)
n.
[Called also gromel, grommel, graymill, and gray millet, all prob. fr. F. gr?mil, cf. W.  cromandi.]
(Bot.)
A plant of the genus Lithospermum (L. arvense), anciently used, because of its stony pericarp, in the cure of gravel. The German gromwell is the Stellera.
[Written also gromill.]


word: Groom
definition:
Groom

Groom
(?)
n.
[Cf. Scot. grome, groyme, grume, gome, guym, man, lover, OD. grom boy, youth; perh. the r is an insertion as in E. bridegroom, and the word is the same as AS. guma man. See Bridegroom.]
1.
A boy or young man; a waiter; a servant; especially, a man or boy who has charge of horses, or the stable.
Spenser.

2.
One of several officers of the English royal household, chiefly in the lord chamberlain's department; as, the groom of the chamber; the groom of the stole.

3.
A man recently married, or about to be married; a bridegroom.
Dryden.

Groom porter, formerly an officer in the English royal household, who attended to the furnishing of the king's lodgings and had certain privileges.


word: Groom₂
definition:
Groom

Groom
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Groomed (?); p. pr.  & vb. n. Grooming.]
To tend or care for, or to curry or clean, as a, horse.


word: Groomer
definition:
Groomer

Groom"er
(?)
n.
One who, or that which, grooms horses; especially, a brush rotated by a flexible or jointed revolving shaft, for cleaning horses.


word: grooming
definition:
grooming

grooming
n.
1.
Preparing a person for a position requiring skilled behavior, especially by providing opposrtunity for practise and guidance in making the right decisions; as, to provide grooming for one's successor as president.
[wns=1]

Syn. -- training, preparation.

2.
The activity of getting dressed, washed and generally of neat appearance.
[wns=2]

Syn. -- dressing.

3.
The activity of cleaning oneself or others by removing lice, ticks, dirt, etc. from the fur; -- of animals.


word: Groomsman
definition:
Groomsman

Grooms"man
(?)
n.
pl. Groomsmen (_;).
A male attendant of a bridegroom at his wedding; -- the chief attendant is also called the best man; -- the correlative of bridesmaid.


word: Groove
definition:
Groove

Groove
(?)
n.
[D. groef, groeve; akin to E.  grove. See Grove.]
1.
A furrow, channel, or long hollow, such as may be formed by cutting, molding, grinding, the wearing force of flowing water, or constant travel; a depressed way; a worn path; a rut.

2.
Hence: The habitual course of life, work, or affairs; fixed routine.

The gregarious trifling of life in the social groove.
J. Morley.

3.
[See Grove.]
(Mining)
A shaft or excavation.
[Prov. Eng.]


word: Groove₂
definition:
Groove

Groove
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Grooved (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Groving.]
To cut a groove or channel in; to form into channels or grooves; to furrow.


word: grooved
definition:
grooved

grooved
adj.
1.
[p. p. groove]
having grooves; as, a record is a grooved disk.

2.
marked by thin parallel marks or channels.

Syn. -- canaliculate.


word: Grooving
definition:
Grooving

Groov"ing
(?)
n.
The act of forming a groove or grooves; a groove, or collection of grooves.


word: groovy
definition:
groovy

groov"y
(grō"v&ybreve_;)
a.
Very pleasant or very enjoyable; marvelous; wonderful; excellent; -- expressing strong approval, usually of enjoyable experiences.
[informal, 1960's]
[wns=1]

Syn. -- bang-up, bully, cool, corking, cracking, dandy, far-out, great, keen, neat, nifty, not bad(predicate), out-of-sight, outtasight, peachy, psychedelic, slap-up, swell, smashing.

2.
Very chic; as, groovy clothes.
[British informal]
[wns=2]

Syn. -- swagger.

3.
same as hip.
[informal, 1960's]

Syn. -- hip, with it.


word: Grope
definition:
Grope

Grope
(gr&omacrp)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Groped (gr&omacrpt); p. pr. & vb. n. Groping.]
[OE. gropen, gropien, grapien, AS. grāpian to touch, grope, fr. grīpan to gripe.  See Gripe.]
1.
To feel with or use the hands; to handle.
[Obs.]

2.
To search or attempt to find something in the dark, or, as a blind person, by feeling; to move about hesitatingly, as in darkness or obscurity; to feel one's way, as with the hands, when one can not see.

We grope for the wall like the blind.
Is. lix. 10.

To grope a little longer among the miseries and sensualities ot a worldly life.
Buckminster.


word: Grope₂
definition:
Grope

Grope
v. t.
1.
To search out by feeling in the dark; as, we groped our way at midnight.

2.
To examine; to test; to sound.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

Felix gropeth him, thinking to have a bribe.
Genevan Test. (Acts xxiv. ).


word: Gros
definition:
Gros

Gros
(gr&omacr)
n.
[F. See Gross.]
A heavy silk with a dull finish; as, gros de Naples; gros de Tours.


word: Grosbeak
definition:
Grosbeak

Gros"beak
(?)
n.
[Gross + beak: cf. F.  gros-bec.]
(Zool.)
One of various species of finches having a large, stout beak. The common European grosbeak or hawfinch is Coccothraustes vulgaris.

&hand_; Among the best known American species are the rose-breasted (Habia Ludoviciana); the blue (Guiraca cœrulea); the pine (Pinicola enucleator); and the evening grosbeak. See Hawfinch, and Cardinal grosbeak, Evening grosbeak, under Cardinal and Evening.
[Written also grossbeak.]


word: Groschen
definition:
Groschen

Grosch"en
(?)
n.
[G.]
A small silver coin and money of account of Germany, worth about two cents. It was discontinued in the new monetary system of the empire and not subsequeently used.


word: Grosgrain
definition:
Grosgrain

Gros"grain`
(?)
a.
[F.  Cf. Grogram.]
Of a coarse texture; -- applied to silk with a heavy thread running crosswise.


word: Gross
definition:
Gross

Gross
(?)
a.
[Compar. Grosser (_;); superl. Grossest.]
[F. gros, L. grossus, perh. fr. L. crassus thick, dense, fat, E. crass, cf. Skr. grathita tied together, wound up, hardened.  Cf. Engross, Grocer, Grogram.]
1.
Great; large; bulky; fat; of huge size; excessively large.
gross
Shak.

A gross body of horse under the Duke.
Milton.

2.
Coarse; rough; not fine or delicate.

3.
Not easily aroused or excited; not sensitive in perception or feeling; dull; witless.

Tell her of things that no gross ear can hear.
Milton.

4.
Expressing, or originating in, animal or sensual appetites; hence, coarse, vulgar, low, obscene, or impure.

The terms which are delicate in one age become gross in the next.
Macaulay.

5.
Hence:
Disgusting; repulsive; highly offensive; as, a gross remark.

6.
Thick; dense; not attenuated; as, a gross medium.

7.
Great; palpable; serious; vagrant; shameful; as, a gross mistake; gross injustice; gross negligence.

8.
Whole; entire; total; without deduction; as, the gross sum, or gross amount, the gross weight; -- opposed to net.

Gross adventure (Law) the loan of money upon bottomry, i. e., on a mortgage of a ship. -- Gross average (Law), that kind of average which falls upon the gross or entire amount of ship, cargo, and freight; -- commonly called general average. Bouvier. Burrill. -- Gross receipts, the total of the receipts, before they are diminished by any deduction, as for expenses; -- distinguished from net profits. Abbott. -- Gross weight the total weight of merchandise or goods, without deduction for tare, tret, or waste; -- distinguished from neat weight,  or net weight.


word: Gross₂
definition:
Gross

Gross
n.
[F. gros (in sense 1), grosse (in sense 2).  See Gross, a.]
1.
The main body; the chief part, bulk, or mass.
Addison.

For the gross of the people, they are considered as a mere herd of cattle.
Burke.

2.
sing. & pl.
The number of twelve dozen; twelve times twelve; as, a gross of bottles; ten gross of pens.

Advowson in gross (Law), an advowson belonging to a person, and not to a manor. -- A great gross, twelve gross; one hundred and forty-four dozen. -- By the gross, by the quantity; at wholesale. -- Common in gross. (Law) See under Common, n. -- In the gross, In gross, in the bulk, or the undivided whole; all parts taken together.


word: Grossification
definition:
Grossification

Gross`i*fi*ca"tion
(?)
n.
[Gross + L.  ficare (in comp.) to make. See -fy.]
1.
The act of making gross or thick, or the state of becoming so.

2.
(Bot.)
The swelling of the ovary of plants after fertilization. Henslow.


word: Grossly
definition:
Grossly

Gross"ly
adv.
In a gross manner; greatly; coarsely; without delicacy; shamefully; disgracefully.


word: Grossness
definition:
Grossness

Gross"ness
n.
The state or quality of being gross; thickness; corpulence; coarseness; shamefulness.

Abhor the swinish grossness that delights to wound the' ear of delicacy.
Dr. T. Dwight. 


word: Grossular
definition:
Grossular

Gros"su*lar
(?)
a.
[NL. grossularius, from Grossularia a subgenus of Ribes, including the gooseberry, fr. F. groseille. See Gooseberry.]
Pertaining too, or resembling, a gooseberry; as, grossular garnet.


word: Grossular₂
definition:
Grossular

Gros"su*lar
n.
[See Grossular, a.]
(Min.)
A translucent garnet of a pale green color like that of the gooseberry; -- called also grossularite.


word: Grossulin
definition:
Grossulin

Gros"su*lin
(?)
n.
[See Grossular.]
(Chem.)
A vegetable jelly, resembling pectin, found in gooseberries (Ribes Grossularia) and other fruits.


word: grosz
definition:
grosz

grosz
n.
(gr&omacrsh)
groszy (gr&omacrsh"ē)
a Polish monetary unit, equal to 1/100 of a zloty.


word: Grotesque
definition:
Grotesque

Gro*tesque"
(gro̝*tĕsk")
a.
[F., fr. It. grottesco, fr. grotta grotto. See Grotto.]
1.
Like the figures found in ancient grottoes; grottolike.

2.
Hence:
Wildly or strangely formed; whimsical; extravagant; of irregular forms and proportions; fantastic; ludicrous; antic.
Grotesque
Dryden.
Grotesque
Macaulay.


word: Grotesque₂
definition:
Grotesque

Gro*tesque
n.
1.
A whimsical figure, or scene, such as is found in old crypts and grottoes.
Dryden.

2.
Artificial grotto-work.


word: grotesquery
definition:
grotesquery

gro*tesqu"er*y
(?)
n.
[Written also grotesquerie.]
[From Grotesque.]
Grotesque action, speech, or manners; grotesque doings; ludicrous or incongruous unnaturalness or distortion.
grotesquery
K. L. Bates.

Syn. -- grotesqueness.

Vileness, on the other hand, becomes grotesquerie, wonderfully converted into a subject of laughter.
George Gissing.


word: grotto
definition:
grotto

grot"to
(gr&obreve_;t"to̝)
n.
pl. Grottoes (gr&obreve_;t"t&omacrz).
[Formerly grotta, fr. It. grotta, LL. grupta, fr. L. crypta a concealed subterranean passage, vault, cavern, Gr. kry`pth, fr. krypto`s concealed, fr. kry`ptein to conceal.  Cf. Grot, Crypt.]
A natural covered opening in the earth; a cave; also, an artificial recess, cave, or cavernlike apartment.


word: Grotto-work
definition:
Grotto-work

Grot"to-work`
(gr&obreve_;t"to̝*wûrk`)
n.
Artificial and ornamental rockwork in imitation of a grotto.
Cowper.


word: grouch₂
definition:
grouch

grouch
v. i.
to complain habitually, especially about minor or routine  annoyances.

Syn. -- grumble, gripe.


word: grouchy
definition:
grouchy

grouch"y
(grouch"&ybreve_;)
adj.
given to complaining or grumbling; prone to show annoyance at slight provocation; irritable.

Syn. -- crabbed, crabby, cross, fussy, fussbudgety, grumpy, bad-tempered, ill-tempered.


word: ground
definition:
ground

ground
(ground)
n.
[OE. ground, grund, AS. grund; akin to D. grond, OS., G., Sw., & Dan. grund, Icel. grunnr bottom, Goth. grundus (in composition); perh. orig. meaning, dust, gravel, and if so perh. akin to E. grind.]
1.
The surface of the earth; the outer crust of the globe, or some indefinite portion of it.

There was not a man to till the ground.
Gen. ii. 5.

The fire ran along upon the ground.
Ex. ix. 23. 
2.
Any definite portion of the earth's surface; region; territory; country.
Hence:
A territory appropriated to, or resorted to, for a particular purpose; the field or place of action; as, a hunting or fishing ground; a play ground.

From . . . old Euphrates, to the brook that parts Egypt from Syrian ground.
Milton.

3.
Land; estate; possession; field; esp. (pl.), the gardens, lawns, fields, etc., belonging to a homestead; as, the grounds of the estate are well kept.

Thy next design is on thy neighbor's grounds.
Dryden. 4. 

4.
The basis on which anything rests; foundation. Hence: The foundation of knowledge, belief, or conviction; a premise, reason, or datum; ultimate or first principle; cause of existence or occurrence; originating force or agency; as, the ground of my hope.

5.
(Paint. & Decorative Art)
(a)
That surface upon which the figures of a composition are set, and which relieves them by its plainness, being either of one tint or of tints but slightly contrasted with one another; as, crimson Bowers on a white ground.
Background
Foreground
Middle-ground
(b)
In sculpture, a flat surface upon which figures are raised in relief.
(c)
In point lace, the net of small meshes upon which the embroidered pattern is applied; as, Brussels ground. See Brussels lace, under Brussels.

6.
(Etching)
A gummy composition spread over the surface of a metal to be etched, to prevent the acid from eating except where an opening is made by the needle.

7.
(Arch.)
One of the pieces of wood, flush with the plastering, to which moldings, etc., are attached; -- usually in the plural.

&hand_; Grounds are usually put up first and the plastering floated flush with them.

8.
(Mus.)
(a)
A composition in which the bass, consisting of a few bars of independent notes, is continually repeated to a varying melody.
(b)
The tune on which descants are raised; the plain song.
Moore (Encyc.).

On that ground I'll build a holy descant.
Shak.

9.
(Elec.)
A conducting connection with the earth, whereby the earth is made part of an electrical circuit.

10.
pl.
Sediment at the bottom of liquors or liquids; dregs; lees; feces; as, coffee grounds.

11.
The pit of a theater.
[Obs.]
B. Jonson.

Ground angling, angling with a weighted line without a float. -- Ground annual (Scots Law), an estate created in land by a vassal who instead of selling his land outright reserves an annual ground rent, which becomes a perpetual charge upon the land. -- Ground ash. (Bot.) See Groutweed. -- Ground bailiff (Mining), a superintendent of mines. Simmonds.  -- Ground bait, bits of bread, boiled barley or worms, etc., thrown into the water to collect the fish, Wallon. -- Ground bass or Ground base (Mus.), fundamental base; a fundamental base continually repeated to a varied melody. --  Ground beetle (Zool.), one of numerous species of carnivorous beetles of the family Carabidæ, living mostly in burrows or under stones, etc. -- Ground chamber, a room on the ground floor. --  Ground cherry. (Bot.) (a) A genus (Physalis) of herbaceous plants having an inflated calyx for a seed pod: esp., the strawberry tomato  (Physalis Alkekengi). See Alkekengl. (b) A European shrub (Prunus Chamæcerasus), with small, very acid fruit. -- Ground cuckoo.  (Zool.) See Chaparral cock. -- Ground cypress. (Bot.) See Lavender cotton. -- Ground dove (Zool.), one of several small American pigeons of the genus Columbigallina, esp. C. passerina of the Southern United States, Mexico, etc. They live chiefly on the ground. -- Ground fish (Zool.), any fish which constantly lives on the botton of the sea, as the sole, turbot, halibut. -- Ground floor, the floor of a house most nearly on a level with the ground; -- called also in America, but not in England, the first floor. -- Ground form (Gram.), the stem or basis of a word, to which the other parts are added in declension or conjugation. It is sometimes, but not always, the same as the root. -- Ground furze (Bot.), a low slightly thorny, leguminous shrub (Ononis arvensis) of Europe and Central Asia,; -- called also rest-harrow. -- Ground game, hares, rabbits, etc., as distinguished from winged game. -- Ground hele (Bot.), a perennial herb (Veronica officinalis) with small blue flowers, common in Europe and America, formerly thought to have curative properties. -- Ground of the heavens (Astron.), the surface of any part of the celestial sphere upon which the stars may be regarded as projected. -- Ground hemlock (Bot.), the yew (Taxus baccata var. Canadensisi) of eastern North America, distinguished from that of Europe by its low, straggling stems. -- Ground hog. (Zool.) (a) The woodchuck or American marmot (Arctomys monax). See Woodchuck. (b) The aardvark. -- Ground hold (Naut.), ground tackle. [Obs.] Spenser. -- Ground ice, ice formed at the bottom of a body of water before it forms on the surface. -- Ground ivy. (Bot.) A trailing plant; alehoof. See Gill. -- Ground joist, a joist for a basement or ground floor; a. sleeper. -- Ground lark (Zool.), the European pipit. See Pipit. -- Ground laurel (Bot.). See Trailing arbutus, under Arbutus. -- Ground line (Descriptive Geom.), the line of intersection of the horizontal and vertical planes of projection. -- Ground liverwort (Bot.), a flowerless plant with a broad flat forking thallus and the fruit raised on peduncled and radiated receptacles (Marchantia polymorpha). -- Ground mail, in Scotland, the fee paid for interment in a churchyard. -- Ground mass (Geol.), the fine-grained or glassy base of a rock, in which distinct crystals of its constituents are embedded. -- Ground parrakeet (Zool.), one of several Australian parrakeets, of the genera Callipsittacus and Geopsittacus, which live mainly upon the ground. -- Ground pearl (Zool.), an insect of the family Coccidæ (Margarodes formicarum), found in ants' nests in the Bahamas, and having a shelly covering. They are strung like beads, and made into necklaces by the natives. -- Ground pig (Zool.), a large, burrowing, African rodent (Aulacodus Swinderianus) about two feet long, allied to the porcupines but with harsh, bristly hair, and no spines; -- called also ground rat. -- Ground pigeon (Zool.), one of numerous species of pigeons which live largely upon the ground, as the tooth-billed pigeon (Didunculus strigirostris), of the Samoan Islands, and the crowned pigeon, or goura. See Goura, and Ground dove (above). -- Ground pine. (Bot.) (a) A blue-flowered herb of the genus Ajuga (A. Chamæpitys), formerly included in the genus Teucrium or germander, and named from its resinous smell. Sir J. Hill. (b) A long, creeping, evergreen plant of the genus Lycopodium (L. clavatum); -- called also club moss. (c) A tree-shaped evergreen plant about eight inches in height, of the same genus (L. dendroideum) found in moist, dark woods in the northern part of the United States. Gray. -- Ground plan (Arch.), a plan of the ground floor of any building, or of any floor, as distinguished from an elevation or perpendicular section. -- Ground plane, the horizontal plane of projection in perspective drawing. -- Ground plate. (a) (Arch.) One of the chief pieces of framing of a building; a timber laid horizontally on or near the ground to support the uprights; a ground sill or groundsel. (b) (Railroads) A bed plate for sleepers or ties; a mudsill. (c) (Teleg.) A metallic plate buried in the earth to conduct the electric current thereto. Connection to the pipes of a gas or water main is usual in cities. Knight. -- Ground plot, the ground upon which any structure is erected; hence, any basis or foundation; also, a ground plan. -- Ground plum (Bot.), a leguminous plant (Astragalus caryocarpus) occurring from the Saskatchewan to Texas, and having a succulent plum-shaped pod. -- Ground rat. (Zool.) See Ground pig (above). -- Ground rent, rent paid for the privilege of building on another man's land. -- Ground robin. (Zool.) See Chewink. -- Ground room, a room on the ground floor; a lower room. Tatler. -- Ground sea, the West Indian name for a swell of the ocean, which occurs in calm weather and without obvious cause, breaking on the shore in heavy roaring billows; -- called also rollers, and in Jamaica, the North sea. -- Ground sill. See Ground plate (a) (above). -- Ground snake (Zool.), a small burrowing American snake (Celuta amœna). It is salmon colored, and has a blunt tail. -- Ground squirrel. (Zool.) (a) One of numerous species of burrowing rodents of the genera Tamias and Spermophilus, having cheek pouches. The former genus includes the Eastern striped squirrel or chipmunk and some allied Western species; the latter includes the prairie squirrel or striped gopher, the gray gopher, and many allied Western species. See Chipmunk, and Gopher. (b) Any species of the African genus Xerus, allied to Tamias. -- Ground story. Same as Ground floor (above). -- Ground substance (Anat.), the intercellular substance, or matrix, of tissues. -- Ground swell. (a) (Bot.) The plant groundsel. [Obs.] Holland. (b) A broad, deep swell or undulation of the ocean, caused by a long continued gale, and felt even at a remote distance after the gale has ceased. -- Ground table. (Arch.) See Earth table, under Earth. -- Ground tackle (Naut.), the tackle necessary to secure a vessel at anchor. Totten. -- Ground thrush (Zool.), one of numerous species of bright-colored Oriental birds of the family Pittidæ. See Pitta. -- Ground tier. (a) The lowest tier of water casks in a vessel's hold. Totten. (b) The lowest line of articles of any kind stowed in a vessel's hold. (c) The lowest range of boxes in a theater. -- Ground timbers (Shipbuilding) the timbers which lie on the keel and are bolted to the keelson; floor timbers. Knight. -- Ground tit. (Zool.) See Ground wren (below). -- Ground wheel, that wheel of a harvester, mowing machine, etc., which, rolling on the ground, drives the mechanism. -- Ground wren (Zool.), a small California bird (Chamæa fasciata) allied to the wrens and titmice. It inhabits the arid plains. Called also ground tit, and wren tit. -- To bite the ground, To break ground. See under Bite, Break. -- To come to the ground, To fall to the ground, to come to nothing; to fail; to miscarry. -- To gain ground. (a) To advance; to proceed forward in conflict; as, an army in battle gains ground. (b) To obtain an advantage; to have some success; as, the army gains ground on the enemy. (c) To gain credit; to become more prosperous or influential. -- To get ground,  or To gather ground, to gain ground. [R.] “Evening mist . . . gathers ground fast.” Milton.
[1913 Webster]
There is no way for duty to prevail, and get ground of them, but by bidding higher. South.
-- To give ground, to recede; to yield advantage.
[1913 Webster]
These nine . . . began to give me ground. Shak.
-- To lose ground, to retire; to retreat; to withdraw from the position taken; hence, to lose advantage; to lose credit or reputation; to decline. -- To stand one's ground, to stand firm; to resist attack or encroachment. Atterbury.  -- To take the ground to touch bottom or become stranded; -- said of a ship.


word: ground₂
definition:
ground

ground
(ground)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. grounded; p. pr. & vb. n. grounding.]
1.
To lay, set, or run, on the ground.

2.
To found; to fix or set, as on a foundation, reason, or principle; to furnish a ground for; to fix firmly.

Being rooted and grounded in love.
Eph. iii. 17.

So far from warranting any inference to the existence of a God, would, on the contrary, ground even an argument to his negation.
Sir W. Hamilton 

3.
To instruct in elements or first principles.

4.
(Elec.)
To connect with the ground so as to make the earth a part of an electrical circuit.

5.
(Fine Arts)
To cover with a ground, as a copper plate for etching (see Ground, n., 5); or as paper or other materials with a uniform tint as a preparation for ornament.

6.
To forbid (a pilot) to fly an airplane; -- usually as a disciplinary measure, or for reasons of ill health sufficient to interfere with performance.

7.
To forbid (aircraft) to fly; -- usually due to the unsafe condition of the aircraft or lack of conformity to safety regulations; as, the discovery of a crack in the wing of a Trijet caused the whole fleeet to be grounded for inspection.

8.
To temporarily restrict the activities of (a child), especially social activity outside the house; -- usually for bad or unsatisfactory conduct; as, Johnny was grounded for fighting at school and can't go to the movies for two weeks.


word: ground₃
definition:
ground

ground
v. i.
To run aground; to strike the bottom and remain fixed; as, the ship grounded on the bar.


word: ground₄
definition:
ground

ground
imp. & p. p. of Grind.

ground cock, a cock, the plug of which is ground into its seat, as distinguished from a compression cock. Knight. -- Ground glass, glass the transparency of which has been destroyed by having its surface roughened by grinding. -- Ground joint, a close joint made by grinding together two pieces, as of metal with emery and oil, or of glass with fine sand and water.


word: groundage
definition:
groundage

ground"age
(ground"a̝j)
n.
A local tax paid by a ship for the ground or space it occupies while in port.
Bouvier.


word: groundberry
definition:
groundberry

groundberry
n.
A small prostrate or ascending shrub (Astroloma humifusum) having scarlet flowers and thin-fleshed succulent fruit resembling cranberries; sometimes placed in the genus Styphelia.

Syn. -- native cranberry, cranberry heath, Astroloma humifusum, Styphelia humifusum.

2.
A creeping shrub of eastern North America (Gaultheria procumbens) having white bell-shaped flowers followed by spicy red berrylike fruit and shiny aromatic leaves that yield wintergreen oil.

Syn. -- teaberry, wintergreen, checkerberry, mountain tea, creeping wintergreen, Gaultheria procumbens.


word: groundbreaking
definition:
groundbreaking

ground"break`ing
n.
The ceremonial breaking of the ground to formally begin a construction project.  It is sometimes carried out by an official who digs the first spadeful of dirt from the ground, to begin the preparatory excavation work.

Syn. -- groundbreaking ceremony.


word: ground cover
definition:
ground cover

groundcover

ground"cov`er, ground" cov`er
n.
1.
low-growing plants planted in deep shade or on a steep slope where turf is difficult to grow.

2.
small plants other than saplings growing on a forest floor.

Syn. -- ground cover, undergrowth.


word: grounder
definition:
grounder

grounder
(ground"ẽr)
n.
(Baseball)
A batted ball that hits the ground before it leaves the infield, or the act of hitting a baseball along the ground; also called ground ball; -- contrasted with fly or fly ball.

Syn. -- .


word: groundfish
definition:
groundfish

ground"fish
(ground"fĭsh)
n. sing. & pl.
Fish that live on the sea bottom, especially commercially important gadoid fishes like cod and haddock or flatfish like flounder.

Syn. -- bottom fish.


word: ground hog
definition:
ground hog

groundhog

ground"hog`, ground" hog`
(ground"h&obreve_;g`)
n.
A reddish brown North American burrowing marmot (Marmota monax), also called the woodchuck.  It hibernates in the winter.

Syn. -- woodchuck, Marmota monax.


word: Grounding
definition:
Grounding

Ground"ing
n.
1.
The act, method, or process of laying a groundwork or foundation.

2.
Hence:
[Nominalized form of ground{3}, v. t.]
Elementary instruction; instruction in the basic concepts of a topic or skill.

3.
The act or process of applying a ground, as of color, to wall paper, cotton cloth, etc.; a basis.


word: Groundless
definition:
Groundless

Ground"less
a.
[AS. grundleás bottomless.]
Without ground or foundation; wanting cause or reason for support; not authorized; false; baseless; as, groundless fear; a groundless report, rumor, or assertion.
Ground"less*ly, adv.  -- Ground"less*ness, n.


word: Groundling
definition:
Groundling

Ground"ling
n.
[Ground + -ling.]
1.
(Zool.)
A fish that keeps at the bottom of the water, as the loach.

2.
A spectator in the pit of a theater, which formerly was on the ground, and without floor or benches.

No comic buffoon to make the groundlings laugh.
Coleridge.


word: Groundly
definition:
Groundly

Ground"ly
adv.
Solidly; deeply; thoroughly.
[Obs.]

Those whom princes do once groundly hate, Let them provide to die as sure us fate.
Marston.


word: Groundnut
definition:
Groundnut

Ground"nut`
(ground"nŭt`)
n.
(Bot.)
(a)
The fruit of the Arachis hypogæa (native country uncertain); the peanut; the earthnut.
(b)
A leguminous, twining plant  (Apios tuberosa), producing clusters of dark purple flowers and having a root tuberous and pleasant to the taste.
(c)
The dwarf ginseng (Aralia trifolia).
[U. S.]
Gray.
(d)
A European plant of the genus Bunium (B. flexuosum), having an edible root of a globular shape and sweet, aromatic taste; -- called also earthnut, earth chestnut, hawknut, and pignut.


word: Groundsel
definition:
Groundsel

Ground"sel
(?)
n.
[OE. grundswilie, AS. grundeswylige, grundeswelge, earlier gundiswilge; gund matter, pus + swelgan to swallow. So named as being good for a running from the eye. See Swallow, v.]
(Bot.)
An annual composite plant (Senecio vulgaris), one of the most common and widely distributed weeds on the globe.


word: Groundsill
definition:
Groundsill

Groundsel

Ground"sel (?), Ground"sill` (?)
n.
[Ground + sill.]
See Ground plate (a), under Ground


word: groundsheet
definition:
groundsheet

ground"sheet`
(ground"shēt`)
n.
a piece of waterproofed cloth spread on the ground (as under a tent) to protect the occupants from moisture.

Syn. -- ground cloth.


word: groundswell
definition:
groundswell

ground"swell`
(ground"swĕl`)
n.
1.
A long, deep wave in the sea, sometimes caused by distant winds or storms.

2.
A rising sentiment of support or enthusiasm, especially among the general public; as, a groundswell of opinion favoring campaign finance reform.


word: Groundwork
definition:
Groundwork

Ground"work`
(ground"wûrk`)
n.
That which forms the foundation or support of anything; the basis; the essential or fundamental part; first principle; as, development of a convenient DNA sequencing technique layed the groundwork for many of the subsequent advances in molecular genetics.
Dryden.


word: Group
definition:
Group

Group
(grōp)
n.
[F groupe, It. gruppo, groppo, cluster, bunch, packet, group; of G. origin: cf. G. kropf craw, crop, tumor, bunch. See Crop, n.]
1.
A cluster, crowd, or throng; an assemblage, either of persons or things, collected without any regular form or arrangement; as, a group of men or of trees; a group of isles.

2.
An assemblage of objects in a certain order or relation, or having some resemblance or common characteristic; as, groups of strata.

3.
(Biol.)
A variously limited assemblage of animals or plants, having some resemblance, or common characteristics in form or structure. The term has different uses, and may be made to include certain species of a genus, or a whole genus, or certain genera, or even several orders.

4.
(Mus.)
A number of eighth, sixteenth, etc., notes joined at the stems; -- sometimes rather indefinitely applied to any ornament made up of a few short notes.


word: Group₂
definition:
Group

Group
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Grouped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Grouping.]
[Cf. F. grouper. See Group, n.]
To form a group of; to arrange or combine in a group or in groups, often with reference to mutual relation and the best effect; to form an assemblage of.

The difficulty lies in drawing and disposing, or, as the painters term it, in grouping such a multitude of different objects.
Prior.

Grouped columns (Arch.), three or more columns placed upon the same pedestal.


word: Grouper
definition:
Grouper

Group"er
(?)
n.
[Corrupted fr. Pg. garupa crupper.  Cf. Garbupa.]
(Zool.)
(a)
One of several species of valuable food fishes of the genus Epinephelus, of the family Serranidæ, as the red grouper, or brown snapper  (Epinephelus morio), and the black grouper, or warsaw (Epinephelus nigritus), both from Florida and the Gulf of Mexico.
(b)
The tripletail (Lobotes).
(c)
In California, the name is often applied to the rockfishes.
[Written also groper, gruper, and trooper.]


word: Grouping
definition:
Grouping

Group"ing
(grōp"ĭng)
n.
(Fine Arts)
The disposal or relative arrangement of figures or objects, as in, drawing, painting, and sculpture, or in ornamental design.


word: Grouse
definition:
Grouse

Grouse
(grous)
n. sing. & pl.
[Prob. after the analogy of mouse, mice, fr. the earlier grice, OF. griesche meor hen: cf. F. piegrièche shrike.]
(Zool.)
Any of the numerous species of gallinaceous birds of the family Tetraonidæ, and subfamily Tetraoninæ, inhabiting Europe, Asia, and North America. They have plump bodies, strong, well-feathered legs, and usually mottled plumage. The group includes the ptarmigans (Lagopus), having feathered feet.

&hand_; Among the European species are the red grouse (Lagopus Scoticus) and the hazel grouse (Bonasa betulina). See Capercaidzie, Ptarmigan, and Heath grouse. Among the most important American species are the ruffed grouse, or New England partridge (Bonasa umbellus); the sharp-tailed grouse (Pediocætes phasianellus) of the West; the dusky blue, or pine grouse (Dendragapus obscurus) of the Rocky Mountains; the Canada grouse, or spruce partridge (D. Canadensis). See also Prairie hen, and Sage cock. The Old World sand grouse (Pterocles, etc.) belong to a very different family. See Pterocletes, and Sand grouse.


word: Grouse₂
definition:
Grouse

Grouse
v. i.
1.
To seek or shoot grouse.

2.
To complain or grumble; as, employees grousing about their incompetent boss.
[informal]


word: Grouser
definition:
Grouser

Grou"ser
(?)
n.
(Dredging, Pile Driving, etc.)
A pointed timber attached to a boat and sliding vertically, to thrust into the ground as a means of anchorage.


word: Grout
definition:
Grout

Grout
(grout)
n.
[AS. grūt; akin to grytt, G. grütze, griess, Icel. grautr, Lith. grudas corn, kernel, and E. groats.]
1.
Coarse meal; ground malt;
pl.
groats.

2.
Formerly, a kind of beer or ale.
[Eng.]

3.
pl.
Lees; dregs; grounds.
[Eng.]
Grouts
Dickens.

4.
A thin, coarse mortar, used for pouring into the joints of masonry and brickwork; also, a finer material, used in finishing the best ceilings.
Gwilt.


word: Grout₂
definition:
Grout

Grout
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Grouted; p. pr. & vb. n. Grouting.]
To fill up or finish with grout, as the joints between stones.


word: Grouting
definition:
Grouting

Grout"ing
n.
The process of filling in or finishing with grout; also, the grout thus filled in.
Gwilt.


word: Grove
definition:
Grove

Grove
(gr&omacrv)
n.
[AS. graf, fr. grafan to dig. The original sense seems to have been a lane cut through trees. See Grave, v., and cf. Groove.]
A smaller group of trees than a forest, and without underwood, planted, or growing naturally as if arranged by art; a wood of small extent.

&hand_; The Hebrew word Asherah, rendered grove in the Authorized Version of the Bible, is left untranslated in the Revised Version. Almost all modern interpreters agree that by Asherah an idol or image of some kind is intended.


word: Grovel
definition:
Grovel

Grov"el
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Groveled (?) or Grovelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Groveling or Grovelling.]
[From OE. grovelinge, grufelinge, adv., on the face, prone, which was misunderstood as a p. pr.; cf.  OE. gruf, groff, in the same sense; of Scand. origin, cf.  Icel. grūfa, in ā grūfu on the face, prone, grūfa to grovel.]
1.
To creep on the earth, or with the face to the ground; to lie prone, or move uneasily with the body prostrate on the earth; to lie flat on one's belly, expressive of abjectness; to crawl.

To creep and grovel on the ground.
Dryden.

2.
To tend toward, or delight in, what is sensual or base; to be low, abject, or mean.


word: grovelling
definition:
grovelling

groveling

grov"el*ing, grov"el*ling
a.
Lying prone; low; debased; submissive in a self-abasing manner.
groveling
Cowper.

Syn. -- cringing, wormlike, wormy.


word: Grovy
definition:
Grovy

Grov"y
(?)
a.
Pertaining to, or resembling, a grove; situated in, or frequenting, groves.
Dampier.


word: Grow
definition:
Grow

Grow
(gr&omacr)
v. i.
[imp. Grew (gr&usuml_;); p. p. Grown  (gr&omacrn); p. pr. & vb. n. Growing.]
[AS. gr&omacrwan; akin to D. groeijen, Icel. gr&omacra, Dan. groe, Sw. gro.  Cf. Green, Grass.]
1.
To increase in size by a natural and organic process; to increase in bulk by the gradual assimilation of new matter into the living organism; -- said of animals and vegetables and their organs.

2.
To increase in any way; to become larger and stronger; to be augmented; to advance; to extend; to wax; to accrue.

Winter began to grow fast on.
Knolles.

Even just the sum that I do owe to you
Is growing to me by Antipholus.
Shak.

3.
To spring up and come to maturity in a natural way; to be produced by vegetation; to thrive; to flourish; as, rice grows in warm countries.

Where law faileth, error groweth.
Gower.

4.
To pass from one state to another; to result as an effect from a cause; to become; as, to grow pale.

For his mind
Had grown Suspicion's sanctuary.
Byron.

5.
To become attached or fixed; to adhere.

Our knees shall kneel till to the ground they grow.
Shak.

Growing cell, or Growing slide, a device for preserving alive a minute object in water continually renewed, in a manner to permit its growth to be watched under the microscope. -- Grown over, covered with a growth. -- To grow out of, to issue from, as plants from the soil, or as a branch from the main stem; to result from.
[1913 Webster]
These wars have grown out of commercial considerations. A. Hamilton. 
-- To grow up, to arrive at full stature or maturity; as, grown up children. --  To grow together, to close and adhere; to become united by growth, as flesh or the bark of a tree severed. Howells.


word: Grow₂
definition:
Grow

Grow
(gr&omacr)
v. t.
To cause to grow; to cultivate; to produce; as, to grow a crop; to grow wheat, hops, or tobacco.
Macaulay.


word: Growan
definition:
Growan

Grow"an
(?)
n.
[Cf. Arm. grouan gravel, Corn. grow gravel, sand.]
(Mining.)
A decomposed granite, forming a mass of gravel, as in tin lodes in Cornwall.


word: Grower
definition:
Grower

Grow"er
(?)
n.
One who grows or produces; as, a grower of corn; also, that which grows or increases; as, a vine may be a rank or a slow grower.


word: growing
definition:
growing

growing
n.
the sequence of events involved in the development of an organism.

Syn. -- growth, maturation, development, ontogeny, ontogenesis.


word: growing₂
definition:
growing

growing
adj.
1.
increasing in intensity of some quality.
[prenominal]

Syn. -- increasing(prenominal), incremental.

2.
increasing in size or amount; as, her growing popularity.

3.
increasing in size and maturity; -- of living things normally healthy and not fully matured.

Syn. -- flourishing, thriving.

4.
p. pr. of grow (definition 3); as, growing plants.


word: Growl
definition:
Growl

Growl
(groul)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Growled (grould); p. pr. & vb. n. Growling.]
[D. grollen to grunt, murmur, be angry; akin to G. grollen to be angry.]
To utter a deep guttural sound, as an angry dog; to give forth an angry, grumbling sound.
Gay.


word: Growler
definition:
Growler

Growl"er
(?)
n.
1.
One who growls.

2.
(Zool.)
The large-mouthed black bass.
[Local]

3.
A four-wheeled cab.
[Slang, Eng.]


word: grownup
definition:
grownup

grownup
adj.
fully developed; adult; mature; -- of people and animals; as, Act like a grownup!.

Syn. -- adult, big, full-grown, fully grown, grown.


word: Growse
definition:
Growse

Growse
(?)
v. i.
[Cf. gruesome, grewsome, and G. grausen to make shudder, shiver.]
To shiver; to have chills.
[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Ray.


word: Growth
definition:
Growth

Growth
(gr&omacrth)
n.
[Icel. gr&omacrðr, gr&omacrði. See Grow.]
1.
The process of growing; the gradual increase of an animal or a vegetable body; the development from a seed, germ, or root, to full size or maturity; increase in size, number, frequency, strength, etc.; augmentation; advancement; production; prevalence or influence; as, the growth of trade; the growth of power; the growth of intemperance.  Idle weeds are fast in growth.
Shak.

2.
That which has grown or is growing; anything produced; product; consequence; effect; result.

Nature multiplies her fertile growth.
Milton.


word: Grozing iron
definition:
Grozing iron

Gro"zing i"ron
(?)
1.
A tool with a hardened steel point, formerly used instead of a diamond for cutting glass.

2.
(Plumbing)
A tool for smoothing the solder joints of lead pipe.
Knight.


word: Grub
definition:
Grub

Grub
(grŭb)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Grubbed (grŭbd), p. pr. & vb. n. Grubbing (_;).]
[OE. grubbin., cf. E. grab, grope.]
1.
To dig in or under the ground, generally for an object that is difficult to reach or extricate; to be occupied in digging.

2.
To drudge; to do menial work.
Richardson.


word: Grub₂
definition:
Grub

Grub
v. t.
1.
To dig; to dig up by the roots; to root out by digging; -- followed by up; as, to grub up trees, rushes, or sedge.

They do not attempt to grub up the root of sin.
Hare.

2.
To supply with food.
[Slang]
Dickens.


word: Grub₃
definition:
Grub

Grub
n.
1.
(Zool.)
The larva of an insect, especially of a beetle; -- called also grubworm. See Illust. of Goldsmith beetle, under Goldsmith.

Yet your butterfly was a grub.
Shak.

2.
A short, thick man; a dwarf.
[Obs.]
Carew.

3.
Victuals; food.
[Slang]
Halliwell.

Grub ax or Grub axe, a kind of mattock used in grubbing up roots, etc. -- Grub breaker. Same as Grub hook (below). -- Grub hoe, a heavy hoe for grubbing. -- Grub hook, a plowlike implement for uprooting stumps, breaking roots, etc. -- Grub saw, a handsaw used for sawing marble. -- Grub Street, a street in London (now called Milton Street), described by Dr. Johnson as “much inhabited by writers of small histories, dictionaries, and temporary poems, whence any mean production is called grubstreet.” As an adjective, suitable to, or resembling the production of, Grub Street.
[1913 Webster]
I 'd sooner ballads write, and grubstreet lays. Gap.


word: Grubber
definition:
Grubber

Grub"ber
n.
One who, or that which, grubs; especially, a machine or tool of the nature of a grub ax, grub hook, etc.


word: Grubble
definition:
Grubble

Grub"ble
(?)
v. t. & i.
[Freq. of grub, but cf. grabble.]
To feel or grope in the dark.
[Obs.]
Dryden.


word: Grubby
definition:
Grubby

Grub"by
a.
[From Grub.]
Dirty; unclean.
[Colloq.]

The grubby game of marbles.
Lond. Sat. Rev.


word: Grubworm
definition:
Grubworm

Grub"worm
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
See Grub, n., 1.

And gnats and grubworms crowded on his view.
C. Smart.


word: Grucche
definition:
Grucche

Grucche
(?)
v. i.
[See Grudge.]
To murmur; to grumble.
[Obs.]

What aileth you, thus for grucche and groan.
Chaucer.


word: Grudge
definition:
Grudge

Grudge
(grŭj)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Grudger (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Grudging.]
[OE. grutchen, gruchen, grochen, to murmur, grumble, OF. grochier, grouchier, grocier, groucier; cf.  Icel. krytja to murmur, krutr a murmur, or E. grunt.]
1.
To look upon with desire to possess or to appropriate; to envy (one) the possession of; to begrudge; to covet; to give with reluctance; to desire to get back again; -- followed by the direct object only, or by both the direct and indirect objects.

Tis not in thee To grudge my pleasures, to cut off my train.
Shak.

I have often heard the Presbyterians say, they did not grudge us our employments.
Swift.

They have grudged us contribution.
Shak.

2.
To hold or harbor with malicious disposition or purpose; to cherish enviously.
[Obs.]

Perish they
That grudge one thought against your majesty !
Shak.


word: Grudge₂
definition:
Grudge

Grudge
(?)
v. i.
1.
To be covetous or envious; to show discontent; to murmur; to complain; to repine; to be unwilling or reluctant.

Grudge not one against another.
James v. 9. 

He eats his meat without grudging.
Shak.

2.
To feel compunction or grief.
[Obs.]
Bp. Fisher.


word: Grudge₃
definition:
Grudge

Grudge
n.
1.
Sullen malice or malevolence; cherished malice, enmity, or dislike; ill will; an old cause of hatred or quarrel.

Esau had conceived a mortal grudge and enmity against his brother Jacob.
South.

The feeling may not be envy; it may not be imbittered by a grudge.
I. Taylor. 

2.
Slight symptom of disease.
[Obs.]

Our shaken monarchy, that now lies . . . struggling against the grudges of more dreaded calamities.
Milton.


word: Gurgeons
definition:
Gurgeons

Grudgeons

Grud"geons (?), Gur"geons (_;)
n. pl.
[Prob. from P. grugir to craunch; cf. D. gruizen to crush, grind, and E. grout.]
Coarse meal.
[Obs.]


word: Grudgingness
definition:
Grudgingness

Grudg"ing*ness
n.
The state or quality of grudging, or of being full of grudge or unwillingness.


word: Gruel
definition:
Gruel

Gru"el
(?)
n.
[OF. gruel, F. gruau; of German origin; cf. OHG. gruzzi groats, G. grütze, As. grūt. See Grout.]
A light, liquid food, made by boiling meal of maize, oatmeal, or flour in water or milk; thin porridge.


word: gruelling
definition:
gruelling

grueling

grueling, gruelling
adj.
1.
characterized by toilsome effort; requiring extreme physical or mental effort; as, a grueling campaign.

Syn. -- arduous, backbreaking, back-breaking, exhausting, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, labourious, punishing, slavish, strenuous, toilsome.


word: Gruf
definition:
Gruf

Gruf
(grŭf)
adv.
[Cf. Grovel.]
Forwards; with one's face to the ground.
[Obs.]

They fellen gruf, and cryéd piteously.
Chaucer.


word: Gruff
definition:
Gruff

Gruff
(grŭf)
a.
[Compar. Gruffer (grŭf"ẽr); superl. Gruffest.]
[D. grof; akin to G. grob, OHG. gerob, grob, Dan. grov, Sw. grof, perh. akin to AS. rcófan to break, Z. reavc, rupture, g- standing for the AS. prefix ge-, Goth. ga-.]
Of a rough or stern manner, voice, or countenance; sour; surly; severe; harsh.
Addison.

Gruff, disagreeable, sarcastic remarks.
Thackeray.


word: Grugru palm
definition:
Grugru palm

Gru"gru palm"
(?)
(Bot.)
A West Indian name for several kinds of palm. See Macaw tree, under Macaw.
[Written also grigri palm.]


word: Grugru worm
definition:
Grugru worm

Gru"gru worm"
(?)
(Zool.)
The larva or grub of a large South American beetle (Calandra palmarum), which lives in the pith of palm trees and sugar cane. It is eaten by the natives, and esteemed a delicacy.


word: Gruiformes
definition:
Gruiformes

Gruiformes
n.
An order of inland marsh-dwelling birds with long legs and necks and bills that wade in water in search of food, including cranes, rails, and bustards.

Syn. -- order Gruiformes.


word: Grum
definition:
Grum

Grum
(grŭm)
a.
[Cf. Dan. grum furious, Sw. grym, AS. gram, and E. grim, and grumble. √35.]
1.
Morose; severe of countenance; sour; surly; glum; grim.
grum
Arbuthnof.

2.
Low; deep in the throat; guttural; rumbling; as, a grum voice.


word: Grumble
definition:
Grumble

Grum"ble
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Grunbled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Grumbling (?).]
[Cf. LG. grummeln, grumen, D. grommelen, grommen, and F. grommeler, of German origin; cf. W. grwm, murmur, grumble, surly. √35.  Cf. Grum, Grim.]
1.
To murmur or mutter with discontent; to make ill-natured complaints in a low voice and a surly manner.

L'Avare, not using half his store,
Still grumbles that he has no more.
Prior.

2.
To growl; to snarl in deep tones; as, a lion grumbling over his prey.

3.
To rumble; to make a low, harsh, and heavy sound; to mutter; as, the distant thunder grumbles.


word: Grumble₃
definition:
Grumble

Grum"ble
n.
1.
The noise of one that grumbles.

2.
A grumbling, discontented disposition.

A bad case of grumble.
Mrs. H. H. Jackson.


word: Grume
definition:
Grume

Grume
(gr&usuml_;m)
n.
[OF. grume, cf. F. grumeau a little heap, clot of blood, dim. fr. L. grumus.]
A thick, viscid fluid; a clot, as of blood.
Quincy.


word: Grumous
definition:
Grumous

Gru"mous
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. grumeleux. See Grume.]
1.
Resembling or containing grume; thick; concreted; clotted; as, grumous blood.

2.
(Bot.)
See Grumose.


word: grungy
definition:
grungy

grungy
adj.
thickily covered with ingrained dirt or soot; as, a grungy kitchen.

Syn. -- begrimed, dingy, grimy, grubby.


word: Grunt
definition:
Grunt

Grunt
(grŭnt)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Grunted; p. pr. & vb. n. Grunting.]
[OE. grunten; akin to As. grunian, G. grunzen, Dan. grynte, Sw. grymta; all prob. of imitative; or perh. akin to E. groan.]
To make a deep, short noise, as a hog; to utter a short groan or a deep guttural sound.

Who would fardels bear,
To grunt and sweat under a weary life.
Shak.

Grunting ox (Zool.), the yak.


word: Grunt₂
definition:
Grunt

Grunt
(grŭnt)
n.
1.
A deep, guttural sound, as of a hog.

2.
(Zool.)
Any one of several species of American food fishes, of the genus Haemulon, allied to the snappers, as, the black grunt (Haemulon  Plumieri), and the redmouth grunt  (Haemulon aurolineatus), of the Southern United States; -- also applied to allied species of the genera Pomadasys, Orthopristis, and Pristopoma. Called also pigfish, squirrel fish, and grunter; -- so called from the noise it makes when taken.

3.
A U. S. infantryman; -- used especially of those fighting in the war in Vietnam.
[slang]


word: Grunter
definition:
Grunter

Grunt"er
(grŭnt"ẽr)
n.
1.
One who, or that which, grunts; specifically, a hog.
Tennyson.

2.
(Zool.)
One of several American marine fishes. See Sea robin, and Grunt, n., 2.

3.
(Brass Founding)
A hook used in lifting a crucible.


word: Grus
definition:
Grus

Grus
prop. n.
[L. the crane.]
(Astron.)
A constellation in the southern celestial hemisphere between Indus and Piscis Austrinus.


word: Gruyere cheese
definition:
Gruyere cheese

Gru"yère` cheese"
(_;)
A kind of cheese made at Gruyère, Switzerland.  It is a firm cheese containing numerous cells, and is known in the United States as Schweitzerkäse.


word: Gry
definition:
Gry

Gry
(grī)
n.
[Gr _; syllable, bit.]
1.
A measure equal to one tenth of a line.
[Obs.]
Locke.

2.
Anything very small, or of little value.
[R.]


word: Grype₂
definition:
Grype

Grype
n.
[Gr. gry`f, grypo`s, griffin. See Griffin.]
(Zool.)
A vulture; the griffin.
[Written also gripe.]
[Obs.]


word: Gryphaea
definition:
Gryphaea

Gry*phæ"a
(?)
prop. n.
[NL., fr. I gryphus, or qryps, gen. gryphis, a griffin.]
(Zool.)
A genus of cretaceous fossil shells allied to the oyster.


word: Grysbok
definition:
Grysbok

Grys"bok
(?)
n.
[D.  grijs gray + bok buck.]
(Zool.)
A small South African antelope (Neotragus melanotis).  It is speckled with gray and chestnut, above; the under parts are reddish fawn.


word: G-spot
definition:
G-spot

G-spot
n.
[from Ernst Gräfenberg, the gynecologist who first described it.]
A small spot on the front wall of the vagina in women, reported to be exceptionally able to produce high sexual excitement or orgasm when stimulated.  Its existence is not universally accepted.

Syn. -- Gräfenberg spot.


word: G-string
definition:
G-string

G-string
n.
1.
a patch of cloth attached to and supported by string-like cords, worn over the hips, and serving to cover only the pubic area; -- often worn by stripteasers.

Syn. -- thong, merkin.

2.
A small covering for the loins.

Syn. -- breechcloth, breechclout, loincloth.

3.
[from Dr. Graubau.]
(Physics)
A transmission line consisting a single wire coated with dielectric, thus permitting surface-wave propagation.
[slang]
Dict. Sci. Technol.


word: G-suit
definition:
G-suit

G suit

G suit
G-suit
n.
[gravity + suit. 1944[MW10]]
(Aeronautics)
A suit worn by aviators and astronauts, designed to counteract the effects of high accelerations experienced in aerial maneuvers, in particular to avoid unconsciousness; called also anti-g suit.  It exerts force on the abdomen and legs to prevent blackouts by counteracting the tendency of blood to accumulate below the heart, thus reducing the supply to the brain, when the forces due to acceleration are directed from head to toe.


word: Guacharo
definition:
Guacharo

Gua*cha"ro
(?)
n.
[Cf. Sp. guácharo sickly, dropsical, guacharaca a sort of bird.]
(Zool.)
A nocturnal bird of South America and Trinidad (Steatornis Caripensis, or S. steatornis); -- called also oilbird.

&hand_; It resembles the goatsuckers and nighthawks, but feeds on fruits, and nests in caverns. A pure oil, used in place of butter, is extracted from the young by the natives.


word: Guacho
definition:
Guacho

Gua"cho
(?)
n.
pl. Guachos (_;)
[Spanish American.]
1.
One of the mixed-blood (Spanish-Indian) inhabitants of the pampas of South America; a mestizo.

2.
An Indian who serves as a messenger.


word: Guaco
definition:
Guaco

Gua"co
(?)
n.
[Sp.]
(Bot.)
(a)
A plant (Aristolochia anguicida) of Carthagena, used as an antidote to serpent bites.
Lindley.
(b)
The Mikania Guaco, of Brazil, used for the same purpose.


word: Guadalcanal
definition:
Guadalcanal

Guadalcanal
n.
1.
a mountainous island; the largest of the Solomon Islands in the independent state that is a member of the British Commonwealth.

2.
A battle in World War II in the Pacific (1942-1943), in which American forces invaded the island of Guadalcanal, then occupied by Japanese forces; the island was recaptured by American forces after heavy fighting.

Syn. -- battle of Guadalcanal.


word: Guaiacol
definition:
Guaiacol

Guai"a*col
(?)
n.
[Guaiacum + -ol.]
(Chem.)
A colorless liquid, C7H8O2, with a peculiar odor. It is the methyl ether of pyrocatechin, and is obtained by distilling guaiacum from wood-tar creosote, and in other ways. It has been used in the past for treating pulmonary tuberculosis.


word: Guaiacum
definition:
Guaiacum

Gua"ia*cum
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Sp. guayaco, from native name in Haiti.]
1.
(Bot.)
A genus of small, crooked trees, growing in tropical America.

2.
The heart wood or the resin of the Guaiacum officinale or lignum-vitæ, a large tree of the West Indies and Central America. It is much used in medicine.
[Written also guaiac.]


word: Guaira
definition:
Guaira

Guaira
prop. n.
a great waterfall on the Brazil-Paraguay border.

Syn. -- Sete Quedas, Guaira Falls.


word: guama
definition:
guama

guama
n.
A tropical tree of Central America and the West Indies and Puerto Rico (Inga laurina) having spikes of white flowers; it is used as shade for coffee plantations.

Syn. -- Inga laurina.


word: Guan
definition:
Guan

Guan
(gwän)
n.
((Zool.)
Any one of many species of large gallinaceous birds of Central and South America, belonging to Penelope, Pipile, Ortalis, and allied genera. Several of the species are often domesticated.


word: Guanaco
definition:
Guanaco

Gua*na"co
(gwȧ*nä"ko̝)
n.
pl. Guanacos (-k&omacrz).
[Sp. guanaco, Peruv. huanacu.  Cf. Huanaco.]
(Zool.)
A South American mammal (Auchenia huanaco), allied to the llama, but of larger size and more graceful form, inhabiting the southern Andes and Patagonia. It is supposed by some to be the llama in a wild state.
[Written also huanaco.]


word: Guanidine
definition:
Guanidine

Gua"ni*dine
(?)
n.
(Physiol. Chem.)
A strongly alkaline base, NH2.CNH.NH2, formed by the oxidation of guanin, and also obtained combined with methyl in the decomposition of creatin. Boiled with dilute sulphuric acid, it yields urea and ammonia.


word: Guanin
definition:
Guanin

Gua"nin
(?)
n.
(Physiol. Chem.)
A crystalline substance (C5H5N5O) contained in guano. It is also a constituent of the liver, pancreas, and other glands in mammals.


word: Guano
definition:
Guano

Gua"no
(?)
n.
pl. Guanos (#).
[Sp. guano, fr. Peruv. huanu dung.]
A substance found in great abundance on some coasts or islands frequented by sea fowls, and composed chiefly of their excrement. It is rich in phosphates and ammonia, and is used as a powerful fertilizer.


word: Guara
definition:
Guara

Gua"ra
(?)
n.
[Braz. guará.]
(Zool.)
(a)
The scarlet ibis. See Ibis.
(b)
A large-maned wild dog of South America (Canis jubatus) -- named from its cry.


word: Guarana
definition:
Guarana

Gua"ra*na`
(?)
n.
[Pg.]
(Med.)
A preparation from the seeds of Paullinia sorbilis, a woody climber of Brazil, used in making an astringent drink, and also in the cure of headache.


word: Guarantee
definition:
Guarantee

Guar`an*tee"
(?)
n.
pl. Guarantees (#).
[For guaranty, prob. influenced by words like assignee, lessee, etc. See Guaranty, and cf. Warrantee.]
1.
In law and common usage: A promise to answer for the payment of some debt, or the performance of some duty, in case of the failure of another person, who is, in the first instance, liable to such payment or performance; an engagement which secures or insures another against a contingency; a warranty; a security. Same as Guaranty.

His interest seemed to be a guarantee for his zeal.
Macaulay.

2.
One who binds himself to see an undertaking of another performed; a guarantor.
South.

&hand_; Guarantor is the correct form in this sense.

3.
(Law)
The person to whom a guaranty is made; --  the correlative of guarantor.


word: Guarantee₂
definition:
Guarantee

Guar"an*tee`
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. guaranteed (?); p, pr. & vb. n. Guaranteeing.]
[From Guarantee, n.]
In law and common usage: to undertake or engage for the payment of (a debt) or the performance of (a duty) by another person; to undertake to secure (a possession, right, claim, etc.) to another against a specified contingency, or in all events; to give a guarantee concerning; to engage, assure, or secure as a thing that may be depended on; to warrant; as, to guarantee the execution of a treaty.

The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a republican form of government.
Constitution of the U. S.


word: guaranteed
definition:
guaranteed

guaranteed
adj.
1.
secured by written agreement.

Syn. -- bonded, secured, warranted.

2.
certified.


word: Guarantor
definition:
Guarantor

Guar"an*tor`
(?)
n.
[See Guaranty, and cf. Warrantor.]
(Law)
(a)
One who makes or gives a guaranty; a warrantor; a surety.
(b)
One who engages to secure another in any right or possession.


word: Guaranty
definition:
Guaranty

Guar"an*ty
(?)
n.
pl. Guaranies (#).
[OF. guarantie, garantie, F. garantie, OF. guarantir, garantir, to warrant, to guaranty, E. garantir, fr. OF. guarant, garant, a warranter, F. garant; of German origin, and from the same word as warranty. See Warrant, and cf. Warranty, Guarantee.]
In law and common usage: An undertaking to answer for the payment of some debt, or the performance of some contract or duty, of another, in case of the failure of such other to pay or perform; a guarantee; a warranty; a security.


word: Guaranty₂
definition:
Guaranty

Guar"an*ty
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Guarantied (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Guarantying.]
[From Guaranty, n.]
In law and common usage: To undertake or engage that another person shall perform (what he has stipulated); to undertake to be answerable for (the debt or default of another); to engage to answer for the performance of (some promise or duty by another) in case of a failure by the latter to perform; to undertake to secure (something) to another, as in the case of a contingency. See Guarantee, v. t.

&hand_; Guaranty agrees in form with warranty. Both guaranty and guarantee are well authorized by legal writers in the United States. The prevailing spelling, at least for the verb, is guarantee.


word: Guard
definition:
Guard

Guard
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Guarded; p. pr. & vb. n. Gurding.]
[OF. guarder, garder, warder, F. garder, fr. OHG. wart_;n to be on the watch, await, G. marten. See Ward, v. & n., and cf. Guard, n.]
1.
To protect from danger; to secure against surprise, attack, or injury; to keep in safety; to defend; to shelter; to shield from surprise or attack; to protect by attendance; to accompany for protection; to care for.

For Heaven still guards the right.
Shak.

2.
To keep watch over, in order to prevent escape or restrain from acts of violence, or the like.

3.
To protect the edge of, esp. with an ornamental border; hence, to face or ornament with lists, laces, etc.
The body of your discourse is sometime guarded with fragments, and the guards are but slightly basted on neither.
Shak.

4.
To fasten by binding; to gird.
[Obs.]
B. Jonson.


word: Guard₂
definition:
Guard

Guard
(gärd)
v. i.
To watch by way of caution or defense; to be cautious; to be in a state or position of defense or safety; as, careful persons guard against mistakes.


word: Guard₃
definition:
Guard

Guard
n.
[OF. guarde, F. garde; of German origin; cf. OHG. wart, warto, one who watches, warta a watching, Goth. wardja watchman. See Guard, v. t.]

1.
One who, or that which, guards from injury, danger, exposure, or attack; defense; protection.

His greatness was no guard to bar heaven's shaft.
Shak.

2.
A man, or body of men, stationed to protect or control a person or position; a watch; a sentinel.

The guard which kept the door of the king's house.
Kings xiv. 27.

3.
One who has charge of a mail coach or a railway train; a conductor.
[Eng.]

4.
Any fixture or attachment designed to protect or secure against injury, soiling, or defacement, theft or loss
(a)
That part of a sword hilt which protects the hand.
(b)
Ornamental lace or hem protecting the edge of a garment.
(c)
A chain or cord for fastening a watch to one's person or dress.
(d)
A fence or rail to prevent falling from the deck of a vessel.
(e)
An extension of the deck of a vessel beyond the hull; esp., in side-wheel steam vessels, the framework of strong timbers, which curves out on each side beyond the paddle wheel, and protects it and the shaft against collision.
(f)
A plate of metal, beneath the stock, or the lock frame, of a gun or pistol, having a loop, called a bow, to protect the trigger.
(g)
(Bookbinding)
An interleaved strip at the back, as in a scrap book, to guard against its breaking when filled.

5.
A posture of defense in fencing, and in bayonet and saber exercise.

6.
An expression or admission intended to secure against objections or censure.

They have expressed themselves with as few guards and restrictions as I.
Atterbury. 

7.
Watch; heed; care; attention; as, to keep guard.

8.
(Zool.)
The fibrous sheath which covers the phragmacone of the Belemnites.

&hand_; Guard is often used adjectively or in combination; as, guard boat or guardboat; guardroom or guard room; guard duty.

Advanced guard, Coast guard, etc. See under Advanced, Coast, etc. -- Grand guard (Mil.), one of the posts of the second line belonging to a system of advance posts of an army. Mahan. -- Guard boat. (a) A boat appointed to row the rounds among ships of war in a harbor, to see that their officers keep a good lookout. (b) A boat used by harbor authorities to enforce the observance of quarantine regulations. -- Guard cells (Bot.), the bordering cells of stomates; they are crescent-shaped and contain chlorophyll. -- Guard chamber, a guardroom. -- Guard detail (Mil.), men from a company regiment etc., detailed for guard duty. -- Guard duty (Mil.), the duty of watching patrolling, etc., performed by a sentinel or sentinels. -- Guard lock (Engin.), a tide lock at the mouth of a dock or basin. -- Guard of honor (Mil.), a guard appointed to receive or to accompany eminent persons. -- Guard rail (Railroads), a rail placed on the inside of a main rail, on bridges, at switches, etc., as a safeguard against derailment. -- Guard ship, a war vessel appointed to superintend the marine affairs in a harbor, and also, in the English service, to receive seamen till they can be distributed among their respective ships. -- Life guard (Mil.), a body of select troops attending the person of a prince or high officer. -- Off one's guard, in a careless state; inattentive; unsuspicious of danger. -- On guard, serving in the capacity of a guard; doing duty as a guard or sentinel; watching. -- On one's guard, in a watchful state; alert; vigilant. -- To mount guard (Mil.), to go on duty as a guard or sentinel. -- To run the guard, to pass the watch or sentinel without leave.


word: Guardable
definition:
Guardable

Guard"a*ble
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. gardable. See Guard, v. t.]
Capable of being guarded or protected.


word: Guardant
definition:
Guardant

Guard"ant
(?)
a.
[OF. guardant, p. pr. of guard_;. See Guard, v. t.]
1.
Acting as guardian.
[Obs.]
Shak.

2.
(Her.)
Same as Gardant.


word: Guarded
definition:
Guarded

Guard"ed
a.
Cautious; wary; circumspect; as, he was guarded in his expressions; framed or uttered with caution; as, his expressions were guarded.
Guard"edly, adv. -- Guard"ed*ness, n.


word: Guardhouse
definition:
Guardhouse

Guard"house`
(?)
n.
(Mil.)
A building which is occupied by the guard, and in which soldiers are confined for misconduct; hence, a lock-up.


word: Guardian
definition:
Guardian

Guard"i*an
(?)
n.
[OF. guardain, gardien, F. gardien, LL. guardianus. See Guard, v. t., and cf. Wasden.]
1.
One who guards, preserves, or secures; one to whom any person or thing is committed for protection, security, or preservation from injury; a warden.

2.
(Law)
One who has, or is entitled to, the custody of the person or property of an infant, a minor without living parents, or a person incapable of managing his own affairs.

Of the several species of guardians, the first are guardians by nature. -- viz., the father and (in some cases) the mother of the child.
Blackstone.

Guardian ad litem (_;) (Law), a guardian appointed by a court of justice to conduct a particular suit. -- Guardians of the poor, the members of a board appointed or elected to care for the relief of the poor within a township, or district.


word: Guardian₂
definition:
Guardian

Guard"i*an
(gärd"ĭ*an or gärd"yan; 106)
a.
Performing, or appropriate to, the office of a protector; as, a guardian care.

Feast of Guardian Angels (R. C. Ch.) a church festival instituted by Pope Paul V., and celebrated on October 2d. -- Guardian angel. (a) The particular spiritual being believed in some branches of the Christian church to have guardianship and protection of each human being from birth. (b) Hence, a protector or defender in general. O. W. Holmes. -- Guardian spirit, in the belief of many pagan nations, a spirit, often of a deceased relative or friend, that presides over the interests of a household, a city, or a region.


word: Guardianess
definition:
Guardianess

Guard"i*an*ess
(?)
n.
A female guardian.

I have placed a trusty, watchful guardianess.
Beau. & Fl.


word: Guardianship
definition:
Guardianship

Guard"i*an*ship
n.
The office, duty, or care, of a guardian; protection; care; watch.


word: guardrail
definition:
guardrail

guard"rail`
n.
a railing placed alongside a stairway or road for safety.

Syn. -- safety rail.


word: Guardroom
definition:
Guardroom

Guard"room`
(?)
n.
(Mil.)
The room occupied by the guard during its term of duty; also, a room where prisoners are confined.


word: Guardsman
definition:
Guardsman

Guards"man
(?)
n.
pl. Guardsmen (_;).
1.
One who guards; a guard.

2.
A member, either officer or private, of any military body called Guards.


word: Guatemalan
definition:
Guatemalan

Guatemalan
adj.
1.
of or pertaining to Guatemala; as, Guatemalan coffee.

2.
of or pertaining to the inhabitants of Guatemala; as, Guatemalan rebels.


word: Guava
definition:
Guava

Gua"va
(?)
n.
[Sp. guayaba the guava fruit, guayabo the guava tree; prob. fr. the native West Indian name.]
A tropical tree, or its fruit, of the genus Psidium.  Two varieties are well known, the P. pyriferum, or white guava, and P. pomiferum, or red guava.  The fruit or berry is shaped like a pomegranate, but is much smaller. It is somewhat astringent, but makes a delicious jelly.


word: Gubernate
definition:
Gubernate

Gu"ber*nate
(?)
v. t.
[L. gubernatus, p. p. of gubernare. See Govern.]
To govern.
[Obs.]
Cockeram.


word: Gubernation
definition:
Gubernation

Gu"ber*na`tion
(?)
n.
[L. gubernatio.]
The act of governing; government
[Obs.]
I. Watts.


word: Gubernatorial
definition:
Gubernatorial

Gu"ber*na*to`ri*al
(?)
a.
[L. gubernator governor. See Gabernate.]
Pertaining to a governor, or to government.


word: Gudgeon
definition:
Gudgeon

Gud"geon
(gŭj"ŭn)
n.
[OE. gojon, F. goujon, from L. gobio, or gobius, Gr.  kwbio`s Cf.  1st Goby. ]
1.
(Zool.)
A small European freshwater fish (Gobio fluviatilis), allied to the carp. It is easily caught and often used for food and for bait. In America the killifishes or minnows are often called gudgeons.

2.
What may be got without skill or merit.

Fish not, with this melancholy bait,
For this fool gudgeon, this opinion.
Shak.

3.
A person easily duped or cheated.
Swift.

4.
(Mach.)
The pin of iron fastened in the end of a wooden shaft or axle, on which it turns; formerly, any journal, or pivot, or bearing, as the pintle and eye of a hinge, but esp. the end journal of a horizontal.

6.
(Naut.)
A metal eye or socket attached to the sternpost to receive the pintle of the rudder.

Ball gudgeon. See under Ball.


word: Gudgeon₂
definition:
Gudgeon

Gud"geon
v. t.
To deprive fraudulently; to cheat; to dupe; to impose upon.
[R.]

To be gudgeoned of the opportunities which had been given you.
Sir IV. Scott.


word: Guelderrose'
definition:
Guelderrose'

Guel"der*rose'
(?)
n.
[Supposed to be brought from Guelderland; hence, D. Geldersche roos, G. Gelderische rose, F. rose de Gueldre, It. rose di Gueldra, Sp. rosa de Gueldres.]
(Bot.)
A cultivated variety of a species of Viburnum (V. Opulus), bearing large bunches of white flowers; -- called also snowball tree.


word: Guelf
definition:
Guelf

Guelph

{ Guelph, Guelf  }
(gwĕlf)
n.
[It. Guelfo, from Welf, the name of a German family.]
(Hist.)
One of a faction in Germany and Italy, in the 12th and 13th centuries, which supported the House of Guelph and the pope, and opposed the Ghibellines, or faction of the German emperors.


word: Guelfic
definition:
Guelfic

Guelphic

{ Guelph"ic, Guelf"ic  }
(?)
a.
Of or pertaining to the family or the faction of the Guelphs.


word: Guenon
definition:
Guenon

Guenon"
(?)
n.
[F.]
(Zool.)
Any of several long-tailed arboreal African monkeys, of the genera Cercopithecus and Erythrocebus (formerly classified as Cercocebus), such as as the green monkey (Cercopithecus callitrichus) and grivet (Cercopithecus griseo-viridis).


word: Guerdon
definition:
Guerdon

Guer"don
(?)
n.
[OF. guerdon, guerredon, LL. widerdonum (influenced by L. donum gift, cf. Donation ), fr. OHG. widarl&omacrn; widar again, against (G. wider wieder) + l&omacrn reward, G. lohn, akin to AS. leán Goth. laun. See Withers.]
A reward; requital; recompense;  -- used in both a good and a bad sense.
Macaulay.

So young as to regard men's frown or smile
As loss or guerdon of a glorious lot.
Byron.

He shall, by thy revenging hand, at once receive the just guerdon of all his former villainies.
Knolles.


word: Guerdon₂
definition:
Guerdon

Guer"don
(?)
v. t.
[OF. guerdonner, guerredonner. See Guerdon, n.]
To give guerdon to; to reward; to be a recompense for.
[R.]

Him we gave a costly bribe
To guerdon silence.
Tennyson.


word: Guereza
definition:
Guereza

Gue*re"za
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
A beautiful Abyssinian monkey (Colobus guereza), having the body black, with a fringe of long, silky, white hair along the sides, and a tuft of the same at the end of the tail.  The frontal band, cheeks, and chin are white.


word: Guerite
definition:
Guerite

Guer"ite
(?)
n.
[F. guérite.]
(Fort.)
A projecting turret for a sentry, as at the salient angles of works, or the acute angles of bastions.


word: Guernsey lily
definition:
Guernsey lily

Guern"sey lil"y
(?)
(Bot.)
A South African plant (Nerine Sarniensis) with handsome lilylike flowers, naturalized on the island of Guernsey.


word: Guerrilla
definition:
Guerrilla

Guer*ril"la
(?)
n.
[Sp., lit., a little war, skirmish, dim. of guerra war, fr. OHG. werra discord, strife. See War.]
1.
An irregular mode of carrying on war, by the constant attacks of independent bands, adopted in the north of Spain during the Peninsular war.

2.
One who carries on, or assists in carrying on, irregular warfare; especially, a member of an independent band engaged in predatory excursions in war time.

&hand_; The term guerrilla is the diminutive of the Spanish word guerra, war, and means petty war, that is, war carried on by detached parties; generally in the mountains.  . . . A guerrilla party means, an irregular band of armed men, carrying on an irregular war, not being able, according to their character as a guerrilla party, to carry on what the law terms a regular war.  F. Lieder.


word: Guerrilla₂
definition:
Guerrilla

Guer*ril"la
a.
Pertaining to, or engaged in, warfare carried on irregularly and by independent bands; as, a guerrilla party; guerrilla warfare.


word: Guess
definition:
Guess

Guess
(gĕs)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Guessed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Guessing.]
[OE. gessen; akin to Dan. gisse, Sw. gissa, Icel. gizha, D. gissen: cf. Dan. giette to guess, Icel. geta to get, to guess. Probably originally, to try to get, and akin to E. get. See Get.]
1.
To form an opinion concerning, without knowledge or means of knowledge; to judge of at random; to conjecture.

First, if thou canst, the harder reason guess.
Pope.

2.
To judge or form an opinion of, from reasons that seem preponderating, but are not decisive.

We may then guess how far it was from his design.
Milton.

Of ambushed men, whom, by their arms and dress,
To be Taxallan enemies I guess.
Dryden.

3.
To solve by a correct conjecture; to conjecture rightly; as, he who guesses the riddle shall have the ring; he has guessed my designs.

4.
To hit upon or reproduce by memory.
[Obs.]

Tell me their words, as near as thou canst guess them.
Shak.

5.
To think; to suppose; to believe; to imagine; --  followed by an objective clause.

Not all together; better far, I guess,
That we do make our entrance several ways.
Shak.

But in known images of life I guess
The labor greater.
Pope.


word: Guess₂
definition:
Guess

Guess
v. i.
To make a guess or random judgment; to conjecture; -- with at, about, etc.

This is the place, as well as I may guess.
Milton.


word: Guess₃
definition:
Guess

Guess
n.
An opinion as to anything, formed without sufficient or decisive evidence or grounds; an attempt to hit upon the truth by a random judgment; a conjecture; a surmise.

A poet must confess
His art 's like physic -- but a happy guess.
Dryden.


word: Guesser
definition:
Guesser

Guess"er
(?)
n.
One who guesses; one who forms or gives an opinion without means of knowing.


word: guesstimate
definition:
guesstimate

guess"ti*mate
n.
[from guess and estimate]
an estimate based on little information, being little better than a guess.


word: Guess warp
definition:
Guess warp

Guess" warp"
(?)
(Naut.)
A rope or hawser by which a vessel is towed or warped along; -- so called because it is necessary to guess at the length to be carried in the boat making the attachment to a distant object.


word: Guest
definition:
Guest

Guest
(gĕst)
n.
[OE. gest, AS. gæst, gest; akin to OS., D., & G. gast, Icel. gestr, Sw. gäst, Dan. Gjäst, Goth. gasts, Russ. goste, and to L. hostis enemy, stranger; the meaning stranger is the older one, but the root is unknown.  Cf. Host an army, Hostile.]
1.
A visitor; a person received and entertained in one's house or at one's table; a visitor entertained without pay.

To cheer his guests, whom he had stayed that night.
Spenser.

True friendship's laws are by this rule exprest.
Welcome the coming, speed the parting guest.
Pope.

2.
A lodger or a boarder at a hotel, lodging house, or boarding house.

3.
(Zool.)
(a)
Any insect that lives in the nest of another without compulsion and usually not as a parasite.
(b)
An inquiline.


word: Guest₃
definition:
Guest

Guest
v. i.
To be, or act the part of, a guest.
[Obs.]

And tell me, best of princes, who he was
That guested here so late.
Chapman.


word: Guest rope
definition:
Guest rope

Guest" rope"
(?)
(Naut.)
The line by which a boat makes fast to the swinging boom.
Ham. Nav. Encyc.


word: Guevi
definition:
Guevi

Gue"vi
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
One of several very small species and varieties of African antelopes, of the genus Cephalophus, as the Cape guevi or kleeneboc (Cephalophus pygmæa); -- called also pygmy antelope.


word: guff
definition:
guff

guff
n.
1.
A ludicrously false statment.
[wns=1]

Syn. -- bullshit, bull, Irish bull, horseshit, shit, crap, bunk, bunkum, buncombe, rot, hogwash, dogshit.

2.
Insolent or disrespectful talk; as, don't give me any of your guff, young lady.


word: Guhr
definition:
Guhr

Guhr
(?)
n.
[G.]
A loose, earthy deposit from water, found in the cavities or clefts of rocks, mostly white, but sometimes red or yellow, from a mixture of clay or ocher.
P. Cleaveland.


word: Guiacol
definition:
Guiacol

Gui"a*col
(?)
n.
[Guiac + -ol.]
(Chem.)
A colorless liquid, C6H4.OCH3.OH, resembling the phenols, found as a constituent of woodtar creosote, and produced by the dry distillation of guaiac resin.


word: Guib
definition:
Guib

Guib
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
A West African antelope  (Tragelaphus scriptus), curiously marked with white stripes and spots on a reddish fawn ground, and hence called harnessed antelope; -- called also guiba.


word: Guicowar
definition:
Guicowar

Gui"co*war
(?)
n.
[Mahratta gāekwār, prop., a cowherd.]  The title of the sovereign of Guzerat, in Western India; -- generally called the Guicowar of Baroda, which is the capital of the country.


word: Guidage
definition:
Guidage

Guid"age
(?)
n.
[See Guide.]
1.
The reward given to a guide for services.
[R.]
Ainsworth.

2.
Guidance; lead; direction.
[R.]
Southey.


word: Guidance
definition:
Guidance

Guid"ance
(?)
n.
[See Guide.]
The act or result of guiding; the superintendence or assistance of a guide; direction; government; a leading.

 His studies were without guidance and without plan.
Macaulay.


word: Guide
definition:
Guide

Guide
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Guided; p. pr.  & vb. n. Guiding.]
[OE. guiden, gyden, F. guiaer, It.  guidare; prob. of Teutonic origin; cf. Goth. ritan to watch over, give heed to, Icel. viti signal, AS. witan to know. The word prob. meant, to indicate, point to, and hence, to show the way.  Cf. Wit, Guy a rope, Gye.]

1.
To lead or direct in a way; to conduct in a course or path; to pilot; as, to guide a traveler.

I wish . . . you 'ld guide me to your sovereign's court.
Shak.

2.
To regulate and manage; to direct; to order; to superintend the training or education of; to instruct and influence intellectually or morally; to train.

He will guide his affairs with discretion.
Ps. cxii. 5.

The meek will he guide in judgment.
Ps. xxv. 9.  


word: Guide₂
definition:
Guide

Guide
n.
[OE. giae, F. guide, It. guida. See Guide, v. t.]
1.
A person who leads or directs another in his way or course, as in a strange land; one who exhibits points of interest to strangers; a conductor; also, that which guides; a guidebook.

2.
One who, or that which, directs another in his conduct or course of life; a director; a regulator.

He will be our guide, even unto death.
Ps. xlviii. 14.

3.
Any contrivance, especially one having a directing edge, surface, or channel, for giving direction to the motion of anything, as water, an instrument, or part of a machine, or for directing the hand or eye, as of an operator
(a)
(Water Wheels)
A blade or channel for directing the flow of water to the wheel buckets.
(b)
(Surgery)
A grooved director for a probe or knife.
(c)
(Printing)
A strip or device to direct the compositor's eye to the line of copy he is setting.

4.
(Mil.)
A noncommissioned officer or soldier placed on the directing flank of each subdivision of a column of troops, or at the end of a line, to mark the pivots, formations, marches, and alignments in tactics.
Farrow.

Guide bar (Mach.), the part of a steam engine on which the crosshead slides, and by which the motion of the piston rod is kept parallel to the cylinder, being a substitute for the parallel motion; -- called also guide, and slide bar. -- Guide block (Steam Engine), a block attached in to the crosshead to work in contact with the guide bar. --  Guide meridian. (Surveying) See under Meridian. -- Guide pile (Engin.), a pile driven to mark a place, as a point to work to. -- Guide pulley (Mach.), a pulley for directing or changing the line of motion of belt; an idler. Knight.  -- Guide rail (Railroads), an additional rail, between the others, gripped by horizontal driving wheels on the locomotive, as a means of propulsion on steep gradients.


word: Guideboard
definition:
Guideboard

Guide"board`
(?)
n.
A board, as upon a guidepost having upon it directions or information as to the road.
Lowell.


word: guideline
definition:
guideline

guideline
n.
 hypen is changed from WN: adjust hier.
a formal rule describing how a situation must be handled; -- used as a direction to administrators from superiors.

Syn. -- guidelines.


word: guidelines
definition:
guidelines

guidelines
n.
hypen is changed from WN: adjust hier.
a rule or set of rules giving guidance on how to behave in a situation.
a situation to which the guidelines are considered applicable is described as "falling within the guidelines"

Syn. -- guideline, guidepost, rule of thumb.


word: Guidepost
definition:
Guidepost

Guide"post`
(?)
n.
A post at the fork of a road, with a guideboard on it, to direct travelers.


word: Guide rope
definition:
Guide rope

Guide rope
(Aëronautics)
A rope hung from a balloon or dirigible so as trail along the ground for about half its length, used to preserve altitude automatically, by variation of the length dragging on the ground, without loss of ballast or gas.


word: Guidguid
definition:
Guidguid

Guid"guid`
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
A South American ant bird of the genus Hylactes; -- called also barking bird.


word: Guidon
definition:
Guidon

Gui"don
(?)
n.
[F. guidon, It. guidone. See Guide, v. t.]
1.
A small flag or streamer, as that carried by cavalry, which is broad at one end and nearly pointed at the other, or that used to direct the movements of a body of infantry, or to make signals at sea; also, the flag of a guild or fraternity. In the United States service, each company of cavalry has a guidon.

The pendants and guidons were carried by the officer of the army.
Evelyn.

2.
One who carries a flag.
Johnson.

3.
One of a community established at Rome, by Charlemagne, to guide pilgrims to the Holy Land.


word: Guild
definition:
Guild

Guild
(?)
n.
[OE. gilds, AS. gild, gield, geld, tribute, a society or company where payment was made for its charge and support, fr. AS. gildan, gieldan, to pay. See Yield, v. t.]
1.
An association of men belonging to the same class, or engaged in kindred pursuits, formed for mutual aid and protection; a business fraternity or corporation; as, the Stationers' Guild; the Ironmongers' Guild. They were originally licensed by the government, and endowed with special privileges and authority.

2.
A guildhall.
[Obs.]
Spenser.

3.
A religious association or society, organized for charitable purposes or for assistance in parish work.


word: Guilder
definition:
Guilder

Guil"der
(?)
n.
[D. gulden, orig., golden.  Cf. Golden.]
A Dutch silver coin worth about forty cents; -- called also florin and gulden.


word: Guile
definition:
Guile

Guile
(?)
n.
[OE. guile, gile, OF. guile; of German origin, and the same word as E. wile. See Wile.]
Craft; deceitful cunning; artifice; duplicity; wile; deceit; treachery.

Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile.
John i. 47.

To wage by force or guile eternal war.
Milton.


word: Guile₂
definition:
Guile

Guile
v. t.
[OF. guiler. See Guile, n.]
To disguise or conceal; to deceive or delude.
[Obs.]
Spenser.


word: Guileful
definition:
Guileful

Guile"ful
(?)
a.
Full of guile; characterized by cunning, deceit, or treachery; guilty.
Guile"ful*ly, adv. -- Guile"ful*ness, n.


word: Guiler
definition:
Guiler

Guil"er
(gīl"ẽr)
n.
[Cf. OF. guileor.]
A deceiver; one who deludes, or uses guile.
[Obs.]
Spenser.


word: Guillemot
definition:
Guillemot

Guil"le*mot`
(?)
n.
[F.]
(Zool.)
One of several northern sea birds, allied to the auks. They have short legs, placed far back, and are expert divers and swimmers.

&hand_; The common guillemots, or murres, belong to the genus Uria (as U. troile); the black or foolish guillemot (Cepphus grylle, formerly Uria grylle), is called also sea pigeon and eligny. See Murre.


word: Guillevat
definition:
Guillevat

Guil`le*vat"
(-văt")
n.
[F. guilloire (fr. guiller to work, ferment) + E. vat.]
A vat for fermenting liquors.


word: Guilloche
definition:
Guilloche

Guil"loche`
(?)
n.
[F. guillochis; -- said to be fr. Guillot, the inventor of a machine for carving it.]
(Arch.)
1.
An ornament in the form of two or more bands or strings twisted over each other in a continued series, leaving circular openings which are filled with round ornaments.

2.
In ornamental art, any pattern made by interlacing curved lines.


word: Guillotine
definition:
Guillotine

Guil"lo*tine`
(gĭl"lo̝*tēn`)
n.
[F., from Guillotin, a French physician, who proposed, in the Constituent Assembly of 1789, to abolish decapitation with the ax or sword. The instrument was invented by Dr. Antoine Louis, and was called at first Louison or Louisette. Similar machines, however, were known earlier.]
1.
A machine for beheading a person by one stroke of a heavy ax or blade, which slides in vertical guides, is raised by a cord, and let fall upon the neck of the victim.

2.
Any machine or instrument for cutting or shearing, resembling in its action a guillotine.


word: Guillotine₂
definition:
Guillotine

Guil"lo*tine`
(gĭl`lo̝*tēn")
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Guillotined (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Guillotining.]
[Cf. F. guillotiner.]
To behead with the guillotine.


word: Guilt
definition:
Guilt

Guilt
(gĭlt)
n.
[OE. gilt, gult, AS. gylt, crime; probably originally signifying, the fine or mulct paid for an offence, and afterward the offense itself, and akin to AS. gieldan to pay, E. yield. See Yield, v. t.]
1.
The criminality and consequent exposure to punishment resulting from willful disobedience of law, or from morally wrong action; the state of one who has broken a moral or political law; crime; criminality; offense against right.

Satan had not answer, but stood struck
With guilt of his own sin.
Milton.

2.
Exposure to any legal penalty or forfeiture.

A ship incurs guilt by the violation of a blockade.
Kent.

3.
A feeling of regret or remorse for having committed some improper act; a recognition of one's own responsibility for doing something wrong.
guilt
Guilt


word: Guiltless
definition:
Guiltless

Guilt"less
a.
1.
Free from guilt; innocent.

The Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
Ex. xx. 7.

2.
Without experience or trial; unacquainted (with).

Such gardening tools, as art, yet rude,
Guiltless of fire, had formed.
Milton.


word: guilt-ridden
definition:
guilt-ridden

guilt-ridden
adj.
mentally anguished due to feelings of guilt{3}.

Syn. -- guilt-sick.


word: Guilt-sick
definition:
Guilt-sick

Guilt"-sick`
(?)
a.
Made sick by consciousness of guilt.
guilt-sick
Beau. & Fl.

Syn. -- guilt-ridden.


word: Guilty
definition:
Guilty

Guilt"y
(?)
a.
[Compar. Gultier (?); superl. Guiltiest.]
[AS. gyltig liable. See Guilt.]
1.
Having incurred guilt; criminal; morally delinquent; wicked; chargeable with, or responsible for, something censurable; justly exposed to penalty; -- used with of, and usually followed by the crime, sometimes by the punishment; as, guilty of murder.

They answered and said, He is guilty of death.
Matt. xxvi. 66.

Nor he, nor you, were guilty of the strife.
Dryden.

2.
Evincing or indicating guilt; involving guilt; as, a guilty look; a guilty act; a guilty feeling.

3.
Conscious; cognizant.
[Obs.]
B. Jonson.

4.
Condemned to payment.
[Obs. & R.]
Dryden.


word: Guimpe
definition:
Guimpe

Guimpe
(?)
n.
[F. See 2d Gimp.]
1.
A kind of short blouse or chemisette, worn under a low-necked dress such as a jumper or pinafore.
[wns=2]

2.
a piece of starched cloth covering the shoulders of a nun's habit.
[wns=1]


word: Guinea
definition:
Guinea

Guin"ea
(gĭn"e̝)
n.
1.
A district on the west coast of Africa (formerly noted for its export of gold and slaves) after which the Guinea fowl, Guinea grass, Guinea peach, etc., are named.

2.
A gold coin of England current for twenty-one shillings sterling, or about five dollars, but not coined since the issue of sovereigns in 1817.

The guinea, so called from the Guinea gold out of which it
was first struck, was proclaimed in 1663, and to go for twenty shillings; but it never went for less than twenty-one shillings.
Pinkerton.

Guinea corn. (Bot.) See Durra. -- Guinea Current (Geog.), a current in the Atlantic Ocean setting southwardly into the Bay of Benin on the coast of Guinea. -- Guinea dropper one who cheats by dropping counterfeit guineas. [Obs.] Gay. -- Guinea fowl, Guinea hen (Zool.), an African gallinaceous bird, of the genus Numida, allied to the pheasants. The common domesticated species (Numida meleagris), has a colored fleshy horn on each aide of the head, and is of a dark gray color, variegated with small white spots. The crested Guinea fowl (Numida cristata) is a finer species. -- Guinea grains (Bot.), grains of Paradise, or amomum. See Amomum. -- Guinea grass (Bot.), a tall strong forage grass (Panicum jumentorum) introduced. from Africa into the West Indies and Southern United States. -- Guinea-hen flower (Bot.), a liliaceous flower (Fritillaria Meleagris) with petals spotted like the feathers of the Guinea hen. -- Guinea peach. See under Peach. -- Guinea pepper (Bot.), the pods of the Xylopia aromatica, a tree of the order Anonaceæ, found in tropical West Africa. They are also sold under the name of Piper aethiopicum.  -- Guinea plum (Bot.), the fruit of Parinarium excelsum, a large West African tree of the order Chrysobalaneæ, having a scarcely edible fruit somewhat resembling a plum, which is also called gray plum and rough-skin plum. -- Guinea worm (Zool.), a long and slender African nematoid worm (Filaria Medinensis) of a white color. It lives in the cellular tissue of man, beneath the skin, and produces painful sores.


word: Guinean
definition:
Guinean

Guinean
adj.
1.
of or pertaining to Guinea{1}; as, Guinean borders.

2.
of or pertaining to the inhabitants of Guinea{1}; as, Guinean soldiers.


word: Guinea pig
definition:
Guinea pig

Guin"ea pig`
[Prob. a mistake for Guiana pig.]
1.
(Zool.)
A small Brazilian rodent (Cavia porcellus or Cavia cobaya), about seven inches in length and usually of a white color, with spots of orange and black.  Called also cavy.  It is the domesticated form of the wild cavy, often kept as a pet and used commonly as an experimental animal in laboratory research.

2.
Hence,
[figuratively]
Any animal or person used in an experiment; -- also applied to people who are unwillingly or unknowingly subjected by authorities to policies or procedures which might cause bodily or mental harm.

3.
A contemptuous sobriquet.
[Obs.]
Smollett


word: Guinea-pig director
definition:
Guinea-pig director

Guin"ea-pig` di*rec"tor
A director (usually one holding a number of directorships) who serves merely or mainly for the fee (in England, often a guinea) paid for attendance.
[Colloq.]


word: Guinness
definition:
Guinness

Guinness
n.
[Trade name.]
a kind of bitter stout, also called Guiness' stout; as, a glass of Guinness.


word: Guipure
definition:
Guipure

Gui*pure"
(?)
n.
[F.]
A term used for lace of different kinds; most properly for a lace of large pattern and heavy material which has no ground or mesh, but has the pattern held together by connecting threads called bars or brides.


word: Guise
definition:
Guise

Guise
(gīz)
n.
[OE. guise, gise, way, manner, F. guise, fr. OHG. wīsa, G. weise. See Wise, n.]
1.
Customary way of speaking or acting; custom; fashion; manner; behavior; mien; mode; practice; -- often used formerly in such phrases as: at his own guise; that is, in his own fashion, to suit himself.
Chaucer.

The swain replied, “It never was our guise
To slight the poor, or aught humane despise.”
Pope.

2.
External appearance in manner or dress; appropriate indication or expression; garb; shape.

As then the guise was for each gentle swain.
Spenser.

A . . . specter, in a far more terrific guise than any which
ever yet have overpowered the imagination.
Burke.

3.
Cover; cloak; as, under the guise of patriotism.


word: Guiser
definition:
Guiser

Guis"er
(gīz"ẽr)
n.
[From Guise.]
A person in disguise; a masker; a mummer.
[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]


word: Guitar
definition:
Guitar

Gui*tar"
(?)
n.
[F. guitare; cf. Pr., Sp., & Pg.guitarra, It. chitarra; all fr. Gr. _;; cf. L. cithara.  Cf. Cittern, Gittern.]
A stringed instrument of music resembling the lute or the violin, but larger, and having six strings, three of silk covered with silver wire, and three of catgut, -- played upon with the fingers.


word: guitarfish
definition:
guitarfish

gui*tar"fish`
n.
A primitive tropical bottom-dwelling ray of the family Rhinobatidae with a guitar-shaped body.


word: Guitguit
definition:
Guitguit

Guit"guit`
(?)
n.
[So called from its note.]
(Zool.)
One of several species of small tropical American birds of the family Cœrebidæ, allied to the creepers; -- called also quit. See Quit.


word: gula
definition:
gula

gulae

Gu"la
(?)
n.
pl. L. Gulae (#), E. Gulas (#).
[L., the throat, gullet.]
1.
(Zool.)
(a)
The upper front of the neck, next to the chin; the upper throat.
(b)
A plate which in most insects supports the submentum.

2.
(Arch.)
A capping molding. Same as Cymatium.


word: Gular
definition:
Gular

Gu"lar
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. gulaire.]
(Zool.)
Pertaining to the gula or throat; as, gular plates. See Illust. of Bird, and Bowfin.


word: Gulch
definition:
Gulch

Gulch
(?)
n.
1.
Act of gulching or gulping.
[Obs.]

2.
A glutton.
[Obs.]
B. Jonson.

3.
A ravine, or part of the deep bed of a torrent when dry; a gully.


word: Gulch₂
definition:
Gulch

Gulch
v. t.
[OE. gulchen; cf. dial. Sw. gölka to gulch, D. gulzig greedy, or E. gulp.]
To swallow greedily; to gulp down.
[Obs.]


word: Gules
definition:
Gules

Gules
(gūlz)
n.
[OE. goules, F. gueules, the same word as gueule throat, OF. gole, goule, L. gula. So named from the red color of the throat. See Gullet, and cf. Gula.]
(Her.)
The tincture red, indicated in seals and engraved figures of escutcheons by parallel vertical lines. Hence, used poetically for a red color or that which is red.

His sev'n-fold targe a field of gules did stain
In which two swords he bore; his word,
“Divide and reign.”
P. Fletcher. 

Follow thy drum;
With man's blood paint the ground; gules, gules.
Shak.

Let's march to rest and set in gules, like suns.
Beau. & Fl.


word: Gulf
definition:
Gulf

Gulf
(gŭlf)
n.
[F. golfe, It. golfo, fr. Gr. ko`lpos bosom, bay, gulf, LGr. ko`lfos.]
1.
A hollow place in the earth; an abyss; a deep chasm or basin,

He then surveyed
Hell and the gulf between.
Milton.

Between us and you there is a great gulf fixed.
Luke xvi. 26.

2.
That which swallows; the gullet.
[Obs.]
Shak.

3.
That which swallows irretrievably; a whirlpool; a sucking eddy.
Shak.

A gulf of ruin, swallowing gold.
Tennyson.

4.
(Geog.)
A portion of an ocean or sea extending into the land; a partially land-locked sea; as, the Gulf of Mexico.

5.
(Mining)
A large deposit of ore in a lode.

Gulf Stream (Geog.), the warm ocean current of the North Atlantic. It originates in the westward equatorial current, due to the trade winds, is deflected northward by Cape St. Roque through the Gulf of Mexico, and flows parallel to the coast of North America, turning eastward off the island of Nantucket. Its average rate of flow is said to be about two miles an hour. The similar Japan current, or Kuro-Siwo, is sometimes called the Gulf Stream of the Pacific. -- Gulf weed (Bot.), a branching seaweed (Sargassum bacciferum, or sea grape), having numerous berrylike air vessels, -- found in the Gulf Stream, in the Sargasso Sea, and elsewhere.


word: gulfweed
definition:
gulfweed

gulf"weed`
(gŭlf"wēd`)
n.
1.
A brown seaweed (Sargassum bacciferum) with rounded bladders forming dense floating masses in tropical Atlantic waters as in the Sargasso Sea.

Syn. -- sargassum, sargasso, Sargassum bacciferum.


word: Gulgul
definition:
Gulgul

Gul"gul
(?)
n.
[Hind. galgal.]
A cement made in India from sea shells, pulverized and mixed with oil, and spread over a ship's bottom, to prevent the boring of worms.


word: Gull
definition:
Gull

Gull
(gŭl)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Gulled (gŭld); p. pr. & vb. n. Gulling.]
[Prob. fr. gull the bird; but cf. OSw. gylla to deceive, D. kullen, and E. cullibility.]
To deceive; to cheat; to mislead; to trick; to defraud.

The rulgar, gulled into rebellion, armed.
Dryden.

I'm not gulling him for the emperor's service.
Coleridge.


word: Gull₃
definition:
Gull

Gull
n.
[Of Celtic origin; cf. Corn. gullan, W. gwylan.]
(Zool.)
One of many species of long-winged sea birds of the genus Larus and allied genera.

&hand_; Among the best known American species are the herring gull (Larus argentatus), the great black-backed gull (L. murinus) the laughing gull (L. atricilla), and Bonaparte's gull (L. Philadelphia). The common European gull is Larus canus.

Gull teaser (Zool.), the jager; -- also applied to certain species of terns.


word: Gullage
definition:
Gullage

Gull"age
(?)
n.
Act of being gulled.
[Obs.]

Had you no quirk.
To avoid gullage, sir, by such a creature?
B. Jonson


word: Gullery
definition:
Gullery

Gull"er*y
(?)
n.
An act, or the practice, of gulling; trickery; fraud.
[R.]
gullery
Selden.


word: Gullet
definition:
Gullet

Gul"let
(?)
n.
[OE. golet, OF. Goulet, dim. of gole, goule, throat, F. gueule, L. gula; perh. akin to Skr. gula, G. kenle; cf. F. goulet the neck of a bottle, goulotte channel gutter.  Cf. Gules, Gully.]
1.
(Anat.)
The tube by which food and drink are carried from the pharynx to the stomach; the esophagus.

2.
Something shaped like the food passage, or performing similar functions
(a)
A channel for water.
(b)
(Engin.)
A preparatory cut or channel in excavations, of sufficient width for the passage of earth wagons.
(c)
A concave cut made in the teeth of some saw blades.


word: Gully₂
definition:
Gully

Gul"ly
n.
pl. Gullies (#).
[Formerly gullet.]
1.
A channel or hollow worn in the earth by a current of water; a short deep portion of a torrent's bed when dry.

2.
A grooved iron rail or tram plate.
[Eng.]

Gully gut, a glutton. [Obs.] Chapman. -- Gully hole, the opening through which gutters discharge surface water.


word: Gully₃
definition:
Gully

Gul"ly
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Gullied (#); p. pr. &  vb. n. Gullying.]
To wear into a gully or into gullies.


word: Gulosity
definition:
Gulosity

Gu*los"i*ty
(?)
n.
[L. gulositas, fr. gulosus gluttonous. See Gullet.]
Excessive appetite; greediness; voracity.
[R.]
Sir T. Browne.


word: Gulp
definition:
Gulp

Gulp
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Gulped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Gulping.]
[D. gulpen, cf. OD. golpe gulf.]
To swallow eagerly, or in large draughts; to swallow up; to take down at one swallow.

He does not swallow, but he gulps it down.
Cowper.

The old man . . . glibly gulped down the whole narrative.
Fielding.

To gulp up, to throw up from the stomach; to disgorge.


word: Gulp₂
definition:
Gulp

Gulp
n.
1.
The act of taking a large mouthful; a swallow, or as much as is awallowed at once.

2.
A disgorging.
[Colloq.]


word: Gum
definition:
Gum

Gum
(?)
n.
[OE. gome, AS. gama palate; akin Co G. gaumen, OHG. goumo, guomo, Icel. g_;mr, Sw.  gom; cf. Gr. _; to gape.]
The dense tissues which invest the teeth, and cover the adjacent parts of the jaws.

Gum rash (Med.), strophulus in a teething child; red gum. -- Gum stick, a smooth hard substance for children to bite upon while teething.


word: Gum₃
definition:
Gum

Gum
n.
[OE. gomme, gumme, F. gomme, L. gummi and commis, fr. Gr. _;, prob. from an Egyptian form kam_;; cf. It. gomma.]
1.
A vegetable secretion of many trees or plants that hardens when it exudes, but is soluble in water; as, gum arabic; gum tragacanth; the gum of the cherry tree. Also, with less propriety, exudations that are not soluble in water; as, gum copal and gum sandarac, which are really resins.

2.
(Bot.)
See Gum tree, below.

3.
A hive made of a section of a hollow gum tree; hence, any roughly made hive; also, a vessel or bin made of a hollow log.
[Southern U. S.]

4.
A rubber overshoe.
[Local, U. S.]

Black gum, Blue gum, British gum, etc. See under Black, Blue, etc. -- Gum Acaroidea, the resinous gum of the Australian grass tree (Xanlhorrhœa). -- Gum animal (Zool.), the galago of West Africa; -- so called because it feeds on gums. See Galago. -- Gum animi or animé. See Animé.  -- Gum arabic, a gum yielded mostly by several species of Acacia (chiefly A. vera and A. Arabica) growing in Africa and Southern Asia; -- called also gum acacia. East Indian gum arabic comes from a tree of the Orange family which bears the elephant apple. -- Gum butea, a gum yielded by the Indian plants Butea frondosa and B. superba, and used locally in tanning and in precipitating indigo. --  Gum cistus, a plant of the genus Cistus (Cistus ladaniferus), a species of rock rose. -- Gum dragon. See Tragacanth.  -- Gum elastic, Elastic gum. See Caoutchouc. -- Gum elemi. See Elemi. -- Gum juniper. See Sandarac. -- Gum kino. See under Kino. -- Gum lac. See Lac. -- Gum Ladanum, a fragrant gum yielded by several Oriental species of Cistus or rock rose. -- Gum passages, sap receptacles extending through the parenchyma of certain plants (Amygdalaceæ, Cactaceæ, etc.), and affording passage for gum. -- Gum pot, a varnish maker's utensil for melting gum and mixing other ingredients. -- Gum resin, the milky juice of a plant solidified by exposure to air; one of certain inspissated saps, mixtures of, or having properties of, gum and resin; a resin containing more or less mucilaginous and gummy matter. -- Gum sandarac. See Sandarac. -- Gum Senegal, a gum similar to gum arabic, yielded by trees (Acacia Verek and A. Adansoniä) growing in the Senegal country, West Africa. -- Gum tragacanth. See Tragacanth. -- Gum water, a solution of gum, esp. of gum arabic, in water. -- Gum wood, the wood of any gum tree, esp. the wood of the Eucalyptus piperita, of New South Wales.


word: Gum₄
definition:
Gum

Gum
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Gummed (gŭmd); p. pr. & vb. n. Gumming.]
1.
To smear with gum; to close with gum; to unite or stiffen by gum or a gumlike substance; to make sticky with a gumlike substance.

He frets like a gummed velvet.
Shak.

2.
To chew with the gums, rather than with the teeth.

gum up (a) To block or clog (a conduit) with or as if with gum; as, to gum up the drainpipe. (b) to interfere with; to spoil. [Slang]


word: gumball
definition:
gumball

gum"ball`
(gŭm"b&asuml_;l)
n.
A piece of chewing gum in the shape of a ball, usually covered with a colored glaze of sugar.  They are often sold in a small, special-purpose coin-operated vending machine called a gumball machine.


word: Gumbo
definition:
Gumbo

Gum"bo
(gŭm"bo̝)
n.
[Written also gombo.]
1.
A soup thickened with the mucilaginous pods of the okra; okra soup.
Especially,
A thick stew made with chicken (chicken gumbo), or seafood (seafood gumbo), thickened with okra or file, and also containing greens and often hot spices; it is particularly popular in Louisiana.

2.
The okra plant or its pods.


word: gumbo-limbo
definition:
gumbo-limbo

gumbo-limbo
n.
A tropical American tree (Bursera simaruba) yielding a reddish resin used in cements and varnishes.

Syn. -- Bursera simaruba.


word: Gumma
definition:
Gumma

Gum"ma
(gŭm"mȧ)
n.
pl. Gummata (#).
[NL. So called from its gummy contents See Gum.]
(Med.)
A kind of soft tumor, usually of syphilitic origin.


word: Gummer
definition:
Gummer

Gum"mer
(?)
n.
[From 2d Gum.]
A punch-cutting tool, or machine for deepening and enlarging the spaces between the teeth of a worn saw.


word: Gummite
definition:
Gummite

Gum"mite
(?)
n.
[So called because it occurs in rounded or flattened pieces which look like gum.]
(Min.)
A yellow amorphous mineral, essentially a hydrated oxide of uranium derived from the alteration of uraninite.


word: Gummous
definition:
Gummous

Gum"mous
(?)
a.
[L. gummosus; cf. F.  gommeux.]
1.
Gumlike, or composed of gum; gummy.

2.
(Med.)
Of or pertaining to a gumma.


word: Gummy
definition:
Gummy

Gum"my
(?)
a.
[Compar. Gummer (_;); superl. Gummirst.]
Consisting of gum; viscous; adhesive; producing or containing gum; covered with gum or a substance resembling gum.

Kindles the gummy bark of fir or pine.
Milton.

Then rubs his gummy eyes.
Dryden.

Gummy tumor (Med.), a gumma.


word: Gump
definition:
Gump

Gump
(gŭmp)
n.
[Cf. Sw. & Dan. gump buttocks, rump, Icel. gumpr.]
A dolt; a dunce.
[Low.]
Holloway.


word: Gumption
definition:
Gumption

Gump"tion
(?)
n.
[OE. gom, gome, attention; akin to AS. geómian, gyman, to regard, observe, gyme care, OS. gomean to heed, Goth. gaumjan to see, notice.]

1.
Capacity; shrewdness; common sense.
[Colloq.]

One does not have gumption till one has been properly cheated.
Lord Lytton.

2.
(Paint.)
(a)
The art of preparing colors.
Sir W. Scott.
3.
initiative; resourcefulness.

4.
Courage; guts.


word: gumshield
definition:
gumshield

gumshield
n.
(Sport)
A piece of athletic equipment that protects an athlete's mouth.

Syn. -- mouthpiece.


word: gumshoe
definition:
gumshoe

gum"shoe
n.
1.
A detective; a private eye.
[slang]

2.
A shoe made of rubber, as a rubber overshoe.

3.
A sneaker{3}.


word: gum tree
definition:
gum tree

gum" tree`
n.
Any tree that exudes a gum,
such as:
(a)
The black gum (Nyssa multiflora), one of the largest trees of the Southern States, bearing a small blue fruit, the favorite food of the opossum.  Most of the large trees become hollow.
(b)
A tree of the genus Eucalyptus; a eucalypt.  See Eucalpytus.
(c)
The sweet gum tree of the United States (Liquidambar styraciflua), a large and beautiful tree with pointedly lobed leaves and woody burlike fruit. It exudes an aromatic terebinthine juice.
(d)
The sour gum tree.


word: gumweed
definition:
gumweed

gumweed
n.
any of various Western American plants of the genus Grindelia having resinous leaves and stems formerly used medicinally; often poisonous to livestock.

Syn. -- gum plant, tarweed, rosinweed, rosin-weed.


word: gumwood
definition:
gumwood

gumwood
n.
wood or lumber from any of various gum trees especially the sweet gum.

Syn. -- gum.


word: Gun
definition:
Gun

Gun
(gŭn)
n.
[OE. gonne, gunne; of uncertain origin; cf. Ir., Gael., & LL. gunna, W. gum; possibly (like cannon) fr. L. canna reed, tube; or abbreviated fr. OF. mangonnel, E. mangonel, a machine for hurling stones.]
1.
A weapon which throws or propels a missile to a distance; any firearm or instrument for throwing projectiles, consisting of a tube or barrel closed at one end, in which the projectile is placed, with an explosive charge (such as guncotton or gunpowder) behind, which is ignited by various means. Pistols, rifles, carbines, muskets, and fowling pieces are smaller guns, for hand use, and are called small arms.  Larger guns are called cannon, ordnance, fieldpieces, carronades, howitzers, etc. See these terms in the Vocabulary.

As swift as a pellet out of a gunne
When fire is in the powder runne.
Chaucer.

The word gun was in use in England for an engine to cast a thing from a man long before there was any gunpowder found out.
Selden.

2.
(Mil.)
A piece of heavy ordnance; in a restricted sense, a cannon.

3.
pl.
(Naut.)
Violent blasts of wind.

&hand_; Guns are classified, according to their construction or manner of loading as rifled or smoothbore, breech-loading or muzzle-loading, cast or built-up guns; or according to their use, as field, mountain, prairie, seacoast, and siege guns.

Armstrong gun, a wrought iron breech-loading cannon named after its English inventor, Sir William Armstrong. -- Big gun or Great gun, a piece of heavy ordnance; hence  (Fig.), a person superior in any way; as, bring in the big guns to tackle the problem. -- Gun barrel, the barrel or tube of a gun. -- Gun carriage,  the carriage on which a gun is mounted or moved. -- Gun cotton (Chem.), a general name for a series of explosive nitric ethers of cellulose, obtained by steeping cotton in nitric and sulphuric acids. Although there are formed substances containing nitric acid radicals, yet the results exactly resemble ordinary cotton in appearance. It burns without ash, with explosion if confined, but quietly and harmlessly if free and open, and in small quantity. Specifically, the lower nitrates of cellulose which are insoluble in ether and alcohol in distinction from the highest (pyroxylin) which is soluble. See Pyroxylin, and cf. Xyloidin. The gun cottons are used for blasting and somewhat in gunnery: for making celluloid when compounded with camphor; and the soluble variety (pyroxylin) for making collodion. See Celluloid, and Collodion. Gun cotton is frequenty but improperly called nitrocellulose. It is not a nitro compound, but an ester of nitric acid. -- Gun deck. See under Deck. -- Gun fire, the time at which the morning or the evening gun is fired. -- Gun metal, a bronze, ordinarily composed of nine parts of copper and one of tin, used for cannon, etc.  The name is also given to certain strong mixtures of cast iron. -- Gun port (Naut.), an opening in a ship through which a cannon's muzzle is run out for firing. -- Gun tackle (Naut.), the blocks and pulleys affixed to the side of a ship, by which a gun carriage is run to and from the gun port. -- Gun tackle purchase (Naut.), a tackle composed of two single blocks and a fall. Totten. -- Krupp gun, a wrought steel breech-loading cannon, named after its German inventor, Herr Krupp. -- Machine gun, a breech-loading gun or a group of such guns, mounted on a carriage or other holder, and having a reservoir containing cartridges which are loaded into the gun or guns and fired in rapid succession.  In earlier models, such as the Gatling gun, the cartridges were loaded by machinery operated by turning a crank. In modern versions the loading of cartidges is accomplished by levers operated by the recoil of the explosion driving the bullet, or by the pressure of gas within the barrel.  Several hundred shots can be fired in a minute by such weapons, with accurate aim. The Gatling gun, Gardner gun, Hotchkiss gun, and Nordenfelt gun, named for their inventors, and the French mitrailleuse, are machine guns. -- To blow great guns (Naut.), to blow a gale. See Gun, n., 3.


word: Gun₂
definition:
Gun

Gun
(?)
v. i.
To practice fowling or hunting small game; -- chiefly in participial form; as, to go gunning.


word: gun for
definition:
gun for

gun for
(?)
v. t.
1.
To pursue with the intent to kill.

2.
Fig.
To make an effort to harm someone, especially with determination; -- also used humorously.


word: Guna
definition:
Guna

Gu"na
(gō"nȧ)
n.
[Skr. guna quality.]
In Sanskrit grammar, a lengthening of the simple vowels a, i, e, by prefixing an a element. The term is sometimes used to denote the same vowel change in other languages.


word: Gunboat
definition:
Gunboat

Gun"boat`
(?)
n.
1.
(Nav.)
A vessel of light draught, carrying one or more guns, used for operations in shallow waters.

2.
(Nav.)
Any small naval vessel carrying mounted guns.


word: Gunflint
definition:
Gunflint

Gun"flint`
(?)
n.
A sharpened flint for the lock of a gun, to ignite the charge. It was in common use before the introduction of percussion caps.


word: gunk
definition:
gunk

gunk
n.
any thick gooey and messy substance.
[informal]

Syn. -- goo, gook, guck, muck, ooze, sludge, slime.


word: Gunnel
definition:
Gunnel

Gun"nel
(?)
n.
[See Gunwale.]
1.
A gunwale.

2.
(Zool.)
A small, eel-shaped, marine fish of the genus Murænoides; esp., M. gunnellus of Europe and America; -- called also gunnel fish, butterfish, rock eel.


word: Gunner
definition:
Gunner

Gun"ner
(?)
n.
1.
One who works a gun or cannon, whether on land, sea, or in the air; a cannoneer.

2.
A warrant officer in the navy having charge of the ordnance on a vessel.

3.
(Zool.)
(a)
The great northern diver or loon. See Loon.
(b)
The sea bream.
[Prov. Eng. or Irish]

Gunner's daughter, the gun to which men or boys were lashed for punishment. [Sailor's slang] W. C. Russell. -- tail gunner (Mil.) A member of the crew of a bomber airplane who operates the defensive gun at the rear of the airplane.


word: Gunnery
definition:
Gunnery

Gun"ner*y
(?)
n.
That branch of military science which comprehends the theory of projectiles, and the manner of constructing and using ordnance.


word: Gunning
definition:
Gunning

Gun"ning
(?)
n.
The act or practice of hunting or shooting game with a gun.

The art of gunning was but little practiced.
Goldsmith.


word: Gunny cloth
definition:
Gunny cloth

Gunny

Gun"ny (gŭn"n&ybreve_;), n., Gun"ny cloth`
(kl&obreve_;th`; 115)
[Hind. go&nsdot_;, go&nsdot_;ī, a sack, sacking.]
A strong, coarse kind of sacking, made from the fibers (called jute) of two plants of the genus Corchorus (C. olitorius and C. capsularis), of India. The fiber is also used in the manufacture of cordage.

Gunny bag or Gunny sack, a sack made of gunny or burlap, used for coarse commodities.  In the southern U. S. similar sacks are called crocus sack, croker sack, towsack, and grass sack.


word: gunplay
definition:
gunplay

gun"play`
n.
An instance of the firing of small arms with the intent to kill or frighten.

Syn. -- gunfight.


word: gunpoint
definition:
gunpoint

gun"point`
(gŭn"point`)
n.
1.
The muzzle's direction; as, he held me up at gunpoint.

Syn. -- point.

2.
The open discharging end of a gun.

Syn. -- gun muzzle, muzzle.


word: Gunpowder
definition:
Gunpowder

Gun"pow`der
(gŭn"pou`dẽr)
n.
(Chem.)
A black, granular, explosive substance, consisting of an intimate mechanical mixture of saltpeter, charcoal, and sulphur. It is used in gunnery and blasting.

&hand_; Gunpowder consists of from 70 to 80 per cent of potassium nitraate (niter, saltpeter), with 10 to 15 per cent of each of the other ingredients.  Its explosive energy is due to the fact that it contains the necessary amount of oxygen for its own combustion, and liberates gases (chiefly nitrogen and carbon dioxide), which occupy a thousand or fifteen hundred times more space than the powder which generated them.

Gunpowder pile driver, a pile driver, the hammer of which is thrown up by the explosion of gunpowder. -- Gunpowder plot (Eng. Hist.), a plot to destroy the King, Lords, and Commons, in revenge for the penal laws against Catholics.  As Guy Fawkes, the agent of the conspirators, was about to fire the mine, which was placed under the House of Lords, he was seized, Nov. 5, 1605.  Hence, Nov. 5 is known in England as Guy Fawkes Day. -- Gunpowder tea, a species of fine green tea, each leaf of which is rolled into a small ball or pellet.


word: Gunroom
definition:
Gunroom

Gun"room`
(gŭn"rōm`)
n.
(Naut.)
An apartment on the after end of the lower gun deck of a ship of war, usually occupied as a messroom by the commissioned officers, except the captain; -- called wardroom in the United States navy.


word: Gunshot
definition:
Gunshot

Gun"shot`
(gŭn"sh&obreve_;t)
n.
1.
Act of firing a gun; a shot.

2.
The distance to which shot can be thrown from a gun, so as to be effective; the reach or range of a gun.

Those who are come over to the royal party are supposed to be out of gunshot.
Dryden.


word: gunsight
definition:
gunsight

gun"sight`
(gŭn"sīt`)
n.
A sight{9} attached to a gun, used for aiming it at the target.  Same as sight{9}.


word: Gunsmith
definition:
Gunsmith

Gun"smith
(gŭn"smĭth`)
n.
One whose occupation is to make or repair small firearms; an armorer.


word: Gunsmithing
definition:
Gunsmithing

Gunsmithery

{ Gun"smith`er*y (gŭn"smĭth`ẽr*&ybreve_;), Gun"smith`ing, }
n.
The art or business of a gunsmith.


word: Gunstick
definition:
Gunstick

Gun"stick
(gŭn"stĭk`)
n.
A stick to ram down the charge of a musket, etc.; a rammer or ramrod.
[R.]


word: gunstock
definition:
gunstock

gun"stock`
(gŭn"st&obreve_;k`)
n.
The stock or wood to which the barrel of a hand gun is fastened.


word: gunstone
definition:
gunstone

gun"stone`
(gŭn"st&omacrn`)
n.
A cannon ball; -- so called because originally made of stone.
[Obs.]
Shak.


word: Gunter rig
definition:
Gunter rig

Gun"ter rig`
(?)
(Naut.)
A topmast arranged with metal bands so that it will readily slide up and down the lower mast.


word: Gunter's chain
definition:
Gunter's chain

Gun"ter's chain`
(?)
(Surveying)
The chain ordinarily used in measuring land. See Chain, n., 4, and Gunter's scale.


word: Gunter's line
definition:
Gunter's line

Gun"ter's line`
(?)
A logarithmic line on Gunter's scale, used for performing the multiplication and division of numbers mechanically by the dividers; -- called also line of lines, and line of numbers.


word: Gunter's quadrant
definition:
Gunter's quadrant

Gun"ter's quad`rant
(?)
A thin quadrant, made of brass, wood, etc., showing a stereographic projection on the plane of the equator. By it are found the hour of the day, the sun's azimuth, the altitude of objects in degrees, etc. See Gunter's scale.


word: Gunter's scale
definition:
Gunter's scale

Gun"ter's scale`
(?)
A scale invented by the Rev. Edmund Gunter (1581-1626), a professor of astronomy at Gresham College, London, who invented also Gunter's chain, and Gunter's quadrant.

&hand_; Gunter's scale is a wooden rule, two feet long, on one side of which are marked scales of equal parts, of chords, sines, tangents, rhombs, etc., and on the other side scales of logarithms of these various parts, by means of which many problems in surveying and navigation may be solved, mechanically, by the aid of dividers alone.


word: Gunwale
definition:
Gunwale

Gun"wale
(?)
n.
[Gun + wale. So named because the upper guns were pointed from it.]
(Naut.)
The upper edge of a vessel's or boat's side; the uppermost wale of a ship (not including the bulwarks); or that piece of timber which reaches on either side from the quarter-deck to the forecastle, being the uppermost bend, which finishes the upper works of the hull.
[Written also gunnel.]


word: guppy
definition:
guppy

guppy
n.
[Named after R. J. L. Guppy, who brought speciments to the British museum. RHUD]
A small freshwater fish of South America and West Indies (Lebistes reticulatus or Poecilia reticulata, originaly called Gerardinus guppyi), often kept in aquariums; also called rainbow fish.

Syn. -- rainbow fish, Lebistes reticulatus.


word: Gurge
definition:
Gurge

Gurge
(gûrj)
n.
[L. gurges.]
A whirlpool.
[Obs.]

The plain, wherein a black bituminous gurge
Boils out from under ground.
Milton.


word: Gurgle
definition:
Gurgle

Gur"gle
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Gurgled (?);p. pr. & vb. n. Gurgling (?).]
[Cf. It. gorgogliare to gargle, bubble up, fr. L. gurgulio gullet.  Cf. Gargle, Gorge.]
To run or flow in a broken, irregular, noisy current, as water from a bottle, or a small stream among pebbles or stones.

Pure gurgling rills the lonely desert trace,
And waste their music on the savage race.
Young.


word: Gurjun
definition:
Gurjun

Gur"jun
(?)
n.
A thin balsam or wood oil derived from the Diptcrocarpus lævis, an East Indian tree. It is used in medicine, and as a substitute for linseed oil in the coarser kinds of paint.


word: Gurnet
definition:
Gurnet

Gurnard

{ Gur"nard (?), Gur"net (?) }
n.
[OF. gornal, gournal, gornart, perh. akin to F. grogner to grunt; cf. Ir. guirnead gurnard.]
(Zool.)
One ofseveral European marine fishes, of the genus Trigla and allied genera, having a large and spiny head, with mailed cheeks. Some of the species are highly esteemed for food. The name is sometimes applied to the American sea robins.
[Written also gournet.]

Plyling gurnard. See under Flying.


word: Gurt
definition:
Gurt

Gurt
(gûrt)
n.
(Mining)
A gutter or channel for water, hewn out of the bottom of a working drift.
Page.


word: Gush
definition:
Gush

Gush
(gŭsh)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Gushed (gŭsht); p. pr. & vb. n. Gushing.]
[OE. guschen, cf. Icel. gusa and gjsa, also D. gucsen; perh. akin to AS. geótan to pour, G. giessen, Goth. giutan, E. gut.  Cf. Found to cast.]

1.
To issue with violence and rapidity, as a fluid; to rush forth as a fluid from confinement; to flow copiously.

He smote the rock that the waters gushed out.
Ps ixxviii 20.

A sea of blood gushed from the gaping wound.
Spenser.

2.
To make a sentimental or untimely exhibition of affection; to display enthusiasm in a silly, demonstrative manner.
[Colloq.]


word: Gush₂
definition:
Gush

Gush
v. t.
1.
A sudden and violent issue of a fluid from an inclosed plase; an emission of a liquid in a large quantity, and with force; the fluid thus emitted; a rapid outpouring of anything; as, a gush of song from a bird.

The gush of springs,
An fall of lofty foundains.
Byron.

2.
A sentimental exhibition of affection or enthusiasm, etc.; effusive display of sentiment.
[Collog.]


word: Gushing
definition:
Gushing

Gush"ing
a.
1.
Rushing forth with violence, as a fluid; flowing copiously; as, gushing waters.
Gushing
Milton.

2.
Emitting copiously, as tears or words; weakly and unreservedly demonstrative in matters of affection; sentimental.
[Colloq.]


word: Gushingly
definition:
Gushingly

Gush"ing*ly
(?)
adv.
1.
In a gushing manner; copiously.
Byron.

2.
Weakly; sentimentally; effusively.
[Colloq.]


word: gushy
definition:
gushy

gushy
adj.
1.
extravagantly demonstrative; gushing{2}; as, to write unrestrained and gushy poetry.

Syn. -- effusive, emotional, gushing(prenominal).


word: Gusset
definition:
Gusset

Gus"set
(?)
n.
[F. gousset armpit, fob, gusset, dim. of gousse pod, husk; cf. It. guscio shell, or W. cwysed gore, gusset.]
1.
A small piece of cloth inserted in a garment, for the purpose of strengthening some part or giving it a tapering enlargement.

Seam and gusset and band.
Hood.

2.
Anything resembling a gusset in a garment
(a)
(Armor)
A small piece of chain mail at the openings of the joints beneath the arms.
(b)
(Mach.)
A kind of bracket, or angular piece of iron, fastened in the angles of a structure to give strength or stiffness; esp., the part joining the barrel and the fire box of a locomotive boiler.

3.
(Her.)
An abatement or mark of dishonor in a coat of arms, resembling a gusset.


word: gussied
definition:
gussied

gussied
adj.
dressed up; well-dressed; as, all gussied up in sequins and feathers.

Syn. -- fancied up, gussied up, tricked out.


word: Gust
definition:
Gust

Gust
(gŭst)
n.
[Icel. gustr a cool breeze.  Cf. Gush.]
1.
A sudden squall; a violent blast of wind; a sudden and brief rushing or driving of the wind.

Snow, and hail, stormy gust and flaw.
Milton.

2.
A sudden violent burst of passion.
Bacon.


word: Gust₂
definition:
Gust

Gust
n.
[L. gustus; cf. It. & Sp. gusto. √46.]

1.
The sense or pleasure of tasting; relish; gusto.

An ox will relish the tender flesh of kids with as much gust and appetite.
Jer. Taylor.

2.
Gratification of any kind, particularly that which is exquisitely relished; enjoyment.

Destroy all creatures for thy sport or gust.
Pope.

3.
Intellectual taste; fancy.

A choice of it may be made according to the gust and manner of the ancients.
Dryden.


word: Gust₃
definition:
Gust

Gust
v. t.
[Cf. L. gustare, It. gustare, Sp. gustar. See GUST a relish.]
To taste; to have a relish for.
[Obs.]


word: Gustable
definition:
Gustable

Gust"a*ble
(?)
a.
[See Gust, v.]
[Obs.]
1.
Capable of being tasted; tastable.

This position informs us of a vulgar error, terming the gall
bitter; whereas there is nothing gustable sweeter.
Harvey.

2.
Pleasant to the taste; toothsome; savory.

A gustable thing, seen or smelt, excites the appetite, and affects the glands and parts of the mouth.
Derham.


word: Gustation
definition:
Gustation

Gus*ta"tion
(?)
n.
[L. gustatio: cf. F. gustation.]
The act of tasting.
[R.]
Sir T. Browne.


word: gustatorial
definition:
gustatorial

gustative

gust"a*tive gus`ta*to"ri*al
adj.
of or pertaining to taste.

Syn. -- gustatory.


word: Gustatory
definition:
Gustatory

Gust"a*to*ry
(?)
a.
Pertaining to, or subservient to, the sense of taste; as, the gustatory nerve which supplies the front of the tongue.


word: Gustful
definition:
Gustful

Gust"ful
(?)
a.
Tasteful; well-tasted.
[Obs.]
Sir K. Digby.
Gust"ful*ness, n. [Obs.]
Barrow.


word: Gusto
definition:
Gusto

Gus"to
(?)
n.
[It. or Sp., fr. L. gustus; akin to E. choose.  Cf. 2d Gust, Goût.]
Nice or keen appreciation or enjoyment; relish; taste; fancy; as, he ate it with gusto.
Dryden.


word: Gusty
definition:
Gusty

Gust"y
(?)
a.
Subject to, or characterized by, gusts or squalls; windy; stormy; tempestuous.

Upon a raw and gusty day.
Shak.


word: Gut
definition:
Gut

Gut
(?)
n.
[OE. gut, got, AS. gut, prob. orig., a channel, and akin to geótan to pour. See FOUND to cast.]

1.
A narrow passage of water; as, the Gut of Canso.

2.
An intenstine; a bowel; the whole alimentary canal; the enteron; (pl.) bowels; entrails.

3.
One of the prepared entrails of an animal, esp. of a sheep, used for various purposes. See Catgut.

4.
The sac of silk taken from a silkworm (when ready to spin its cocoon), for the purpose of drawing it out into a thread. This, when dry, is exceedingly strong, and is used as the snood of a fish line.

Blind gut. See Caecum, n. (b).


word: Gut₂
definition:
Gut

Gut
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Gutted (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Gutting.]
1.
To take out the bowels from; to eviscerate.

2.
To plunder of contents; to destroy or remove the interior or contents of; as, a mob gutted the house.

Tom Brown, of facetious memory, having gutted a proper
name of its vowels, used it as freely as he pleased.
Addison.


word: gutless
definition:
gutless

gut"less
adj.
lacking courage or vitality; as, he was a yellow gutless worm.  Opposite of gutsy.

Syn. -- spineless.


word: gutsy
definition:
gutsy

gutsy
adj.
1.
marked by courage and determination in the face of difficulties or danger.

Syn. -- courageous, plucky.

2.
rough or plain; not sophisticated or refined; earthy.  Opposite of sophisticated, or refined.

Syn. -- earthy, lusty, robust.


word: gutta
definition:
gutta

guttae

Gut"ta
(?)
n.
pl. Guttae (#).
[L.]
1.
A drop.

2.
(Arch.)
One of a series of ornaments, in the form of a frustum of a cone, attached to the lower part of the triglyphs, and also to the lower faces of the mutules, in the Doric order; -- called also campana, and drop.

Gutta serena [L., lit. serene or clear drop] (Med.), amaurosis. -- Guttæ band (Arch.), the listel or band from which the guttæ hang.


word: Gutta-percha
definition:
Gutta-percha

Gut"ta-per`cha
(?)
n.
[Malay gutah gum + pertja the tree from which is it procured.]
A concrete juice produced by various trees found in the Malayan archipelago, especially by the Isonandra Gutta, syn. Dichopsis Gutta.  It becomes soft, and unpressible at the tamperature of boiling water, and, on cooling, retains its new shape. It dissolves in oils and ethers, but not in water. In many of its properties it resembles caoutchouc, and it is extensively used for many economical purposes. The Mimusops globosa of Guiana also yields this material.


word: Guttatrap
definition:
Guttatrap

Gut"ta*trap
(?)
n.
The inspissated juice of a tree of the genus Artocarpus (A. incisa, or breadfruit tree), sometimes used in making birdlime, on account of its glutinous quality.


word: Gutter
definition:
Gutter

Gut"ter
(?)
n.
[OE. gotere, OF. goutiere, F. gouttière, fr. OF. gote, goute, drop, F. goutte, fr. L. gutta.]

1.
A channel at the eaves of a roof for conveying away the rain; an eaves channel; an eaves trough.

2.
A small channel at the roadside or elsewhere, to lead off surface water.

Gutters running with ale.
Macaulay.

3.
Any narrow channel or groove; as, a gutter formed by erosion in the vent of a gun from repeated firing.

4.
(Bowling)
Either of two sunken channels at either side of the bowling alley, leading directly to the sunken pit behind the pins.  Balls not thrown accurately at the pins will drop into such a channel bypassing the pins, and resulting in a score of zero for that bowl.

Gutter member (Arch.), an architectural member made by treating the outside face of the gutter in a decorative fashion, or by crowning it with ornaments, regularly spaced, like a diminutive battlement. -- Gutter plane, a carpenter's plane with a rounded bottom for planing out gutters. -- Gutter snipe, a neglected boy running at large; a street Arab. [Slang] -- Gutter stick (Printing), one of the pieces of furniture which separate pages in a form.


word: Gutter₂
definition:
Gutter

Gut*ter
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Guttered (#); p. pr. & vb. n. Guttering.]
1.
To cut or form into small longitudinal hollows; to channel.
Shak.

2.
To supply with a gutter or gutters.
[R.]
Dryden.


word: gutter ball
definition:
gutter ball

gut"ter ball`
n.
A bowl in which the ball falls into the gutter{4}, resulting in a score of zero for that bowl.


word: Guttersnipe
definition:
Guttersnipe

Gut"ter*snipe"
(?)
n.
(Slang)
1.
(a)
A small poster, suitable for a curbstone.
(b)
A curbstone broker.
[U. S.]

2.
same as street Arab.

3.
a person of low moral character.


word: Guttifer
definition:
Guttifer

Gut"ti*fer`
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. L. gutta drop+ ferre to bear.]
(Bot.)
A plant that exudes gum or resin.


word: Guttiferous
definition:
Guttiferous

Gut*tif"er*ous
(?)
a.
(Bot.)
(a)
Yielding gum or resinous substances.
(b)
Pertaining to a natural order of trees and shrubs (Guttiferæ) noted for their abounding in a resinous sap.


word: Guttle
definition:
Guttle

Gut"tle
(?)
v. t. & i.
[From Gut, n.]
To put into the gut; to swallow greedily; to gorge; to gormandize.
[Obs.]
L'Estrange. Dryden.


word: Guttulous
definition:
Guttulous

Gut"tu*lous
(?)
a.
[L. guttula a little drop, dim. of gutta drop.]
In droplike form.
[Obs.]

In its [hail's] guttulous descent from the air.
Sir T. Browne.


word: Guttural
definition:
Guttural

Gut"tur*al
(?)
a.
[L. guttur throat: cf. F. gutural.]
Of or pertaining to the throat; formed in the throat; relating to, or characteristic of, a sound formed in the throat.

Children are occasionally born with guttural swellings.
W. Guthrie.

In such a sweet, guttural accent.
Landor.


word: Guttural₂
definition:
Guttural

Gut"tur*al
n.
A sound formed in the throat; esp., a sound formed by the aid of the back of the tongue, much retracted, and the soft palate; also, a letter representing such a sound.


word: Gutturalism
definition:
Gutturalism

Gut"tur*al*ism
(?)
n.
The quality of being guttural; as, the gutturalism of A [in the 16th cent.].
Earle.


word: Gutturize
definition:
Gutturize

Gut"tur*ize
(?)
v. t.
[L. guttur throat.]
To make in the throat; to gutturalize.
[R.]

For which the Germans gutturize a sound.
Coleridge.


word: Gutturo-
definition:
Gutturo-

Gut"tur*o-
(?)
A combining form denoting relation to the throat; as, gutturo-nasal, having both a guttural and a nasal character; gutturo-palatal.


word: Gutty
definition:
Gutty

Gut"ty
(?)
a.
[L. gutta drop: cf. F. goutté.  Cf. Guttated.]
(Her.)
Charged or sprinkled with drops.


word: guy
definition:
guy

guy
(gī)
n.
[Sp. guia guide, a guy or small rope used on board of ships to keep weighty things in their places; of Teutonic origin, and the same word as E. guide. See Guide, and cf. Gye.]
A rope, chain, or rod attached to anything to steady it; as: a rope to steady or guide an object which is being hoisted or lowered; a rope which holds in place the end of a boom, spar, or yard in a ship; a chain or wire rope connecting a suspension bridge with the land on either side to prevent lateral swaying; a rod or rope attached to the top of a structure, as of a derrick, and extending obliquely to the ground, where it is fastened.


word: guy₃
definition:
guy

guy
n.
1.
A grotesque effigy, like that of Guy Fawkes, dressed up in England on the fifth of November, the day of the Gunpowder Plot.

The lady . . . who dresses like a guy.
W. S.  Gilbert.

2.
Hence:
A person of queer looks or dress.
[Chiefly Brit. slang]
Dickens.

3.
A man or young man; a fellow; -- usually contrasted with gals or girls as, it was fun for both the guys and gals; the guys were watching football while the girls played bridge.
[Informal]

4.
A member of a group of either sex, usually a friend or comrade; -- usually used in the pl.; as, tell the guys to come inside; are any of you guys interested in a game of tennis?.
[Informal]

great guy a man who has a very pleasant personality, typically one who is friendly, generous, and pleasant to associate with.


word: Guyanese
definition:
Guyanese

Guyanese
adj.
1.
of or pertaining to Guyana; as, Jonestown the Guyanese capital.

2.
Of or pertaining to the inhabitants of Guyana; as, Guyanese followers of the religious cult leader died in Jonestown.


word: Guze
definition:
Guze

Guze
(gūz)
n.
[Cf. Gules.]
(Her.)
A roundlet of tincture sanguine, which is blazoned without mention of the tincture.


word: Guzzle
definition:
Guzzle

Guz"zle
(gŭz"z'l)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Guzzled (gŭz"z'ld), p. pr. & vb. n. Guzzling (gŭz"zlĭng).]
[OP. gosillier, prob.  orig., to pass through the throat; akin to F. gosier throat; cf. It. gozzo a bird's crop.]
To swallow liquor greedily; to drink much or frequently.

Those that came to guzzle in his wine cellar.
Milton.

Well-seasoned bowls the gossip's spirits raise,
Who, while she guzzles, chats the doctor's praise.
Roscommon.

To fat the guzzling hogs with floods of whey.
Gay.


word: Guzzle₂
definition:
Guzzle

Guz"zle
v. t.
To swallow much or often; to swallow with immoderate gust; to drink greedily or continually; as, one who guzzles beer.
Dryden.


word: Guzzle₃
definition:
Guzzle

Guz"zle
n.
An insatiable thing or person.

That sink of filth, that guzzle most impure.
Marston.


word: Gwiniad
definition:
Gwiniad

Gwin"i*ad
(gwĭn"ĭ*ăd)
n.
[W. gwyniad a whiting, the name of various fishes, fr. gwyn white.]
(Zoöl.)
A fish (Coregonus ferus) of North Wales and Northern Europe, allied to the lake whitefish; -- called also powan, and schelly.
[Written also gwyniad, guiniad, gurniad.]


word: Gybe₃
definition:
Gybe

Gybe
v. t. & i.
[imp. & p. p. Gybed (jībd); p. pr.  & vb. n. Gybing.]
[See Jibe.]
(Naut.)
To shift from one side of a vessel to the other; -- said of the boom of a fore-and-aft sail when the vessel is steered off the wind until the sail fills on the opposite side.
[Also jibe.]


word: Gye
definition:
Gye

Gye
(gī or gē)
v. t.
[OF. guier; of German origin.  See Guide, and cf. Guy.]
To guide; to govern.
[Obs.]

Discreet enough his country for to gye.
Chaucer.


word: Gyle
definition:
Gyle

Gyle
(gīl)
n.
[F. guiller to ferment.  Cf. Guillevat.]
Fermented wort used for making vinegar.

Gyle tun (Brewing), a large vat in which wort ferments.


word: Gymnadeniopsis
definition:
Gymnadeniopsis

Gymnadeniopsis
n.
A genus of North American terrestrial orchids usually included in the genus Habenaria.

Syn. -- genus Gymnadeniopsis.


word: Gymnasiarch
definition:
Gymnasiarch

Gym*na"si*arch
(jĭm*nā"zĭ*ärk)
n.
[L. gymnasiarchus, Gr. gymnasi`archos; gymna`sion + 'a`rchein to govern:  cf. F. gymnasiarque.]
(Gr. Antiq.)
An Athenian officer who superintended the gymnasia, and provided the oil and other necessaries at his own expense.


word: Gymnasium
definition:
Gymnasium

Gym*na"si*um
(jĭm*nā"zĭ*ŭm or jĭm*nā"zhĭ*ŭm; 277)
n.
pl. E.  Gymnasiums (jĭm*nā"zĭ*ŭmz), L. Gymnasia (jĭm*nā"zĭ*ȧ).
[L., fr. Gr.  gymna`sion, fr. gymna`zein to exercise (naked), fr. gymo`s naked.]
1.
A place or building where athletic exercises are performed; a school for gymnastics.

2.
A school for the higher branches of literature and science; a preparatory school for the university; -- used esp. of German schools of this kind.

More like ordinary schools of gymnasia than universities.
Hallam.


word: Gymnast
definition:
Gymnast

Gym"nast
(jĭm"nȧst)
n.
[Gr. gymnasth`s a trainer of athletes: cf. F. gymnaste. See Gymnasium.]
One who teaches or practices gymnastic exercises; the manager of a gymnasium; an athlete.


word: Gymnastical
definition:
Gymnastical

Gymnastic

{ Gym*nas"tic (jĭm*năs"tĭk), Gym*nas"tic*al (jĭm*năs"tĭ*kal), }
a.
[L. gymnasticus, Gr. gymnastiko`s: cf. F. gymnastique. See Gymnasium.]
1.
Pertaining to athletic exercises intended for health, defense, or diversion; -- originally said of games or exercises, as running, leaping, wrestling, throwing the discus, the javelin, etc.; in modern times more specifically applied to athletic exercises demonstrating balance and agility, such as tumbling, somersaulting, and bodily maneuvers performed on special equipment such as parallel bars or a balance beam; as, gymnastic exercises, contests, etc.

2.
pertaining to disciplinary exercises for the intellect.


word: gymnastics
definition:
gymnastics

gym*nas"tics
(jĭm*năs"tĭks)
n.
1.
Athletic or disciplinary exercises; the art of performing gymnastic exercises.

2.
Disciplinary exercises for the intellect or character.

3.
[fig.]
Feats demonstrating a quick mental agility; as, mental gymnastics, verbal gymnastics.


word: Gymnical
definition:
Gymnical

Gymnic

{ Gym"nic (jĭm"nĭk), Gym"nic*al (jĭm"nĭ*kal) }
a.
[L. gymnicus, Gr. gymniko`s: cf. F. gymnique. See Gymmasium.]
Athletic; gymnastic.
[Obs.]

Have they not swordplayers, and every sort
Of gymnic artists, wrestlers, riders, runners?
Milton.


word: Gymnite
definition:
Gymnite

Gym"nite
(jĭm"nīt)
n.
[Gr. gymno`s naked. So called as coming from the Bare Hills, Maryland.]
(Min.)
A hydrous silicate of magnesia.


word: Gymnoblastea
definition:
Gymnoblastea

Gym`no*blas"te*a
(jĭm`no̝*blăs"te̝*ȧ)
n. pl.
[NL.  fr. Gr. gymno`s naked + blasta`nein to sprout.]
(Zool.)
The Athecata; -- so called because the medusoid buds are not inclosed in a capsule.


word: Gymnocarpous
definition:
Gymnocarpous

Gym`no*car"pous
(jĭm`no̝*kär"pŭs)
a.
[Gr. gymno`s naked + karpo`s fruit.]
(Bot.)
Naked-fruited, the fruit either smooth or not adherent to the perianth.
Gray.


word: Gymnochroa
definition:
Gymnochroa

Gym*noch"ro*a
(jĭm*n&obreve_;k"ro̝*ȧ)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. gymno`s naked + chro`a skin, body.]
(Zool.)
A division of Hydroidea including the hydra. See Hydra.


word: Gymnocladus
definition:
Gymnocladus

Gym*noc"la*dus
(jĭm*n&obreve_;"lȧ*dŭs)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. gymno`s naked + kla`dos a branch.]
(Bot.)
A genus of leguminous plants; the Kentucky coffee tree. The leaves are cathartic, and the seeds a substitute for coffee.


word: Gymnocopa
definition:
Gymnocopa

Gym`no*co"pa
(jĭm`no̝*k&omacr"pȧ)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. gymno`s naked + kw`ph an oar.]
(Zool.)
A group of transparent, free-swimming Annelida, having setæ only in the cephalic appendages.


word: Gymnocyte
definition:
Gymnocyte

Gym"no*cyte
(jĭm"no̝*sīt)
n.
[Gr. gymno`s naked + ky`tos a hollow vessel.]
(Biol.)
A cytode without a proper cell wall, but with a nucleus.
Haeckel.


word: Gymnocytode
definition:
Gymnocytode

Gym`no*cy"tode
(jĭm`no̝*sī"t&omacrd)
n.
[Gr. gymno`s naked + E. cytode.]
(Biol.)
A cytode without either a cell wall or a nucleus.
Haeckel.


word: Gymnodont
definition:
Gymnodont

Gym"no*dont
(jĭm"no̝*d&obreve_;nt)
n.
[Gr. gymno`s naked + 'odoy`s, 'odo`ntos, tooth.]
(Zoöl.)
One of a group of plectognath fishes (Gymnodontes), having the teeth and jaws consolidated into one or two bony plates, on each jaw, as the diodonts and tetradonts. See Bur fish, Globefish, Diodon.


word: Gymnogen
definition:
Gymnogen

Gym"no*gen
(jĭm"no̝*jĕn)
n.
[Gr. gymno`s naked + -gen.]
(Bot.)
One of a class of plants, so called by Lindley, because the ovules are fertilized by direct contact of the pollen. Same as Gymnosperm.


word: Gymnoglossa
definition:
Gymnoglossa

Gym`no*glos"sa
(jĭm`no̝*gl&obreve_;s"sȧ)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. gymno`s naked + glw^ssa tongue.]
(Zool.)
A division of gastropods in which the odontophore is without teeth.


word: Gymnolaemata
definition:
Gymnolaemata

Gymnolaema

{ &VerbarGym`no*læ"ma (jĭm`no̝*lē"mȧ), &VerbarGym`no*læ"ma*ta (jĭm`no̝*mȧ*tȧ), }
prop. n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. gymno`s naked + laimo`s the throat.]
(Zool.)
An order of Bryozoa, having no epistome.


word: Gymnonoti
definition:
Gymnonoti

Gym`no*no"ti
(jĭm`no̝*n&omacr"tī)
n. pl.
[NL.  fr. Gr. gymno`s naked + nw^tos the back.]
(Zool.)
The order of fishes which includes the Gymnotus or electrical eel.  The dorsal fin is wanting.


word: Gymnopaedic
definition:
Gymnopaedic

Gym`no*pæd"ic
(jĭm`no̝*pĕd"ĭk or jĭm`no̝*pē"dĭk)
a.
[Gr. gymno`s naked + pai^s, paido`s, a child.]
(Zool.)
Having young that are naked when hatched; psilopædic;  -- said of certain birds.


word: Gymnophiona
definition:
Gymnophiona

Gym`no*phi"o*na
(jĭm`no̝*fī"o̝*nȧ)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. gymno`s naked + 'ofio`neos  serpentlike.]
(Zool.)
An order of Amphibia, having a long, annulated, snakelike body. See Ophiomorpha.


word: Gymnophthalmata
definition:
Gymnophthalmata

Gym`noph*thal"ma*ta
(jĭm`n&obreve_;f*thăl"mȧ*tȧ)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. gymno`s naked + 'ofqalmo`s the eye.]
(Zool.)
A group of acalephs, including the naked-eyed medusæ; the hydromedusæ. Most of them are known to be the free-swimming progeny (gonophores) of hydroids.


word: Gymnoplast
definition:
Gymnoplast

Gym"no*plast
(jĭm"no̝*plăst)
n.
[Gr. gymno`s naked + pla`ssein to shape, mold.]
(Biol.)
A cell or mass of protoplasm devoid of an envelope, as a white blood corpuscle.


word: Gymnorhinal
definition:
Gymnorhinal

Gym`no*rhi"nal
(jĭm"no̝*rī"nal)
a.
[Gr.  gymno`s naked + "ri`s, "rino`s, the nose.]
(Zool.)
Having unfeathered nostrils, as certain birds.


word: Gymnosomata
definition:
Gymnosomata

Gym`no*so"ma*ta
(jĭm"no̝*s&omacr"mȧ*tȧ or jĭm"no̝*s&obreve_;m"ȧ*tȧ)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. gymno`s naked + sw^ma, sw`matos, the body.]
(Zool.)
One of the orders of Pteropoda.  They have no shell.


word: Gymnosophist
definition:
Gymnosophist

Gym*nos"o*phist
(jĭm*n&obreve_;s"o̝*fĭst)
n.
[Gr. gymnosofisth`s; gymno`s naked + sofisth`s philosopher; cf. F. gymnosophiste.]
One of a sect of philosophers, said to have been found in India by Alexander the Great, who went almost naked, denied themselves the use of flesh, renounced bodily pleasures, and employed themselves in the contemplation of nature.


word: Gymnosophy
definition:
Gymnosophy

Gym*nos"o*phy
(jĭm*n&obreve_;s"o̝*f&ybreve_;)
n.
The doctrines of the Gymnosophists.
Good.


word: Gymnosperm
definition:
Gymnosperm

Gym"no*sperm
(jĭm"no̝*spẽrm)
n.
(Bot.)
A plant that bears naked seeds (i. e., seeds not inclosed in an ovary), as the common pine and hemlock.  Cf. Angiosperm.


word: Gymnospermous
definition:
Gymnospermous

Gym`no*sper"mous
(jĭm"no̝*spẽr"mŭs)
a.
[Gr.  gymno`spermos; gymno`s naked + spe`rma seed:  cf. F. gymnosperme.]
(Bot.)
(a)
Having naked seeds, or seeds not inclosed in a capsule or other vessel.
(b)
Belonging to the class of plants consisting of gymnosperms.


word: Gymnotoka
definition:
Gymnotoka

Gym*not"o*ka
(jĭm*n&obreve_;t"o̝*kȧ)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. gymno`s naked + to`kos a bringing forth.]
(Zool.)
The Athecata.


word: Gymnotus
definition:
Gymnotus

Gym*no"tus
(jĭm*n&omacr"tŭs)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. gymno`s naked + nw^tos the back: cf.  F. gymnote.]
(Zool.)
A genus of South American fresh-water fishes, including the Gymnotus electricus, or electric eel.  It has a greenish, eel-like body, and is possessed of electric power.

One fearful shock, fearful but momentary, like that from the electric blow of the gymnotus.
De Quincey.


word: Gynaecium
definition:
Gynaecium

Gynaeceum

{ &VerbarGyn`æ*ce"um (jĭn`e̝*sē"ŭm), &VerbarGyn`æ*ci"um (jĭn`e̝*sī"ŭm), }
n.
[L., fr. Gr. gynaikei^on women's apartments, fr. gynh` a woman.]
That part of a large house, among the ancients, exclusively appropriated to women.
[Written also gyneceum, gynecium.]
Tennyson.


word: gynecological
definition:
gynecological

gynaecological

gynaecological gynecological
adj.
Of or pertaining to gynecology; same as gynecological.

Syn. -- gynecologic.


word: gynaecology
definition:
gynaecology

gynaecology
n.
The branch of medicine that deals with the diseases and hygiene of women; same as gynecology.

Syn. -- gynecology.


word: Gynaecophore
definition:
Gynaecophore

Gy*næ"co*phore
(jĭ*nē"ko̝*f&omacrr)
n.
[Gr. gynaikei^on the women's apartments + fe`rein to bear.]
(Zool.)
A ventral canal or groove, in which the males of some diœcious trematodes carry the female. See Illust. of Hæmatozoa.


word: Gynander
definition:
Gynander

Gy*nan"der
(jĭ*năn"dẽr)
n.
[See Gynandrian.]
(Bot.)
A plant having the stamens inserted in the pistil.


word: Gynandria
definition:
Gynandria

Gy*nan"dri*a
(jĭ*năn"drĭ*ȧ)
n. pl.
[NL. See Gynandrian.]
(Bot.)
A class of plants in the Linnæan system, whose stamens grow out of, or are united with, the pistil.


word: Gynandrous
definition:
Gynandrous

Gynandrian

{ Gy*nan"dri*an (jĭ*năn"drĭ*an), Gy*nan"drous (jĭ*năn"drŭs), }
a.
[Gr. gy`nandros of doubtful sex; gynh` a woman + 'anh`r, 'andro`s, man: cf. F. gynandre.]
(Bot.)
Having stamens inserted in the pistil; belonging to the class Gynandria.


word: Gynandromorph
definition:
Gynandromorph

Gy*nan"dro*morph
(jĭ*năn"dro̝*môrf)
n.
(Zool.)
An animal affected with gynandromorphism.


word: Gynandromorphism
definition:
Gynandromorphism

Gy*nan`dro*mor"phism
(jĭ*năn`dro̝*môr"fĭz'm)
n.
[Gr. gynh` a woman, female + 'anh`r, 'andro`s, a man, male + morfh` form.]
(Zool.)
An abnormal condition of certain animals, in which one side has the external characters of the male, and the other those of the female.


word: Gynandromorphous
definition:
Gynandromorphous

Gy*nan`dro*mor"phous
(jĭ*năn`dro̝*môr"fŭs)
a.
(Zool.)
Affected with gynandromorphism.


word: Gynantherous
definition:
Gynantherous

Gy*nan"ther*ous
(jĭ*năn"thẽr*ŭs)
a.
[Gr. gynh` a woman + E. anther.]
(Bot.)
Pertaining to an abnormal condition of the flower, in which the stamens are converted into pistils.
R. Brown.


word: Gynarchy
definition:
Gynarchy

Gyn"ar*chy
(jĭn"ȧr*k&ybreve_;)
n.
[Gr. gynh` a woman + -archy.]
Government by a woman.
Chesterfield.


word: Gynecocracy
definition:
Gynecocracy

Gyn`e*coc"ra*cy
(jĭn`e̝*k&obreve_;k"rȧ*s&ybreve_;)
n.
[Gr. gynaikokrati`a; gynh`, gynaiko`s, a woman + kratei^n to rule: cf. F.  gynécocratie.  Cf. Gynocracy.]
Government by a woman, female power; gyneocracy.
Bailey.


word: Gynecological
definition:
Gynecological

Gyn`e*co*log"ic*al
(jĭn`e̝*ko̝*l&obreve_;j"ĭ*kal or gī`ne̝-)
a.
Of or pertaining to gynecology.


word: Gynecology
definition:
Gynecology

Gyn`e*col"o*gy
(jĭn`e̝*k&obreve_;l"o̝*j&ybreve_; or gī`ne̝-)
n.
[Gr. gynh`, gynaiko`s, a woman + -logy.]
The science which treats of the structure and diseases of women.
Gyn`e*col"o*gist.


word: Gyneolatry
definition:
Gyneolatry

Gyn`e*ol"a*try
(jĭn`e̝*&obreve_;l"ȧ*tr&ybreve_;)
n.
[Gr. gynh` a woman + latrei`a worship.]
The adoration or worship of woman.

The sentimental gyneolatry of chivalry, which was at best but skin-deep.
Lowell.


word: Gynephobia
definition:
Gynephobia

Gyn`e*pho"bi*a
(jĭn`e̝*f&omacr"bĭ*ȧ)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. gynh` a woman + fo`bos fear.]
Hatred of women; repugnance to the society of women.
Holmes.


word: Gynobase
definition:
Gynobase

Gyn"o*base
(jĭn"o̝*bās)
n.
[Gr. gynh` a woman, female + E. base.]
(Bot.)
A dilated base or receptacle, supporting a multilocular ovary.


word: Gynocracy
definition:
Gynocracy

Gy*noc"ra*cy
(jĭ*n&obreve_;k"rȧ*s&ybreve_;)
n.
[See Gynecocracy.]
Female government; gynecocracy.

The aforesaid state has repeatedly changed from absolute despotism to republicanism, not forgetting the intermediate stages of oligarchy, limited monarchy, and even gynocracy; for I myself remember Alsatia governed for nearly nine months by an old fishwoman.
Sir W. Scott.


word: Gynodioecious
definition:
Gynodioecious

Gy`no*di*œ"cious
(jī`no̝*di̝*ē"shŭs)
a.
[Gr. gynh` a woman + E. diœcious.]
(Bot.)
Diœcious, but having some hermaphrodite or perfect flowers on an individual plant which bears mostly pistillate flowers.


word: Gynoecium
definition:
Gynoecium

Gy*nœ"ci*um
(jĭ*nē"sĭ*ŭm or -shĭ*ŭm)
n.
[NL., fr.  Gr. gynh` a woman + o'i^kos house.]
(Bot.)
The pistils of a flower, taken collectively. See Illust. of Carpophore.


word: Gynophore
definition:
Gynophore

Gyn"o*phore
(jĭn"o̝*f&omacrr)
n.
[Gr. gynh` woman, female  + fe`rein to bear, produce: cf. F. gynophore.]
1.
(Bot.)
The pedicel raising the pistil or ovary above the stamens, as in the passion flower.
Lindley.

2.
(Zool.)
One of the branches bearing the female gonophores, in certain Siphonophora.


word: Gyp
definition:
Gyp

Gyp
(jĭp)
n.
[Said to be a sportive application of Gr. gy`ps a vulture.]
A college servant; -- so called in Cambridge, England; at Oxford called a scout.
[Cant]


word: Gypseous
definition:
Gypseous

Gyp"se*ous
(jĭp"se̝*ŭs)
a.
[L. gypseus. See Gypsum.]
Resembling or containing gypsum; partaking of the qualities of gypsum.


word: Gypsiferous
definition:
Gypsiferous

Gyp*sif"er*ous
(jĭp*sĭf"ẽr*ŭs)
a.
[Gypsum + -ferous: cf. F. gypsifère.]
Containing gypsum.


word: Gypsography
definition:
Gypsography

Gyp*sog"ra*phy
(jĭp*s&obreve_;g"rȧ*f&ybreve_;)
n.
[Gypsum + -graphy.]
The act or art of engraving on gypsum.


word: Gypsoplast
definition:
Gypsoplast

Gyp"so*plast
(jĭp"so̝*plăst)
n.
[Gypsum + Gr. pla`ssein to mold.]
A cast taken in plaster of Paris, or in white lime.


word: Gypsum
definition:
Gypsum

Gyp"sum
(jĭp"sŭm)
n.
[L. gypsum, Gr. gy`psos; cf.  Ar. jibs plaster, mortar, Per. jabsīn lime.]
(Min.)
A mineral consisting of the hydrous sulphate of lime (calcium). When calcined, it forms plaster of Paris.  Selenite is a transparent, crystalline variety; alabaster, a fine, white, massive variety.


word: Gypsy
definition:
Gypsy

Gyp"sy
(jĭp"s&ybreve_;)
n.
pl. Gypsies (jĭp"sĭz).
[OE. Gypcyan, F. égyptien Egyptian, gypsy, L. Aegyptius. See Egyptian.]
[Also spelled gipsy and gypsey.]
1.
One of a vagabond race, whose tribes, coming originally from India, entered Europe in the 14th or 15th century, and are now scattered over Turkey, Russia, Hungary, Spain, England, etc., living by theft, fortune telling, horsejockeying, tinkering, etc.  Cf. Bohemian, Romany.

Like a right gypsy, hath, at fast and loose,
Beguiled me to the very heart of loss.
Shak.

2.
The language used by the gypsies.

3.
A dark-complexioned person.
Shak.

4.
A cunning or crafty person.
[Colloq.]
Prior.


word: Gypsy₂
definition:
Gypsy

Gyp"sy
a.
Pertaining to, or suitable for, gypsies.

Gypsy hat, a woman's or child's broad-brimmed hat, usually of straw or felt. -- Gypsy winch, a small winch, which may be operated by a crank, or by a ratchet and pawl through a lever working up and down.


word: Gypsy₃
definition:
Gypsy

Gyp"sy
(jĭp"s&ybreve_;)
v. i.
To play the gypsy; to picnic in the woods.
Mostly, Gyp"sy*ing, vb. n.


word: Gypsyism
definition:
Gypsyism

Gyp"sy*ism
(jĭp"sĭ*ĭz'm)
n.
1.
The arts and practices or habits of gypsies; deception; cheating; flattery.

2.
The state of a gypsy.


word: Gipsy moth
definition:
Gipsy moth

Gypsy moth

{Gyp"sy moth, or Gip"sy moth  }
A tussock moth (Lymantria dispar or Porthetria dispar or Ocneria dispar) native of the Old World, but accidentally introduced into eastern Massachusetts about 1869, where its caterpillars have done great damage to fruit, shade, and forest trees of many kinds. The male gypsy moth is yellowish brown, the female white, and larger than the male. In both sexes the wings are marked by dark lines and a dark lunule. The caterpillars, when full-grown, have a grayish mottled appearance, with blue tubercles on the anterior and red tubercles on the posterior part of the body, all giving rise to long yellow and black hairs. They usually pupate in July and the moth appears in August. The eggs are laid on tree trunks, rocks, etc., and hatch in the spring.
By 1980 the range of habitat had advanced as far south as New Jersey, and by 1995 significant populations were found as far west as the Mississippi valley.  Initial population surges along the advancing front of the inhabited area cause great damage due to defoliation of trees by the caterpillars, but over time predators, disease and other natural controlling factors tend to reduce the populations to levels not so injurious to local foliage.  Much money and effort has been expended trying to control, slow, or limit the spread of gypsy moths in the United States.


word: gypsyweed
definition:
gypsyweed

gypsyweed
n.
A common hairy European perennial (Veronica officinalis) with pale blue or lilac flowers in axillary racemes.

Syn. -- common speedwell, Veronica officinalis.


word: Gypsywort
definition:
Gypsywort

Gyp"sy*wort`
(jĭp"sĭ*wûrt`)
n.
(Bot.)
A labiate plant (the Lycopus Europæus). Gypsies are said to stain their skin with its juice.


word: Gyracanthus
definition:
Gyracanthus

Gyr`a*can"thus
(jĭr`ȧ*kăn"thŭs)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. gyro`s round + 'a`kanqa spine.]
(Paleon.)
A genus of fossil fishes, found in Devonian and carboniferous strata;  -- so named from their round, sculptured spines.


word: Gyral
definition:
Gyral

Gy"ral
(jī"ral)
a.
[See Gyre.]
1.
Moving in a circular path or way; whirling; gyratory.

2.
(Anat.)
Pertaining to a gyrus, or convolution.


word: Gyrate
definition:
Gyrate

Gy"rate
(jī"ra̝t)
a.
[L. gyratus made in a circular form, p. p. of gyrare.]
Winding or coiled round; curved into a circle; taking a circular course.


word: Gyrate₂
definition:
Gyrate

Gy"rate
(jī"rāt)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Gyrated (jī"ra̝*tĕd); p. pr. & vb. n. Gyrating.]
[L. gyratus, p. p. of gyrare to gyrate.  See Gyre, n.]
To revolve round a central point; to move spirally about an axis, as a tornado; to revolve.


word: Gyration
definition:
Gyration

Gy*ra"tion
(ji̝*rā"shŭn)
n.
1.
The act of turning or whirling, as around a fixed center; a circular or spiral motion; motion about an axis; rotation; revolution.

The gyrations of an ascending balloon.
De Quincey.

If a burning coal be nimbly moved round in a circle, with gyrations continually repeated, the whole circle will appear like fire.
Sir I. Newton. 

2.
(Zool.)
One of the whorls of a spiral univalve shell.

Center of gyration. (Mech.) See under Center. -- Radius of gyration, the distance between the axis of a rotating body and its center of gyration. Rankine.


word: Gyratory
definition:
Gyratory

Gy"ra*to*ry
(jī"rȧ*to̝*r&ybreve_;)
a.
Moving in a circle, or spirally; revolving; whirling around.


word: Gyre
definition:
Gyre

Gyre
(jīr)
n.
[L. gyrus, Gr. gy^ros, cf. gyro`s round.]
A circular motion, or a circle described by a moving body; a turn or revolution; a circuit.

Quick and more quick he spins in giddy gyres.
Dryden.

Still expanding and ascending gyres.
Mrs. Browning. 


word: Gyre₂
definition:
Gyre

Gyre
v. t. & i.
[Cf. OF. gyrer, girer. See Gyrate.]
To turn round; to gyrate.
[Obs.]
Bp. Hall. Drayton.


word: Gyrencephala
definition:
Gyrencephala

Gyr`en*ceph"a*la
(jĭr`ĕn*sĕf"ȧ*lȧ)
n. pl.
[NL.  fr. Gr. gyro`s round + 'egke`falos the brain.]
(Zool.)
The higher orders of Mammalia, in which the cerebrum is convoluted.
Gyr`en*ceph"a*lous (jĭr`ĕn*sĕf"ȧ*lŭs), a.


word: Gyrfalcon
definition:
Gyrfalcon

Gyr"fal`con
(jẽr"f&asuml_;`k'n)
n.
[OE. gerfaucon, OF. gerfaucon, LL. gyrofalco, perh. fr.  L. gyrus circle + falco falcon, and named from its circling flight; or cf. E. gier-eagle.  See Gyre, n., Falcon.]
(Zool.)
One of several species and varieties of large Arctic falcons, esp. Falco rusticolus and the white species Falco Islandicus, both of which are circumpolar.  The black and the gray are varieties of the former.  See Illust. of Accipiter.
[Written also gerfalcon, gierfalcon, and jerfalcon.]


word: Gyrland
definition:
Gyrland

Gyr"land
(gẽr"land)
v. t.
[See Garland.]
To garland.
[Obs.]

Their hair loose and flowing, gyrlanded with sea grass.
B. Jonson.


word: Gyrodus
definition:
Gyrodus

Gyr"o*dus
(jĭr"o̝*dŭs)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. gyro`s round + 'odoy`s tooth.]
(Paleon.)
A genus of extinct oölitic fishes, having rounded teeth in several rows adapted for crushing.


word: Gyrogonite
definition:
Gyrogonite

Gy*rog"o*nite
(jĭ*r&obreve_;g"o̝*nīt)
n.
[Gr. gy^ros circle, ring + go`nos fruit.]
(Paleon.)
The petrified fruit of the Chara hispida, a species of stonewort.  See Stonewort.
Lyell.


word: Gyroidal
definition:
Gyroidal

Gy*roid"al
(ji̝*roid"al)
a.
[Gr. gy^ros circle + -oid + -al.]
1.
Spiral in arrangement or action.

2.
(Crystallog.)
Having the planes arranged spirally, so that they incline all to the right (or left) of a vertical line; -- said of certain hemihedral forms.

3.
(Opt.)
Turning the plane of polarization circularly or spirally to the right or left.


word: Gyrolepis
definition:
Gyrolepis

Gy*rol"e*pis
(jĭ*r&obreve_;l"e̝*pĭs)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. gyro`s round + lepi`s scale.]
(Paleon.)
A genus of ganoid fishes, found in strata of the new red sandstone, and the lias bone beds.
Agassiz.


word: Gyroma
definition:
Gyroma

Gy*ro"ma
(ji̝*r&omacr"mȧ)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. gyroy^n to round, bend, fr. gyro`s round.]
A turning round.
[R.]


word: Gyromancy
definition:
Gyromancy

Gyr"o*man`cy
(jĭr"o̝*măn`s&ybreve_; or jī"ro̝-)
n.
[Gr. gy^ros ring, circle + -mancy: cf. F. gyromancie.]
A kind of divination performed by drawing a ring or circle, and walking in or around it.
Brande & C.


word: Gyron
definition:
Gyron

Gy"ron
(jī"r&obreve_;n)
n.
[F. giron; of German origin. See Gore a piece of cloth.]
(Her.)
A subordinary of triangular form having one of its angles at the fess point and the opposite side at the edge of the escutcheon.  When there is only one gyron on the shield it is bounded by two lines drawn from the fess point, one horizontally to the dexter side, and one to the dexter chief corner.


word: Gyronny
definition:
Gyronny

Gy"ron*ny
(jī"r&obreve_;n*n&ybreve_;)
a.
[F. gironné.]
(Her.)
Covered with gyrons, or divided so as to form several gyrons; -- said of an escutcheon.


word: Gyro-pigeon
definition:
Gyro-pigeon

Gy"ro-pi`geon
(jī"ro̝*pĭj`ŭn)
n.
[L. gyrare to revolve + E. pigeon.]
A flying object simulating a pigeon in flight, when projected from a spring trap. It is used as a flying target in shooting matches.
Knight.


word: Gyroscope
definition:
Gyroscope

Gy"ro*scope
(jī"ro̝*sk&omacrp)
n.
[Gr. gy^ros ring, circle + -scope.]
1.
A rotating wheel, mounted in a ring or rings, for illustrating the dynamics of rotating bodies, the composition of rotations, etc. It was devised by Professor W. R. Johnson, in 1832, by whom it was called the rotascope.

2.
A form of the above apparatus, invented by M. Foucault, mounted so delicately as to render visible the rotation of the earth, through the tendency of the rotating wheel to preserve a constant plane of rotation, independently of the earth's motion.


word: Gyroscopic
definition:
Gyroscopic

Gy`ro*scop"ic
(jī`ro̝*sk&obreve_;p"ĭk)
a.
Pertaining to the gyroscope; resembling the motion of the gyroscope.


word: Gyrose
definition:
Gyrose

Gy*rose"
(ji̝*r&omacrs" or jī"r&omacrs)
a.
[See Gyre.]
(Bot.)
Turned round like a crook, or bent to and fro.
Loudon.


word: Gyrostat
definition:
Gyrostat

Gy"ro*stat
(jī"ro̝*stăt)
n.
[Gr. gy^ros ring, circle + "ista`nai to cause to stand.]
(Physics)
A modification of the gyroscope, consisting essentially of a fly wheel fixed inside a rigid case to which is attached a thin flange of metal for supporting the instrument. It is used in studying the dynamics of rotating bodies.


word: Gyrostatic
definition:
Gyrostatic

Gy`ro*stat"ic
(jī`ro̝*stăt"ĭk)
a.
(Physics)
Of or pertaining to the gyrostat or to gyrostatics.


word: Gyrostatics
definition:
Gyrostatics

Gy`ro*stat"ics
(jī`ro̝*stăt"ĭks)
n.
(Physics)
The doctrine or theory of the gyrostat, or of the phenomena of rotating bodies.


word: Gyrus
definition:
Gyrus

Gy"rus
(jī"rŭs)
n.
pl. Gyri (jī"rī).
[L. See Gyre, n.]
A convoluted ridge between grooves; a convolution; as, the gyri of the brain; the gyri of brain coral.  See Brain.


word: Gyte
definition:
Gyte

Gyte
(gīt)
a.
Delirious; senselessly extravagant; as, the man is clean gyte.
[Scot.]
Sir W. Scott.


word: Gyve
definition:
Gyve

Gyve
(jīv)
n.
[Of Celtic origin; cf. W. gefyn, Ir. geibhionn, Gael. geimheal.]
A shackle; especially, one to confine the legs; a fetter.
[Written also give.]

Like a poor prisoner in his twisted gyves.
Shak.

With gyves upon his wrist.
Hood.


word: Gyve₂
definition:
Gyve

Gyve
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Gyved (jīvd); p. pr. & vb. n. Gyving.]
To fetter; to shackle; to chain.
Spenser.

I will gyve thee in thine own courtship.
Shak.


word: H
definition:
H

H
(āch)
the eighth letter of the English alphabet, is classed among the consonants, and is formed with the mouth organs in the same position as that of the succeeding vowel. It is used with certain consonants to form digraphs representing sounds which are not found in the alphabet, as sh, th, &thlig_;, as in shall, thing, &thlig_;ine (for zh see §274); also, to modify the sounds of some other letters, as when placed after c and p, with the former of which it represents a compound sound like that of tsh, as in charm (written also tch as in catch), with the latter, the sound of f, as in phase, phantom. In some words, mostly derived or introduced from foreign languages, h following c and g indicates that those consonants have the hard sound before e, i, and y, as in chemistry, chiromancy, chyle, Ghent, Ghibelline, etc.; in some others, ch has the sound of sh, as in chicane.  See Guide to Pronunciation, §§ 153, 179, 181-3, 237-8.

   The name (aitch) is from the French ache; its form is from the Latin, and this from the Greek H, which was used as the sign of the spiritus asper (rough breathing) before it came to represent the long vowel, Gr. η. The Greek H is from Phœnician, the ultimate origin probably being Egyptian. Etymologically H is most closely related to c; as in E. horn, L. cornu, Gr. ke`ras; E. hele, v. t., conceal; E. hide, L. cutis, Gr. ky`tos; E. hundred, L. centum, Gr. "e-kat-on, Skr. &csdot_;ata.

H piece (Mining), the part of a plunger pump which contains the valve.


word: H₂
definition:
H

H
(hä)
(Mus.)
The seventh degree in the diatonic scale, being used by the Germans for B natural. See B.


word: Ha
definition:
Ha

Ha
(hä)
interj.
[AS.]
An exclamation denoting surprise, joy, or grief. Both as uttered and as written, it expresses a great variety of emotions, determined by the tone or the context. When repeated, ha, ha, it is an expression of laughter, satisfaction, or triumph, sometimes of derisive laughter; or sometimes it is equivalent to  “Well, it is so.”

Ha-has, and inarticulate hootings of satirical rebuke.
Carlyle.


word: Haaf
definition:
Haaf

Haaf
(häf)
n.
[Of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. & Sw. haf the sea, Dan. hav, perh. akin to E. haven.]
The deep-sea fishing for cod, ling, and tusk, off the Shetland Isles.


word: Habeas corpus
definition:
Habeas corpus

Ha"be*as cor"pus
(hā"be̝*ăs kôr"pŭs)
[L. you may have the body.]
(Law)
A writ having for its object to bring a party before a court or judge; especially, one to inquire into the cause of a person's imprisonment or detention by another, with the view to protect the right to personal liberty; also, one to bring a prisoner into court to testify in a pending trial.
Bouvier.


word: Habendum
definition:
Habendum

Ha*ben"dum
(hȧ*bĕn"dŭm)
n.
[L., that must be had.]
(Law)
That part of a deed which follows the part called the premises, and determines the extent of the interest or estate granted; -- so called because it begins with the word Habendum.
Kent.


word: Haberdash
definition:
Haberdash

Hab"er*dash
(hăb"ẽr*dăsh)
v. i.
[See Haberdasher.]
To deal in small wares.
[R.]

To haberdash in earth's base ware.
Quarles.


word: Haberdasher
definition:
Haberdasher

Hab"er*dash`er
(hăb"ẽr*dăsh`ẽr)
n.
[Prob. fr. Icel. hapurtask trumpery, trifles, perh. through French. It is possibly akin to E. haversack, and to Icel. taska trunk, chest, pocket, G. tasche pocket, and the orig. sense was perh., peddler's wares.]
1.
A dealer in small wares, as tapes, pins, needles, and thread.
[Obs.]

2.
A dealer in items of men's clothing, such as hats, gloves, neckties, etc.

The haberdasher heapeth wealth by hats.
Gascoigne.

3.
A dealer in drapery goods of various descriptions, as laces, silks, trimmings, etc.


word: Haberdashery
definition:
Haberdashery

Hab"er*dash`er*y
(hăb"ẽr*dăsh`ẽr*&ybreve_;)
n.
The goods and wares sold by a haberdasher; also (Fig.), trifles.
Burke.


word: Haberdine
definition:
Haberdine

Hab`er*dine"
(hăb`ẽr*dēn" or hă"bẽr*dĭn)
n.
[D. abberdaan, labberdaan; or a French form, cf. OF. habordeau, from the name of a Basque district, cf. F. Labourd, adj. Labourdin.  The l was misunderstood as the French article.]
A cod salted and dried.
Ainsworth.


word: Habergeon
definition:
Habergeon

Ha*ber"ge*on
(hȧ*bẽr"je̝*&obreve_;n or hăb"ẽr*jŭn)
n.
[F.  haubergeon a small hauberk, dim. of OF. hauberc, F. haubert. See Hauberk.]
Properly, a short hauberk, but often used loosely for the hauberk.
Chaucer.


word: Habenaria
definition:
Habenaria

Habenaria
prop. n.
A genus of chiefly terrestrial orchids with tubers or fleshy roots often having long slender spurs and petals and lip lobes; it includes species formerly placed in the genus Gymnadeniopsis.

Syn. -- genus Habenaria.


word: Habilatory
definition:
Habilatory

Hab"i*la*to*ry
(hăb"ĭ*lȧ*to̝*r&ybreve_;)
a.
Of or pertaining to clothing; wearing clothes.
Ld. Lytton.


word: Habile
definition:
Habile

Hab"ile
(hăb"ĭl)
a.
[F. habile, L. habilis. See Able, Habit.]
Fit; qualified; also, apt.
[Obs.]
Spenser.


word: Habiliment
definition:
Habiliment

Ha*bil"i*ment
(hȧ*bĭl"ĭ*ment)
n.
[F. habillement, fr. habiller to dress, clothe, orig., to make fit, make ready, fr. habile apt, skillful, L. habilis. See Habile.]
1.
A garment; an article of clothing.
Camden.

2.
pl.
Dress, in general.
Shak.


word: Habilitate
definition:
Habilitate

Ha*bil"i*tate
(hȧ*bĭl"ĭ*ta̝t)
a.
[LL. habilitatus, p. p. of habilitare to enable.]
Qualified or entitled.
[Obs.]
Bacon.


word: Habilitate₂
definition:
Habilitate

Ha*bil"i*tate
(hȧ*bĭl"ĭ*tāt)
v. t.
To fit out; to equip; to qualify; to entitle.
Johnson.


word: Habilitation
definition:
Habilitation

Ha*bil`i*ta"tion
(hȧ*bĭl`ĭ*tā"shŭn)
n.
[LL. habilitatio: cf. F. habilitation.]
Equipment; qualification.
[Obs.]
Bacon.


word: Hability
definition:
Hability

Ha*bil"i*ty
(hȧ*bĭl"ĭ*t&ybreve_;)
n.
[See Ability.]
Ability; aptitude.
[Obs.]
Robynson (More's Utopia).


word: Habit
definition:
Habit

Hab"it
(hăb"ĭt)
n.
[OE. habit, abit, F. habit, fr. L. habitus state, appearance, dress, fr. habere to have, be in a condition; prob. akin to E. have. See Have, and cf. Able, Binnacle, Debt, Due, Exhibit, Malady.]
1.
The usual condition or state of a person or thing, either natural or acquired, regarded as something had, possessed, and firmly retained; as, a religious habit; his habit is morose; elms have a spreading habit; esp., physical temperament or constitution; as, a full habit of body.

2.
(Biol.)
The general appearance and manner of life of a living organism.
Specifically,
as, the deciduous habit of certain trees.

3.
Fixed or established custom; ordinary course of conduct; practice; usage; hence, prominently, the involuntary tendency or aptitude to perform certain actions which is acquired by their frequent repetition; as, habit is second nature; also, peculiar ways of acting; characteristic forms of behavior.

A man of very shy, retired habits.
W. Irving.

4.
Outward appearance; attire; dress; hence, a garment; esp., a closely fitting garment or dress worn by ladies; as, a riding habit.

Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy.
Shak.

There are, among the statues, several of Venus, in different habits.
Addison.
5.
Hence:
The distinctive clothing worn commonly by nuns or monks; as, in the late 1900's many orders of nuns discarded their habits and began to dress as ordinary lay women.

How use doth breed a habit in a man!
Shak.

He who reigns . . . upheld by old repute,
Consent, or custom
Milton.


word: Habit₂
definition:
Habit

Hab"it
(hăb"ĭt)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Habited; p. pr. & vb. n. Habiting.]
[OE. habiten to dwell, F. habiter, fr. L. habitare to have frequently, to dwell, intens. fr. habere to have.  See Habit, n.]
1.
To inhabit.
[Obs.]

In thilke places as they [birds] habiten.
Rom. of R. 

2.
To dress; to clothe; to array.

They habited themselves like those rural deities.
Dryden.

3.
To accustom; to habituate.
[Obs.]
Chapman.


word: Habitable
definition:
Habitable

Hab"it*a*ble
(hăb"ĭt*ȧ*b'l)
a.
[F. habitable, L. habitabilis.]
Capable of being inhabited; that may be inhabited or dwelt in; as, the habitable world.
Hab"it*a*ble*ness, n. -- Hab"it*a*bly, adv.


word: Habitacle
definition:
Habitacle

Hab"it*a*cle
(hăb"ĭt*ȧ*k'l)
n.
[F. habitacle dwelling place, binnacle, L. habitaculum dwelling place. See Binnacle, Habit, v.]
A dwelling place.
Chaucer. Southey.


word: Habitan
definition:
Habitan

Ha`bi`tan"
(ȧ`be̝`täN")
n.
Same as Habitant, 2.

General Arnold met an emissary . . . sent . . . to ascertain the feelings of the habitans or French yeomanry.
W. Irving.


word: Habitance
definition:
Habitance

Hab"it*ance
(hăb"ĭt*ans)
n.
[OF. habitance, LL. habitantia.]
Dwelling; abode; residence.
[Obs.]
Spenser.


word: Habitant
definition:
Habitant

Hab"it*ant
(hăb"ĭt*ant)
n.
[F. habitant. See Habit, v. t.]

1.
An inhabitant; a dweller.
Milton. Pope.

2.
[F. pron. ȧ`be̝`täN"]
An inhabitant or resident; -- a name applied to and denoting farmers of French descent or origin in Canada, especially in the Province of Quebec; -- usually in the plural.

The habitants or cultivators of the soil.
Parkman.


word: Habitat
definition:
Habitat

Hab"i*tat
(hăb"ĭ*tăt)
n.
[L., it dwells, fr. habitare. See Habit, v. t.]
1.
(Biol.)
The natural abode, locality or region of an animal or plant.

2.
Place where anything is commonly found.

This word has its habitat in Oxfordshire.
Earle.


word: Habitation
definition:
Habitation

Hab`i*ta"tion
(hăb"ĭ*tā"shŭn)
n.
[F. habitation, L. habitatio.]
1.
The act of inhabiting; state of inhabiting or dwelling, or of being inhabited; occupancy.
Denham.

2.
Place of abode; settled dwelling; residence; house.

The Lord . . . blesseth the habitation of the just.
Prov. iii. 33.


word: Habited
definition:
Habited

Hab"it*ed
(hăb"ĭt*ĕd)
p. p. & a.
1.
Clothed; arrayed; dressed; as, he was habited like a shepherd.

2.
Fixed by habit; accustomed.
[Obs.]

So habited he was in sobriety.
Fuller.

3.
Inhabited.
[Archaic]

Another world, which is habited by the ghosts of men and women.
Addison.


word: Habitual
definition:
Habitual

Ha*bit"ual
(hȧ*bĭt"&uuptack_;*al; 135)
a.
[Cf. F. habituel, LL. habitualis.  See Habit, n.]
1.
Formed or acquired by habit or use.

An habitual knowledge of certain rules and maxims.
South.

2.
According to habit; established by habit; customary; constant; as, the habitual practice of sin.

It is the distinguishing mark of habitual piety to be grateful for the most common and ordinary blessings.
Buckminster.


word: Habituate
definition:
Habituate

Ha*bit"u*ate
(hȧ*bĭt"&uuptack_;*āt)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Habituated (hȧ*bĭt"&uuptack_;*ā`tĕd); p. pr. & vb. n. Habituating (hȧ*bĭt"&uuptack_;*ā`tĭng).]
[L. habituatus, p. p. of habituare to bring into a condition or habit of body: cf. F. habituer. See Habit.]
1.
To make accustomed; to accustom; to familiarize.

Our English dogs, who were habituated to a colder clime.
Sir K. Digby.

Men are first corrupted . . . and next they habituate themselves to their vicious practices.
Tillotson.

2.
To settle as an inhabitant.
[Obs.]
Sir W. Temple.


word: Habituate₂
definition:
Habituate

Ha*bit"u*ate
(hȧ*bĭt"&uuptack_;*a̝t)
a.
Firmly established by custom; formed by habit; habitual.
[R.]
Hammond.


word: Habituation
definition:
Habituation

Ha*bit`u*a"tion
(hȧ*bĭt"&uuptack_;*ā"shŭn)
n.
[Cf. F. habituation.]
The act of habituating, or accustoming; the state of being habituated.


word: Habitude
definition:
Habitude

Hab"i*tude
(hăb"ĭ*tūd)
n.
[F., fr. L. habitudo condition.  See Habit.]
1.
Habitual attitude; usual or accustomed state with reference to something else; established or usual relations.
South.

The same ideas having immutably the same habitudes one to another.
Locke.

The verdict of the judges was biased by nothing else than their habitudes of thinking.
Landor.

2.
Habitual association, intercourse, or familiarity.

To write well, one must have frequent habitudes with the best company.
Dryden.

3.
Habit of body or of action.
Shak.

It is impossible to gain an exact habitude without an infinite number of acts and perpetual practice.
Dryden.


word: Habitue
definition:
Habitue

Ha`bi`tu`é"
(ȧ`be̝`t&usdot_;`a̝")
n.
[F., p. p. of habituer. See Habituate.]
One who habitually frequents a place; as, an habitué of a theater.


word: Hachure
definition:
Hachure

Hach"ure
(hăch"&uuptack_;r)
n.
[F., fr. hacher to hack. See Hatching.]
(Fine Arts)
A short line used in drawing and engraving, especially in shading and denoting different surfaces, as in map drawing. See Hatching.


word: Hacienda
definition:
Hacienda

Ha`ci*en"da
(ä`the̝*a̝n"dȧ or  hä`sĭ*ĕn"dȧ)
n.
[Sp., fr. OSp. facienda employment, estate, fr. L. facienda, pl. of faciendum what is to be done, fr. facere to do. See Fact.]
1.
A large estate where work of any kind is done, as agriculture, manufacturing, mining, or raising of animals; a cultivated farm, with a good house, in distinction from a farming establishment with rude huts for herdsmen, etc.; -- a word used in Spanish-American regions.

2.
The main residence of a hacienda{1}.


word: Hack
definition:
Hack

Hack
(hăk)
n.
[See Hatch a half door.]
1.
A frame or grating of various kinds; as, a frame for drying bricks, fish, or cheese; a rack for feeding cattle; a grating in a mill race, etc.

2.
Unburned brick or tile, stacked up for drying.


word: Hack₂
definition:
Hack

Hack
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Hacked (hăkt); p. pr. & vb. n. Hacking.]
[OE. hakken, AS. haccian; akin to D. hakken, G. hacken, Dan. hakke, Sw. hacka, and perh. to E. hew.  Cf. Hew to cut, Haggle.]
1.
To cut irregulary, without skill or definite purpose; to notch; to mangle by repeated strokes of a cutting instrument; as, to hack a post.

My sword hacked like a handsaw.
Shak.

2.
Fig.: To mangle in speaking.
Shak.

3.
(Computers)
To program (a computer) for pleasure or compulsively; especially, to try to defeat the security systems and gain unauthorized access to a computer.

4.
To bear, physically or emotionally; as, he left the job because he couldn't hack the pressure.
[Colloq.]


word: Hack₄
definition:
Hack

Hack
v. i.
To cough faintly and frequently, or in a short, broken manner; as, a hacking cough.


word: Hack₅
definition:
Hack

Hack
n.
1.
A notch; a cut.
Shak.

2.
An implement for cutting a notch; a large pick used in breaking stone.

3.
A hacking; a catch in speaking; a short, broken cough.
Dr. H. More.

4.
(Football)
A kick on the shins, or a cut from a kick.
T. Hughes.

5.
(Computers)
A clever computer program or routine within a program to accomplish an objective in a non-obvious fashion.

6.
(Computers)
A quick and inelegant, though functional solution to a programming problem.

7.
A taxicab.
[informal]

Hack saw, a handsaw having a narrow blade stretched in an iron frame, for cutting metal.


word: Hack₆
definition:
Hack

Hack
(hăk)
n.
[Shortened fr. hackney. See Hackney.]

1.
A horse, hackneyed or let out for common hire; also, a horse used in all kinds of work, or a saddle horse, as distinguished from hunting and carriage horses.

2.
A coach or carriage let for hire; a hackney coach; formerly, a coach with two seats inside facing each other; now, usually a taxicab.

On horse, on foot, in hacks and gilded chariots.
Pope.

3.
Hence:
The driver of a hack; a taxi driver; a hackman.

3.
A bookmaker who hires himself out for any sort of literary work; an overworked man; a drudge.

Here lies poor Ned Purdon, from misery freed,
Who long was a bookseller's hack.
Goldsmith.

4.
A procuress.


word: Hack₇
definition:
Hack

Hack
v. i.
To ride or drive as one does with a hack horse; to ride at an ordinary pace, or over the roads, as distinguished from riding across country or in military fashion.


word: Hack₈
definition:
Hack

Hack
a.
Hackneyed; hired; mercenary.
Wakefield.

Hack writer, a hack; one who writes for hire. “A vulgar hack writer.”  Macaulay.


word: Hack₉
definition:
Hack

Hack
v. t.
1.
To use as a hack; to let out for hire.

2.
To use frequently and indiscriminately, so as to render trite and commonplace.

The word “remarkable” has been so hacked of late.
J. H. Newman.


word: Hack₁₀
definition:
Hack

Hack
v. i.
1.
To be exposed or offered to common use for hire; to turn prostitute.
Hanmer.

2.
To live the life of a drudge or hack.
Goldsmith.


word: Hackamore
definition:
Hackamore

Hack"a*more
(hăk"ȧ*m&omacrr)
n.
[Cf. Sp. jaquima headstall of a halter.]
A halter consisting of a long leather or rope strap and headstall, -- used for leading or tieing a pack animal.
[Western U. S.]


word: Hackberry
definition:
Hackberry

Hack"ber`ry
(hăk"bĕr`r&ybreve_;)
n.
(Bot.)
A genus of trees (Celtis) related to the elm, but bearing drupes with scanty, but often edible, pulp.  Celtis occidentalis is common in the Eastern United States.
Gray.


word: Hackelia
definition:
Hackelia

Hackelia
prop. n.
A genus of plants with seeds that stick to clothing, including stickseed and some of the beggar's lice.

Syn. -- genus Hackelia, Lappula, genus Lappula.


word: hacker
definition:
hacker

hack"er
(hăk"ẽr)
n.
One who, or that which, hacks.
Specifically:
A cutting instrument for making notches; esp., one used for notching pine trees in collecting turpentine; a hack.


word: hackery
definition:
hackery

hack"er*y
(hăk"ẽr*&ybreve_;)
n.
[Hind. chhakrā.]
A cart with wooden wheels, drawn by bullocks.
[Bengal]
Malcom.


word: hackle
definition:
hackle

hac"kle
(hăk"k'l)
n.
[See Heckle, and cf. Hatchel.]

1.
A comb for dressing flax, raw silk, etc.; a hatchel.

2.
Any flimsy substance unspun, as raw silk.

3.
One of the peculiar, long, narrow feathers on the neck of fowls, most noticeable on the cock, -- often used in making artificial flies; hence, any feather so used.

4.
An artificial fly for angling, made of feathers.


word: Hackle
definition:
Hackle

Hac"kle
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Hackled (hăk"k'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Hackling (hăk"klĭng).]
1.
To separate, as the coarse part of flax or hemp from the fine, by drawing it through the teeth of a hackle or hatchel.

2.
To tear asunder; to break in pieces.

The other divisions of the kingdom being hackled and torn to pieces.
Burke.


word: Hackly
definition:
Hackly

Hac"kly
(hăk"l&ybreve_;)
a.
[From Hackle.]
1.
Rough or broken, as if hacked.

2.
(Min.)
Having fine, short, and sharp points on the surface; as, the hackly fracture of metallic iron.


word: Hackman
definition:
Hackman

Hack"man
(hăk"man)
n.
pl. Hackmen (hăk"men).
The driver of a hack or carriage for public hire.


word: Hackmatack
definition:
Hackmatack

Hack"ma*tack`
(hăk"mȧ*tăk`)
n.
[Of American Indian origin.]
(Bot.)
The American larch (Larix Americana), a coniferous tree with slender deciduous leaves; also, its heavy, close-grained timber. Called also tamarack.


word: Hackney
definition:
Hackney

Hack"ney
(-n&ybreve_;)
n.
pl. Hackneys (-nĭz).
[OE. hakeney, hakenay; cf. F. haguenée a pacing horse, an ambling nag, OF. also haquenée, Sp. hacanea, OSp.  facanea, D. hakkenei, also OF. haque horse, Sp. haca, OSp. faca; perh. akin to E. hack to cut, and nag, and orig. meaning, a jolting horse.  Cf. Hack a horse, Nag.]
1.
A horse for riding or driving; a nag; a pony.
Chaucer.

2.
A horse or pony kept for hire.

3.
A carriage kept for hire; a hack; a hackney coach.

4.
A hired drudge; a hireling; a prostitute.


word: Hackney₂
definition:
Hackney

Hack"ney
a.
Let out for hire; devoted to common use; hence, much used; trite; mean; as, hackney coaches; hackney authors.
Hackney
Roscommon.


word: Hackney₃
definition:
Hackney

Hack"ney
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Hackneyed (-nĭd); p. pr. & vb. n. Hackneying.]
1.
To devote to common or frequent use, as a horse or carriage; to wear out in common service; to make trite or commonplace; as, a hackneyed metaphor or quotation.

Had I so lavish of my presence been,
So common-hackneyed in the eyes of men.
Shak.

2.
To carry in a hackney coach.
Cowper.


word: Hackneyman
definition:
Hackneyman

Hack"ney*man
(-măn)
n.
pl. Hackneymen (-mĕn).
A man who lets horses and carriages for hire.


word: Hackster
definition:
Hackster

Hack"ster
(-stẽr)
n.
[From Hack to cut.]
A bully; a bravo; a ruffian; an assassin.
[Obs.]
Milton.


word: Had
definition:
Had

Had
(hăd)
imp. & p. p.
Have
[OE. had, hafde, hefde, AS. hæfde.]
See Have.

Had as lief, Had rather, Had better, Had as soon, etc., with a nominative and followed by the infinitive without to, are well established idiomatic forms. The original construction was that of the dative with forms of be, followed by the infinitive. See Had better, under Better.

And lever me is be pore and trewe.
[And more agreeable to me it is to be poor and true.]
C. Mundi (Trans.).

Him had been lever to be syke.
[To him it had been preferable to be sick.]
Fabian.

For him was lever have at his bed's head
Twenty bookes, clad in black or red, . . . 
Than robes rich, or fithel, or gay sawtrie.
Chaucer.

Gradually the nominative was substituted for the dative, and had for the forms of be. During the process of transition, the nominative with was or were, and the dative with had, are found.

Poor lady, she were better love a dream.
Shak.

You were best hang yourself.
Beau. & Fl.

Me rather had my heart might feel your love
Than my unpleased eye see your courtesy.
Shak.

I hadde levere than my scherte,
That ye hadde rad his legende, as have I.
Chaucer.

I had as lief not be as live to be
In awe of such a thing as I myself.
Shak.

I had rather be a dog and bay the moon,
Than such a Roman.
Shak.

I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
Ps. lxxxiv. 10.


word: Haddock
definition:
Haddock

Had"dock
(-dŭk)
n.
[OE. hadok, haddok, of unknown origin; cf. Ir. codog, Gael. adag, F. hadot.]
(Zool.)
A marine food fish (Melanogrammus aeglefinus), allied to the cod, inhabiting the northern coasts of Europe and America. It has a dark lateral line and a black spot on each side of the body, just back of the gills. Galled also haddie, and dickie.

Norway haddock, a marine edible fish (Sebastes marinus) of Northern Europe and America. See Rose fish.


word: Hade
definition:
Hade

Hade
(hād)
n.
[Cf. AS. heald inclined, bowed down, G. halde declivity.]
1.
The descent of a hill.
[Obs.]

2.
(Mining)
The inclination or deviation from the vertical of any mineral vein.

3.
(Geol. & Mining)
The deviation of a fault plane from the vertical.
&hand_; The direction of the hade is the direction toward which the fault plane descends from an intersecting vertical line.


word: Hades
definition:
Hades

Ha"des
(hā"dēz)
n.
[Gr. "a`,dhs, "A'idhs; 'a priv. + 'idei^n to see.  Cf. Un-, Wit.]
The nether world (according to classical mythology, the abode of the shades, ruled over by Hades or Pluto); the invisible world; the grave.

And death and Hades gave up the dead which were in them.
Rev. xx. 13 (Rev. Ver.).

Neither was he left in Hades, nor did his flesh see corruption.
Acts ii. 31 (Rev. Ver.).

And in Hades he lifted up his eyes, being in torments.
Luke xvi. 23 (Rev. Ver.).


word: Hadj
definition:
Hadj

Hadj
(hăj)
n.
[Ar. hajj, fr. hajja to set out, walk, go on a pilgrimage.]
The pilgrimage to Mecca, performed by Muslims.  It is the duty of Moslems to make a journey to Mecca at least once ina lifetime, or if that is not possible, three journeys to one of the alternate sacred sites.
[Also spelled haj and hajj.]


word: Hadji
definition:
Hadji

Hadj"i
(-ĭ)
n.
[Ar. hājjī. See Hadj.]
[Also spelled hajji and haji.]
1.
A Muslim who has made a pilgrimage to Mecca; -- used among Orientals as a respectful salutation or a title of honor.
G. W. Curtis.

2.
A Greek or Armenian who has visited the holy sepulcher at Jerusalem.
Heyse.


word: hadrosaur
definition:
hadrosaur

hadrosaur
n.
Any member of the genus Hadrosaurus or family Hadrosauridae, an extinct family of heavy bipedal partly aquatic dinosaurs with duck-billed skull and webbed feet; of the Upper Cretaceous in North America.

Syn. -- hadrosaurus.


word: Hadrosauridae
definition:
Hadrosauridae

Hadrosauridae
prop. n.
A natural family of extinct reptiles including the duck-billed dinosaurs.

Syn. -- family Hadrosauridae.


word: Hadrosaurus
definition:
Hadrosaurus

Had`ro*sau"rus
(hăd`ro̝*s&asuml_;"rŭs)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. "adro`s thick + say^ros lizard.]
(Paleon.)
An American herbivorous dinosaur of great size, allied to the iguanodon.  It is found in the Cretaceous formation.


word: Haecceity
definition:
Haecceity

Haec*ce"i*ty
(hĕk*sē"ĭ*t&ybreve_;)
[L. hæcce this.]
(Logic)
Literally, this-ness.  A scholastic term to express individuality or singleness; as, this book.


word: Haemo-
definition:
Haemo-

Haemato-

Haema-

Haem"a- (hĕm"ȧ- or hē"mȧ-), Haem"a*to- (hĕm"ȧ*to̝- or hē"mȧ*to̝-), Haem"o- (hĕm"o̝- or hē"mo̝-)
[Gr. a"i^ma, a"i`matos, blood.]
Combining forms indicating relation or resemblance to blood, association with blood; as, haemapod, haematogenesis, haemoscope.

&hand_; Words from Gr. a"i^ma are written hema-, hemato-, hemo-, as well as haema-, haemato-, haemo-.


word: Haemachrome
definition:
Haemachrome

Haem"a*chrome
(hĕm"ȧ*kr&omacrm or hē"mȧ-)
n.
[Haema- + Gr. chrw^ma color.]
(Physiol. Chem.)
Hematin.


word: Haemacyanin
definition:
Haemacyanin

Haem`a*cy"a*nin
(-sī"ȧ*nĭn)
n.
[Haema- + Gr. ky`anos a dark blue substance.]
(Physiol. Chem.)
A substance found in the blood of the octopus, which gives to it its blue color.

&hand_; When deprived of oxygen it is colorless, but becomes quickly blue in contact with oxygen, and is then generally called oxyhaemacyanin. A similar blue coloring matter has been detected in small quantity in the blood of other animals and in the bile.


word: Haemacytometer
definition:
Haemacytometer

Haem`a*cy*tom"e*ter
(-si̝*t&obreve_;m"e̝*tẽr)
n.
[Haema + Gr. ky`tos a hollow vessel + -meter.]
(Physiol.)
An apparatus for determining the number of corpuscles in a given quantity of blood.


word: Haemad
definition:
Haemad

Hae"mad
(hē"măd)
adv.
[Haema- + L. ad toward.]
(Anat.)
Toward the haemal side; on the haemal side of; -- opposed to neurad.


word: Haemadromometer
definition:
Haemadromometer

Haemadrometer

{ Haem`a*drom"e*ter (hĕm`ȧ*dr&obreve_;m"e̝*tẽr or hē`mȧ-), Haem`a*dro*mom"e*ter (-dro̝*m&obreve_;m"e̝*tẽr), }
n.
Same as Hemadrometer.


word: Haemadromometry
definition:
Haemadromometry

Haemadrometry

{ Haem`a*drom"e*try (-dr&obreve_;m"e̝*tr&ybreve_;),Haem`a*dro*mom"e*try (-dro̝*m&obreve_;m"e̝*tr&ybreve_;), }
n.
Same as Hemadrometry.


word: Haemadromograph
definition:
Haemadromograph

Haem`a*drom"o*graph
(-dr&obreve_;m"o̝*grȧf)
n.
[Haema- + Gr. dro`mos course + -graph.]
(Physiol.)
An instrument for registering the velocity of the blood.


word: Haemadynamometer
definition:
Haemadynamometer

Haemadynameter

Hae`ma*dy*nam"e*ter (hē`mȧ*di̝*năm"e̝*tẽr or hĕm`ȧ*dĭ-) Hae`ma*dy`na*mom"e*ter (hē`mȧ*dī`nȧ*m&obreve_;m"e̝*tẽr or hĕm`ȧ*dĭn`ȧ-)
Same as Hemadynamometer.


word: Haemal
definition:
Haemal

Hae"mal
(hē"mal)
a.
[Gr. a"i^ma blood.]
Pertaining to the blood or blood vessels; also, ventral. See Hemal.


word: Haemaphaein
definition:
Haemaphaein

Haem`a*phae"in
(hĕm`ȧ*fē"ĭn or hē`mȧ-)
n.
[Haema- + Gr. faio`s dusky.]
(Physiol.)
A brownish substance sometimes found in the blood, in cases of jaundice.


word: Haemapod
definition:
Haemapod

Haem"a*pod
(hĕm"ȧ*p&obreve_;d or hē"mȧ*p&obreve_;d)
n.
[Haema + -pod.]
(Zool.)
An haemapodous animal.
G. Rolleston.


word: Haemapodous
definition:
Haemapodous

Hae*map"o*dous
(he̝*măp"o̝*dŭs)
a.
(Anat.)
Having the limbs on, or directed toward, the ventral or hemal side, as in vertebrates; -- opposed to neuropodous.


word: Haemapoietic
definition:
Haemapoietic

Haem`a*poi*et"ic
(hĕm`ȧ*poi*ĕt"ĭk or hē`mȧ-)
a.
[Haema- + Gr. poihtiko`s productive.]
(Physiol.)
Blood-forming; as, the haemapoietic function of the spleen.


word: Haemapophysis
definition:
Haemapophysis

Haem`a*poph"y*sis
(-p&obreve_;f"ĭ*sĭs)
n.
[NL.]
Same as Hemapophysis.
Haem`a*po*phys"i*al (-po̝*fĭz"ĭ*al), a.


word: Haematachometer
definition:
Haematachometer

Haem`a*ta*chom"e*ter
(-tȧ*k&obreve_;m"e̝*tẽr)
n.
[Haema- + Gr. tachy`s swift + -meter.]
(Physiol.)
A form of apparatus (somewhat different from the hemadrometer) for measuring the velocity of the blood.


word: Haematachometry
definition:
Haematachometry

Haem`a*ta*chom"e*try
(-tr&ybreve_;)
n.
(Physiol.)
The measurement of the velocity of the blood.


word: Haematic
definition:
Haematic

Hae*mat"ic
(he̝*măt"ĭk)
a.
[Gr. a"imatiko`s]
Of or pertaining to the blood; sanguine; brownish red.

Haematic acid (Physiol.), a hypothetical acid, supposed to be formed from hemoglobin during its oxidation in the lungs, and to have the power of freeing carbonic acid from the sodium carbonate of the serum. Thudichum.


word: Haematitic
definition:
Haematitic

Haem`a*tit"ic
(hĕm`ȧ*tĭt"ĭk)
a.
(Zool.)
Of a blood-red color; crimson; (Bot.) brownish red.


word: Haematoblast
definition:
Haematoblast

Haem"a*to*blast
(-blăst`)
n.
[Haemato- + -blast.]
(Anat.)
One of the very minute, disk-shaped bodies found in blood with the ordinary red corpuscles and white corpuscles; a third kind of blood corpuscle, supposed by some to be an early stage in the development of the red corpuscles; -- called also blood plaque, and blood plate.


word: Haematocrya
definition:
Haematocrya

Haem`a*toc"ry*a
(t&obreve_;k"rĭ*ȧ)
n. pl.
(Zool.)
The cold-blooded vertebrates. Same as Hematocrya.


word: Haematodynamometer
definition:
Haematodynamometer

Hae`ma*to*dy`na*mom"e*ter
(hē`mȧ*to̝*dī`nȧ*m&obreve_;m"e̝*tẽr or hĕm`ȧ*to̝*dĭn`ȧ-)
n.
Same as Hemadynamometer.


word: Haematogenesis
definition:
Haematogenesis

Haem`a*to*gen"e*sis
(hĕm`ȧ*to̝*jĕn"e̝*sĭs or hē`mȧ*to̝-)
n.
[Haemato- + genesis.]
(Physiol.)
(a)
The origin and development of blood.
(b)
The transformation of venous into arterial blood by respiration; hematosis.


word: Haematoin
definition:
Haematoin

Hae*mat"o*in
(he̝*măt"o̝*ĭn)
n.
[Haemato- + -in.]
(Physiol. Chem.)
A substance formed from the hematin of blood, by removal of the iron through the action of concentrated sulphuric acid. Two like bodies, called respectively haematoporphyrin and haematolin, are formed in a similar manner.


word: Haematology
definition:
Haematology

Haem`a*tol"o*gy
(hĕm`ȧ*t&obreve_;l"o̝*j&ybreve_; or hē`mȧ-)
n.
The science which treats of the blood. Same as Hematology.


word: Haematolysis
definition:
Haematolysis

Haem`a*tol"y*sis
(hĕm`ȧ*t&obreve_;l"ĭ*sĭs or hĕ`mȧ-)
n.
[NL.; haemato- + Gr. ly`sis a loosing, dissolving, fr. ly`ein to loose, dissolve.]
(Physiol.)
Dissolution of the red blood corpuscles with diminished coagulability of the blood; haemolysis.
Haem`a*to*lyt"ic (#), a.


word: Haematometer
definition:
Haematometer

Haem`a*tom"e*ter
(-t&obreve_;m"e̝*tẽr)
n.
[Haemato- + -meter.]
(Physiol.)
(a)
Same as Hemadynamometer.
(b)
An instrument for determining the number of blood corpuscles in a given quantity of blood.


word: Haematophilina
definition:
Haematophilina

Haem`a*to*phi*li"na
(-to̝*fĭ*lī"nȧ)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. a"i^ma, a"i`matos, blood + filei^n to love.]
(Zool.)
A division of Chiroptera, including the bloodsucking bats. See Vampire.


word: Haematoplast
definition:
Haematoplast

Haem"a*to*plast`
(-plăst`)
n.
[Haemato- + Gr. pla`ssein to mold.]
(Anat.)
Same as Haematoblast.


word: Haematoplastic
definition:
Haematoplastic

Haem`a*to*plas"tic
(-plăs"tĭk)
a.
[Haemato- + -plastic.]
(Physiol.)
Blood formative; -- applied to a substance in early fetal life, which breaks up gradually into blood vessels.


word: Haematoporphyrin
definition:
Haematoporphyrin

Haem`a*to*por"phy*rin
(-pôr"fĭ*rĭn)
n.
[Haemato- + Gr. porfy`ra purple.]
(Physiol. Chem.)
See Haematoin.


word: Haematosac
definition:
Haematosac

Haem"a*to*sac`
(-săk`)
n.
[Haemato- + sac.]
(Anat.)
A vascular sac connected, beneath the brain, in many fishes, with the infundibulum.


word: Haematotherma
definition:
Haematotherma

Haem`a*to*ther"ma
(hĕm`ȧ*to̝*thẽr"mȧ or hē`mȧ-)
n. pl.
(Zool.)
Same as Hematotherma.


word: Haematoxylin
definition:
Haematoxylin

Haem`a*tox"y*lin
(-t&obreve_;ks"ĭ*lĭn)
n.
[See Haematoxylon.]
(Chem.)
The coloring principle of logwood. It is obtained as a yellow crystalline substance, C16H14O6, with a sweetish taste. Formerly called also hematin.


word: Haematoxylon
definition:
Haematoxylon

Haem`a*tox"y*lon
(-l&obreve_;n)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. a"i^ma blood + xy`lon wood.]
(Bot.)
A genus of leguminous plants containing but a single species, the Haematoxylon Campechianum or logwood tree, native in Yucatan.


word: Haematozoon
definition:
Haematozoon

Haem`a*to*zo"on
(-to̝*z&omacr"&obreve_;n)
n.
pl. Haematozoa (-ȧ).
[NL., fr. Gr. a"i^ma, a"i`matos, blood + zw^,on animal.]
(Zool.)
A parasite inhabiting the blood
(a)
Certain species of nematodes of the genus Filaria, sometimes found in the blood of man, the horse, the dog, etc.
(b)
The trematode, Bilharzia haematobia, which infests the inhabitants of Egypt and other parts of Africa, often causing death.


word: Haemochromogen
definition:
Haemochromogen

Haem`o*chro"mo*gen
(-kr&omacr"mo̝*jĕn)
n.
[Haemochrome + -gen.]
(Physiol. Chem.)
A body obtained from hemoglobin, by the action of reducing agents in the absence of oxygen.


word: Haemochromometer
definition:
Haemochromometer

Haem`o*chro*mom"e*ter
(-kro̝*m&obreve_;m"e̝*tẽr)
n.
[Haemochrome +  -meter.]
(Physiol. Chem.)
An apparatus for measuring the amount of hemoglobin in a fluid, by comparing it with a solution of known strength and of normal color.


word: Haemocytolysis
definition:
Haemocytolysis

Haem`o*cy*tol"y*sis
(-si̝*t&obreve_;l"ĭ*sĭs)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. a"i^ma blood + ky`tos hollow vessel + ly`ein to loosen, dissolve.]
(Physiol.)
See Haemocytotrypsis.


word: Haemocytotrypsis
definition:
Haemocytotrypsis

Haem`o*cy`to*tryp"sis
(-sī`to̝*trĭp"sĭs)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. a"i^ma blood + ky`tos hollow vessel + tri`bein to rub, grind.]
(Physiol.)
A breaking up of the blood corpuscles, as by pressure, in distinction from solution of the corpuscles, or haemocytolysis.


word: Haemoglobinometer
definition:
Haemoglobinometer

Haem`o*glo`bin*om"e*ter
(-&obreve_;m"e̝*tẽr)
n.
[Haemoglobin + -meter.]
Same as Hemochromometer.


word: Haemol
definition:
Haemol

Hae"mol
(hē"m&omacrl)
n.
[Gr. a"i^ma blood.]
(Chem.)
A dark brown powder containing iron, prepared by the action of zinc dust as a reducing agent upon the coloring matter of the blood, used medicinally as a hematinic.


word: Haemolytic
definition:
Haemolytic

Haemolysis

&VerbarHae*mol"y*sis (he̝*m&obreve_;l"ĭ*sĭs), n., Haem`o*lyt"ic (hĕm`o̝*lĭt"*ĭc or hē`mo̝-)
a.
(Physiol.)
Same as Haematolysis, Haematolytic.


word: Haemomanometer
definition:
Haemomanometer

Haem`o*ma*nom"e*ter
(-mȧ*n&obreve_;m"e̝*tẽr)
n.
[Haemo- + manometer.]
Same as Hemadynamometer.


word: Haemometer
definition:
Haemometer

Hae*mom"e*ter
(he̝*m&obreve_;m"e̝*tẽr)
n.
[Haemo- + -meter.]
(Physiol.)
Same as Hemadynamometer.


word: Haemony
definition:
Haemony

Hae"mo*ny
(hē"mo̝*n&ybreve_;)
n.
[L. Haemonia a name of Thessaly, the land of magic.]
A plant described by Milton as “of sovereign use against all enchantments.”


word: Haemoscope
definition:
Haemoscope

Haem"o*scope
(hĕm"o̝*sk&omacrp or hē"mo̝-)
n.
[Haemo- + -scope.]
(Physiol.)
An instrument devised by Hermann, for regulating and measuring the thickness of a layer of blood for spectroscopic examination.


word: Haffle
definition:
Haffle

Haf"fle
(hăf"f'l)
v. i.
[Cf. G. haften to cling, stick to, Prov. G., to stop, stammer.]
To stammer; to speak unintelligibly; to prevaricate.
[Prov. Eng.]
Halliwell.


word: hafnium
definition:
hafnium

haf"ni*um
(hăf"nē*ŭm or häf"nē*ŭm)
n.
A metallic element of atomic number 72 present together with zirconium to the extent of 1% to 5% in zirconium minerals.  It is a poisonous, ductile metal with a brilliant silver luster, has an atomic weight of 178.49, and has a high melting point (2227° C).  It is used in nuclear reactors, and incandescent lamps as a scavenger of oxygen and nitrogen.  See also norium.


word: Haft
definition:
Haft

Haft
(hȧft)
n.
[AS. hæft; akin to D. & G. heft, Icel. hepti, and to E. heave, or have.  Cf. Heft.]
1.
A handle; that part of an instrument or vessel taken into the hand, and by which it is held and used; -- said chiefly of a knife, sword, or dagger; the hilt.

This brandish'd dagger
I'll bury to the haft in her fair breast.
Dryden.

2.
A dwelling.
[Scot.]
Jamieson.


word: Hafter
definition:
Hafter

Haft"er
(-ẽr)
n.
[Cf. G. haften to cling or stick to, and E. haffle.]
A caviler; a wrangler.
[Obs.]
Baret.


word: Hag
definition:
Hag

Hag
(hăg)
n.
[OE. hagge, hegge, witch, hag, AS. hægtesse; akin to OHG. hagazussa, G. hexe, D. heks, Dan. hex, Sw. häxa. The first part of the word is prob. the same as E. haw, hedge, and the orig. meaning was perh., wood woman, wild woman.  √12.]
1.
A witch, sorceress, or enchantress; also, a wizard.
[Obs.]
hag
Golding.

2.
An ugly old woman.
Dryden.

3.
A fury; a she-monster.
Crashaw.

4.
(Zool.)
An eel-like marine marsipobranch (Myxine glutinosa), allied to the lamprey. It has a suctorial mouth, with labial appendages, and a single pair of gill openings. It is the type of the order Hyperotreta.  Called also hagfish, borer, slime eel, sucker, and sleepmarken.

5.
(Zool.)
The hagdon or shearwater.

6.
An appearance of light and fire on a horse's mane or a man's hair.
Blount.

Hag moth (Zool.), a moth (Phobetron pithecium), the larva of which has curious side appendages, and feeds on fruit trees. -- Hag's tooth (Naut.), an ugly irregularity in the pattern of matting or pointing.


word: Hag₂
definition:
Hag

Hag
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Hagged (hăgd); p. pr. & vb. n. Hagging.]
To harass; to weary with vexation.

How are superstitious men hagged out of their wits with the fancy of omens.
L'Estrange.


word: Hag₃
definition:
Hag

Hag
n.
[Scot. hag to cut; cf. E. hack.]
1.
A small wood, or part of a wood or copse, which is marked off or inclosed for felling, or which has been felled.

This said, he led me over hoults and hags;
Through thorns and bushes scant my legs I drew.
Fairfax.

2.
A quagmire; mossy ground where peat or turf has been cut.
Dugdale.


word: Hagberry
definition:
Hagberry

Hag"ber`ry
(hăg"bĕr`r&ybreve_;)
n.
(Bot.)
A plant of the genus Prunus (Prunus Padus); the bird cherry.
[Scot.]


word: Hagbut
definition:
Hagbut

Hag"but
(-bŭt)
n.
[OF. haquebute, prob. a corruption of D. haakbus; haak hook + bus gun barrel.  See Hook, and 2d Box, and cf. Arquebus.]
A harquebus, of which the but was bent down or hooked for convenience in taking aim.
[Written also haguebut and hackbuss.]


word: Hagbutter
definition:
Hagbutter

Hag"but*ter
(hăg"bŭt*tẽr)
n.
A soldier armed with a hagbut or arquebus.
[Written also hackbutter.]
Froude.


word: Hagdon
definition:
Hagdon

Hag"don
(hăg"d&obreve_;n)
n.
(Zool.)
One of several species of sea birds of the genus Puffinus; esp., Puffinus major, the greater shearwarter, and Puffinus Stricklandi, the black hagdon or sooty shearwater; -- called also hagdown, haglin, and hag. See Shearwater.


word: Haggada
definition:
Haggada

Hag*ga"da
(hăg*gä"dȧ)
n.
pl. Haggadoth (-d&omacrth).
[Rabbinic haggādhā, fr. Heb. higgīdh to relate.]
A story, anecdote, or legend in the Talmud, to explain or illustrate the text of the Old Testament.
[Written also hagada.]


word: Haggard
definition:
Haggard

Hag"gard
(hăg"gẽrd)
a.
[F. hagard; of German origin, and prop. meaning, of the hegde or woods, wild, untamed. See Hedge, 1st Haw, and -ard.]
1.
Wild or intractable; disposed to break away from duty; untamed; as, a haggard or refractory hawk.
[Obs.]
Shak.

2.
[For hagged, fr. hag a witch, influenced by haggard wild.]
Having the expression of one wasted by want or suffering; hollow-eyed; having the features distorted or wasted by pain; wild and wasted, or anxious in appearance; as, haggard features, eyes.

Staring his eyes, and haggard was his look.
Dryden.


word: Haggard₂
definition:
Haggard

Hag"gard
n.
[See Haggard, a.]
1.
(Falconry)
A young or untrained hawk or falcon.

2.
A fierce, intractable creature.

I have loved this proud disdainful haggard.
Shak.

3.
[See Haggard, a., 2.]
A hag.
[Obs.]
Garth.


word: Haggard₃
definition:
Haggard

Hag"gard
n.
[See 1st Haw, Hedge, and Yard an inclosed space.]
A stackyard.
[Prov. Eng.]
Swift.


word: Haggis
definition:
Haggis

Hag"gis
(-gĭs)
n.
[Scot. hag to hack, chop, E. hack. Formed, perhaps, in imitation of the F. hachis (E. hash), fr. hacher.]
A Scotch pudding made of the heart, liver, lights, etc., of a sheep or lamb, minced with suet, onions, oatmeal, etc., highly seasoned, and boiled in the stomach of the same animal; minced head and pluck.
[Written also haggiss, haggess, and haggies.]


word: Haggish
definition:
Haggish

Hag"gish
(-gĭsh)
a.
Like a hag; ugly; wrinkled.

But on us both did haggish age steal on.
Shak.


word: Haggle
definition:
Haggle

Hag"gle
(hăg"g'l)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Haggled (-g'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Haggling (-glĭng).]
[Freq. of Scot. hag, E. hack. See Hack to cut.]
To cut roughly or hack; to cut into small pieces; to notch or cut in an unskillful manner; to make rough or mangle by cutting; as, a boy haggles a stick of wood.

Suffolk first died, and York, all haggled o'er,
Comes to him, where in gore he lay insteeped.
Shak.


word: Haggle₂
definition:
Haggle

Hag"gle
v. i.
To be difficult in bargaining; to stick at small matters; to chaffer; to higgle.

Royalty and science never haggled about the value of blood.
Walpole.


word: Haggler
definition:
Haggler

Hag"gler
(hăg"glẽr)
n.
1.
One who haggles or is difficult in bargaining.

2.
One who forestalls a market; a middleman between producer and dealer in London vegetable markets.


word: Hagiarchy
definition:
Hagiarchy

Ha"gi*ar`chy
(hā"jĭ*är`k&ybreve_;)
n.
[Gr. "a`gios sacred, holy + -archy.]
A sacred government; government by holy orders of men.
Southey.


word: Hagiocracy
definition:
Hagiocracy

Ha`gi*oc"ra*cy
(-&obreve_;k"rȧ*s&ybreve_;)
n.
[Gr. "a`gios holy, and kratei^n to govern.]
Government by a priesthood; hierarchy.


word: Hagiographa
definition:
Hagiographa

Ha`gi*og"ra*pha
(hă`ge̝*&obreve_;g"rȧ*fȧ or hā`jĭ*&obreve_;g"rȧ*fȧ)
n. pl.
[L., fr. Gr. "agio`grafa (sc. bibli`a), fr. "agio`grafos written by inspiration; "a`gios sacred, holy + gra`fein to write.]
1.
The last of the three Jewish divisions of the Old Testament, comprising Psalms, Proverbs, Job, Canticles, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, Esther, Daniel, Ezra, Nehemiah, and Chronicles, or that portion of the Old Testament not contained in the Law (Tora) and the Prophets (Nevi'im) -- it is also called in Hebrew the Ketuvim.  Together with the Tora and Nevi'im, it comprises the Hebrew Bible, which is called in Hebrew the Tanach, a vocalization of the first letters of its three parts.

2.
(R. C. Ch.)
The lives of the saints.
Brande & C.


word: Hagiographer
definition:
Hagiographer

Ha`gi*og"ra*pher
(-fẽr)
n.
One of the writers of the hagiographa; a writer of lives of the saints.
Shipley.


word: hagiographical
definition:
hagiographical

hagiographic

ha`gi*o*graph"ic (hă`ge̝*&obreve_;*grȧf"ĭk), ha`gi*o*graph"ic*al
(hă`ge̝*&obreve_;*grȧf"ĭk*al)
1.
of or pertaining to the Hagiographa, or to sacred writings; -- same as hagiographal.

2.
of or pertaining to hagiography.


word: Hagiolatry
definition:
Hagiolatry

Ha`gi*ol"a*try
(-&obreve_;l"ȧ*tr&ybreve_;)
n.
[Gr. "a`gios sacred + _; worship.]
The invocation or worship of saints.


word: Hagiologist
definition:
Hagiologist

Ha`gi*ol"o*gist
(-o̝*jĭst)
n.
One who treats of the sacred writings; a writer of the lives of the saints; a hagiographer.
Tylor.

Hagiologists have related it without scruple.
Southey.


word: Hagiology
definition:
Hagiology

Ha`gi*ol"o*gy
(-j&ybreve_;)
n.
[Gr. "a`gios sacred + -logy.]
The history or description of the sacred writings or of sacred persons; a narrative of the lives of the saints; a catalogue of saints.
J. H. Newman.


word: Hagioscope
definition:
Hagioscope

Ha"gi*o*scope`
(hā"jĭ*o̝*sk&omacrp`)
n.
[Gr. "a`gios sacred + -scope.]
An opening made in the interior walls of a cruciform church to afford a view of the altar to those in the transepts; -- called, in architecture, a squint.
Hook.


word: hagridden
definition:
hagridden

hag-ridden

hag"-rid`den, hag"rid`den
(hăg"rĭd`d'n)
a.
Ridden by a hag or witch;
hence,
afflicted with nightmares; tormented or harassed by nightmares or unreasonable fears.
Beattie. Cheyne.

Syn. -- tormented.

hagridden . . . by visions of an imminent heaven or hell upon earth
C. S. Lewis


word: Hag-taper
definition:
Hag-taper

Hag"-ta`per
(-tā`pẽr)
n.
[Cf. 1st Hag, and Hig-taper.]
(Bot.)
The great woolly mullein (Verbascum Thapsus).


word: Hague Tribunal
definition:
Hague Tribunal

Hague Tribunal
(hāg)
The permanent court of arbitration created by the “International Convention for the Pacific Settle of International Disputes.”, adopted by the International Peace Conference of 1899. It is composed of persons of known competency in questions of international law, nominated by the signatory powers. From these persons an arbitration tribunal is chosen by the parties to a difference submitted to the court. On the failure of the parties to agree directly on the arbitrators, each chooses two arbitrators, an umpire is selected by them, by a third power, or by two powers selected by the parties.


word: Ha-ha
definition:
Ha-ha

Ha-ha"
(hä*hä")
n.
[See Haw-haw.]
A sunk fence; a fence, wall, or ditch, not visible till one is close upon it.
[Written also haw-haw.]


word: Haidingerite
definition:
Haidingerite

Hai"ding*er*ite
(hī"dĭng*ẽr*īt)
n.
(Min.)
A mineral consisting chiefly of the arseniate of lime; -- so named in honor of W. Haidinger, of Vienna.


word: Haiduck
definition:
Haiduck

Hai"duck
(hī"d&usdot_;k)
n.
[G. haiduck, heiduck, fr. Hung. hajdu.]
Formerly, a mercenary foot soldier in Hungary, now, a halberdier of a Hungarian noble, or an attendant in German or Hungarian courts.
[Written also hayduck, haiduk, heiduc, heyduck, and heyduk.]


word: Haik
definition:
Haik

Haik
(hāk; Ar. hä*e̝k)
n.
[Ar. hāïk, fr. hāka to weave.]
A large piece of woolen or cotton cloth worn by Arabs as an outer garment.
[Written also hyke.]
Heyse.


word: Haikal
definition:
Haikal

Hai"kal
(hī"kal)
n.
The central chapel of the three forming the sanctuary of a Coptic church. It contains the high altar, and is usually closed by an embroidered curtain.


word: Hail
definition:
Hail

Hail
(hāl)
n.
[OE. hail, ha&yogh_;el, AS. hægel, hagol; akin to D., G., Dan., & Sw. hagel; Icel. hagl; cf. Gr. ka`chlhx pebble.]
Small roundish masses of ice precipitated from the clouds, where they are formed by the congelation of vapor. The separate masses or grains are called hailstones.

Thunder mixed with hail,
Hail mixed with fire, must rend the Egyptian sky.
Milton.


word: Hail₂
definition:
Hail

Hail
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Hailed (hāld); p. pr. & vb. n. Hailing.]
[OE. hailen, AS. hagalian.]
To pour down particles of ice, or frozen vapors.


word: Hail₅
definition:
Hail

Hail
v. t.
[OE. hailen, heilen, Icel. heill hale, sound, used in greeting. See Hale sound.]
1.
To call loudly to, or after; to accost; to salute; to address.

2.
To name; to designate; to call.

And such a son as all men hailed me happy.
Milton.


word: Hail₆
definition:
Hail

Hail
v. i.
1.
To declare, by hailing, the port from which a vessel sails or where she is registered; hence, to sail; to come; -- used with from; as, the steamer hails from New York.

2.
To report as one's home or the place from whence one comes; to come; -- with from.
[Colloq.]
C. G. Halpine.


word: Hail₇
definition:
Hail

Hail
interj.
[See Hail, v. t.]
An exclamation of respectful or reverent salutation, or, occasionally, of familiar greeting.
Hail
Shak.

All hail. See in the Vocabulary. -- Hail Mary, a form of prayer made use of in the Roman Catholic Church in invocation of the Virgin. See Ave Maria.


word: Hail₈
definition:
Hail

Hail
n.
A wish of health; a salutation; a loud call.
hail
M. Arnold.

The angel hail bestowed.
Milton.


word: Hailse
definition:
Hailse

Hailse
(hāls)
v. t.
[OE. hailsen, Icel. heilsa.  Cf. Hail to call to.]
To greet; to salute.
[Obs.]
P. Plowman.


word: Hailshot
definition:
Hailshot

Hail"shot`
(hāl"sh&obreve_;t`)
n. pl.
Small shot which scatter like hailstones.
[Obs.]
Hayward.


word: Hailstone
definition:
Hailstone

Hail"stone`
(-st&omacrn`)
n.
A single particle of ice falling from a cloud; a frozen raindrop; a pellet of hail.


word: Hain
definition:
Hain

Hain
(hān)
v. t.
[Cf. Sw. hägn hedge, inclosure, Dan. hegn hedge, fence. See Hedge.]
To inclose for mowing; to set aside for grass.
hained
Holland.


word: Hain't
definition:
Hain't

Hain't
(hānt)
A contraction of have not or has not; as, I hain't, he hain't, we hain't.
[Colloq. or illiterate speech.]
[Written also han't.]


word: Hair
definition:
Hair

Hair
(hâr)
n.
[OE. her, heer, hær, AS. h&aemacr_;r; akin to OFries. hēr, D. & G. haar, OHG. & Icel. hār, Dan. haar, Sw. hår; cf. Lith. kasa.]
1.
The collection or mass of filaments growing from the skin of an animal, and forming a covering for a part of the head or for any part or the whole of the body.

2.
One the above-mentioned filaments, consisting, in vertebrate animals, of a long, tubular part which is free and flexible, and a bulbous root imbedded in the skin.

Then read he me how Sampson lost his hairs.
Chaucer.

And draweth new delights with hoary hairs.
Spenser.

3.
Hair (human or animal) used for various purposes; as, hair for stuffing cushions.

4.
(Zool.)
A slender outgrowth from the chitinous cuticle of insects, spiders, crustaceans, and other invertebrates. Such hairs are totally unlike those of vertebrates in structure, composition, and mode of growth.

5.
(Bot.)
An outgrowth of the epidermis, consisting of one or of several cells, whether pointed, hooked, knobbed, or stellated. Internal hairs occur in the flower stalk of the yellow frog lily (Nuphar).

6.
A spring device used in a hair-trigger firearm.

7.
A haircloth.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

8.
Any very small distance, or degree; a hairbreadth.

&hand_; Hairs is often used adjectively or in combination; as, hairbrush or hair brush, hair dye, hair oil, hairpin, hair powder, a brush, a dye, etc., for the hair.

Against the hair, in a rough and disagreeable manner; against the grain. [Obs.] “You go against the hair of your professions.” Shak. -- Hair bracket (Ship Carp.), a molding which comes in at the back of, or runs aft from, the figurehead. -- Hair cells (Anat.), cells with hairlike processes in the sensory epithelium of certain parts of the internal ear. -- Hair compass, Hair divider, a compass or divider capable of delicate adjustment by means of a screw. -- Hair glove, a glove of horsehair for rubbing the skin. -- Hair lace, a netted fillet for tying up the hair of the head. Swift. -- Hair line, a line made of hair; a very slender line. -- Hair moth (Zool.), any moth which destroys goods made of hair, esp. Tinea biselliella. -- Hair pencil, a brush or pencil made of fine hair, for painting; -- generally called by the name of the hair used; as, a camel's hair pencil, a sable's hair pencil, etc. -- Hair plate, an iron plate forming the back of the hearth of a bloomery fire. -- Hair powder, a white perfumed powder, as of flour or starch, formerly much used for sprinkling on the hair of the head, or on wigs. -- Hair seal (Zool.), any one of several species of eared seals which do not produce fur; a sea lion. -- Hair seating, haircloth for seats of chairs, etc. -- Hair shirt, a shirt, or a band for the loins, made of horsehair, and worn as a penance. -- Hair sieve, a strainer with a haircloth bottom. -- Hair snake. See Gordius. -- Hair space (Printing), the thinnest metal space used in lines of type. -- Hair stroke, a delicate stroke in writing. -- Hair trigger, a trigger so constructed as to discharge a firearm by a very slight pressure, as by the touch of a hair. Farrow. -- Not worth a hair, of no value. -- To a hair, with the nicest distinction. -- To split hairs, to make distinctions of useless nicety.


word: hair ball
definition:
hair ball

hairball

hair"ball`, hair" ball`
(hâr"bĕl`)
n.
a compact mass of hair that forms in the stomach of animals as a result of licking fur; as, the cat coughed up a hairball right on the new rug.
[wns=1 + 2]


word: Hair's breadth
definition:
Hair's breadth

Hairbreadth

Hair"breadth` (-brĕdth), Hair's" breadth` (hârz"-)
The diameter or breadth of a hair; a very small distance; sometimes, definitely, the forty-eighth part of an inch.
[Also spelled hairsbreadth.]

Every one could sling stones at an hairbreadth and not miss.
Judg. xx. 16.


word: Hair-brown
definition:
Hair-brown

Hair"-brown`
(-broun`)
a.
Of a clear tint of brown, resembling brown human hair. It is composed of equal proportions of red and green.


word: Haired
definition:
Haired

Haired
(hârd)
a.
1.
Having hair.
haired
Purchas.

2.
In composition: Having (such) hair; as, red-haired.


word: Hairen
definition:
Hairen

Hai"ren
(hâr"en)
a.
[AS. h&aemacr_;ren.]
Hairy.
[Obs.]

His hairen shirt and his ascetic diet.
J. Taylor.


word: Hair grass
definition:
Hair grass

Hair" grass`
(grȧs`)
(Bot.)
A grass with very slender leaves or branches; as the Agrostis scabra, and several species of Aira or Deschampsia.


word: Hairiness
definition:
Hairiness

Hair"i*ness
(-ĭ*nĕs)
n.
1.
The state of abounding, or being covered, with hair.
Johnson.

2.
The quality of being hairy.


word: hairlike
definition:
hairlike

hairlike
adj.
1.
shaped like a hair; long and slender.

Syn. -- capillary.

2.
long and slender with a very fine internal diameter.

Syn. -- capillary.


word: hairline
definition:
hairline

hairline
n.
1.
a very thin line.

2.
the natural margin formed by hair on the head, especially the edge of growth of hair on the forehead; as, a receding hairline.


word: hairpiece
definition:
hairpiece

hair"piece`
n.
a covering or bunch of human or artificial hair used for disguise or adornment; a toupee.

Syn. -- false hair, postiche, toupee.


word: Hairpin
definition:
Hairpin

Hair"pin`
(-pĭn`)
n.
A pin, usually forked, or of bent wire, for fastening the hair in place, -- used by women.


word: Hair-salt
definition:
Hair-salt

Hair"-salt`
(-s&asuml_;lt`)
n.
[A translation of G. haarsalz.]
(Min.)
A variety of native Epsom salt occurring in silky fibers.


word: Hairsplitter
definition:
Hairsplitter

Hair"split`ter
(-splĭt`tẽr)
n.
One who makes excessively fine or needless distinctions in reasoning; one who quibbles.
hairsplitter
De Quincey.


word: Hairsplitting
definition:
Hairsplitting

Hair"split`ting
(-tĭng)
a.
Making excessively fine or trivial distinctions in reasoning; overly subtle.
n. The act or practice of making trivial distinctions.

The ancient hairsplitting technicalities of special pleading.
Charles Sumner.


word: Hairspring
definition:
Hairspring

Hair"spring`
(-sprĭng`)
n.
(Horology)
The slender recoil spring which regulates the motion of the balance in a timepiece.


word: Hairstreak
definition:
Hairstreak

Hair"streak`
(-strēk`)
n.
A butterfly of the genus Thecla; as, the green hairstreak (Thecla rubi).


word: Hairtail
definition:
Hairtail

Hair"tail`
(-tāl`)
n.
(Zool.)
Any species of marine fishes of the genus Trichiurus; esp., Trichiurus lepturus of Europe and America.  They are long and like a band, with a slender, pointed tail. Called also bladefish.


word: Hair worm
definition:
Hair worm

Hair" worm`
(wûrm`)
(Zool.)
A nematoid worm of the genus Gordius, resembling a hair.  See Gordius.


word: Hairy
definition:
Hairy

Hair"y
(-&ybreve_;)
a.
1.
Bearing or covered with hair; made of or resembling hair; rough with hair; hirsute.

His mantle hairy, and his bonnet sedge.
Milton.

2.
Very complicated, difficult, or involved; as, a hairy problem; a hairy equation.
[Colloq.]

3.
Dangerous or frightening; as, a hairy encounter with a mugger.


word: Haiti
definition:
Haiti

Haiti
n.
1.
a country on the island of Hispaniola.

2.
an island in the West Indies.

Syn. -- Hispaniola, Hayti.


word: hajj
definition:
hajj

haj

haj, hajj
n.
A pilgrimage to Mecca; every Muslim must make this journey at least once.
[Also spelled hadj.]

Syn. -- hadj, haj.


word: Haje
definition:
Haje

Ha"je
(hä"je̝)
n.
[Ar. hayya snake.]
(Zool.)
The Egyptian asp or cobra (Naja haje.) It is related to the cobra of India, and like the latter has the power of inflating its neck into a hood. Its bite is very venomous. It is supposed to be the snake by means of whose bite Cleopatra committed suicide, and hence is sometimes called Cleopatra's snake or asp. See Asp.


word: Hake₂
definition:
Hake

Hake
n.
[Also haak.]
[Akin to Norweg. hakefisk, lit., hook fish, Prov. E. hake hook, G. hecht pike. See Hook.]
(Zool.)
One of several species of marine gadoid fishes, of the genera Phycis, Merlucius, and allies.  The common European hake is Merlucius vulgaris; the American silver hake or whiting is Merlucius bilinearis.  Two American species (Phycis chuss and Phycis tenius) are important food fishes, and are also valued for their oil and sounds.  Called also squirrel hake, and codling.


word: HAL
definition:
HAL

HAL
(hâl)
prop. n.
The name of an intelligent computer in the movie 2001, directed by Stanley Kubrick.


word: Halacha
definition:
Halacha

Ha*la"cha
(hȧ*lä"kȧ)
n.
pl. Halachoth (-k&omacrth).
[Heb. halāchāh.]
The general term for the Hebrew oral or traditional law; one of two branches of exposition in the Midrash.  See Midrash.


word: Halation
definition:
Halation

Ha*la"tion
(ha̝*lā"shŭn)
n.
(Photog.)
An appearance as of a halo of light, surrounding the edges of dark objects in a photographic picture.


word: Halberd
definition:
Halberd

Hal"berd
(h&obreve_;l"bẽrd; 277)
n.
[F. hallebarde; of German origin; cf. MHG. helmbarte, G. hellebarte; prob. orig., an ax to split a helmet, fr. G. barte a broad ax (orig. from the same source as E. beard; cf. Icel. barða, a kind of ax, skegg beard, skeggja a kind of halberd) + helm helmet; but cf. also MHG. helm, halm, handle, and E. helve. See Beard, Helmet.]
(Mil.)
An ancient long-handled weapon, of which the head had a point and several long, sharp edges, curved or straight, and sometimes additional points. The heads were sometimes of very elaborate form.
[Written also halbert.]


word: Halberdier
definition:
Halberdier

Hal`berd*ier"
(h&obreve_;`bẽrd*ēr")
n.
[F. hallebardier.]
One who is armed with a halberd.
Strype.


word: Halcyon
definition:
Halcyon

Hal"cy*on
(hăl"sĭ*&obreve_;n)
n.
[L. halcyon, alcyon, Gr. "alkyw`n, 'alkyw`n: cf. F. halcyon.]
(Zool.)
A kingfisher.  By modern ornithologists restricted to a genus including a limited number of species having omnivorous habits, as the sacred kingfisher (Halcyon sancta) of Australia.

Amidst our arms as quiet you shall be
As halcyons brooding on a winter sea.
Dryden.


word: Halcyon₂
definition:
Halcyon

Hal"cy*on
a.
1.
Pertaining to, or resembling, the halcyon, which was anciently said to lay her eggs in nests on or near the sea during the calm weather about the winter solstice.

2.
Hence: Calm; quiet; peaceful; undisturbed; happy.
halcyon
De Quincy.


word: Hale
definition:
Hale

Hale
(hāl)
a.
[Written also hail.]
[OE. heil, Icel. heill; akin to E. whole. See Whole.]
Sound; entire; healthy; robust; not impaired; as, a hale body.

Last year we thought him strong and hale.
Swift.


word: Hale₃
definition:
Hale

Hale
(hāl or h&asuml_;l; 277)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Haled (hāld or h&asuml_;ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Haling.]
[OE. halen, halien; cf. AS. holian, to acquire, get. See Haul.]
To pull; to drag; to haul.
Haul
Chaucer.

Easier both to freight, and to hale ashore.
Milton.

As some dark priest hales the reluctant victim.
Shelley.


word: Halenia
definition:
Halenia

Halenia
n.
A genus of herbs of Eurasia and the Americas: spurred gentians.

Syn. -- genus Halenia.


word: Halesia
definition:
Halesia

Ha*le"si*a
(hȧ*lē"zhĭ*ȧ)
n.
[NL.]
(Bot.)
A genus of American shrubs containing several species, called snowdrop trees, or silver-bell trees. They have showy, white flowers, drooping on slender pedicels.


word: Half
definition:
Half

Half
(häf)
a.
[AS. healf, half, half; as a noun, half, side, part; akin to OS., OFries., & D. half, G. halb, Sw. half, Dan. halv, Icel. hālfr, Goth. halbs.  Cf. Halve, Behalf.]
1.
Consisting of a moiety, or half; as, a half bushel; a half hour; a half dollar; a half view.

&hand_; The adjective and noun are often united to form a compound.

2.
Consisting of some indefinite portion resembling a half; approximately a half, whether more or less; partial; imperfect; as, a half dream; half knowledge.

Assumed from thence a half consent.
Tennyson.

Half ape (Zool.), a lemur. -- Half back. (Football) See under 2d Back. -- Half bent, the first notch, for the sear point to enter, in the tumbler of a gunlock; the halfcock notch. -- Half binding, a style of bookbinding in which only the back and corners are in leather. -- Half boarder, one who boards in part; specifically, a scholar at a boarding school who takes dinner only. -- Half-breadth plan (Shipbuilding), a horizontal plan of one half a vessel, divided lengthwise, showing the lines. -- Half cadence (Mus.), a cadence on the dominant. -- Half cap, a slight salute with the cap. [Obs.] Shak. -- At half cock, the position of the cock of a gun when retained by the first notch. -- Half hitch, a sailor's knot in a rope; half of a clove hitch. -- Half hose, short stockings; socks. -- Half measure, an imperfect or weak line of action. -- Half note (Mus.), a minim, one half of a semibreve. -- Half pay, half of the wages or salary; reduced pay; as, an officer on half pay. -- Half price, half the ordinary price; or a price much reduced. -- Half round. (a) (Arch.) A molding of semicircular section. (b) (Mech.) Having one side flat and the other rounded; -- said of a file. -- Half shift (Mus.), a position of the hand, between the open position and the first shift, in playing on the violin and kindred instruments. See Shift. -- Half step (Mus.), a semitone; the smallest difference of pitch or interval, used in music. -- Half tide, the time or state of the tide equally distant from ebb and flood. -- Half time, half the ordinary time for work or attendance; as, the half-time system. -- Half tint (Fine Arts), a middle or intermediate tint, as in drawing or painting. See Demitint. -- Half truth, a statement only partially true, or which gives only a part of the truth. Mrs. Browning. -- Half year, the space of six months; one term of a school when there are two terms in a year.


word: Half₂
definition:
Half

Half
adv.
In an equal part or degree; in some part approximating a half; partially; imperfectly; as, half-colored, half done, half-hearted, half persuaded, half conscious.
Half
half
Dryden.

Their children spoke halfin the speech of Ashdod.
Neh. xiii. 24.


word: Half₃
definition:
Half

Half
(häf)
n.
pl. Halves (hävz).
[AS. healf. See Half, a.]
1.
Part; side; behalf.
[Obs.]
Wyclif.

The four halves of the house.
Chaucer.

2.
One of two equal parts into which anything may be divided, or considered as divided; -- sometimes followed by of; as, a half of an apple.

Not half his riches known, and yet despised.
Milton.

A friendship so complete
Portioned in halves between us.
Tennyson.

Better half. See under Better. -- In half, in two; an expression sometimes used improperly instead of in halves or into halves; as, to cut in half. [Colloq.] Dickens. -- In one's half or On one's half, in one's behalf; on one's part. [Obs.] -- To cry halves, to claim an equal share with another. -- To go halves, to share equally between two.


word: Half-and-half
definition:
Half-and-half

Half`-and-half"
n.
A mixture of two malt liquors, esp. porter and ale, in about equal parts.
Dickens.


word: halfback
definition:
halfback

halfback
n.
(Football)
A person who plays the position of halfback{2} on a football team.

Syn. -- running back.

2.
The position of either of two players on a football team who typically begins each play behind the line and on either side of the quarterback.


word: half-baked
definition:
half-baked

half-baked
a.
1.
Insufficiently or poorly planned or thought out; impractical or unrealistic; as, a half-baked proposal; half-baked ideas; -- of plans, theories, proposals, etc.

2.
Insufficiently cooked; -- of food.


word: Halfbeak
definition:
Halfbeak

Half"beak`
(häf"bēk)
n.
(Zool.)
Any slender, marine fish of the genus Hemirhamphus, or of the family Hemiramphidae, having an elongated protruding lower jaw; -- called also balahoo.


word: Half blood
definition:
Half blood

Half" blood`
(häf"blŭd`)
1.
The relation between persons born of the same father or of the same mother, but not of both; as, a brother or sister of the half blood. See Blood, n., 2 and 4.

2.
A person so related to another.

3.
A person whose father and mother are of different races; a half-breed.

&hand_; In the 2d and 3d senses usually with a hyphen.


word: Half-blooded
definition:
Half-blooded

Half"-blood`ed
a.
1.
Proceeding from a male and female of different breeds or races; having only one parent of good stock; as, a half-blooded sheep.

2.
Degenerate; mean.
Shak.


word: Half-boot
definition:
Half-boot

Half"-boot`
(häf"bōt`)
n.
A boot with a short top covering only the ankle. See Cocker, and Congress boot, under Congress.


word: Half-bred
definition:
Half-bred

Half"-bred`
(-brĕd`)
a.
1.
Half-blooded.
[Obs.]

2.
Imperfectly acquainted with the rules of good-breeding; not well trained.
Atterbury.


word: Half-breed₂
definition:
Half-breed

Half"-breed`
n.
A person who is half-blooded; the offspring of parents of different races, especially of the American Indian and the white race.


word: Half-caste
definition:
Half-caste

Half"-caste`
(-kȧst)
n.
One born of a European parent on the one side, and of a Hindu or Muslim on the other. Also adjective; as, half-caste parents.


word: Half-clammed
definition:
Half-clammed

Half"-clammed`
(-klămd`)
a.
Half-filled.
[Obs.]

Lions' half-clammed entrails roar for food.
Marston.


word: Halfcock
definition:
Halfcock

Half"cock`
(-k&obreve_;k`)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Halfcocked(-k&obreve_;kt); p. pr. & vb. n. Halfcocking.]
To set the cock of (a firearm) at the first notch.

To go off half-cocked, To go off halfcocked. (a) To be discharged prematurely, or with the trigger at half cock; -- said of a firearm. (b) To do or say something without due thought or care. [Colloq. or Low]


word: Half-deck
definition:
Half-deck

Half"-deck`
(-dĕk`)
n.
1.
(Zool.)
A shell of the genus Crepidula; a boat shell. See Boat shell.

2.
See Half deck, under Deck.


word: Half-decked
definition:
Half-decked

Half"-decked`
(-dĕkt)
a.
Partially decked.

The half-decked craft . . . used by the latter Vikings.
Elton.


word: Halfendeal
definition:
Halfendeal

Half"en*deal`
(-'n*dēl`)
adv.
[OE. halfendele. See Half, and Deal.]
Half; by the half part.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
n. A half part. [Obs.] R. of Brunne.


word: Halfer
definition:
Halfer

Half"er
(-ẽr)
n.
1.
One who possesses or gives half only; one who shares.
[Obs.]
Bp. Montagu.

2.
A male fallow deer gelded.
Pegge (1814).


word: Half-faced
definition:
Half-faced

Half"-faced`
(-fāst`)
a.
Showing only part of the face; wretched looking; meager.
Shak.


word: Half-heard
definition:
Half-heard

Half"-heard`
(-hẽrd`)
a.
Imperfectly or partly heard; not heard to the end.

And leave half-heard the melancholy tale.
Pope.


word: Half-hearted
definition:
Half-hearted

halfhearted

half"heart`ed, Half"-heart`ed
(-härt`ĕd)
a.
1.
Wanting in heart or spirit; ungenerous; unkind.
B. Jonson.

2.
Lacking zeal or courage; performed with less than a full effort; lukewarm; unenthusiastic; as, a half-hearted attempt; -- of actions.
[wns=1]
H. James.


word: half-holiday
definition:
half-holiday

half-holiday
n.
a day on which half of the day is free from work or duty; a holiday of one half of a day.


word: Half-life
definition:
Half-life

Half"-life`
(häf"līf`)
n.
(Physics)
the time it takes for one-half of a substance decaying in a first-order reaction to be destroyed.  For radioactive substances, it is the time required for one-half of the initial amount of the radioactive isotope to decay.  The half-lifeis a measure of the rate of the reaction being observed.  For processes that are true first-order processes, such as radioactive decay, the half-life is independent of the quantity of material present, and it is thus a constant.  The time it takes for one-half the remaining quantity of a radioactive isotope to decay will be the same regardless of how far the decay process has advanced.  Some chemical reactions are also first order, and may be characterized as having a half-life.  However, for chemical reactions the half-life will depend upon temperature and in some cases other environmental conditions, whereas for radioactive isotopes the rate of decay is largely independent of the environment.


word: Half-mast
definition:
Half-mast

Half"-mast`
(-mȧst`)
n.
A point some distance below the top of a mast or staff; as, a flag a half-mast (a token of mourning, etc.).


word: Half-moon
definition:
Half-moon

Half"-moon`
(-mōn`)
n.
1.
The moon at the quarters, when half its disk appears illuminated.

2.
The shape of a half-moon; a crescent.

See how in warlike muster they appear,
In rhombs, and wedges, and half-moons, and wings.
Milton.

3.
(Fort.)
An outwork composed of two faces, forming a salient angle whose gorge resembles a half-moon; -- now called a ravelin.

4.
(Zool.)
A marine, sparoid, food fish of California (Caesiosoma Californiense). The body is ovate, blackish above, blue or gray below. Called also medialuna.


word: Half nelson
definition:
Half nelson

Half nelson
(Wrestling)
A hold in which one arm is thrust under the corresponding arm of the opponent, generally behind, and the hand placed upon the back of his neck. In the full nelson both hands are so placed.


word: Halfness
definition:
Halfness

Half"ness
(häf"nĕs)
n.
The quality of being half; incompleteness.
[R.]

As soon as there is any departure from simplicity, and attempt at halfness, or good for me that is not good for him, my neighbor feels the wrong.
Emerson.


word: Halfpace
definition:
Halfpace

Half"pace`
(-pās`)
n.
(Arch.)
A platform of a staircase where the stair turns back in exactly the reverse direction of the lower flight. See Quarterpace.

&hand_; This term and quarterpace are rare or unknown in the United States, platform or landing being used instead.


word: halfpence
definition:
halfpence

half"pence
(hā"pĕns)
n.
an English coin worth half a penny; -- no longer minted.

Syn. -- halfpenny, ha'penny.


word: half-penny
definition:
half-penny

halfpenny

half"pen*ny, half"-pen*ny
(hā"pĕn*n&ybreve_; or häf"-; 277)
n.
pl. Half-pence (-pens) or Half-pennies(-pĕn*nĭz).
An English coin of the value of half a penny, no longer minted; also, the value of half a penny.

Syn. -- ha'penny.


word: halfpennyworth
definition:
halfpennyworth

halfpennyworth
n.
the amount that can be bought for a halfpenny.

Syn. -- ha'p'orth.


word: Half-pike
definition:
Half-pike

Half"-pike`
(häf"pīk`)
n.
(Mil.)
A short pike, sometimes carried by officers of infantry, sometimes used in boarding ships; a spontoon.
Tatler.


word: Half-port
definition:
Half-port

Half"-port`
(-p&omacrrt`)
n.
(Naut.)
One half of a shutter made in two parts for closing a porthole.


word: Half-ray
definition:
Half-ray

Half"-ray`
(-rā`)
n.
(Geom.)
A straight line considered as drawn from a center to an indefinite distance in one direction, the complete ray being the whole line drawn to an indefinite distance in both directions.


word: Half seas over
definition:
Half seas over

Half" seas` o"ver
(sēz` &omacr"vẽr)
Half drunk.
[Slang: used only predicatively.]
Spectator.


word: Half-sword
definition:
Half-sword

Half"-sword`
(häf"s&omacrrd`)
n.
Half the length of a sword; close fight.
half-sword
Shak.


word: Half-timbered
definition:
Half-timbered

Half"-tim`bered
(häf"tĭm`bẽrd)
a.
(Arch.)
Constructed of a timber frame, having the spaces filled in with masonry; -- said of buildings.


word: halftime
definition:
halftime

half"time`
n.
an intermission between the first and second half of a game, especially a football game.  Also used attributively, as the halftime entertainment


word: Half-tone
definition:
Half-tone

Half tone

{ Half tone, or Half"-tone`  }
n.
1.
(Fine Arts)
An intermediate or middle tone in a painting, engraving, photograph, etc.; a middle tint, neither very dark nor very light.

2.
(Music)
A half step.

3.
A print obtained by the half-tone photo-engraving process.
[wns=1]

4.
the etched plate used to reproduce a half-tone illustration.
[wns=4]

Syn. -- halftone engraving, photoengraving.


word: Half-tone₂
definition:
Half-tone

Half"-tone`
(häf"t&omacrn`)
a.
Having, consisting of, or pertaining to, half tones;
specif.
Photo-engraving
pertaining to or designating plates, processes, or the pictures made by them, in which gradation of tone in the photograph is reproduced by a graduated system of dotted and checkered spots, usually nearly invisible to the unaided eye, produced by the interposition between the camera and the object of a screen. The name alludes to the fact that this process was the first that was practically successful in reproducing the half tones of the photograph.


word: Half-tongue
definition:
Half-tongue

Half"-tongue`
(häf"tŭng`)
n.
(O. Law)
A jury, for the trial of a foreigner, composed equally of citizens and aliens.


word: half-tracked
definition:
half-tracked

half-track

half-track, half-tracked
adj.
having caterpillar treads on the rear and wheels in front; as, half-track armored vehicles.

Syn. -- half-track.


word: half-truth
definition:
half-truth

half"-truth`
(häf"trōth)
n.
pl. half-truths (häf"trō&thlig_;z)`.
a partially true statement, especially one intended to deceive or mislead.


word: Halfway
definition:
Halfway

Half"way`
(häf"wā`)
adv.
In the middle; at half the distance; imperfectly; partially; as, he halfway yielded.

Temples proud to meet their gods halfway.
Young.


word: Halfway₂
definition:
Halfway

Half"way`
a.
Equally distant from the extremes; situated at an intermediate point; midway; as, at the halfway mark.
[wns=1]

Syn. -- center(prenominal), middle(prenominal), midway.

2.
partial.
[wns=2]

3.
including only half or a portion; incomplete; as, halfway measures.
[wns=3]

Halfway covenant, a practice among the Congregational churches of New England, between 1657 and 1662, of permitting baptized persons of moral life and orthodox faith to enjoy all the privileges of church membership, save the partaking of the Lord's Supper. They were also allowed to present their children for baptism.


word: halfway house
definition:
halfway house

half"way house`
1.
an inn or place of call midway on a journey.

2.
A residence for former convicts, persons recovering from mental illness, or from drug or alcohol addiction, serving as an intermediate environment between total confinement and complete freedom, and having structured programs designed to ease successful reintegration into society.


word: Half-yearly
definition:
Half-yearly

Half"-year`ly
(-yēr`l&ybreve_;)
a.
Two in a year; semiannual.
adv. Twice in a year; semiannually.


word: Halibut
definition:
Halibut

Hal"i*but
(h&obreve_;l"ĭ*bŭt; 277)
n.
[OE. hali holy + but, butte, flounder; akin to D. bot, G. butte; cf. D. heilbot, G. heilbutt. So named as being eaten on holidays. See Holy, Holiday.]
(Zool.)
A large, northern, marine flatfish (Hippoglossus vulgaris), of the family Pleuronectidae.  It often grows very large, weighing more than three hundred pounds.  It is an important food fish.
[Written also holibut.]


word: Halichondriae
definition:
Halichondriae

Hal`i*chon"dri*ae
(hăl`ĭ*k&obreve_;n"drĭ*ē)
prop. n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. "a`ls, "alo`s, sea + cho`ndros cartilage.]
(Zool.)
An order of sponges, having simple siliceous spicules and keratose fibers; -- called also Keratosilicoidea.


word: Halicore
definition:
Halicore

Hal"i*core
(hăl"ĭ*k&omacrr; L. hȧ*lĭk"o̝*rē)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. "a`ls sea + ko`rh maiden.]
Same as Dugong.


word: Halidom
definition:
Halidom

Hal"i*dom
(hăl"ĭ*dŭm)
n.
[AS. hāligd&omacrm holiness, sacrament, sanctuary, relics; hālig holy + -d&omacrm, E. -dom.  See Holy.]
1.
Holiness; sanctity; sacred oath; sacred things; sanctuary; -- used chiefly in oaths.
[Archaic]

So God me help and halidom.
Piers Plowman.

By my halidom, I was fast asleep.
Shak.

2.
Holy doom; the Last Day.
[R.]
Shipley.


word: Halieutics
definition:
Halieutics

Hal`i*eu"tics
(-ū"tĭks)
n.
[L. halieuticus pertaining to fishing, Gr. "alieytiko`s.]
A treatise upon fish or the art of fishing; ichthyology.


word: Halimodendron
definition:
Halimodendron

Halimodendron
n.
A genus of trees consisting of one species, the salt tree.

Syn. -- genus Halimodendron.


word: Haliographer
definition:
Haliographer

Ha`li*og"ra*pher
(hā`lĭ*&obreve_;g"rȧ*fẽr or hăl`ĭ-)
n.
One who writes about or describes the sea.


word: Haliography
definition:
Haliography

Ha`li*og"ra*phy
(-f&ybreve_;)
n.
[Gr. "a`ls the sea + -graphy.]
Description of the sea; the science that treats of the sea.


word: Haliotidae
definition:
Haliotidae

Haliotidae
prop. n.
A natural family of mollusks including the abalone (Haliotis).

Syn. -- family Haliotidae.


word: Haliotis
definition:
Haliotis

Ha`li*o"tis
(hā`lĭ*&omacr"tĭs or hăl`ĭ-)
prop. n.
[NL., fr. Gr. "a`ls sea + o'y^s, 'wto`s, ear.]
(Zool.)
A genus of marine shells; the ear-shells. See Abalone.


word: Haliotoid
definition:
Haliotoid

Ha"li*o*toid`
(hā"lĭ*o̝*toid` or hăl"ĭ-)
a.
[Haliotis + -oid.]
(Zool.)
Like or pertaining to the genus Haliotis; ear-shaped.


word: Halisauria
definition:
Halisauria

Hal`i*sau"ri*a
(hăl`ĭ*s&asuml_;"rĭ*ȧ)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. "a`ls, "alo`s, sea + say^ros.]
(Paleon.)
The Enaliosauria.


word: Halituous
definition:
Halituous

Ha*lit"u*ous
(hȧ*lĭt"&uuptack_;*ŭs; 135)
a.
[L. halitus breath, vapor, fr. halare to breathe: cf. F. halitueux.]
Produced by, or like, breath; vaporous.
Boyle.


word: Hall
definition:
Hall

Hall
(h&asuml_;l)
n.
[OE. halle, hal, AS. heal, heall; akin to D. hal, OS. & OHG. halla, G. halle, Icel. höll, and prob. from a root meaning, to hide, conceal, cover. See Hell, Helmet.]
1.
A building or room of considerable size and stateliness, used for public purposes; as, Westminster Hall, in London.

2.
(a)
The chief room in a castle or manor house, and in early times the only public room, serving as the place of gathering for the lord's family with the retainers and servants, also for cooking and eating. It was often contrasted with the bower, which was the private or sleeping apartment.

Full sooty was her bower and eke her hall.
Chaucer.
3.
A name given to many manor houses because the magistrate's court was held in the hall of his mansion; a chief mansion house.
Cowell.

4.
A college in an English university (at Oxford, an unendowed college).

5.
The apartment in which English university students dine in common; hence, the dinner itself; as, hall is at six o'clock.

6.
Cleared passageway in a crowd; -- formerly an exclamation.
[Obs.]
hall
hall
B. Jonson.


word: Hallelujah
definition:
Hallelujah

Halleluiah

{ Hal`le*lu"iah, Hal`le*lu"jah  }
(hăl`le̝*lū"yȧ)
n. & interj.
[Heb. See Alleluia.]
Praise ye Jehovah; praise ye the Lord; -- an exclamation used chiefly in songs of praise or thanksgiving to God, and as an expression of gratitude or adoration.
Rev. xix. 1 (Rev. Ver. )

So sung they, and the empyrean rung
With Hallelujahs.
Milton.

In those days, as St. Jerome tells us,“any one as he walked in the fields, might hear the plowman at his hallelujahs.”
Sharp.


word: Hallelujatic
definition:
Hallelujatic

Hal`le*lu*jat"ic
(-l&uuptack_;*yăt"ĭk)
a.
Pertaining to, or containing, hallelujahs.
[R.]


word: Hallier
definition:
Hallier

Hal"li*er
(hăl"lĭ*ẽr or h&asuml_;l"yẽr)
n.
[From Hale to pull.]
A kind of net for catching birds.


word: Hall-mark
definition:
Hall-mark

Hall"-mark`
(h&asuml_;l"märk`)
n.
1.
The official stamp of the Goldsmiths' Company and other assay offices, in the United Kingdom, on gold and silver articles, attesting their purity.

2.
Hence,
[figuratively]
A distinguishing characteristic or characteristics; as, a word or phrase lacks the hall-mark of the best writers.


word: Halloo
definition:
Halloo

Hal*loo"
(hăl*lō")
n.
[Perh. fr. ah + lo; cf. AS. ealā, G. halloh, F. haler to set (a dog) on.  Cf. Hollo, interj.]
A loud exclamation; a call to invite attention or to incite a person or an animal; a shout.

List! List! I hear
Some far off halloo break the silent air.
Milton.


word: Halloo₂
definition:
Halloo

Hal*loo"
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Hallooed (-lōd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Hallooing.]
To cry out; to exclaim with a loud voice; to call to a person, as by the word halloo.

Country folks hallooed and hooted after me.
Sir P. Sidney.


word: Halloo₃
definition:
Halloo

Hal*loo"
v. t.
1.
To encourage with shouts.

Old John hallooes his hounds again.
Prior.

2.
To chase with shouts or outcries.

If I fly . . . Halloo me like a hare.
Shak.

3.
To call or shout to; to hail.
Shak.


word: Halloo₄
definition:
Halloo

Hal*loo"
interj.
[OE. halow. See Halloo, n.]
An exclamation to call attention or to encourage one.  Now mostly replaced by hello.


word: Hallow
definition:
Hallow

Hal"low
(hăl"lo̝)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Hallowed(-lo̝d); p. pr. & vb. n. Hallowing.]
[OE. halowen, halwien, halgien, AS. hālgian, fr. hālig holy. See Holy.]
To make holy; to set apart for holy or religious use; to consecrate; to treat or keep as sacred; to reverence.
Hallowed
Matt. vi. 9.

Hallow the Sabbath day, to do no work therein.
Jer. xvii. 24.

His secret altar touched with hallowed fire.
Milton.

In a larger sense . . . we can not hallow this ground [Gettysburg].
A. Lincoln.


word: hallowed
definition:
hallowed

hallowed
adj.
belonging to or derived from or associated with a divine power; made holy.  Opposite of unholy.
beatified, blessed 
blessed 
consecrated, sacred, sanctified 
Also See: consecrated, consecrate, sacred.

Syn. -- holy.


word: Halloween
definition:
Halloween

Hal`low*een"
(hăl`lo̝*ēn")
n.
The evening preceding Allhallows or All Saints' Day (November 1); also the entire day, October 31.  It is often marked by parties or celebrations, and sometimes by pranks played by young people.
[Scot.]
Burns.

Syn. -- Hallowe'en, Allhallows Eve.


word: Hallowmas
definition:
Hallowmas

Hal"low*mas
(hăl"lo̝*mȧs)
n.
[See Mass the eucharist.]
The feast of All Saints, or Allhallows.

To speak puling, like a beggar at Hallowmas.
Shak.


word: Halloysite
definition:
Halloysite

Hal*loy"site
(hăl*loi"sīt)
n.
[Named after Omalius d'Halloy.]
(Min.)
A claylike mineral, occurring in soft, smooth, amorphous masses, of a whitish color.


word: Hallstattian
definition:
Hallstattian

Hallstatt

{ Hall"statt (häl"stät; -shtät), Hall*stat"ti*an (häl*stät"tĭ*an) }
a.
Of or pertaining to Hallstatt, Austria, or the Hallstatt civilization.

Hallstatt civilization or Hallstattian civilization, a prehistoric civilization of central Europe, variously dated at from 1000 to 1500 b. c. and usually associated with the Celtic or Alpine race.  It was characterized by expert use of bronze, a knowledge of iron, possession of domestic animals, agriculture, and artistic skill and sentiment in manufacturing pottery, ornaments, etc.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
The Hallstattian civilization flourished chiefly in Carinthia, southern Germany, Switzerland, Bohemia, Silesia, Bosnia, the southeast of France, and southern Italy. J. Deniker.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
-- Hallstattian epoch, the first iron age, represented by the Hallstatt civilization.


word: Hallucinate
definition:
Hallucinate

Hal*lu"ci*nate
(hăl*lū"sĭ*nāt)
v. i.
[L. hallucinatus, alucinatus, p. p. of hallucinari, alucinari, to wander in mind, talk idly, dream.]
1.
To wander; to go astray; to err; to blunder; -- used of mental processes.
[R.]
Byron.

2.
Specifically:
To perceive a non-existent object or phenomenon; to believe that one is experiencing something which in reality does not exist; to experience a hallucination{2}.


word: hallucinate
definition:
hallucinate

hal*lu"ci*nate
(hăl*lū"sĭ*nāt)
v. t.
To experience (something nonexistent) as an hallucination{2}.


word: Hallucination
definition:
Hallucination

Hal*lu`ci*na"tion
(-nā"shŭn)
n.
[L. hallucinatio: cf. F. hallucination.]
1.
The act of hallucinating; a wandering of the mind; error; mistake; a blunder.

This must have been the hallucination of the transcriber.
Addison.

2.
(Med.)
The perception of objects which have no reality, or of sensations which have no corresponding external cause, arising from disorder of the nervous system, as in delirium tremens; delusion.

Hallucinations are always evidence of cerebral derangement and are common phenomena of insanity.
W. A. Hammond.


word: Hallucinator
definition:
Hallucinator

Hal*lu"ci*na`tor
(hăl*lū"sĭ*nā`tẽr)
n.
[L.]
One whose judgment and acts are affected by hallucinations; one who errs on account of his hallucinations.
N. Brit. Rev.


word: Hallucinatory
definition:
Hallucinatory

Hal*lu"ci*na*to*ry
(-nȧ*to̝*r&ybreve_;)
a.
Partaking of, having the character of, or tending to produce, hallucinations; as, hallucinatory visions.


word: hallucinogen
definition:
hallucinogen

hal*lu"ci*no*gen
n.
A substance capable of producing hallucinations when ingested; a hallucinogenic substance; as, LSD is a powerful hallucinogen.


word: hallucinogenic
definition:
hallucinogenic

hal*lu"ci*no*gen`ic
adj.
1.
capable of producing hallucinations; as, LSD is a powerful hallucinogenic drug.


word: Hallux
definition:
Hallux

Hal"lux
(hăl"lŭks)
n.
[NL., fr. L. hallex, allex.]
(Anat.)
The first, or preaxial, digit of the hind limb, corresponding to the pollux in the fore limb; the great toe; the hind toe of birds.


word: hallway
definition:
hallway

hall"way
n.
an interior passage or corridor in a building, onto which rooms open.

Syn. -- hall.


word: Halma
definition:
Halma

Hal"ma
(hăl"mȧ)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. "a`lma, fr. "a`llesqai to leap.]
(Greek Antiq.)
The long jump, with weights in the hands, -- the most important of the exercises of the Pentathlon.


word: Halma₂
definition:
Halma

Hal"ma
(hăl"mȧ)
n.
A game played on a board having 256 squares, by two persons with 19 men each, or by four with 13 men each, starting from different corners and striving to place each his own set of men in a corresponding position in the opposite corner by moving them or by jumping them over those met in progress.


word: Halo
definition:
Halo

Ha"lo
(hā"lo̝)
n.
pl. Halos (-l&omacrz).
[L. halos, acc. halo, Gr. "a`lws a thrashing floor, also (from its round shape) the disk of the sun or moon, and later a halo round it; cf. Gr. e'ily`ein to enfold, 'ely`ein to roll round, L. volvere, and E. voluble.]
1.
A luminous circle, usually prismatically colored, round the sun or moon, and supposed to be caused by the refraction of light through crystals of ice in the atmosphere. Connected with halos there are often white bands, crosses, or arches, resulting from the same atmospheric conditions.

2.
A circle of light; especially, the bright ring represented in painting as surrounding the heads of saints and other holy persons; a glory; a nimbus.

3.
An ideal glory investing, or affecting one's perception of, an object.

4.
A colored circle around a nipple; an areola.


word: Halo₂
definition:
Halo

Ha"lo
v. t. & i.
[imp. & p. p. Haloed (-l&omacrd); p. pr. & vb. n. Haloing.]
To form, or surround with, a halo; to encircle with, or as with, a halo.

The fire
That haloed round his saintly brow.
Southey.


word: halobacterium
definition:
halobacterium

halobacter

halobacter, halobacterium
n.
pl. halobacteria (?), or  halobacters (#).
Any halophilic bacterium of the archaebacteria group, expecially of the genera Halobacterium and Halococcus, which live in saline environments such as the Dead Sea or salt flats.

Syn. -- halobacteria, halobacter.


word: Halocarpus
definition:
Halocarpus

Halocarpus
n.
A genus of dioecious trees or shrubs of New Zealand; similar in habit to Dacrydium.

Syn. -- genus Halocarpus.


word: Haloed
definition:
Haloed

Ha"loed
(hā"l&omacrd)
a.
Surrounded with a halo; invested with an ideal glory; glorified.

Some haloed face bending over me.
C. Bronté.


word: Halogen
definition:
Halogen

Hal"o*gen
(hăl"o̝*jĕn)
n.
[Gr. "a`ls, "alo`s, salt + -gen: cf. F. halogène.]
(Chem.)
An electro-negative element or radical, which, by combination with a metal, forms a haloid salt; especially, chlorine, fluorine, bromine, and iodine; sometimes, also cyanogen. See Chlorine family, under Chlorine.


word: Haloid
definition:
Haloid

Ha"loid
(hā"loid or hăl"oid)
a.
[Gr. "a`ls, "alo`s salt + -oid: cf. F. haloïde.]
(Chem.)
Resembling salt; -- said of certain binary compounds consisting of a metal united to a negative element or radical, and now chiefly applied to the chlorides, bromides, iodides, and sometimes also to the fluorides and cyanides.
n. A haloid substance.


word: Halometer
definition:
Halometer

Ha*lom"e*ter
(hȧ*l&obreve_;m"e̝*tẽr)
n.
[Gr. "a`ls, "alo`s, salt + -meter.]
An instrument for measuring the forms and angles of salts and crystals; a goniometer.


word: Halones
definition:
Halones

Ha*lo"nes
(hȧ*l&omacr"nēz)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. "a`lwn, "a`lwnos, a halo.]
(Biol.)
Alternating transparent and opaque white rings which are seen outside the blastoderm, on the surface of the developing egg of the hen and other birds.


word: Halophyte
definition:
Halophyte

Hal"o*phyte
(hăl"o̝*fīt)
n.
[Gr. "a`ls, "alo`s, salt + fyto`n a plant.]
(Bot.)
A plant found growing in salt marshes, or in the sea.


word: Haloscope
definition:
Haloscope

Ha"lo*scope
(hā"lo̝*sk&omacrp)
n.
[Halo + -scope.]
An instrument for exhibition or illustration of the phenomena of halos, parhelia, and the like.


word: Halotrichite
definition:
Halotrichite

Hal*o*tri"chite
(hăl*o̝*trī"kīt)
n.
[Gr. "a`ls sea + qri`x, tricho`s, hair.]
(Min.)
An iron alum occurring in silky fibrous aggregates of a yellowish white color.


word: Haloxyline
definition:
Haloxyline

Ha*lox"y*line
n.
[Gr. "a`ls, "alo`s, salt + xy`lon wood.]
An explosive mixture, consisting of sawdust, charcoal, niter, and ferrocyanide of potassium, used as a substitute for gunpowder.


word: Hals
definition:
Hals

Hals
(h&asuml_;ls)
n.
[AS. heals; akin to D., G., & Goth. hals. See Collar.]
The neck or throat.
[Obs.]

Do me hangen by the hals.
Chaucer.


word: Halse
definition:
Halse

Halse
(h&asuml_;ls)
v. t.
[AS. healsian.]
1.
To embrace about the neck; to salute; to greet.
[Obs.]

Each other kissed glad
And lovely halst.
Spenser.

2.
To adjure; to beseech; to entreat.
[Obs.]

O dere child, I halse thee,
In virtue of the Holy Trinity.
Chaucer.


word: Halse₂
definition:
Halse

Halse
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Halsed (h&asuml_;lst); p. pr. & vb. n. Halsing.]
[Cf. Hawser.]
To haul; to hoist.
[Obs.]
Grafton


word: Halsening
definition:
Halsening

Hal"sen*ing
(h&asuml_;l"sĕn*ĭng)
a.
Sounding harshly in the throat; inharmonious; rough.
[Obs.]
Carew.


word: Halt₂
definition:
Halt

Halt
(h&asuml_;lt)
n.
[Formerly alt, It. alto, G. halt, fr. halten to hold. See Hold.]
A stop in marching or walking, or in any action; arrest of progress.

Without any halt they marched.
Clarendon.

[Lovers] soon in passion's war contest,
Yet in their march soon make a halt.
Davenant.


word: Halt₃
definition:
Halt

Halt
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Halted; p. pr. & vb. n. Halting.]
1.
To hold one's self from proceeding; to hold up; to cease progress; to stop for a longer or shorter period; to come to a stop; to stand still.

2.
To stand in doubt whether to proceed, or what to do; to hesitate; to be uncertain.

How long halt ye between two opinions?
1 Kings xviii. 21.


word: Halt₄
definition:
Halt

Halt
(h&asuml_;lt)
v. t.
(Mil.)
To cause to cease marching; to stop; as, the general halted his troops for refreshment.


word: Halt₅
definition:
Halt

Halt
a.
[AS. healt; akin to OS., Dan., & Sw. halt, Icel. haltr, halltr, Goth. halts, OHG. halz.]
Halting or stopping in walking; lame.

Bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind.
Luke xiv. 21. 


word: Halt₇
definition:
Halt

Halt
v. i.
[OE. halten, AS. healtian. See Halt, a.]

1.
To walk lamely; to limp.

2.
To have an irregular rhythm; to be defective.

The blank verse shall halt for it.
Shak.


word: Halter₂
definition:
Halter

Hal"ter
(h&asuml_;l"tẽr)
n.
[OE. halter, helter, helfter, AS. hælftre; akin to G. halfter, D. halfter, halster, and also to E. helve. See Helve.]
A strong strap or cord.
Especially:
(a)
A rope or strap, with or without a headstall, for leading or tying a horse.
(b)
A rope for hanging malefactors; a noose.
Shak.

No man e'er felt the halter draw
With good opinion of the law.
Trumbull.


word: Halter₃
definition:
Halter

Hal"ter
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Haltered (-tẽrd); p. pr. & vb. n. Haltering.]
To tie by the neck with a rope, strap, or halter; to put a halter on; to subject to a hangman's halter.
haltered
Shak.


word: Halteres
definition:
Halteres

Hal*te"res
(hăl*tē"rēz)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. "alth^res weights used in jumping, fr. "a`llesqai to leap.]
(Zool.)
Balancers; the rudimentary hind wings of Diptera.


word: Halter-sack
definition:
Halter-sack

Hal"ter-sack`
(h&asuml_;l"tẽr*săk`)
n.
A term of reproach, implying that one is fit to be hanged.
[Obs.]
Beau. & Fl.


word: Halve₂
definition:
Halve

Halve
(häv)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Halved (hävd); p. pr. & vb. n. Halving.]
[From Half.]
1.
To divide into two equal parts; as, to halve an apple; to be or form half of.

So far apart their lives are thrown
From the twin soul that halves their own.
M. Arnold.

2.
(Arch.)
To join, as two pieces of timber, by cutting away each for half its thickness at the joining place, and fitting together.

3.
Of a hole, match, etc., to reach or play in the same number of strokes as an opponent.


word: Halves
definition:
Halves

Halves
(hävz)
n.
pl. of Half.

By halves, by one half at once; halfway; fragmentarily; partially; incompletely.

I can not believe by halves; either I have faith, or I have it not.
J. H. Newman.

To go halves. See under Go.


word: Halyard
definition:
Halyard

Hal"yard
(hăl"yẽrd)
n.
[Hale, v. t. + yard.]
(Naut.)
A rope or tackle for hoisting or lowering yards, sails, flags, etc.
[Written also halliard, haulyard.]


word: Halysites
definition:
Halysites

Hal`y*si"tes
(hăl`ĭ*sī"tēz)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. "a`lysis a chain.]
(Paleon.)
A genus of Silurian fossil corals; the chain corals. See Chain coral, under Chain.


word: Ham₂
definition:
Ham

Ham
(hăm)
n.
[AS. ham; akin to D. ham, dial. G. hamme, OHG. hamma. Perh. named from the bend at the ham, and akin to E. chamber.  Cf. Gammon ham.]

1.
(Anat.)
The region back of the knee joint; the popliteal space; the hock.

2.
The thigh of any animal; especially, the thigh of a hog cured by salting and smoking.

A plentiful lack of wit, together with most weak hams.
Shak.


word: Ham₃
definition:
Ham

Ham
(hăm)
n.
1.
[Short for hamfatter.]
a person who performs in a showy or exaggerated style; -- used especially of actors.  Also used attributively, as, a ham actor.

2.
The licensed operator of an amateur radio station.


word: Ham₄
definition:
Ham

Ham
(hăm)
v. i.
(Theater)
To act with exaggerated voice and gestures; to overact.

ham it up to act in a showy fashion or to act so as to attract attention; to ham. [Colloq.]


word: Hamadryad
definition:
Hamadryad

Ham"a*dry`ad
(hăm"ȧ*drī`ăd)
n.
pl. E. Hamadryads (-ădz), L. Hamadryades (-drī"ȧ*dēz).
[L. Hamadryas, -adis, Gr. "Amadrya`s; "a`ma together + dry^s oak, tree: cf. F. hamadryade.  See Same, and Tree.]

1.
(Class. Myth.)
A tree nymph whose life ended with that of the particular tree, usually an oak, which had been her abode.

2.
(Zool.)
A large venomous East Indian snake (Ophiophagus bungarus), allied to the cobras.


word: Hamadryas
definition:
Hamadryas

Ha*ma"dry*as
(hȧ*mā"drĭ*ăs)
n.
[L., a hamadryad. See Hamadryad.]
(Zool.)
The sacred baboon of Egypt (Cynocephalus Hamadryas).


word: Hamal
definition:
Hamal

Ha*mal"
(hȧ*mäl")
n.
[Written also hammal, hummaul, hamaul, khamal, etc.]
[Turk. & Ar. hammāl, fr. Ar. hamala to carry.]
In Turkey and other Oriental countries, a porter or burden bearer; specif., in Western India, a palanquin bearer.


word: Hamamelidaceae
definition:
Hamamelidaceae

Hamamelidaceae
n.
A natural family of plants comprising the genera Hamamelis; Corylopsis; Fothergilla; Liquidambar; Parrotia; and other small genera.

Syn. -- family Hamamelidaceae, witch-hazel family.


word: Hamamelidae
definition:
Hamamelidae

Hamamelidae
n.
a group of chiefly woody plants considered among the most primitive of angiosperms; they have a perianth poorly developed or lacking, and flowers often unisexual and often in catkins and often wind pollinated.  The group contains 23 families including the Betulaceae and Fagaceae (includes the Amentiferae); sometimes it is classified as a superorder.

Syn. -- subclass Hamamelidae.


word: Hamamelidanthum
definition:
Hamamelidanthum

Hamamelidanthum
n.
A genus of fossil plants of the Oligocene having flowers resembling those of the witch hazel; found in Baltic region.

Syn. -- genus Hamamelidanthum.


word: Hamamelidoxylon
definition:
Hamamelidoxylon

Hamamelidoxylon
n.
A genus of fossil plants having wood identical with or similar to that of the witch hazel.

Syn. -- genus Hamamelidoxylon.


word: Hamamelis
definition:
Hamamelis

Ham`a*me"lis
(hăm`ȧ*mē"lĭs)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. "amamhli`s a kind of medlar or service tree; "a`ma at the same time + mh^lon an apple, any tree fruit.]
(Bot.)
A genus of plants which includes the witch-hazel (Hamamelis Virginica), a preparation of which is used medicinally.


word: Hamate
definition:
Hamate

Ha"mate
(hā"ma̝t)
a.
[L. hamatus, fr. hamus hook.]
Hooked; bent at the end into a hook; hamous.


word: Hamble
definition:
Hamble

Ham"ble
(hăm"b'l)
v. t.
[OE. hamelen to mutilate, AS. hamelian; akin to OHG. hamal&omacrn to mutilate, hamal mutilated, ham mutilated, Icel. hamla to mutilate.  Cf. Hamper to fetter.]
To hamstring.
[Obs.]


word: Hamburg
definition:
Hamburg

Ham"burg
(-bûrg)
n.
A commercial city of Germany, near the mouth of the Elbe.

Black Hamburg grape. See under Black. -- Hamburg edging, a kind of embroidered work done by machinery on cambric or muslin; -- used for trimming. -- Hamburg lake, a purplish crimson pigment resembling cochineal.


word: Hame₂
definition:
Hame

Hame
n.
[Scot. haims, hammys, hems, OE. ham; cf. D. haam.]
One of the two curved pieces of wood or metal, in the harness of a draught horse, to which the traces are fastened. They are fitted upon the collar, or have pads fitting the horse's neck attached to them.


word: Hamesucken
definition:
Hamesucken

Hamesecken

{ Hame"seck`en (hām"sĕk`'n), Hame"suck`en (-sŭk`'n), }
n.
[AS. hāms&omacrcn. See Home, and Seek.]
(Scots Law)
The felonious seeking and invasion of a person in his dwelling house.
Bouvier.


word: Hamfatter
definition:
Hamfatter

Ham"fat`ter
(hăm"făt`tẽr)
n.
[From a negro minstrel song called “The ham-fat man.”]
A low-grade actor or performer; a ham.
[Theatrical Slang]

Syn. -- ham.


word: ham-handed
definition:
ham-handed

ham-fisted

ham-fisted ham-handed
adj.
not skillful in physical movement especially with the hands; clumsy; bungling; -- also used metaphorically of actions; as, ham-handed governmental interference.

Syn. -- bumbling, bungling, butterfingered, handless, heavy-handed, left-handed.


word: Hamilton period
definition:
Hamilton period

Ham"il*ton pe"ri*od
(hăm"ĭl*tŭn pē"rĭ*ŭd)
(Geol.)
A subdivision of the Devonian system of America; -- so named from Hamilton, Madison Co., New York. It includes the Marcellus, Hamilton, and Genesee epochs or groups. See the Chart of Geology.


word: Haminoea
definition:
Haminoea

Haminoea
n.
A common genus of marine bubble shells of the Pacific coast of North America.

Syn. -- genus Haminoea.


word: Haminura
definition:
Haminura

Ham`i*nu"ra
(hăm`ĭ*nū"rȧ)
n.
(Zool.)
A large edible river fish (Erythrinus macrodon) of Guiana.


word: Hamite
definition:
Hamite

Ha"mite
(hā"mīt)
n.
[L. hamus hook.]
(Paleon.)
A fossil cephalopod of the genus Hamites, related to the ammonites, but having the last whorl bent into a hooklike form.


word: Hamitic
definition:
Hamitic

Ham*it"ic
(hăm*ĭt"ĭk)
a.
Pertaining to Ham or his descendants.

Hamitic languages, the group of languages spoken mainly in the Sahara, Egypt, Galla, and Somâli Land, and supposed to be allied to the Semitic. Keith Johnston.


word: Hamlet
definition:
Hamlet

Ham"let
(hăm"lĕt)
n.
[OE. hamelet, OF. hamelet, dim. of hamel, F. hameau, LL. hamellum, a dim. of German origin; cf. G. heim home.  √220. See Home.]
A small village; a little cluster of houses in the country.

The country wasted, and the hamlets burned.
Dryden.


word: Hammer
definition:
Hammer

Ham"mer
(hăm"mẽr)
n.
[OE. hamer, AS. hamer, hamor; akin to D. hamer, G. & Dan. hammer, Sw. hammare, Icel. hamarr, hammer, crag, and perh. to Gr. 'a`kmwn anvil, Skr. açman stone.]
1.
An instrument for driving nails, beating metals, and the like, consisting of a head, usually of steel or iron, fixed crosswise to a handle.

With busy hammers closing rivets up.
Shak.

2.
Something which in form or action resembles the common hammer
(a)
That part of a clock which strikes upon the bell to indicate the hour.
(b)
The padded mallet of a piano, which strikes the wires, to produce the tones.
(c)
(Anat.)
The malleus.
Ear
(d)
(Gun.)
That part of a gunlock which strikes the percussion cap, or firing pin; the cock; formerly, however, a piece of steel covering the pan of a flintlock musket and struck by the flint of the cock to ignite the priming.
(e)
Also, a person or thing that smites or shatters; as, St. Augustine was the hammer of heresies.

He met the stern legionaries [of Rome] who had been the “massive iron hammers” of the whole earth.
J. H. Newman.

3.
(Athletics)
A spherical weight attached to a flexible handle and hurled from a mark or ring. The weight of head and handle is usually not less than 16 pounds.

Atmospheric hammer, a dead-stroke hammer in which the spring is formed by confined air. -- Drop hammer, Face hammer, etc. See under Drop, Face, etc. -- Hammer fish. See Hammerhead. -- Hammer hardening, the process of hardening metal by hammering it when cold. -- Hammer shell (Zool.), any species of Malleus, a genus of marine bivalve shells, allied to the pearl oysters, having the wings narrow and elongated, so as to give them a hammer-shaped outline; -- called also hammer oyster. -- To bring to the hammer, to put up at auction.


word: Hammer₂
definition:
Hammer

Ham"mer
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Hammered (-mẽrd); p. pr. & vb. n. Hammering.]
1.
To beat with a hammer; to beat with heavy blows; as, to hammer iron.

2.
To form or forge with a hammer; to shape by beating.
Hammered
Dryden.

3.
To form in the mind; to shape by hard intellectual labor; -- usually with out.

Who was hammering out a penny dialogue.
Jeffry.


word: Hammer₃
definition:
Hammer

Ham"mer
v. i.
1.
To be busy forming anything; to labor hard as if shaping something with a hammer.

Whereon this month I have been hammering.
Shak.

2.
To strike repeated blows, literally or figuratively.

Blood and revenge are hammering in my head.
Shak.


word: Hammer-beam
definition:
Hammer-beam

Ham"mer-beam`
(-bēm`)
n.
(Gothic Arch.)
A member of one description of roof truss, called hammer-beam truss, which is so framed as not to have a tiebeam at the top of the wall. Each principal has two hammer-beams, which occupy the situation, and to some extent serve the purpose, of a tiebeam.


word: Hammer break
definition:
Hammer break

Ham"mer break
(Elec.)
An interrupter in which contact is broken by the movement of an automatically vibrating hammer between a contact piece and an electromagnet, or of a rapidly moving piece mechanically driven.


word: Hammercloth
definition:
Hammercloth

Ham"mer*cloth`
(-kl&obreve_;th; 115)
n.
[Prob. fr. D. hemel heaven, canopy, tester (akin to G. himmel, and perh. also to E. heaven) + E. cloth; or perh. a corruption of hamper cloth.]
The cloth which covers a coach box.


word: Hammer-dressed
definition:
Hammer-dressed

Ham"mer-dressed`
(-drĕst`)
a.
Having the surface roughly shaped or faced with the stonecutter's hammer; -- said of building stone.


word: Hammer-harden
definition:
Hammer-harden

Ham"mer-hard`en
(-härd`'n)
v. t.
To harden, as a metal, by hammering it in the cold state.


word: Hammerhead
definition:
Hammerhead

Ham"mer*head`
(-hĕd`)
n.
1.
(Zool.)
A shark of the genus Sphyrna or Zygaena, having the eyes set on projections from the sides of the head, which gives it a hammer shape. The Sphyrna zygaena is found in the North Atlantic. Called also hammer fish, and balance fish.

2.
(Zool.)
A fresh-water fish; the stone-roller.

3.
(Zool.)
An African fruit bat (Hypsignathus monstrosus); -- so called from its large blunt nozzle.


word: Hammer-less
definition:
Hammer-less

Ham"mer-less
a.
(Firearms)
Without a visible hammer; -- said of a gun having a cock or striker concealed from sight, and out of the way of an accidental touch.


word: Hammer lock
definition:
Hammer lock

Hammer lock
(Wrestling)
A hold in which an arm of one contestant is held twisted and bent behind his back by his opponent.


word: Hammochrysos
definition:
Hammochrysos

Ham`mo*chry"sos
(hăm`mo̝*krī"s&obreve_;s)
n.
[L., fr. Gr. "ammo`chrysos; "a`mmos, 'a`mmos, sand + chryso`s gold.]
A stone with spangles of gold color in it.


word: Hammock
definition:
Hammock

Ham"mock
(hăm"m&obreve_;k)
n.
[A word of Indian origin: cf. Sp. hamaca. Columbus, in the Narrative of his first voyage, says: “A great many Indians in canoes came to the ship to-day for the purpose of bartering their cotton, and hamacas, or nets, in which they sleep.”]
1.
A swinging couch or bed, usually made of netting or canvas about six feet long and three feet wide, suspended by clews or cords at the ends.

2.
A piece of land thickly wooded, and usually covered with bushes and vines. Used also adjectively; as, hammock land.
[Southern U. S.]
Bartlett.

Hammock nettings (Naut.), formerly, nets for stowing hammocks; now, more often, wooden boxes or a trough on the rail, used for that purpose.


word: Hamous
definition:
Hamous

Hamose

{ Ha*mose" (ha̝*m&omacrs"), Ha"mous (hā"mŭs), }
[L. hamus hook.]
(Bot.)
Having the end hooked or curved.


word: Hamper
definition:
Hamper

Ham"per
(hăm"pẽr)
n.
[Contr. fr. hanaper.]
A large basket, usually with a cover, used for the packing and carrying of articles; as, a hamper of wine; a clothes hamper; an oyster hamper, which contains two bushels.


word: Hamper₂
definition:
Hamper

Ham"per
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Hampered (-pẽrd); p. pr. & vb. n. Hampering.]
To put in a hamper.


word: Hamper₃
definition:
Hamper

Ham"per
v. t.
[OE. hamperen, hampren, prob. of the same origin as E. hamble.]
To put a hamper or fetter on; to shackle; to insnare; to inveigle; to entangle; hence, to impede in motion or progress; to embarrass; to encumber.
Hampered
Blackmore.

A lion hampered in a net.
L'Estrange.

They hamper and entangle our souls.
Tillotson.


word: Hamper₄
definition:
Hamper

Ham"per
n.
[See Hamper to shackle.]
1.
A shackle; a fetter; anything which impedes.
W. Browne.

2.
(Naut.)
Articles ordinarily indispensable, but in the way at certain times.
Ham. Nav. Encyc.

Top hamper (Naut.), unnecessary spars and rigging kept aloft.


word: Hamshackle
definition:
Hamshackle

Ham"shac`kle
(hăm"shăk`'l)
v. t.
[Ham + shackle.]
To fasten (an animal) by a rope binding the head to one of the fore legs; as, to hamshackle a horse or cow; hence, to bind or restrain; to curb.


word: Hamster
definition:
Hamster

Ham"ster
(-stẽr)
n.
[G. hamster.]
(Zool.)
A small European rodent (Cricetus frumentarius).  It is remarkable for having a pouch on each side of the jaw, under the skin, and for its migrations.  Hamsters are commonly kept as a pets.


word: Hamstring
definition:
Hamstring

Ham"string`
(hăm"strĭng`)
n.
(Anat.)
One of the great tendons situated in each side of the ham, or space back of the knee, and connected with the muscles of the back of the thigh.


word: Hamstring₂
definition:
Hamstring

Ham"string`
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Hamstrung; p. pr. & vb. n. Hamstringing. See String.]
To lame or disable by cutting the tendons of the ham or knee; to hough; hence, to cripple; to incapacitate; to disable.

So have they hamstrung the valor of the subject by seeking to effeminate us all at home.
Milton.


word: Hamular
definition:
Hamular

Ham"u*lar
(hăm"&uuptack_;*lẽr)
a.
Hooked; hooklike; hamate; as, the hamular process of the sphenoid bone.


word: Hamulose
definition:
Hamulose

Ham"u*lose`
(-&uuptack_;*l&omacrs`)
a.
[L. hamulus, dim. of hamus a hook.]
Bearing a small hook at the end.
Gray.


word: Hamulus
definition:
Hamulus

Ham"u*lus
(-lŭs)
n.
pl. Hamuli (-lī).
[L., a little hook.]
1.
(Anat.)
A hook, or hooklike process.

2.
(Zool.)
A hooked barbicel of a feather.


word: Han
definition:
Han

Han
(hăn)
contr. inf. & plural pres. of Haven.
To have; have.
[Obs.]
Piers Plowman.

Him thanken all, and thus they han an end.
Chaucer.


word: Hanap
definition:
Hanap

Han"ap
(-ăp)
n.
[F. hanap. See Hanaper.]
A rich goblet, esp. one used on state occasions.
[Obs.]


word: Hanaper
definition:
Hanaper

Han"a*per
(-ȧ*pẽr)
n.
[LL. hanaperium a large vase, fr. hanapus vase, bowl, cup (whence F. hanap); of German origin; cf. OHG. hnapf, G. napf, akin to AS. hnæp cup, bowl.  Cf. Hamper, Nappy, n.]
A kind of basket, usually of wickerwork, and adapted for the packing and carrying of articles; a hamper.

Hanaper office, an office of the English court of chancery in which writs relating to the business of the public, and the returns to them, were anciently kept in a hanaper or hamper. Blackstone.


word: Hanch
definition:
Hanch

Hance

{ Hance (hăns), Hanch (hănch), }
n.
[See Hanse.]
1.
(Arch.)
See Hanse.

2.
(Naut.)
A sudden fall or break, as the fall of the fife rail down to the gangway.


word: Hand
definition:
Hand

Hand
(hănd)
n.
[AS. hand, hond; akin to D., G., & Sw. hand, OHG. hant, Dan. haand, Icel. hönd, Goth. handus, and perh. to Goth. hinþan to seize (in comp.).  Cf. Hunt.]
1.
That part of the fore limb below the forearm or wrist in man and monkeys, and the corresponding part in many other animals; manus; paw. See Manus.

2.
That which resembles, or to some extent performs the office of, a human hand
(a)
A limb of certain animals, as the foot of a hawk, or any one of the four extremities of a monkey.
(b)
An index or pointer on a dial; as, the hour or minute hand of a clock.

3.
A measure equal to a hand's breadth, -- four inches; a palm. Chiefly used in measuring the height of horses.

4.
Side; part; direction, either right or left.

On this hand and that hand, were hangings.
Ex. xxxviii. 15.

The Protestants were then on the winning hand.
Milton.

5.
Power of performance; means of execution; ability; skill; dexterity.

He had a great mind to try his hand at a Spectator.
Addison.

6.
Actual performance; deed; act; workmanship; agency; hence, manner of performance.

To change the hand in carrying on the war.
Clarendon.

Gideon said unto God, If thou wilt save Israel by my hand.
Judges vi. 36.

7.
An agent; a servant, or laborer; a workman, trained or competent for special service or duty; a performer more or less skillful; as, a deck hand; a farm hand; an old hand at speaking.

A dictionary containing a natural history requires too many hands, as well as too much time, ever to be hoped for.
Locke.

I was always reckoned a lively hand at a simile.
Hazlitt.

8.
Handwriting; style of penmanship; as, a good, bad, or running hand.  Hence, a signature.

I say she never did invent this letter;
This is a man's invention and his hand.
Shak.

Some writs require a judge's hand.
Burril.

9.
Personal possession; ownership; hence, control; direction; management; -- usually in the plural.
hand
Knolles.

Albinus . . . found means to keep in his hands the government of Britain.
Milton.

10.
Agency in transmission from one person to another; as, to buy at first hand, that is, from the producer, or when new; at second hand, that is, when no longer in the producer's hand, or when not new.

11.
Rate; price.
[Obs.]
hand
Bacon.

12.
That which is, or may be, held in a hand at once
(a)
(Card Playing)
The quota of cards received from the dealer.
(b)
(Tobacco Manuf.)
A bundle of tobacco leaves tied together.

13.
(Firearms)
The small part of a gunstock near the lock, which is grasped by the hand in taking aim.

&hand_; Hand is used figuratively for a large variety of acts or things, in the doing, or making, or use of which the hand is in some way employed or concerned; also, as a symbol to denote various qualities or conditions, as: (a) Activity; operation; work; -- in distinction from the head, which implies thought, and the heart, which implies affection. “His hand will be against every man.” Gen. xvi. 12.(b) Power; might; supremacy; -- often in the Scriptures. “With a mighty hand . . . will I rule over you.” Ezek. xx. 33. (c) Fraternal feeling; as, to give, or take, the hand; to give the right hand. (d) Contract; -- commonly of marriage; as, to ask the hand; to pledge the hand.

&hand_; Hand is often used adjectively or in compounds (with or without the hyphen), signifying performed by the hand; as, hand blow or hand-blow, hand gripe or hand-gripe: used by, or designed for, the hand; as, hand ball or handball, hand bow, hand fetter, hand grenade or hand-grenade, handgun or hand gun, handloom or hand loom, handmill or hand organ or handorgan, handsaw or hand saw, hand-weapon: measured or regulated by the hand; as, handbreadth or hand's breadth, hand gallop or hand-gallop. Most of the words in the following paragraph are written either as two words or in combination.

Hand bag, a satchel; a small bag for carrying books, papers, parcels, etc. -- Hand basket, a small or portable basket. -- Hand bell, a small bell rung by the hand; a table bell. Bacon. -- Hand bill, a small pruning hook. See 4th Bill. -- Hand car. See under Car. -- Hand director (Mus.), an instrument to aid in forming a good position of the hands and arms when playing on the piano; a hand guide. -- Hand drop. See Wrist drop. -- Hand gallop. See under Gallop. -- Hand gear (Mach.), apparatus by means of which a machine, or parts of a machine, usually operated by other power, may be operated by hand. -- Hand glass. (a) A glass or small glazed frame, for the protection of plants. (b) A small mirror with a handle. -- Hand guide. Same as Hand director (above). -- Hand language, the art of conversing by the hands, esp. as practiced by the deaf and dumb; dactylology. -- Hand lathe. See under Lathe. -- Hand money, money paid in hand to bind a contract; earnest money. -- Hand organ (Mus.), a barrel organ, operated by a crank turned by hand. -- Hand plant. (Bot.) Same as Hand tree (below). -- Hand rail, a rail, as in staircases, to hold by. Gwilt. -- Hand sail, a sail managed by the hand. Sir W. Temple. -- Hand screen, a small screen to be held in the hand. -- Hand screw, a small jack for raising heavy timbers or weights; (Carp.) a screw clamp. -- Hand staff (pl. Hand staves), a javelin. Ezek. xxxix. 9. -- Hand stamp, a small stamp for dating, addressing, or canceling papers, envelopes, etc. -- Hand tree (Bot.), a lofty tree found in Mexico (Cheirostemon platanoides), having red flowers whose stamens unite in the form of a hand. -- Hand vise, a small vise held in the hand in doing small work. Moxon. -- Hand work, or Handwork, work done with the hands, as distinguished from work done by a machine; handiwork.  -- All hands, everybody; all parties. -- At all hands, On all hands, on all sides; from every direction; generally. -- At any hand, At no hand, in any (or no) way or direction; on any account; on no account. “And therefore at no hand consisting with the safety and interests of humility.” Jer. Taylor. -- At first hand, At second hand. See def. 10 (above). -- At hand. (a) Near in time or place; either present and within reach, or not far distant. “Your husband is at hand; I hear his trumpet.” Shak. (b) Under the hand or bridle. [Obs.] “Horses hot at hand.” Shak. -- At the hand of, by the act of; as a gift from. “Shall we receive good at the hand of God and shall we not receive evil?” Job ii. 10. -- Bridle hand. See under Bridle. -- By hand, with the hands, in distinction from instrumentality of tools, engines, or animals; as, to weed a garden by hand; to lift, draw, or carry by hand. -- Clean hands, freedom from guilt, esp. from the guilt of dishonesty in money matters, or of bribe taking. “He that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.” Job xvii. 9. -- From hand to hand, from one person to another. -- Hand in hand. (a) In union; conjointly; unitedly. Swift. (b) Just; fair; equitable.

As fair and as good, a kind of hand in hand comparison. Shak.

  -- Hand over hand, Hand over fist, by passing the hands alternately one before or above another; as, to climb hand over hand; also, rapidly; as, to come up with a chase hand over hand. -- Hand over head, negligently; rashly; without seeing what one does. [Obs.] Bacon. -- Hand running, consecutively; as, he won ten times hand running. -- Hands off! keep off! forbear! no interference or meddling! -- Hand to hand, in close union; in close fight; as, a hand to hand contest. Dryden. -- Heavy hand, severity or oppression. -- In hand. (a) Paid down. “A considerable reward in hand, and . . . a far greater reward hereafter.” Tillotson. (b) In preparation; taking place. Chaucer. “Revels . . . in hand.” Shak. (c) Under consideration, or in the course of transaction; as, he has the business in hand. -- In one's hand or In one's hands. (a) In one's possession or keeping. (b) At one's risk, or peril; as, I took my life in my hand. -- Laying on of hands, a form used in consecrating to office, in the rite of confirmation, and in blessing persons. -- Light hand, gentleness; moderation. -- Note of hand, a promissory note. -- Off hand, Out of hand, forthwith; without delay, hesitation, or difficulty; promptly. “She causeth them to be hanged up out of hand.” Spenser. -- Off one's hands, out of one's possession or care. -- On hand, in present possession; as, he has a supply of goods on hand. -- On one's hands, in one's possession care, or management. -- Putting the hand under the thigh, an ancient Jewish ceremony used in swearing. -- Right hand, the place of honor, power, and strength. -- Slack hand, idleness; carelessness; inefficiency; sloth. -- Strict hand, severe discipline; rigorous government. -- To bear a hand (Naut.), to give help quickly; to hasten. -- To bear in hand, to keep in expectation with false pretenses. [Obs.] Shak. -- To be hand and glove with or To be hand in glove with. See under Glove. -- To be on the mending hand, to be convalescent or improving. -- To bring up by hand, to feed (an infant) without suckling it. -- To change hand. See Change. -- To change hands, to change sides, or change owners. Hudibras. -- To clap the hands, to express joy or applause, as by striking the palms of the hands together. -- To come to hand, to be received; to be taken into possession; as, the letter came to hand yesterday. -- To get hand, to gain influence. [Obs.]

Appetites have . . . got such a hand over them. Baxter.

  -- To get one's hand in, to make a beginning in a certain work; to become accustomed to a particular business. -- To have a hand in, to be concerned in; to have a part or concern in doing; to have an agency or be employed in. -- To have in hand. (a) To have in one's power or control. Chaucer. (b) To be engaged upon or occupied with. -- To have one's hands full, to have in hand all that one can do, or more than can be done conveniently; to be pressed with labor or engagements; to be surrounded with difficulties. -- To have the (higher) upper hand,  or To get the (higher) upper hand, to have, or get, the better of another person or thing. -- To his hand, To my hand, etc., in readiness; already prepared. “The work is made to his hands.” Locke. -- To hold hand, to compete successfully or on even conditions. [Obs.] Shak. -- To lay hands on, to seize; to assault. -- To lend a hand, to give assistance. -- To lift the hand against,  or To put forth the hand against, to attack; to oppose; to kill. -- To live from hand to mouth, to obtain food and other necessaries as want compels, without previous provision. -- To make one's hand, to gain advantage or profit. -- To put the hand unto, to steal. Ex. xxii. 8. -- To put the last hand to or To put the finishing hand to, to make the last corrections in; to complete; to perfect. -- To set the hand to, to engage in; to undertake.

That the Lord thy God may bless thee in all that thou settest thine hand to. Deut. xxiii. 20.

  -- To stand one in hand, to concern or affect one. -- To strike hands, to make a contract, or to become surety for another's debt or good behavior. -- To take in hand. (a) To attempt or undertake. (b) To seize and deal with; as, he took him in hand. -- To wash the hands of, to disclaim or renounce interest in, or responsibility for, a person or action; as, to wash one's hands of a business. Matt. xxvii. 24. -- Under the hand of, authenticated by the handwriting or signature of; as, the deed is executed under the hand and seal of the owner.


word: Hand₂
definition:
Hand

Hand
(hănd)
n.
A gambling game played by American Indians, consisting of guessing the whereabouts of bits of ivory or the like, which are passed rapidly from hand to hand.


word: Hand₃
definition:
Hand

Hand
(hănd)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Handed; p. pr. & vb. n. Handing.]
1.
To give, pass, or transmit with the hand; as, he handed them the letter.

2.
To lead, guide, or assist with the hand; to conduct; as, to hand a lady into a carriage.

3.
To manage; as, I hand my oar.
[Obs.]
Prior.

4.
To seize; to lay hands on.
[Obs.]
Shak.

5.
To pledge by the hand; to handfast.
[R.]

6.
(Naut.)
To furl; -- said of a sail.
Totten.

To hand down, to transmit in succession, as from father to son, or from predecessor to successor; as, fables are handed down from age to age; to forward to the proper officer (the decision of a higher court); as, the Clerk of the Court of Appeals handed down its decision. -- To hand over, to yield control of; to surrender; to deliver up.


word: handbag
definition:
handbag

hand"bag`
n.
a small bag usually made of cloth, leather or a similar imitation material, and often having a strap to permit carrying it by slinging it over a shoulder, used by women to carry money and small personal items or accessories; as, she had to search under the cosmetics, hankies, and medicines in her handbag to find a comb.

Syn. -- bag, pocketbook, purse.


word: Handball
definition:
Handball

Hand"ball`
(hănd"b&asuml_;l`)
n.
1.
A small ball, usually made of rubber, thrown or struck with the hand in various games.

2.
A game played with such a ball, as by players striking it to and fro between them with the hands, or, when played in a walled court or against a single wall, striking it in turns against a wall, until one side or the other fails to return the ball.


word: handbasin
definition:
handbasin

handbasin
n.
A small basin used for washing thehands; as, `wash-hand basin' is a British term.

Syn. -- washbasin, washbowl, lavabo, wash-hand basin.


word: Handbill
definition:
Handbill

Hand"bill`
(-bĭl`)
n.
1.
A loose, printed sheet, to be distributed by hand.

2.
A pruning hook.
[Usually written hand bill.]


word: Handbook
definition:
Handbook

Hand"book`
(-bŏk`)
n.
[Hand + book; cf. AS. handb&omacrc, or G. handbuch.]
1.
A book of reference, to be carried in the hand; a manual; a guidebook.

2.
A book containing reference information for a specific field; as, the Handbook of Chemistry.


word: hand-brake
definition:
hand-brake

handbrake

hand"brake`, hand"-brake`
n.
a brake operated by hand, used to stop a vehicle or keep it stationary; it usually operates by a mechanical linkage.

Syn. -- handbrake, emergency, emergency brake, parking brake.


word: Handbreadth
definition:
Handbreadth

Hand"breadth`
(-brĕdth`)
n.
A space equal to the breadth of the hand; a palm.
Ex. xxxvii. 12.

Syn. -- handsbreadth.


word: handcolor
definition:
handcolor

handcolor
v. t.
to add color to (a black-and-white image) using an instrument held in the hand; as, Some old photographs are handcolored.

Syn. -- color by hand.


word: hand-crafted
definition:
hand-crafted

hand-crafted
adj.
made by hand or by a hand process.  Contrasted to machine-made.
camp-made 
hand-loomed, handwoven 
handsewn, handstitched 
overhand, oversewn )

Syn. -- handmade.


word: Handcuff
definition:
Handcuff

Hand"cuff`
(-kŭf`)
n.
[AS. handcops; hand hand + cosp, cops, fetter. The second part was confused with E. cuffs,]
A fastening, consisting of an iron ring around the wrist, usually connected by a chain with one on the other wrist; a manacle; -- usually in the plural.


word: Handcuff₂
definition:
Handcuff

Hand"cuff`
(hănd"kŭf`)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Handcuffed (-kŭft`); p. pr. & vb. n. Handcuffing.]
To apply handcuffs to; to manacle.
Hay (1754).


word: Handed
definition:
Handed

Hand"ed
a.
1.
With hands joined; hand in hand.

Into their inmost bower,
Handed they went.
Milton.

2.
Having a peculiar or characteristic hand.

As poisonous tongued as handed.
Shak.

&hand_; Handed is used in composition in the sense of having (such or so many) hands; as, bloody-handed; free-handed; heavy-handed; left-handed; single-handed.


word: handfast
definition:
handfast

hand"fast`
(hănd"fȧst`)
n.
1.
Hold; grasp
[Obs.]
Shak.

2.
Custody; power of confining or keeping.
[Obs.]
Shak.

3.
A contract; specifically, an espousal.
[Obs.]


word: handfast₃
definition:
handfast

hand"fast`
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. handfasted; p. pr. & vb. n. handfasting.]
1.
To pledge; to bind.
[Obs.]

2.
To betroth by joining hands, in order to permit cohabitation, before the formal celebration of marriage; in some parts of Scotland it was in effect to marry provisionally, permitting cohabitation for a year, after which the marriage could be formalized or dissolved.
[Obs.]

&hand_; Handfasting was a simple contract of agreement under which cohabitation was permitted for a year, at the end of which time the contract could be either dissolved or made permanent by a formal marriage.  Such marriages, at first probably not intended to be temporary, are supposed to have originated in Scotland from a scarcity of clergy, and to have existed at times in other countries.


word: handfast₄
definition:
handfast

hand"fast`
a.
[G. handfest; hand hand + fest strong. See Fast.]
Strong; steadfast.
[R.]
Carlyle.


word: handful
definition:
handful

hand"ful
(hănd"f&usdot_;l)
n.
pl. handfuls (hănd"f&usdot_;lz).
[AS. handfull.]
1.
As much as the hand will grasp or contain.
Addison.

2.
A hand's breadth; four inches.
[Obs.]

Knap the tongs together about a handful from the bottom.
Bacon.

3.
A small quantity or number.

This handful of men were tied to very hard duty.
Fuller.

4.
A person, task, or situation, which is the most that one can manage; as, my two-year-old is a handful.

To have one's handful, to have one's hands full; to have all one can do. [Obs.]

They had their handful to defend themselves from firing.
Sir. W. Raleigh.


word: hand-hole
definition:
hand-hole

hand"-hole`
(hănd"h&omacrl`)
n.
(Steam Boilers)
A small hole in a boiler for the insertion of the hand in cleaning, etc.

Hand-hole plate, the cover of a hand-hole.


word: handicap
definition:
handicap

hand"i*cap
(hăn"dĭ*kăp)
n.
[From hand in cap; -- perh. in reference to an old mode of settling a bargain by taking pieces of money from a cap.]
1.
An allowance of a certain amount of time or distance in starting, granted in a race to the competitor possessing inferior advantages; or an additional weight or other hindrance imposed upon the one possessing superior advantages, in order to equalize, as much as possible, the chances of success; as, the handicap was five seconds, or ten pounds, and the like.

2.
A race, for horses or men, or any contest of agility, strength, or skill, in which there is an allowance of time, distance, weight, or other advantage, to equalize the chances of the competitors.

3.
An old game at cards.
[Obs.]
Pepys.

4.
a physical or mental disability of the body which makes normal human activities more difficult or impossible; as, his deformed leg was a major handicap in walking.

5.
any disadvantage that makes an activity more difficult or impossible; as, insufficient capital was a big handicap in competing against Microsoft.


word: Handicap
definition:
Handicap

Hand"i*cap
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Handicapped (-kăpt); p. pr. & vb. n. Handicapping.]
To encumber with a handicap in any contest; hence, in general, to place at disadvantage; as, the candidate was heavily handicapped.


word: Handicapped
definition:
Handicapped

Hand"i*capped
(hănd"ĭ*kăpt)
a.
suffering from a handicap (in senses 4 or 5); disabled; at a disadvantage.


word: Handicraft
definition:
Handicraft

Hand"i*craft
(hănd"ĭ*krȧft)
n.
[For handcraft, influenced by handiwork; AS. handcræft.]
1.
A trade requiring skill of hand; manual occupation; handcraft.
Addison.

2.
A man who earns his living by handicraft; a handicraftsman.
[R.]
Dryden.


word: Handicraftsman
definition:
Handicraftsman

Hand"i*crafts`man
(-krȧfts`man)
n.
pl. -men (-men).
A man skilled or employed in handcraft.
Bacon.


word: Handiwork
definition:
Handiwork

Hand"i*work`
(-ĭ*wûrk`)
n.
[OE. handiwerc, AS. handgeweorc; hand hand + geweorc work; prefix ge- + weorc. See Work.]
Work done by the hands; hence, any work done personally.

The firmament showeth his handiwork.
Ps. xix. 1.


word: Handkercher
definition:
Handkercher

Hand"ker*cher
(hă&nsmacr_;"kẽr*chẽr)
n.
A handkerchief.
[Obs. or Colloq.]
Chapman (1654). Shak.


word: Handkerchief
definition:
Handkerchief

Hand"ker*chief
(hă&nsmacr_;"kẽr*chĭf; 277)
n.
[Hand + kerchief.]
1.
A piece of cloth, usually square and often fine and elegant, carried for wiping the face or hands.

2.
A piece of cloth shaped like a handkerchief to be worn about the neck; a neckerchief; a neckcloth.


word: Handle
definition:
Handle

Han"dle
(hăn"d'l)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Handled (-d'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Handling (-dlĭng).]
[OE. handlen, AS. handlian; akin to D. handelen to trade, G. handeln. See Hand.]
1.
To touch; to feel with the hand; to use or hold with the hand.

Handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh.
Luke xxiv. 39.

About his altar, handling holy things.
Milton.

2.
To manage in using, as a spade or a musket; to wield; often, to manage skillfully.

That fellow handles his bow like a crowkeeper.
Shak.

3.
To accustom to the hand; to work upon, or take care of, with the hands.

The hardness of the winters forces the breeders to house and handle their colts six months every year.
Sir W. Temple.

4.
To receive and transfer; to have pass through one's hands; hence, to buy and sell; as, a merchant handles a variety of goods, or a large stock.

5.
To deal with; to make a business of.

They that handle the law knew me not.
Jer. ii. 8.

6.
To treat; to use, well or ill.

How wert thou handled being prisoner?
Shak.

7.
To manage; to control; to practice skill upon.

You shall see how I will handle her.
Shak.

8.
To use or manage in writing or speaking; to treat, as a theme, an argument, or an objection.

We will handle what persons are apt to envy others.
Bacon.

To handle without gloves. See under Glove. [Colloq.]


word: Handle₂
definition:
Handle

Han"dle
(hăn"d'l)
v. i.
To use the hands.

They have hands, but they handle not.
Ps. cxv. 7.


word: Handle₃
definition:
Handle

Han"dle
n.
[AS. handle. See Hand.]
1.
That part of vessels, instruments, etc., which is held in the hand when used or moved, as the haft of a sword, the knob of a door, the bail of a kettle, etc.

2.
That of which use is made; the instrument for effecting a purpose; a tool.
South.

To give a handle, to furnish an occasion or means.


word: handlebar
definition:
handlebar

han"dle*bar`
n.
The curved bar connected by a shaft to the front wheel of a bicycle or motorcycle, positioned nearly horizontally in front of the rider's seat, designed to be gripped by the rider while riding, and used to steer the vehicle.  Usually used in the plural; as, don't let go of the handlbars.


word: handled
definition:
handled

handled
adj.
fitted with or having having a handle; as, a handled magnifying glass is easier to use.  Opposite of handleless.


word: -handled
definition:
-handled

-handled
suff.
having a usually specified type of handle; as, a pearl-handled revolver; a long-handled shovel.


word: handleless
definition:
handleless

handleless
adj.
having no handle; as, sleek cabinets with apparently handleless doors.  Opposite of handled.


word: handler
definition:
handler

handler
n.
1.
one who trains or exhibits animals.

Syn. -- animal trainer.

2.
someone in charge of training an athlete (especially a boxer) or a team.
The term is used sometimes sarcastically of political consultants: “the president's handlers”.

Syn. -- coach, manager.


word: Handling
definition:
Handling

Han"dling
(hăn"dlĭng)
n.
[AS. handlung.]
1.
A touching, controlling, managing, using, etc., with the hand or hands, or as with the hands. See Handle, v. t.

The heavens and your fair handling
Have made you master of the field this day.
Spenser.

2.
(Drawing, Painting, etc.)
The mode of using the pencil or brush, etc.; style of touch.
Fairholt.


word: handlock
definition:
handlock

handlock
n.
a metal loop that can be locked around the wrist, usually used in pairs; a handcuff.

Syn. -- handcuffs, handcuff, cuffs, cuff, manacle.


word: hand-loomed
definition:
hand-loomed

hand-loomed
adj.
Woven on a handloom; -- of fabrics, rugs, or carpets.

Syn. -- handwoven.


word: Handmade
definition:
Handmade

Hand"made`
(hănd"mād`)
a.
Manufactured by hand; as, handmade shoes.  Contrasted with machine-made.


word: Handmaiden
definition:
Handmaiden

Handmaid

{ Hand"maid` (hănd"mād`), Hand"maid`en (hănd"mād`'n), }
n.
A maid that waits at hand; a female servant or attendant.
[wns=2]

2.
Something or someone serving in a subordinate position; as, theology should be the handmaiden of ethics.
[wns=1]

Syn. -- handmaid, servant.


word: hand-me-down
definition:
hand-me-down

hand-me-down
adj.
1.
obtained or used after prior use by another person.
the term hand-me-down is often used of clothing previously worn by older family members.  The term may also be used metaphorically of ideas.

Syn. -- hand-down, secondhand, used.


word: hand-me-down₂
definition:
hand-me-down

hand-me-down
n.
An outgrown garment given to one person after use by another; -- usually transferred between members of a family or close friends; as, because she was the youngest of four girls, the clothes she wore were always hand-me-downs.


word: hand-operated
definition:
hand-operated

hand-operated
adj.
1.
requiring hand manipulation for operation; not automatic or machine-driven; as, a hand-operated winch.  Opposite of automatic or powered.

Syn. -- non-automatic.


word: hand-out
definition:
hand-out

handout

hand"out, hand"-out
n.
1.
money or an object given in or as in a charitable gesture; -- also used of government disbursements to individuals for welfare; as, government hand-outs to welfare clients.

2.
a printed circular distributed gratis, usually for political or advertising purposes.

3.
a printed statement distributed, usually to the news media.


word: handover
definition:
handover

handover
n.
The act of relinquishing property or authority etc. to another; as, the handover of occupied territory to the original posssessors; the handover of power from the military back to the civilian authorities.


word: hand-picked
definition:
hand-picked

hand-picked
adj.
carefully selected; as, a hand-picked jury; the company's president groomed his hand-picked successor.


word: handrail
definition:
handrail

hand"rail`
n.
a rail{1} at the side of staircase or balcony to prevent people from falling; -- shaped so as to be conveniently gripped with the hand; as, please hold onto the handrail when crossing the walkway.

Syn. -- bannister, banister, balustrade, balusters.


word: hands
definition:
hands

hands
n.
1.
a person's power or discretionary action; as, my fate is in your hands.

Syn. -- custody.

2.
The force of workers available; as, all hands on deck.

Syn. -- work force, manpower, men.

A dictionary containing a natural history requires too many hands, as well as too much time, ever to be hoped for.
Locke.


word: handsbreadth
definition:
handsbreadth

handsbreadth
n.
any unit of length based on the breadth of the human hand.

Syn. -- handbreath.


word: Handsel
definition:
Handsel

Hand"sel
(hănd"sĕl)
n.
[Written also hansel.]
[OE. handsal, hansal, hansel, AS. handselena giving into hands, or more prob. fr. Icel. handsal; hand hand + sal sale, bargain; akin to AS. sellan to give, deliver. See Sell, Sale. ]
1.
A sale, gift, or delivery into the hand of another; especially, a sale, gift, delivery, or using which is the first of a series, and regarded as an omen for the rest; a first installment; an earnest; as the first money received for the sale of goods in the morning, the first money taken at a shop newly opened, the first present sent to a young woman on her wedding day, etc.

Their first good handsel of breath in this world.
Fuller.

Our present tears here, not our present laughter,
Are but the handsels of our joys hereafter.
Herrick.

2.
Price; payment.
[Obs.]
Spenser.

Handsel Monday, the first Monday of the new year, when handsels or presents are given to servants, children, etc.


word: Handsel₂
definition:
Handsel

Hand"sel
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Handseled or Handselled (hănd"sĕld); p. pr. & vb. n. Handseling or Handselling.]
[Written also hansel.]
[OE handsellen, hansellen; cf. Icel. hadsala, handselja. See Handsel, n.]
1.
To give a handsel to.

2.
To use or do for the first time, esp. so as to make fortunate or unfortunate; to try experimentally.

No contrivance of our body, but some good man in Scripture hath handseled it with prayer.
Fuller.


word: handset
definition:
handset

handset
n.
(Electronics)
The mouthpiece and earpiece of a communications device mounted on a single handle; as, when the telephone rings, pick up the handset.

Syn. -- French telephone.


word: handstand
definition:
handstand

handstand
n.
The gymnastic act of supporting oneself by one's hands alone in an upside down position; as, to do handstands for exercise.


word: Handsome
definition:
Handsome

Hand"some
(hăn"sŭm; 277)
a.
[Compar. Handsomer (-ẽr); superl. Handsomest.]
[Hand + -some. It at first meant, dexterous; cf. D. handzaam dexterous, ready, limber, manageable, and E. handy.]
1.
Dexterous; skillful; handy; ready; convenient; -- applied to things as persons.
[Obs.]

That they [engines of war] be both easy to be carried and handsome to be moved and turned about.
Robynson (Utopia).

For a thief it is so handsome as it may seem it was first invented for him.
Spenser.

2.
Agreeable to the eye or to correct taste; having a pleasing appearance or expression; attractive; having symmetry and dignity; comely; -- expressing more than pretty, and less than beautiful; as, a handsome man or woman; a handsome garment, house, tree, horse.

3.
Suitable or fit in action; marked with propriety and ease; graceful; becoming; appropriate; as, a handsome style, etc.

Easiness and handsome address in writing.
Felton.

4.
Evincing a becoming generosity or nobleness of character; liberal; generous.

Handsome is as handsome does.
Old Proverb.

5.
Ample; moderately large.

He . . . accumulated a handsome sum of money.
V. Knox.

To do the handsome thing, to act liberally. [Colloq.]


word: Handsomeness
definition:
Handsomeness

Hand"some*ness
n.
The quality of being handsome.

Handsomeness is the mere animal excellence, beauty the mere imaginative.
Hare.


word: Handspike
definition:
Handspike

Hand"spike`
(hănd"spīk`)
n.
A bar or lever, generally of wood, used in a windlass or capstan, for heaving anchor, and, in modified forms, for various purposes.


word: Handspring
definition:
Handspring

Hand"spring`
(-sprĭng)
n.
A somersault made with the assistance of the hands placed upon the ground.


word: Hand-tight
definition:
Hand-tight

Hand"-tight`
(-tīt`)
a.
As tight as can be made by the hand; as, to tighten the nut hand-tight.
Totten.


word: hand-to-hand
definition:
hand-to-hand

hand-to-hand
adj.
close to one's adversary; -- of combat; as, hand-to-hand fighting.

Syn. -- at close quarters(predicate).


word: Handwheel
definition:
Handwheel

Hand"wheel`
(-hwēl)
n.
(Mach.)
Any wheel worked by hand; esp., one the rim of which serves as the handle by which a valve, car brake, or other part is adjusted.


word: Hand-winged
definition:
Hand-winged

Hand"-winged`
(hănd"wĭngd`)
a.
(Zool.)
Having wings that are like hands in the structure and arrangement of their bones; -- said of bats. See Cheiroptera.


word: Handwriting
definition:
Handwriting

Hand"writ`ing
(-rīt"ĭng)
n.
1.
The cast or form of writing peculiar to each hand or person; chirography.

2.
That which is written by hand; manuscript.

The handwriting on the wall, a doom pronounced; an omen of disaster. Dan. v. 5.


word: Handy
definition:
Handy

Hand"y
(hănd"&ybreve_;)
a.
[Compar. Handier (-ĭ*ẽr); superl. Handiest.]
[OE. hendi, AS. hendig (in comp.), fr. hand hand; akin to D. handig, Goth. handugs clever, wise.]
1.
Performed by the hand.
[Obs.]

To draw up and come to handy strokes.
Milton.

2.
Skillful in using the hand; dexterous; ready; adroit.
handy
Dryden.

3.
Ready to the hand; near; also, suited to the use of the hand; convenient; valuable for reference or use; as, my tools are handy; a handy volume.

4.
(Naut.)
Easily managed; obedient to the helm; -- said of a vessel.


word: Handy-dandy
definition:
Handy-dandy

Hand"y-dan`dy
(hănd"&ybreve_;*dăn`d&ybreve_;)
n.
A child's play, one child guessing in which closed hand the other holds some small object, winning the object if right and forfeiting an equivalent if wrong; hence, forfeit.
Piers Plowman.


word: Handyfight
definition:
Handyfight

Hand"y*fight`
(hănd"&ybreve_;*fīt`)
n.
A fight with the hands; boxing.
handyfights
B. Jonson.


word: Handygripe
definition:
Handygripe

Hand"y*gripe`
(hănd"&ybreve_;*grīp`)
n.
Seizure by, or grasp of, the hand; also, close quarters in fighting.
Hudibras.


word: Hang
definition:
Hang

Hang
(hăng)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Hanged (hăngd) or Hung (hŭng); p. pr. & vb. n. Hanging. The use of hanged is preferable to that of hung, when reference is had to death or execution by suspension, and it is also more common.]
[OE. hangen, hongien, v. t. & i., AS. hangian, v. i., fr. h&omacrn, v. t. (imp. heng, p. p. hongen); akin to OS. hang&omacrn, v. i., D. hangen, v. t. & i., G. hangen, v. i, hängen, v. t., Icel. hanga, v. i., Goth. hāhan, v. t. (imp. haíhah), hāhan, v. i. (imp. hahaida), and perh. to L. cunctari to delay.  √37. ]
1.
To suspend; to fasten to some elevated point without support from below; -- often used with up or out; as, to hang a coat on a hook; to hang up a sign; to hang out a banner.

2.
To fasten in a manner which will allow of free motion upon the point or points of suspension; -- said of a pendulum, a swing, a door, gate, etc.

3.
To fit properly, as at a proper angle (a part of an implement that is swung in using), as a scythe to its snath, or an ax to its helve.
[U. S.]

4.
To put to death by suspending by the neck; -- a form of capital punishment; as, to hang a murderer.

5.
To cover, decorate, or furnish by hanging pictures, trophies, drapery, and the like, or by covering with paper hangings; -- said of a wall, a room, etc.

Hung be the heavens with black.
Shak.

And hung thy holy roofs with savage spoils.
Dryden.

6.
To paste, as paper hangings, on the walls of a room.

7.
To hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position instead of erect; to droop; as, he hung his head in shame.

Cowslips wan that hang the pensive head.
Milton.

8.
To prevent from reaching a decision, esp. by refusing to join in a verdict that must be unanimous; as, one obstinate juror can hang a jury.

To hang down, to let fall below the proper position; to bend down; to decline; as, to hang down the head, or, elliptically, to hang the head. -- To hang fire (Mil.), to be slow in communicating fire through the vent to the charge; as, the gun hangs fire; hence, to hesitate, to hold back as if in suspense.


word: Hang₂
definition:
Hang

Hang
v. i.
1.
To be suspended or fastened to some elevated point without support from below; to dangle; to float; to rest; to remain; to stay.

2.
To be fastened in such a manner as to allow of free motion on the point or points of suspension.

3.
To die or be put to death by suspension from the neck.
[R.]
hangs
Pope.

4.
To hold for support; to depend; to cling; -- usually with on or upon; as, this question hangs on a single point.
hanging
Peacham.

5.
To be, or be like, a suspended weight.

Life hangs upon me, and becomes a burden.
Addison.

6.
To hover; to impend; to appear threateningly; -- usually with over; as, evils hang over the country.

7.
To lean or incline; to incline downward.

To decide which way hung the victory.
Milton.

His neck obliquely o'er his shoulder hung.
Pope.

8.
To slope down; as, hanging grounds.

9.
To be undetermined or uncertain; to be in suspense; to linger; to be delayed.

A noble stroke he lifted high,
Which hung not, but so swift with tempest fell
On the proud crest of Satan.
Milton.

10.
(Cricket, Tennis, etc.)
Of a ball: To rebound unexpectedly or unusually slowly, due to backward spin on the ball or imperfections of ground.

11.
(Baseball)
to fail to curve, break, or drop as intended; -- said of pitches, such as curve balls or sliders.

12.
(Computers)
to cease to operate normally and remain suspended in some state without performing useful work; -- said of computer programs, computers, or individual processes within a program; as, when using Windows 3.1, my system would hang and need rebooting several times a day.
this situation could be caused by bugs within an operating system or within a program, or incompatibility between programs or between programs and the hardware.

To hang around, to loiter idly about. -- To hang back, to hesitate; to falter; to be reluctant. “If any one among you hangs back.” Jowett (Thucyd.). -- To hang by the eyelids. (a) To hang by a very slight hold or tenure. (b) To be in an unfinished condition; to be left incomplete. -- To hang in doubt, to be in suspense. -- To hang on (with the emphasis on the preposition), to keep hold; to hold fast; to stick; to be persistent, as a disease. -- To hang on the lips To hang on the words, etc., to be charmed by eloquence. -- To hang out. (a) To be hung out so as to be displayed; to project. (b) To be unyielding; as, the juryman hangs out against an agreement; to hold out. [Colloq.] (c) to loiter or lounge around a particular place; as, teenageers tend to hang out at the mall these days. -- To hang over. (a) To project at the top. (b) To impend over. -- To hang to, to cling. -- To hang together. (a) To remain united; to stand by one another. “We are all of a piece; we hang together.” Dryden. (b) To be self-consistent; as, the story does not hang together. [Colloq.] -- To hang upon. (a) To regard with passionate affection. (b) (Mil.) To hover around; as, to hang upon the flanks of a retreating enemy.


word: Hang₃
definition:
Hang

Hang
n.
1.
The manner in which one part or thing hangs upon, or is connected with, another; as, the hang of a scythe.

2.
Connection; arrangement; plan; as, the hang of a discourse.
[Colloq.]

3.
A sharp or steep declivity or slope.
[Colloq.]

To get the hang of, to learn the method or arrangement of; hence, to become accustomed to. [Colloq.]


word: hangar
definition:
hangar

hang"ar
n.
a large building at an airport where aircraft can be stored and maintained.

Syn. -- airdock, repair shed.


word: Hangbird
definition:
Hangbird

Hang"bird`
(hăng"bẽrd`)
n.
(Zool.)
The Baltimore oriole (Icterus galbula); -- so called because its nest is suspended from the limb of a tree. See Baltimore oriole.


word: Hang-by
definition:
Hang-by

Hang"-by`
(-bī`)
n.
pl. Hang-bies (-bīz`).
A dependent; a hanger-on; -- so called in contempt.
B. Jonson.


word: Hangdog₂
definition:
Hangdog

Hang"dog`
a.
Low; sneaking; ashamed.

The poor colonel went out of the room with a hangdog look.
Thackeray.


word: Hanger
definition:
Hanger

Hang"er
(-ẽr)
n.
1.
One who hangs, or causes to be hanged; a hangman.

2.
That by which a thing is suspended.
(a)
A strap hung to the girdle, by which a dagger or sword is suspended.
(b)
(Mach.)
A part that suspends a journal box in which shafting runs. See Illust. of Countershaft.
(c)
A bridle iron.

3.
That which hangs or is suspended, as a sword worn at the side; especially, in the 18th century, a short, curved sword.

4.
A steep, wooded declivity.
[Eng.]
Gilbert White.


word: Hanger-on
definition:
Hanger-on

Hang"er-on`
(-&obreve_;n`)
n.
pl. Hangers-on (-ẽrz-&obreve_;n`).
One who hangs on, or sticks to, a person, place, or service; a dependent; one who adheres to others' society longer than he is wanted.
Goldsmith.


word: Hanging
definition:
Hanging

Hang"ing
a.
1.
Requiring, deserving, or foreboding death by the halter.
hanging
Dryden.

2.
Suspended from above; pendent; as, hanging shelves.

3.
Adapted for sustaining a hanging object; as, the hanging post of a gate, the post which holds the hinges.

Hanging compass, a compass suspended so that the card may be read from beneath. -- Hanging garden, a garden sustained at an artificial elevation by any means, as by the terraces at Babylon. -- Hanging indentation. See under Indentation. -- Hanging rail (Arch.), that rail of a door or casement to which hinges are attached. -- Hanging side (Mining), the overhanging side of an inclined or hading vein. -- Hanging sleeves. (a) Strips of the same stuff as the gown, hanging down the back from the shoulders. (b) Loose, flowing sleeves. -- Hanging stile. (Arch.) (a) That stile of a door to which hinges are secured. (b) That upright of a window frame to which casements are hinged, or in which the pulleys for sash windows are fastened. -- Hanging wall (Mining), the upper wall of inclined vein, or that which hangs over the miner's head when working in the vein.


word: Hanging₂
definition:
Hanging

Hang"ing
n.
1.
The act of suspending anything; the state of being suspended.

2.
Death by suspension; execution by a halter.

3.
That which is hung as lining or drapery for the walls of a room, as tapestry, paper, etc., or to cover or drape a door or window; -- used chiefly in the plural.

Now purple hangings clothe the palace walls.
Dryden.


word: Hangman
definition:
Hangman

Hang"man
(hăng"man)
n.
pl. Hangmen (-men).
One who hangs another; esp., one who makes a business of hanging; a public executioner; -- sometimes used as a term of reproach, without reference to office.
Shak.


word: Hangnail
definition:
Hangnail

Hang"nail`
(-nāl`)
n.
[A corruption of agnail.]
A small piece or sliver of skin which hangs loose, near the root of a finger nail.
Holloway.


word: Hangnest
definition:
Hangnest

Hang"nest`
(-nĕst`)
n.
1.
A nest that hangs like a bag or pocket.

2.
A bird which builds such a nest; a hangbird.


word: hangover
definition:
hangover

hangover
n.
1.
An unpleasant feeling, such as a headache, occurring as an aftereffect from the use of drugs (especially alcohol).

2.
an official who remains in office after his term.

Syn. -- holdover.


word: Hank
definition:
Hank

Hank
(hă&nsmacr_;k)
n.
[Cf. Dan. hank handle, Sw. hank a band or tie, Icel. hanki hasp, clasp, hönk, hangr, hank, coil, skein, G. henkel, henk, handle; all probably akin to E. hang. See Hang.]
1.
A parcel consisting of two or more skeins of yarn or thread tied together.

2.
A rope or withe for fastening a gate.
[Prov. Eng.]

3.
Hold; influence.

When the devil hath got such a hank over him.
Bp. Sanderson.

4.
(Naut.)
A ring or eye of rope, wood, or iron, attached to the edge of a sail and running on a stay.

5.
(Wrestling)
A throw in which a wrestler turns his left side to his opponent, twines his left leg about his opponent's right leg from the inside, and throws him backward.


word: Hank₂
definition:
Hank

Hank
v. t.
1.
[OE. hanken.]
To fasten with a rope, as a gate.
[Prov. Eng.]
Wright.

2.
To form into hanks.


