Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (part 23 of 60)

Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (part 23 of 60)

2. An apparatus in which vapor or gas is formed from a liquid or solid by means of heat or chemical process, as a steam boiler, gas retort, or vessel for generating carbonic acid gas, etc.

3. (Mus.)

Defn: The principal sound or sounds by which others are produced; the fundamental note or root of the common chord; -- called also generating tone.

GENERATRIX Gen`er*a"trix, n.; pl. L. Generatrices, E. Generatrixes. Etym: [L.] (Geom.)

Defn: That which generates; the point, or the mathematical magnitude, which, by its motion, generates another magnitude, as a line, surface, or solid; -- called also describent.

GENERIC; GENERICAL Ge*ner"ic, Ge*ner"ic*al, a. Etym: [L. genus, generis, race, kind: cf. F. générique. See Gender.]

1. (Biol.)

Defn: Pertaining to a genus or kind; relating to a genus, as distinct from a species, or from another genus; as, a generic description; a generic difference; a generic name.

2. Very comprehensive; pertaining or appropriate to large classes or their characteristics; -- opposed to Ant: specific.

GENERICALLY Ge*ner"ic*al*ly, adv.

Defn: With regard to a genus, or an extensive class; as, an animal generically distinct from another, or two animals or plants generically allied.

GENERICALNESS Ge*ner"ic*al*ness, n.

Defn: The quality of being generic.

GENERIFICATION Ge*ner`i*fi*ca"tion, n. Etym: [L. genus kind, class + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See -fy.]

Defn: The act or process of generalizing. Out of this the universal is elaborated by generification. Sir W. Hamilton.

GENEROSITY Gen`er*os"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. generositas: cf. F. générosité.]

1. Noble birth. [Obs.] Harris (Voyages).

2. The quality of being noble; noble-mindedness. Generosity is in nothing more seen than in a candid estimation of other men's virtues and good qualities. Barrow.

3. Liberality in giving; munificence.

Syn. -- Magnanimity; liberality.

GENEROUS Gen"er*ous, a. Etym: [F. généreux, fr. L. generous of noble birth, noble, excellent, magnanimous, fr. genus birth, race: cf. It. generoso. See 2d Gender.]

1. Of honorable birth or origin; highborn. [Obs.] The generous and gravest citizens. Shak.

2. Exhibiting those qualities which are popularly reregarded as belonging to high birth; noble; honorable; magnanimous; spirited; courageous. "The generous critic." Pope. "His generous spouse." Pope. "A generous pack [of hounds]." Addison.

3. Open-handed; free to give; not close or niggardly; munificent; as, a generous friend or father.

4. Characterized by generosity; abundant; overflowing; as, a generous table. Swift.

5. Full of spirit or strength; stimulating; exalting; as, generous wine.

Syn. -- Magnanimous; bountiful. See Liberal. -- Gen"er*ous*ly, adv. -- Gen"er*ous*ness, n.

GENESEE EPOCH Gen`e*see" ep"och. (Geol.)

Defn: The closing subdivision of the Hamilton period in the American Devonian system; -- so called because the formations of this period crop out in Genesee, New York.

GENESIAL Ge*ne"sial, a.

Defn: Of or relating to generation.

GENESIOLGY Ge*ne`si*ol"gy, n. Etym: [Gr. -logy.]

Defn: The doctrine or science of generation.

GENESIS Gen"e*sis, n. Etym: [L., from Gr. genus birth, race. See Gender.]

1. The act of producing, or giving birth or origin to anything; the process or mode of originating; production; formation; origination. The origin and genasis of poor Sterling's club. Carlyle.

2. The first book of the Old Testament; -- so called by the Greek translators, from its containing the history of the creation of the world and of the human race.

3. (Geom.)

Defn: Same as Generation.

GENET; GENETTE Gen"et, Ge*nette" (, n. Etym: [F. genette, Sp. gineta, fr. Ar. jarnei

1. (Zoöl.)

Defn: One of several species of small Carnivora of the genus Genetta, allied to the civets, but having the scent glands less developed, and without a pouch.

Note: The common genet (Genetta vulgaris) of Southern Europe, Asia Minor, and North Africa, is dark gray, spotted with black. The long tail is banded with black and white. The Cape genet (G. felina), and the berbe (G. pardina), are related African species.

2. The fur of the common genet (Genetta vulgaris); also, any skin dressed in imitation of this fur.

GENET Gen"et, n. Etym: [See Jennet.]

Defn: A small-sized, well-proportioned, Spanish horse; a jennet. Shak.

GENETHLIAC Ge*neth"li*ac, a. Etym: [L. genethliacus, Gr.

Defn: Pertaining to nativities; calculated by astrologers; showing position of stars at one's birth. Howell.

GENETHLIAC Ge*neth"li*ac, n.

1. A birthday poem.

2. One skilled in genethliacs.

GENETHLIACAL Gen`eth*li"a*cal, a.

Defn: Genethliac.

GENETHLIACS Ge*neth"li*acs, n.

Defn: The science of calculating nativities, or predicting the future events of life from the stars which preside at birth. Jhonson.

GENETHLIALOGY Ge*neth`li*al"o*gy, n. Etym: [Gr.

Defn: Divination as to the destinies of one newly born; the act or art of casting nativities; astrology.

GENETHLIATIC Ge*neth`li*at"ic, n.

Defn: One who calculates nativities. Sir W. Drummond.

GENETIC Ge*net"ic, a.

Defn: Same as Genetical.

GENETICAL Ge*net"ic*al, a. Etym: [See Genesis.]

Defn: Pertaining to, concerned with, or determined by, the genesis of anything, or its natural mode of production or development. This historical, genetical method of viewing prior systems of philosophy. Hare.

GENETICALLY Ge*net"ic*al*ly, adv.

Defn: In a genetical manner.

GENEVA Ge*ne"va, n.

Defn: The chief city of Switzerland. Geneva Bible, a translation of the Bible into English, made and published by English refugees in Geneva (Geneva, 1560; London, 1576). It was the first English Bible printed in Roman type instead of the ancient black letter, the first which recognized the division into verses, and the first which ommited the Apocrypha. In form it was a small quarto, and soon superseded the large folio of Cranmer's translation. Called also Genevan Bible. -- Geneva convention (Mil.), an agreement made by representatives of the great continental powers at Geneva and signed in 1864, establishing new and more humane regulation regarding the treatment of the sick and wounded and the status of those who minister to them in war. Ambulances and military hospitals are made neutral, and this condition affects physicians, chaplains, nurses, and the ambulance corps. Great Britain signed the convention in 1865. -- Geneva cross (Mil.), a red Greek cross on a white ground; -- the flag and badge adopted in the Geneva convention.

GENEVA Ge*ne"va, n. Etym: [F. genièvre juniper, juniper berry, gin, OF. geneivre juniper, fr. L. juniperus the juniper tree: cf. D. jenever, fr. F. genièvre. See Juniper, and cf. Gin a liquor.]

Defn: A strongly alcoholic liquor, flavores with juniper berries; -- made in Holland; Holland gin; Hollands.

GENEVAN Ge*ne"van, a.

Defn: Of or pertaining to Geneva, in Switzerland; Genevese.

GENEVAN Ge*ne"van, n.

1. A native or inhabitant of Geneva.

2. A supported of Genevanism.

GENEVANISM Ge*ne"van*ism, n. Etym: [From Geneva, where Calvin resided.]

Defn: Strict Calvinism. Bp. Montagu.

GENEVESE Gen`e*vese", a. Etym: [Cf. L. Genevensis, F. génevois.]

Defn: Of or pertaining to Geneva, in Switzerland; Genevan. -- n. sing. & pl.

Defn: A native or inhabitant of Geneva; collectively, the inhabitants of Geneva; people of Geneva.

GENIAL Ge*ni"al, a. (Anat.)

Defn: Same as Genian.

GENIAL Gen"ial, a. Etym: [L. genialis: cf. OF. genial. See Genius.]

1. Contributing to, or concerned in, propagation or production; generative; procreative; productive. "The genial bed." Milton. Creator Venus, genial power of love. Dryden.

2. Contributing to, and sympathizing with, the enjoyment of life; sympathetically cheerful and cheering; jovial and inspiring joy or happiness; exciting pleasure and sympathy; enlivening; kindly; as, she was of a cheerful and genial disposition. So much I feel my genial spirits droop. Milton.

3. Belonging to one's genius or natural character; native; natural; inborn. [Obs.] Natural incapacity and genial indisposition. Sir T. Browne.

4. Denoting or marked with genius [R.] Men of genius have often attached the highest value to their less genial works. Hare. Genial gods (Pagan Mythol.), the powers supposed to preside over marriage and generation.

GENIALITY Ge`ni*al"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. genialitas.]

Defn: The quality of being genial; sympathetic cheerfulness; warmth of disposition and manners.

GENIALLY Gen"ial*ly, adv.

1. By genius or nature; naturally. [Obs.] Some men are genially disposed to some opinions. Glanvill.

2. Gayly; cheerfully. Johnson.

GENIALNESS Gen"ial*ness, n.

Defn: The quality of being genial.

GENIAN Ge*ni"an, a. Etym: [Gr. Chin.] (Anat.)

Defn: Of or pertaining to the chin; mental; as, the genian prominence.

GENICULATE Ge*nic"u*late, a. Etym: [L. geniculatus, fr. geniculum little knee, knot or joint, dim. of genu knee. See Knee.]

Defn: Bent abruptly at an angle, like the knee when bent; as, a geniculate stem; a geniculate ganglion; a geniculate twin crystal.

GENICULATE Ge*nic"u*late, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Geniculated; p. pr. & vb. n. Geniculating.]

Defn: To form joints or knots on. [R.] Cockeram.

GENICULATED Ge*nic"u*la`ted, a.

Defn: Same as Geniculate.

GENICULATION Ge*nic`u*la"tion, n. Etym: [L. geniculatio a kneeling.]

1. The act of kneeling. [R.] Bp. Hall.

2. The state of being bent abruptly at an angle.

GENIE Gé`nie, n. Etym: [F.]

Defn: See Genius.

GENIO Ge"ni*o, n. Etym: [It. See Genius.]

Defn: A man of a particular turn of mind. [R.] Tatler.

GENIOHYOID Ge`ni*o*hy"oid, a. Etym: [Gr. hyoid.] (Anat.)

Defn: Of or pertaining to the chin and hyoid bone; as, the geniohyoid muscle.

GENIP; GENIP TREE Gen"ip, n., or Genip tree.

1. Any tree or shrub of the genus Genipa.

2. The West Indian sapindaceous tree Melicocca bijuga, which yields the honeyberry; also, the related trees Exothea paniculata and E. trifoliata.

GENIPAP Gen"i*pap, n. (Bot.)

Defn: The edible fruit of a West Indian tree (Genipa Americana) of the order Rubiaceæ. It is oval in shape, as a large as a small orange, of a pale greenish color, and with dark purple juice.

GENISTA Ge*nis"ta, n. Etym: [L., broom.] (Bot.)

Defn: A genus of plants including the common broom of Western Europe.

GENITAL Gen"i*tal, a. Etym: [L. genitalis, fr. genere, gignere, to beget: cf. F. génital. See Gender.]

Defn: Pertaining to generation, or to the generative organs. Genital cord (Anat.), a cord developed in the fetus by the union of portions of the Wolffian and Müllerian ducts and giving rise to parts of the urogenital passages in both sexes.

GENITALS Gen"i*tals, n. pl. Etym: [From Genital, a.: cf. L. genitalia.]

Defn: The organs of generation; the sexual organs; the private parts.

GENITING Gen"i*ting, n. Etym: [See Jenneting.]

Defn: A species of apple that ripens very early. Bacon.

GENITIVAL Gen`i*ti"val, a.

Defn: Possessing genitive from; pertaining to, or derived from, the genitive case; as, a genitival adverb. -- Gen`i*ti"val*ly, adv.

GENITIVE Gen"i*tive, a. Etym: [L. genitivus, fr. gignere, genitum, to beget: cf. F. génitif. See Gender.] (Gram.)

Defn: Of or pertaining to that case (as the second case of Latin and Greek nouns) which expresses source or possession. It corresponds to the possessive case in English.

GENITIVE Gen"i*tive, n. (Gram.)

Defn: The genitive case. Genitive absolute, a construction in Greek similar to the ablative absolute in Latin. See Ablative absolute.

GENITOCRURAL Gen`i*to*cru"ral, a. Etym: [Genital + crural.] (Anat.)

Defn: Pertaining to the genital organs and the thigh; -- applied especially to one of the lumbar nerves.

GENITOR Gen"i*tor, n. Etym: [L.]

1. One who begets; a generator; an originator. Sheldon.

2. pl.

Defn: The genitals. [Obs.] Holland.

GENITOURINARY Gen`i*to*u"ri*na*ry, a. Etym: [Genital + urinary.] (Anat.)

Defn: See Urogenital.

GENITURE Gen"i*ture, n. Etym: [L. genitura: cf. F. géniture.]

Defn: Generation; procreation; birth. Dryden.

GENIUS Gen"ius, n.; pl. E. Geniuses; in sense 1, L. Genii. Etym: [L. genius, prop., the superior or divine nature which is innate in everything, the spirit, the tutelar deity or genius of a person or place, taste, talent, genius, from genere, gignere, to beget, bring forth. See Gender, and cf. Engine.]

1. A good or evil spirit, or demon, supposed by the ancients to preside over a man's destiny in life; a tutelary deity; a supernatural being; a spirit, good or bad. Cf. Jinnee. The unseen genius of the wood. Milton. We talk of genius still, but with thought how changed! The genius of Augustus was a tutelary demon, to be sworn by and to receive offerings on an altar as a deity. Tylor.

2. The peculiar structure of mind with whoch each individual is endowed by nature; that disposition or aptitude of mind which is peculiar to each man, and which qualifies him for certain kinds of action or special success in any pursuit; special taste, inclination, or disposition; as, a genius for history, for poetry, or painting.

3. Peculiar character; animating spirit, as of a nation, a religion, a language.

4. Distinguished mental superiority; uncommon intellectual power; especially, superior power of invention or origination of any kind, or of forming new combinations; as, a man of genius. Genius of the highest kind implies an unusual intensity of the modifyng power. Coleridge.

5. A man endowed with uncommon vigor of mind; a man of superior intellectual faculties; as, Shakespeare was a rare genius.

Syn. -- Genius, Talent. Genius implies high and peculiar gifts of nature, impelling the mind to certain favorite kinds of mental effort, and producing new combinations of ideas, imagery, etc. Talent supposes general strength of intellect, with a peculiar aptitude for being molded and directed to specific employments and valuable ends and purposes. Genius is connected more or less with the exercise of imagination, and reaches its ends by a kind of intuitive power. Talent depends more on high mental training, and a perfect command of all the faculties, memory, judgment, sagacity, etc. Hence we speak of a genius for poetry, painting. etc., and a talent for business or diplomacy. Among English orators, Lord Chatham was distinguished for his genius; William Pitt for his preëminent talents, and especially his unrivaled talent for debate.

Genius loci ( Etym: [L.], the genius or presiding divinity of a place; hence, the pervading spirit of a place or institution, as of a college, etc.

GENOA CAKE Gen"o*a cake. (Cookery)

Defn: A rich glazed cake, with almonds, pistachios, filberts, or other nuts; also, a rich currant cake with almonds on the top.

GENOESE Gen`o*ese", a.

Defn: Of or pertaining to Genoa, a city of Italy. -- n. sing. & pl.

Defn: A native or inhabitant of Genoa; collectively, the people of Genoa.

GENOUILLERE Ge*nouil`lère", n. Etym: [F.]

1. (Anc. Armor)

Defn: A metal plate covering the knee.

2. (Fort.)

Defn: That part of a parapet which lies between the gun platform and the bottom of an embrasure.

-GENOUS -ge*nous. Etym: [-gen + -ous.]

Defn: A suffix signifying producing, yielding; as, alkaligenous; endogenous.

GENRE Genre, n. Etym: [F. See Gender.] (Fine Arts)

Defn: A style of painting, sculpture, or other imitative art, which illustrates everyday life and manners.

GENS Gens, n.; pl. Gentes. Etym: [L. See Gentle, a.] (Rom. Hist.)

1. A clan or family connection, embracing several families of the same stock, who had a common name and certain common religious rites; a subdivision of the Roman curia or tribe.

2. (Ethnol.)

Defn: A minor subdivision of a tribe, among American aborigines. It includes those who have a common descent, and bear the same totem.

GENT Gent, a. Etym: [OF. gent, fr. L. genitus born, or (less prob.) fr. gentilis. See Genteel.]

1. Gentle; noble; of gentle birth. [Obs.] All of a knight [who] was fair and gent. Chaucer.

2. Neat; pretty; fine; elegant. [Obs.] Spenser. Her body gent and small. Chaucer.

GENTEEL Gen*teel", a. Etym: [F. gentil noble, pretty, graceful. See Gentle.]

1. Possessing or exhibiting the qualities popularly regarded as belonging to high birth and breeding; free from vulgarity, or lowness of taste or behavior; adapted to a refined or cultivated taste; polite; well-bred; as, genteel company, manners, address.

2. Graceful in mien or form; elegant in appearance, dress, or manner; as, the lady has a genteel person. Law.

3. Suited to the position of lady or a gentleman; as, to live in a genteel allowance.

Syn. -- Polite; well-bred; refined; polished.

GENTEELISH Gen*teel"ish, a.

Defn: Somewhat genteel.

GENTEELLY Gen*teel"ly, adv.

Defn: In a genteel manner.

GENTEELNESS Gen*teel"ness, n.

Defn: The quality of being genteel.

GENTERIE; GENTRIE Gen"ter*ie, Gen"trie (, n. Etym: [OE. See Gentry.]

Defn: Nobility of birth or of character; gentility. [Obs.] Chaucer.

GENTIAN Gen"tian, n. Etym: [OE. genciane, F. gentiane, L. gentiana, fr. Gentius, an Illyrian king, said to have discovered its properties.] (Bot.)

Defn: Any one of a genus (Gentiana) of herbaceous plants with opposite leaves and a tubular four- or five-lobed corolla, usually blue, but sometimes white, yellow, or red. See Illust. of Capsule.

Note: Many species are found on the highest mountains of Europe, Asia, and America, and some are prized for their beauty, as the Alpine (Gentiana verna, Bavarica, and excisa), and the American fringed gentians (G. crinita and G. detonsa). Several are used as tonics, especially the bitter roots of Gentiana lutea, the officinal gentian of the pharmacopoeias. Horse gentian, fever root. -- Yellow gentian (Bot.), the officinal gentian (Gentiana lutea). See Bitterwort.

GENTIANACEOUS Gen`tian*a"ceous, a. (Bot.)

Defn: Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants (Gentianaceæ) of which the gentian is the type.

GENTIANELLA Gen`tian*el"la, n. Etym: [See Gentian.]

Defn: A kind of blue color. Johnson.

GENTIANIC Gen`ti*an"ic, a.

Defn: Pertaining to or derived from the gentian; as, gentianic acid.

GENTIANINE Gen"tian*ine, n. (Chem.)

Defn: A bitter, crystallizable substance obtained from gentian.

GENTIANOSE Gen"tian*ose`, n. (Chem.)

Defn: A crystallizable, sugarlike substance, with a slightly sweetish taste, obtained from the gentian.

GENTIL Gen"til, a. & n.

Defn: Gentle. [Obs.] Chaucer.

GENTILE Gen"tile, n. Etym: [L. gentilis belonging to the same clan, stock, race, people, or nation; in opposition to Roman, a foreigner; in opposition to Jew or Christian, a heathen: cf. F. gentil. See Gentle, a.]

Defn: One of a non-Jewish nation; one neither a Jew nor a Christian; a worshiper of false gods; a heathen.

Note: The Hebrews included in the term goyim, or nations, all the tribes of men who had not received the true faith, and were not circumcised. The Christians translated goyim by the L. gentes, and imitated the Jews in giving the name gentiles to all nations who were neither Jews nor Christians. In civil affairs, the denomination was given to all nations who were not Romans.

Syn. -- Pagan; heathen. See Pagan.

GENTILE Gen"tile, a.

1. Belonging to the nations at large, as distinguished from the Jews; ethnic; of pagan or heathen people.

2. (Gram.)

Defn: Denoting a race or country; as, a gentile noun or adjective.

GENTILE-FALCON Gen"tile-fal`con, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: See Falcon-gentil.

GENTILESSE Gen`ti*lesse", n. Etym: [OF. gentilesse, gentelise, F. gentillesse. See Gentle. a.]

Defn: Gentleness; courtesy; kindness; nobility. [Obs.] Chaucer.

GENTILISH Gen"til*ish, a.

Defn: Heathenish; pagan.

GENTILISM Gen"til*ism, n. Etym: [Cf. F. gentilisme.]

1. Hethenism; paganism; the worship of false gods.

2. Tribal feeling; devotion to one's gens.

GENTILITIAL; GENTILITIOUS Gen`ti*li"tial, Gen`ti*li"tious, a. Etym: [L. gentilitius. See Gentile.] [Obs.]

1. Peculiar to a people; national. Sir T. Browne.

2. Hereditary; entailed on a family. Arbuthnot.

GENTILITY Gen*til"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. gentilitas the relationship of those who belong to the same clan, also, heathenism: cf. F. gentilité heathenism. See Gentile.]

1. Good extraction; dignity of birth. Macaulay. He . . . mines my gentility with my education. Shak.

2. The quality or qualities appropriate to those who are well born, as self-respect, dignity, courage, courtesy, politeness of manner, a graceful and easy mien and behavior, etc.; good breeding.

3. The class in society who are, or are expected to be, genteel; the gentry. [R.] Sir J. Davies.

4. Paganism; heathenism. [Obs.] Hooker.

GENTILIZE Gen"til*ize, v. i. Etym: [See Gentile.]

1. To live like a gentile or heathen. [Obs.] Milton.

2. To act the gentleman; -- with it (see It, 5). [Obs.]

GENTILIZE Gen"til*ize, v. i.

Defn: To render gentile or gentlemanly; as, to gentilize your unworthy sones. [R.] Sylvester.

GENTILLY Gen"til*ly, adv. Etym: [From Gentil, a.]

Defn: In a gentle or hoble manner; frankly. [Obs.] Chaucer.

GENTIOPIKRIN Gen`ti*o*pi"krin, n. Etym: [Gentian + Gr. (Chem.)

Defn: A bitter, yellow, crystalline substance, regarded as a glucoside, and obtained from the gentian.

GENTISIN Gen"ti*sin, n. (Chem.)

Defn: A tasteless, yellow, crystalline substance, obtained from the gentian; -- called also gentianin.

GENTLE Gen"tle, a. [Compar. Gentler; superl. Gentlest.] Etym: [OE. gentil, F. gentil noble, pretty, graceful, fr. L. gentilis of the same clan or race, fr. gens, gentis, tribe, clan, race, orig. that which belongs together by birth, fr. the root of genere, gignere, to beget; hence gentle, properly, of birth or family, that is, of good or noble birth. See Gender, and cf. Genteel, Gentil, Gentile, Gentoo, Jaunty.]

1. Well-born; of a good family or respectable birth, though not noble. British society is divided into nobility, gentry, and yeomanry, and families are either noble, gentle, or simple. Johnson's Cyc. The studies wherein our noble and gentle youth ought to bestow their time. Milton.

2. Quiet and refined in manners; not rough, harsh, or stern; mild; meek; bland; amiable; tender; as, a gentle nature, temper, or disposition; a gentle manner; a gentle address; a gentle voice.

3. A compellative of respect, consideration, or conciliation; as, gentle reader. "Gentle sirs." "Gentle Jew." "Gentle servant." Shak.

4. Not wild, turbulent, or refractory; quiet and docile; tame; peaceable; as, a gentle horse.

5. Soft; not violent or rough; not strong, loud, or disturbing; easy; soothing; pacific; as, a gentle touch; a gentle gallop. "Gentle music." Sir J. Davies. O sleep! it is a gentle thing. Coleridge. The gentle craft, the art or trade of shoemaking.

Syn. -- Mild; meek; placid; dovelike; quiet; peaceful; pacific; bland; soft; tame; tractable; docile. -- Gentle, Tame, Mild, Meek. Gentle describes the natural disposition; tame, that which is subdued by training; mild implies a temper which is, by nature, not easily provoked; meek, a spirit which has been schooled to mildness by discipline or suffering. The lamb is gentle; the domestic fowl is tame; John, the Apostle, was mild; Moses was meek.

GENTLE Gen"tle, n.

1. One well born; a gentleman. [Obs.] Gentles, methinks you frown. Shak.

2. A trained falcon. See Falcon-gentil.

3. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A dipterous larva used as fish bait.

GENTLE Gent"le, v. t.

1. To make genteel; to raise from the vulgar; to ennoble. [Obs.] Shak.

2. To make smooth, cozy, or agreeable. [R. or Poet.] To gentle life's descent, We shut our eyes, and think it is a plain. Young.

3. To make kind and docile, as a horse. [Colloq.]

GENTLEFOLK; GENTLEFOLKS Gen"tle*folk`, Gen"tle*folks` (, n. pl.

Defn: Persons of gentle or good family and breeding. Etym: [Generally in the United States in the plural form.] Shak.

GENTLE-HEARTED Gen"tle-heart`ed, a.

Defn: Having a kind or gentle disposition. Shak. -- Gen"tle-heart`ed*ness, n.

GENTLEMAN Gen"tle*man, n.; pl. Gentlemen. Etym: [OE. gentilman nobleman; gentil noble + man man; cf. F. gentilhomme.]

1. A man well born; one of good family; one above the condition of a yeoman.

2. One of gentle or refined manners; a well-bred man.

3. (Her.)

Defn: One who bears arms, but has no title.

4. The servant of a man of rank. The count's gentleman, one Cesario. Shak.

5. A man, irrespective of condition; -- used esp. in the plural (= citizens; people), in addressing men in popular assemblies, etc.

Note: In Great Britain, the term gentleman is applied in a limited sense to those having coats of arms, but who are without a title, and, in this sense, gentlemen hold a middle rank between the nobility and yeomanry. In a more extended sense, it includes every man above the rank of yeoman, comprehending the nobility. In the United States, the term is applied to men of education and good breeding of every occupation. Gentleman commoner, one of the highest class of commoners at the University of Oxford. -- Gentleman usher, one who ushers visitors into the presence of a sovereign, etc. -- Gentleman usher of the black rod, an usher belonging to the Order of the Garter, whose chief duty is to serve as official messenger of the House of Lords. -- Gentlemen-at-arms, a band of forty gentlemen who attend the sovereign on state occasions; formerly called gentlemen pensioners. [Eng.]

GENTLEMANHOOD Gen"tle*man*hood, n.

Defn: The qualities or condition of a gentleman. [R.] Thackeray.

GENTLEMANLIKE; GENTLEMANLY Gen"tle*man*like`, Gen"tle*man*ly, a.

Defn: Of, pertaining to, resembling, or becoming, a gentleman; well- behaved; courteous; polite.

GENTLEMANLINESS Gen"tle*man*li*ness, n.

Defn: The state of being gentlemanly; gentlemanly conduct or manners.

GENTLEMANSHIP Gen"tle*man*ship, n.

Defn: The carriage or quality of a gentleman.

GENTLEMEN'S AGREEMENT Gen"tle*men's a*gree"ment.

Defn: An agreement binding only as a matter of honor; often, specif., such an agreement among the heads of industrial or merchantile enterprises, the terms of which could not be included and enforced in a legal contract.

GENTLENESS Gen"tle*ness, n.

Defn: The quality or state of being gentle, well-born, mild, benevolent, docile, etc.; gentility; softness of manners, disposition, etc.; mildness.

GENTLESHIP Gen"tle*ship, n.

Defn: The deportment or conduct of a gentleman. [Obs.] Ascham.

GENTLESSE Gent"lesse, n.

Defn: Gentilesse; gentleness. [Obs.]

GENTLEWOMAN Gen"tle*wom`an, n.; pl. Gentlewomen (.

1. A woman of good family or of good breeding; a woman above the vulgar. Bacon.

2. A woman who attends a lady of high rank. Shak.

GENTLY Gen"tly, adv.

Defn: In a gentle manner. My mistress gently chides the fault I made. Dryden.

GENTOO Gen*too", n.; pl. Gentoos. Etym: [Pg. gentio gentile, heathen. See Gentile.]

Defn: A native of Hindostan; a Hindoo. [Archaic]

GENTRY Gen"try, n. Etym: [OE. genterie, gentrie, noble birth, nobility, cf. gentrise, and OF. gentelise, genterise, E. gentilesse, also OE. genteleri high-mindedness. See Gent, a., Gentle, a.]

1. Birth; condition; rank by birth. [Obs.] "Pride of gentrie." Chaucer. She conquers him by high almighty Jove, By knighthood, gentry, and sweet friendship's oath. Shak.

2. People of education and good breeding; in England, in a restricted sense, those between the nobility and the yeomanry. Macaulay.

3. Courtesy; civility; complaisance. [Obs.] To show us so much gentry and good will. Shak.

GENTY Gen"ty, a. Etym: [From F. gentil. Cf. Jaunty.]

Defn: Neat; trim. [Scot.] Burns.

GENU Ge"nu, n.; pl. Genua. Etym: [L., the knee.] (Anat.) (a) The knee. (b) The kneelike bend, in the anterior part of the callosum of the brain.

GENUFLECT Gen`u*flect", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Genuflected; p. pr. & vb. n. Genuflecting.] Etym: [See Genuflection.]

Defn: To bend the knee, as in worship.

GENUFLECTION Gen`u*flec"tion, n. Etym: [F. génuflexion, fr. LL. genuflexio, fr. L. genu knee + flexio a bending, fr. flectere, flexum, to bend. See Knee, Flexible.]

Defn: The act of bending the knee, particularly in worship. Bp. Stillingfleet.

GENUINE Gen"u*ine, a. Etym: [L. genuinus, fr. genere, gignere, to beget, in pass., to be born: cf. F. génuine. See Gender.]

Defn: Belonging to, or proceeding from, the original stock; native; hence, not counterfeit, spurious, false, or adulterated; authentic; real; natural; true; pure; as, a genuine text; a genuine production; genuine materials. "True, genuine night." Dryden.

Syn. -- Authentic; real; true; pure; unalloyed; unadulterated. See Authentic. -- Gen"u*ine*ly, adv. -- Gen"u*ine*ness, n. The evidence, both internal and external, against the genuineness of these letters, is overwhelming. Macaulay.

GENUS Ge"nus, n.; pl. Genera. Etym: [L., birth, race, kind, sort; akin to Gr. Gender, and cf. Benign.]

1. (Logic)

Defn: A class of objects divided into several subordinate species; a class more extensive than a species; a precisely defined and exactly divided class; one of the five predicable conceptions, or sorts of terms.

2. (Biol.)

Defn: An assemblage of species, having so many fundamental points of structure in common, that in the judgment of competent scientists, they may receive a common substantive name. A genus is not necessarily the lowest definable group of species, for it may often be divided into several subgenera. In proportion as its definition is exact, it is natural genus; if its definition can not be made clear, it is more or less an artificial genus.

Note: Thus in the animal kingdom the lion, leopard, tiger, cat, and panther are species of the Cat kind or genus, while in the vegetable kingdom all the species of oak form a single genus. Some genera are represented by a multitude of species, as Solanum (Nightshade) and Carex (Sedge), others by few, and some by only one known species. Subaltern genus (Logic), a genus which may be a species of a higher genus, as the genus denoted by quadruped, which is also a species of mammal. -- Summum genus Etym: [L.] (Logic), the highest genus; a genus which can not be classed as a species, as being .

GENYS Ge"nys, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)

Defn: See Conys.

GEOCENTRIC; GEOCENTRICAL Ge`o*cen"tric, Ge`o*cen"tric*al, a. Etym: [Gr. géocentrique.] (Astron.) (a) Having reference to the earth as center; in relation to or seen from the earth, -- usually opposed to heliocentric, as seen from the sun; as, the geocentric longitude or latitude of a planet. (b) Having reference to the center of the earth. Geocentric latitude (of place) the angle included between the radius of the earth through the place and the plane of the equator, in distinction from geographic latitude. It is a little less than the geographic latitude.

GEOCENTRICALLY Ge`o*cen"tric*al*ly, adv.

Defn: In a geocentric manner.

GEOCHEMISTRY Ge`o*chem"is*try (je`o*kem"is*try), n. [Gr. ge`a, gh^, the earth + chemistry.]

Defn: The study of the chemical composition of, and of actual or possible chemical changes in, the crust of the earth. -- Ge`o*chem"ic*al (#), a. --Ge`o*chem"ist (#), n.

GEOCRONITE Ge*oc"ro*nite, n. Etym: [Gr. geokronit.] (Min.)

Defn: A lead-gray or grayish blue mineral with a metallic luster, consisting of sulphur, antimony, and lead, with a small proportion of arsenic.

GEOCYCLIC Ge`o*cyc"lic, a. Etym: [Gr.

1. Of, pertaining to, or illustrating, the revolutions of the earth; as, a geocyclic machine.

2. Circling the earth periodically.

GEODE Ge"ode, n. Etym: [F. géode, L. geodes, fr. Gr. (Min.) (a) A nodule of stone, containing a cavity, lined with crystals or mineral matter. (b) The cavity in such a nodule.

GEODEPHAGOUS Ge`o*deph"a*gous, a. Etym: [Gr. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Living in the earth; -- applied to the ground beetles.

GEODESIC; GEODESICAL Ge`o*des"ic, Ge`o*des"ic*al, a. Etym: [Cf. F. géodésique.] (Math.)

Defn: Of or pertaining to geodetic.

GEODESIC Ge`o*des"ic, n.

Defn: A geodetic line or curve.

GEODESIST Ge*od"e*sist, n.

Defn: One versed in geodesy.

GEODESY Ge*od"e*sy, n. Etym: [Gr. géodésie.] (Math.)

Defn: That branch of applied mathematics which determines, by means of observations and measurements, the figures and areas of large portions of the earth's surface, or the general figure and dimenshions of the earth; or that branch of surveying in which the curvature of the earth is taken into account, as in the surveys of States, or of long lines of coast.

GEODETIC; GEODETICAL Ge`o*det"ic, Ge`o*det"ic*al, a.

Defn: Of or pertaining to gebdesy; obtained or determined by the operations of geodesy; engaged in geodesy; geodesic; as, geodetic surveying; geodetic observers. Geodetic line or curve, the shortest line that can be drawn between two points on the elipsoidal surface of the earth; a curve drawn on any given surface so that the osculating plane of the curve at every point shall contain the normal to the surface; the minimum line that can be drawn on any surface between any two points.

GEODETICALLY Ge`o*det"ic*al*ly, adv.

Defn: In a geodetic manner; according to geodesy.

GEODETICS Ge`o*det"ics, n.

Defn: Same as Geodesy.

GEODIFEROUS Ge`o*dif"er*ous, a. Etym: [Geode + -ferous.] (Min.)

Defn: Producing geodes; containing geodes.

GEODUCK Ge"o*duck, n. Etym: [American Indian name.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: A gigantic clam (Glycimeris generosa) of the Pacific coast of North America, highly valued as an article of food.

GEOGNOSIS Ge`og*no"sis, n. Etym: [See Geognosy.]

Defn: Knowledge of the earth. [R.] G. Eliot.

GEOGNOST Ge"og*nost, n. Etym: [Cf. F. géognoste.]

Defn: One versed in geognosy; a geologist. [R.]

GEOGNOSTIC; GEOGNOSTICAL Ge`og*nos"tic, Ge`og*nos"tic*al, a. Etym: [Cf. F. géognostique.]

Defn: Of or pertaining to geognosy, or to a knowledge of the structure of the earth; geological. [R.]

GEOGNOSY Ge*og"no*sy, n. Etym: [Gr. géognosie.]

Defn: That part of geology which treats of the materials of the earth's structure, and its general exterior and interior constitution.

GEOGONIC; GEOGONICAL Ge`o*gon"ic, Ge`o*gon"ic*al, a. Etym: [Cf. F. géogonique.]

Defn: Of or pertaining to geogony, or to the formation of the earth.

GEOGONY Ge*og"o*ny, n. Etym: [Gr. géogonie.]

Defn: The branch of science which treats of the formation of the earth.

GEOGRAPHER Ge*og"ra*pher, n.

Defn: One versed in geography.

GEOGRAPHIC; GEOGRAPHICAL Ge`o*graph"ic, Ge`o*graph"ic*al, a. Etym: [L. geographicus, Gr. géographique.]

Defn: Of or pertaining to geography. Geographical distribution. See under Distribution. -- Geographic latitude (of a place), the angle included between a line perpendicular or normal to the level surface of water at rest at the place, and the plane of the equator; differing slightly from the geocentric latitude by reason of the difference between the earth's figure and a true sphere. -- Geographical mile. See under Mile. -- Geographical variation, any variation of a species which is dependent on climate or other geographical conditions.

GEOGRAPHICALLY Ge`o*graph"ic*al*ly, adv.

Defn: In a geographical manner or method; according to geography.

GEOGRAPHY Ge*og"ra*phy, n.; pl. Geographies. Etym: [F. géographie, l. geographia, fr. Gr. Graphic.]

1. The science which treats of the world and its inhabitants; a description of the earth, or a portion of the earth, including its structure, fetures, products, political divisions, and the people by whom it is inhabited.

2. A treatise on this science. Astronomical, or Mathematical, geography treats of the earth as a planet, of its shape, its size, its lines of latitude and longitude, its zones, and the phenomena due to to the earth's diurnal and annual motions. -- Physical geography treats of the conformation of the earth's surface, of the distribution of land and water, of minerals, plants, animals, etc., and applies the principles of physics to the explanation of the diversities of climate, productions, etc. -- Political geography treats of the different countries into which earth is divided with regard to political and social and institutions and conditions.

GEOLATRY Ge*ol"a*try, n. Etym: [Gr.

Defn: The worship of the earth. G. W. Cox. The Geological Series.

Note: The science of geology, as treating of the history of the globe, involves a description of the different strata which compose its crust, their order of succession, characteristic forms of animal and vegetable life, etc. The principal subdivisions of geological time, and the most important strata, with their relative positions, are indicated in the following diagram.

GEOLOGER; GEOLOGIAN Ge*ol"o*ger, Ge`o*lo"gi*an, n.

Defn: A geologist.

GEOLOGIC; GEOLOGICAL Ge`o*log"ic, Ge`o*log"ic*al, a. Etym: [Cf. F. géologique.]

Defn: Of or pertaining to geology, or the science of the earth.

GEOLOGICALLY Ge`o*log"ic*al*ly, adv.

Defn: In a geological manner.

GEOLOGIST Ge*ol"o*gist, n. Etym: [Cf. F. Géologiste.]

Defn: One versed in the science of geology.

GEOLOGIZE Ge*ol"o*gize, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Geologized; p. pr. & vb. n. Geologizing.]

Defn: To study geology or make geological investigations in the field; to discourse as a geologist. During midsummer geologized a little in Shropshire. Darwin.

GEOLOGY Ge*ol"o*gy, n.; pl. Geologies. Etym: [Gr. -logy: cf. F. géologie.]

1. The science which treats: (a) Of the structure and mineral constitution of the globe; structural geology. (b) Of its history as regards rocks, minerals, rivers, valleys, mountains, climates, life, etc.; historical geology. (c) Of the causes and methods by which its structure, features, changes, and conditions have been produced; dynamical geology. See Chart of The Geological Series.

2. A treatise on the science.

GEOMALISM Ge*om"a*lism, n. Etym: [Gr. (Biol.)

Defn: The tendency of an organism to respond, during its growth, to the force of gravitation.

GEOMANCER Ge"o*man`cer, n.

Defn: One who practices, or is versed in, geomancy.

GEOMANCY Ge"o*man`cy, n. Etym: [OE. geomance, geomancie, F. géomance, géomancie, LL. geomantia, fr. Gr.

Defn: A kind of divination by means of figures or lines, formed by little dots or points, originally on the earth, and latterly on paper.

GEOMANTIC; GEOMANTICAL Ge`o*man"tic, Ge`o*man"tic*al, a. Etym: [Cf. F. géomantique.]

Defn: Pertaining or belonging to geomancy.

GEOMETER Ge*om"e*ter, n. Etym: [F. géomètre, L. geometres, geometra, fr. Gr. Meter measure.]

1. One skilled in geometry; a geometrician; a mathematician. I. Watts.

2. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Any species of geometrid moth; a geometrid.

GEOMETRAL Ge*om"e*tral, a. Etym: [Cf. F. géométral.]

Defn: Pertaining to geometry. [Obs.]

GEOMETRIC; GEOMETRICAL Ge`o*met"ric, Ge`o*met"ric*al, a. Etym: [L. geometricus; Gr. géométrique.]

Defn: Pertaining to, or according to the rules or principles of, geometry; determined by geometry; as, a geometrical solution of a problem.

Note: Geometric is often used, as opposed to algebraic, to include processes or solutions in which the propositions or principles of geometry are made use of rather than those of algebra.

Note: Geometrical is often used in a limited or strictly technical sense, as opposed to mechanical; thus, a construction or solution is geometrical which can be made by ruler and compasses, i. e., by means of right lines and circles. Every construction or solution which requires any other curve, or such motion of a line or circle as would generate any other curve, is not geometrical, but mechanical. By another distinction, a geometrical solution is one obtained by the rules of geometry, or processes of analysis, and hence is exact; while a mechanical solution is one obtained by trial, by actual measurements, with instruments, etc., and is only approximate and empirical. Geometrical curve. Same as Algebraic curve; -- so called because their different points may be constructed by the operations of elementary geometry. -- Geometric lathe, an instrument for engraving bank notes, etc., with complicated patterns of interlacing lines; -- called also cycloidal engine. -- Geometrical pace, a measure of five feet. -- Geometric pen, an instrument for drawing geometric curves, in which the movements of a pen or pencil attached to a revolving arm of ajustable length may be indefinitely varied by changing the toothed wheels which give motion to the arm. -- Geometrical plane (Persp.), the same as Ground plane . -- Geometrical progression, proportion, ratio. See under Progression, Proportion and Ratio. -- Geometrical radius, in gearing, the radius of the pitch circle of a cogwheel. Knight. -- Geometric spider (Zoöl.), one of many species of spiders, which spin a geometrical web. They mostly belong to Epeira and allied genera, as the garden spider. See Garden spider. -- Geometric square, a portable instrument in the form of a square frame for ascertaining distances and heights by measuring angles. -- Geometrical staircase, one in which the stairs are supported by the wall at one end only. -- Geometrical tracery, in architecture and decoration, tracery arranged in geometrical figures.

GEOMETRICALLY Ge`o*met"ric*al*ly, adv.

Defn: According to the rules or laws of geometry.

GEOMETRICIAN Ge*om`e*tri"cian, n.

Defn: One skilled in geometry; a geometer; a mathematician.

GEOMETRID Ge*om"e*trid, a. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Pertaining or belonging to the Geometridæ.

GEOMETRID Ge*om"e*trid, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: One of numerous genera and species of moths, of the family Geometridæ; -- so called because their larvæ (called loopers, measuring worms, spanworms, and inchworms) creep in a looping manner, as if measuring. Many of the species are injurious to agriculture, as the cankerworms.

GEOMETRIZE Ge*om"e*trize, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Geometrized; p. pr. & vb. n. Geometrizing.]

Defn: To investigate or apprehend geometrical quantities or laws; to make geometrical constructions; to proceed in accordance with the principles of geometry. Nature geometrizeth, and observeth order in all things. Sir T. Browne.

GEOMETRY Ge*om"e*try, n; pl. Geometries Etym: [F. géométrie, L. geometria, fr. Gr. Geometer.]

1. That branch of mathematics which investigates the relations, properties, and measurement of solids, surfaces, lines, and angles; the science which treats of the properties and relations of magnitudes; the science of the relations of space.

2. A treatise on this science. Analytical, or Coördinate, geometry, that branch of mathematical analysis which has for its object the analytical investigation of the relations and properties of geometrical magnitudes. -- Descriptive geometry, that part of geometry which treats of the graphic solution of all problems involving three dimensions. -- Elementary geometry, that part of geometry which treats of the simple properties of straight lines, circles, plane surface, solids bounded by plane surfaces, the sphere, the cylinder, and the right cone. -- Higher geometry, that pert of geometry which treats of those properties of straight lines, circles, etc., which are less simple in their relations, and of curves and surfaces of the second and higher degrees.

GEOPHAGISM Ge*oph"a*gism, n. Etym: [Gr.

Defn: The act or habit of eating earth. See Dirt eating, under Dirt. Dunglison.

GEOPHAGIST Ge*oph"a*gist, n.

Defn: One who eats earth, as dirt, clay, chalk, etc.

GEOPHAGOUS Ge*oph"a*gous, a.

Defn: Earth-eating.

GEOPHILA Ge*oph"i*la, n. pl. Etym: [NL., from Gr. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The division of Mollusca which includes the land snails and slugs.

GEOPONIC; GEOPONICAL Ge`o*pon"ic, Ge`o*pon"ic*al, a. Etym: [Gr. géoponique.]

Defn: Pertaining to tillage of the earth, or agriculture.

GEOPONICS Ge`o*pon"ics, n. Etym: [Gr. géoponique.]

Defn: The art or science of cultivating the earth; agriculture. Evelin.

GEORAMA Ge`o*ra"ma, n. Etym: [Gr. géorama.]

Defn: A hollow globe on the inner surface of which a map of the world is depicted, to be examined by one standing inside.

GEORDIE Geor"die, n.

Defn: A name given by miners to George Stephenson's safety lamp. Raymond.

GEORGE George, n. Etym: [F. George, or Georges, a proper name, fr. Gr. work. See Work.]

1. A figure of St. George (the patron saint of England) on horseback, appended to the collar of the Order of the Garter. See Garter.

2. A kind of brown loaf. [Obs.] Dryden.

GEORGE NOBLE George" no`ble. Etym: [So called from the image of St. George on it.]

Defn: A gold noble of the time of Henry VIII. See Noble, n.

GEORGIAN Geor"gi*an, a.

1. Of or pertaining to Georgia, in Asia, or to Georgia, one of the United States.

2. Of or relating to the reigns of the four Georges, kings of Great Britan; as, the Georgian era.

GEORGIAN Geor"gi*an, n.

Defn: A native of, or dweller in, Georgia.

GEORGIAN ARCHITECTURE Georgian architecture.

Defn: British or British colonial architecture of the period of the four Georges, especially that of the period before 1800.

GEORGIC Geor"gic, n. Etym: [L. georgicum (sc. carmen), and georgica, pl., Gr. géorgiques, pl. See Georgic, a.]

Defn: A rural poem; a poetical composition on husbandry, containing rules for cultivating lands, etc.; as, the Georgics of Virgil.

GEORGIC; GEORGICAL Geor"gic, Geor"gic*al, a. Etym: [L. georgicus, Gr. géorgique. See George.]

Defn: Relating to agriculture and rural affairs.

GEORGIUM SIDUS Geor"gi*um Si`dus. Etym: [NL., the star of George (III. of England).] (Astron.)

Defn: The planet Uranus, so named by its discoverer, Sir W. Herschel.

GEOSCOPY Ge*os"co*py, n. Etym: [Gr. -scopy: cf. F. géoscopie.]

Defn: Knowledge of the earth, ground, or soil, obtained by inspection. Chambers.

GEOSELENIC Ge`o*se*len"ic, a. Etym: [Gr.

Defn: Pertaining to the earth and moon; belonging to the joint action or mutual relations of the earth and moon; as, geoselenic phenomena.

GEOSTATIC Ge`o*stat"ic, a. Etym: [Gr. static.] (Civil Engin.)

Defn: Relating to the pressure exerted by earth or similar substance. Geostatic arch, an arch having a form adapted to sustain pressure similar to that exerted by earth. Rankine.

GEOSYNCLINAL Ge`o*syn*cli"nal, n. Etym: [Gr. synclinal.] (Geol.)

Defn: the downward bend or subsidence of the earth's crust, which allows of the gradual accumulation of sediment, and hence forms the first step in the making of a mountain range; -- opposed to geanticlinal.

GEOTHERMOMETER Ge`o*ther*mom"e*ter, n. Etym: [Gr. thermometer.] (Physics)

Defn: A thermometer specially constructed for measuring temperetures at a depth below the surface of the ground.

GEOTIC Ge*ot"ic a. Etym: [Gr.

Defn: Belonging to earth; terrestrial. [Obs.] Bailey.

GEOTROPIC Ge`o*trop"ic, a. Etym: [See Geotropism.] (Biol.)

Defn: Relating to, or showing, geotropism.

GEOTROPISM Ge*ot"ro*pism, n. Etym: [Gr. (Biol.)

Defn: A disposition to turn or incline towards the earth; the influence of gravity in determining the direction of growth of an organ.

Note: In plants, organs which grow towards the center of the earth are said to be positively geotropic, and those growing in the opposite direction negatively geotropic. In animals, geotropism is supposed by some to have an influence either direct or indirect on the plane of division of the ovum.

GEPHYREA Ge*phyr"e*a, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)

Defn: An order of marine Annelida, in which the body is imperfectly, or not at all, annulated externally, and is mostly without setæ.

GEPHYREAN Ge*phyr"e*an, a. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Belonging to the Gephyrea. -- n. One of the Gerphyrea.

GEPHYREOID Ge*phyr"e*oid, a. & n. Etym: [Gephyrea + -oid.]

Defn: Gephyrean.

GEPOUND Ge*pound", n.

Defn: See Gipoun. [Obs.] Chaucer.

GERAH Ge"rah, n. Etym: [Heb. g, lit., a bean.] (Jewish Antiq.)

Defn: A small coin and weight; 1-20th of a shekel.

Note: The silver gerah is supposed to have been worth about three cents; the gold about fifty-four cents; the weight equivalent to about thirteen grains.

GERANIACEOUS Ge*ra`ni*a"ceous, a. (Bot.)

Defn: Of or pertaining to a natural order of pants (Geraniaceæ) which includes the genera Geranium, Pelargonium, and many others.

GERANIINE; GERANINE Ge*ra"ni*ine, Ger"a*nine, n. Etym: [See Geranium.]

1. (Med.)

Defn: A valuable astringet obtained from the root of the Geranium maculatum or crane's-bill.

2. (Chem.)

Defn: A liquid terpene, obtained from the crane's-bill (Geranium maculatum), and having a peculiar mulberry odor. [Written also geranium.]

GERANIUM Ge*ra"ni*um, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. géranium. See Crane, n.]

1. (Bot.)

Defn: A genus of plants having a beaklike tours or receptacle, around which the seed capsules are arranged, and membranous projections, or stipules, at the joints. Most of the species have showy flowers and a pungent odor. Called sometimes crane's-bill.

2. (Floriculture)

Defn: A cultivated pelargonium.

Note: Many plants referred to the genus Geranium by the earlier botanists are now separated from it under the name of Pelargonium, which includes all the commonly cultivated "geraniums", mostly natives of South Africa.

GERANT Ge"rant, n. Etym: [F. gérant.]

Defn: The manager or acting partner of a company, joint-stock association, etc.

GERBE Gerbe, n. Etym: [F., prop. a sheaf.] (Pyrotechny)

Defn: A kind of ornamental firework. Farrow.

GERBIL; GERBILLE Ger"bil, Ger`bille", n. Etym: [F. gerbille. Cf. Jerboa.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: One of several species of small, jumping, murine rodents, of the genus Gerbillus. In their leaping powers they resemble the jerboa. They inhabit Africa, India, and Southern Europe.

GERBOA Ger*bo"a, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The jerboa.

GERE Gere, n.

Defn: Gear. [Obs.] Chaucer.

GERENT Ge"rent, a. Etym: [L. gerens, p. pr. of gerere to bear, manage.]

Defn: Bearing; carrying. [Obs.] Bailey.

GERFALCON Ger"fal`con, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: See Gyrfalcon.

GERFUL Ger"ful, a. Etym: [Cf. OF. girer to twirl, E. gyrate.]

Defn: Changeable; capricious. [Obs.] Chaucer.

GERLAND; GERLOND Ger"land, Ger"lond, n.

Defn: A garland. [Obs.]

GERLIND Ger"lind, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A salmon returning from the sea the second time. [Prov. Eng.]

GERM Germ, n. Etym: [F. germe, fr. L. germen, germinis, sprout, but, germ. Cf. Germen, Germane.]

1. (Biol.)

Defn: That which is to develop a new individual; as, the germ of a fetus, of a plant or flower, and the like; the earliest form under which an organism appears. In the entire process in which a new being originates . . . two distinct classes of action participate; namely, the act of generation by which the germ is produced; and the act of development, by which that germ is evolved into the complete organism. Carpenter.

2. That from which anything springs; origin; first principle; as, the germ of civil liberty. Disease germ (Biol.), a name applied to certain tiny bacterial organisms or their spores, such as Anthrax bacillus and the Micrococcus of fowl cholera, which have been demonstrated to be the cause of certain diseases. See Germ theory (bellow). -- Germ cell (Biol.), the germ, egg, spore, or cell from which the plant or animal arises. At one time a part of the body of the parent, it finally becomes detached,and by a process of multiplication and growth gives rise to a mass of cells, which ultimately form a new individual like the parent. See Ovum. -- Germ gland. (Anat.) See Gonad. -- Germ stock (Zoöl.), a special process on which buds are developed in certain animals. See Doliolum. -- Germ theory (Biol.), the theory that living organisms can be produced only by the evolution or development of living germs or seeds. See Biogenesis, and Abiogenesis. As applied to the origin of disease, the theory claims that the zymotic diseases are due to the rapid development and multiplication of various bacteria, the germs or spores of which are either contained in the organism itself, or transferred through the air or water. See Fermentation theory.

GERM Germ, v. i.

Defn: To germinate. [R.] J. Morley.

GERMAIN Ger*main", a. [Obs.]

Defn: See Germane.

GERMAN Ger"man, a. Etym: [OE. german, germain, F. germain, fr. L. germanus full, own (said of brothers and sisters who have the same parents); akin to germen germ. Cf. Germ, Germane.]

Defn: Nearly related; closely akin. Wert thou a leopard, thou wert german to the lion. Shak. Brother german. See Brother german. -- Cousins german. See the Note under Cousin.

GERMAN Ger"man, n.; pl. Germans Etym: [L. Germanus, prob. of Celtis origin.]

1. A native or one of the people of Germany.

2. The German language.

3. (a) A round dance, often with a waltz movement, abounding in capriciosly involved figures. (b) A social party at which the german is danced. High German, the Teutonic dialect of Upper or Southern Germany, -- comprising Old High German, used from the 8th to the 11th century; Middle H. G., from the 12th to the 15th century; and Modern or New H. G., the language of Luther's Bible version and of modern German literature. The dialects of Central Germany, the basis of the modern literary language, are often called Middle German, and the Southern German dialects Upper German; but High German is also used to cover both groups. -- Low German, the language of Northern Germany and the Netherlands, -- including Friesic; Anglo-Saxon or Saxon; Old Saxon; Dutch or Low Dutch, with its dialect, Flemish; and Plattdeutsch (called also Low German), spoken in many dialects.

GERMAN Ger"man, a. Etym: [L. Germanus. See German, n.]

Defn: Of or pertaining to Germany. German Baptists. See Dunker. -- German bit, a wood-boring tool, having a long elliptical pod and a scew point. -- German carp (Zoöl.), the crucian carp. -- German millet (Bot.), a kind of millet (Setaria Italica, var.), whose seed is sometimes used for food. -- German paste, a prepared food for caged birds. -- German process (Metal.), the process of reducing copper ore in a blast furnace, after roasting, if necessary. Raymond. -- German sarsaparilla, a substitute for sarsaparilla extract. -- German sausage, a polony, or gut stuffed with meat partly cooked. -- German silver (Chem.), a silver-white alloy, hard and tough, but malleable and ductile, and quite permanent in the air. It contains nickel, copper, and zinc in varying proportions, and was originally made from old copper slag at Henneberg. A small amount of iron is sometimes added to make it whiter and harder. It is essentially identical with the Chinese alloy packfong. It was formerly much used for tableware, knife handles, frames, cases, bearings of machinery, etc., but is now largely superseded by other white alloys. -- German steel (Metal.), a metal made from bog iron ore in a forge, with charcoal for fuel. -- German text (Typog.), a character resembling modern German type, used in English printing for ornamental headings, etc., as in the words,

Note: This line is German Text. -- German tinder. See Amadou.

GERMANDER Ger*man"der, n. Etym: [OE. germaunder, F. germandrée, It. calamandrea, L. chamaedrys, fr. Gr.Humble, and Tree.] (Bot.)

Defn: A plant of the genus Teucrium (esp. Teucrium Chamædrys or wall germander), mintlike herbs and low shrubs. American germander, Teucrium Canadense. -- Germander chickweed, Veronica agrestis. -- Water germander, Teucrium Scordium. -- Wood germander, Teucrium Scorodonia.

GERMANE Ger*mane", a. Etym: [See German akin, nearly related.]

Defn: Literally, near akin; hence, closely allied; appropriate or fitting; relevant. The phrase would be more germane to the matter. Shak. [An amendment] must be germane. Barclay (Digest).

GERMANIC Ger*man"ic, a. (Chem.)

Defn: Pertaining to, or containing, germanium.

GERMANIC Ger*man"ic, a. Etym: [L. Germanicus: cf. F. germanique. See German, n.]

1. Of or pertaining to Germany; as, the Germanic confederacy.

2. Teutonic. [A loose sense]

GERMANISM Ger"man*ism, n. Etym: [Cf. F. germanisme.]

1. An idiom of the German language.

2. A characteristic of the Germans; a characteristic German mode, doctrine, etc.; rationalism. J. W. Alexander.

GERMANIUM Ger*ma"ni*um, n. Etym: [NL., fr. L. Germania Germany.] (Chem.)

Defn: A rare element, recently discovered (1885), in a silver ore (argyrodite) at Freiberg. It is a brittle, silver-white metal, chemically intermediate between the metals and nonmetals, resembles tin, and is in general identical with the predicted ekasilicon. Symbol Ge. Atomic weight 72.3.

GERMANIZATION Ger`man*i*za"tion, n.

Defn: The act of Germanizing. M. Arnold.

GERMANIZE Ger"man*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Germanized; p. pr. & vb. n. Germanizing.]

Defn: To make German, or like what is distinctively German; as, to Germanize a province, a language, a society.

GERMANIZE Ger"man*ize, v. i.

Defn: To reason or write after the manner of the Germans.

GERMARIUM Ger*ma"ri*um, n. Etym: [NL. See Germ.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: An organ in which the ova are developed in certain Turbellaria.

GERM CELL Germ cell. (Biol.)

Defn: A cell, of either sex, directly concerned in the production of a new organism.

GERMEN Ger"men, n.; pl. E. Germens, L. Germina. Etym: [L.]

Defn: See Germ.

GERMICIDAL Ger"mi*ci`dal, a.

Defn: Germicide.

GERMICIDE Ger"mi*cide, a. Etym: [Germ +L. caedere to kill.] (Biol.)

Defn: Destructive to germs; -- applied to any agent which has a destructive action upon living germs, particularly bacteria, or bacterial germs, which are considered the cause of many infectious diseases. -- n.

Defn: A germicide agent.

GERMINAL Ger"mi*nal, a. Etym: [See Germ.]

Defn: Pertaining or belonging to a germ; as, the germinal vesicle. Germinal layers (Biol.), the two layers of cells, the ectoblast and entoblast, which form respectively the outer covering and inner wall of the gastrula. A third layer of cells, the mesoblast, which is formed later and lies between these two, is sometimes included. -- Germinal membrane. (Biol.) Same as Blastoderm. -- Germinal spot (Biol.), the nucleolus of the ovum. -- Germinal vesicle, (Biol.) , the nucleus of the ovum of animals.

GERMINAL Ger`mi*nal", n. Etym: [F. See Germ .]

Defn: The seventh month of the French republican calendar [1792 -- 1806]. It began March 21 and ended April 19. See VendÉmiaire.

GERMINANT Ger"mi*nant, a. Etym: [L. germinans, p. pr.]

Defn: Sprouting; sending forth germs or buds.

GERMINATE Ger"mi*nate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Germinated; p. pr. & vb. n. Germinating.] Etym: [L. germinatus, p. p. of germinare to sprout, fr. germen. See Germ.]

Defn: To sprout; to bud; to shoot; to begin to vegetate, as a plant or its seed; to begin to develop, as a germ. Bacon.

GERMINATE Ger"mi*nate, v. t.

Defn: To cause to sprout. Price (1610).

GERMINATION Ger`mi*na"tion, n. Etym: [L. germinatio: cf. F. germination.]

Defn: The process of germinating; the beginning of vegetation or growth in a seed or plant; the first development of germs, either animal or vegetable. Germination apparatus, an apparatus for malting grain.

GERMINATIVE Ger"mi*na*tive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. germinatif.]

Defn: Pertaining to germination; having power to bud or develop. Germinative spot, Germinative vesicle. (Biol.) Same as Germinal spot, Germinal vesicle, under Germinal.

GERMIPARITY Ger`mi*par"i*ty, n. Etym: [Germ + L. parere to produce.] (Biol.)

Defn: Reproduction by means of germs.

GERMLESS Germ"less, a.

Defn: Without germs.

GERMOGEN Ger"mo*gen, n. Etym: [Germ + -gen.] (Biol.) (a) A polynuclear mass of protoplasm, not divided into separate cells, from which certain ova are developed. Balfour. (b) The primitive cell in certain embryonic forms. Balfour.

GERM PLASM Germ" plasm`, (Biol.)

Defn: See Plasmogen, and Idioplasm.

GERM THEORY Germ theory.

1. (Biol.)

Defn: The theory that living organisms can be produced only by the development of living germs. Cf. Biogenesis, Abiogenesis.

2. (Med.) The theory which attributes contagious and infectious diseases, suppurative lesions, etc., to the agency of germs. The science of bacteriology was developed after this theory had been established.

GERMULE Germ"ule, n. Etym: [Dim. fr. germ.] (Biol.)

Defn: A small germ.

GERN Gern, v. t. Etym: [See Grin.]

Defn: To grin or yawn. [Obs.] "[/He] gaped like a gulf when he did gern." Spenser.

GERNER Ger"ner, n.

Defn: A garner. [Obs.] Chaucer.

GEROCOMIA Ger`o*co"mi*a, n. Etym: [NL.]

Defn: See Gerocomy.

GEROCOMICAL Ger`o*com"ic*al, a.

Defn: Pertaining to gerocomy. Dr. John Smith.

GEROCOMY Ge*roc"o*my, n. Etym: [F. gérocomie, fr. Gr.

Defn: That part of medicine which treats of regimen for old people.

GERONTES Ge*ron"tes, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Gr. Antiq.)

Defn: Magistrates in Sparta, who with the ephori and kings, constituted the supreme civil authority.

GERONTOCRACY Ger`on*toc"ra*cy, n. Etym: [Gr.

Defn: Government by old men. [R.] Gladstone.

GEROPIGIA Ger`o*pig"i*a, n. Etym: [Pg. geropiga.]

Defn: A mixture composed of unfermented grape juice, brandy, sugar, etc., for adulteration of wines. [Written also jerupigia.]

-GEROUS -ger*ous. Etym: [L. -ger, fr. gerere to bear, carry. See Jest.]

Defn: A suffix signifying bearing, producing; as, calcigerous; dentigerous.

GERRYMANDER Ger`ry*man"der, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gerrymandered; p. pr. & vb. n. Gerrymandering.]

Defn: To divide (a State) into districts for the choice of representatives, in an unnatural and unfair way, with a view to give a political party an advantage over its opponent. [Political Cant, U. S.]

Note: This was done in Massachusetts at a time when Elbridge Gerry was governor, and was attributed to his influence, hence the name; though it is now known that he was opposed to the measure. Bartlett.

GERUND Ger"und, n. Etym: [L. gerundium, fr. gerere to bear, carry, perform. See Gest a deed, Jest.] (Lat. Gram.)

1. A kind of verbal noun, having only the four oblique cases of the singular number, and governing cases like a participle.

2. (AS. Gram.)

Defn: A verbal noun ending in -e, preceded by to and usually denoting purpose or end; -- called also the dative infinitive; as, "Ic hæbbe mete tô etanne" (I have meat to eat.) In Modern English the name has been applied to verbal or participal nouns in -ing denoting a transitive action; e. g., by throwing a stone.

GERUNDIAL Ge*run"di*al, a.

Defn: Pertaining to, or resembling, a gerund; as, a gerundial use.

GERUNDIVE Ge*run"dive, a. Etym: [L. gerundivus.]

Defn: Pertaining to, or partaking of, the nature of the gerund; gerundial. -- n. (Lat. Gram.)

Defn: The future passive participle; as, amandus, i. e., to be loved.

GERUNDIVELY Ge*run"dive*ly, adv.

Defn: In the manner of a gerund; as, or in place of, a gerund.

GERY Ger"y, a. Etym: [See Gerful.]

Defn: Changeable; fickle. [Obs.] Chaucer.

GESLING Ges"ling, n.

Defn: A gosling. [Prov. Eng.]

GESSE Gesse, v. t. & i.

Defn: To guess. [Obs.] Chaucer.

GESSO Ges"so, n. [It., chalk, plaster.]

1. Plaster of Paris, or gypsum, esp. as prepared for use in painting, or in making bas-reliefs and the like; by extension, a plasterlike or pasty material spread upon a surface to fit it for painting or gilding, or a surface so prepared.

2. A work of art done in gesso. [Obs.]

GESSO DURO Ges"so du"ro. [It., hard plaster.]

Defn: A variety of gesso which when dried becomes hard and durable, often used in making bas-relief casts, which are colored and mounted in elaborate frames.

GEST Gest, n.

Defn: A guest. [Obs.] Chaucer.

GEST Gest, n. Etym: [OF. geste exploit. See Jest.]

1. Something done or achieved; a deed or an action; an adventure. [Obs.] Chaucer.

2. An action represented in sports, plays, or on the stage; show; ceremony. [Obs.] Mede.

3. A tale of achievements or adventures; a stock story. [Obs.] Chaucer. Spenser.

4. Gesture; bearing; deportment. [Archaic] Through his heroic grace and honorable gest. Spenser.

GEST Gest, n. Etym: [Cf. Gist a resting place.]

1. A stage in traveling; a stop for rest or lodging in a journey or progress; a rest. [Obs.] Kersey.

2. A roll recting the several stages arranged for a royal progress. Many of them are extant in the herald's office. [Obs.] Hanmer.

GESTANT Ges"tant, a. Etym: [L. gestans, p. pr. of gestare.]

Defn: Bearing within; laden; burdened; pregnant. [R.] "Clouds gestant with heat." Mrs. Browning.

GESTATION Ges*ta"tion, n. Etym: [L. gestatio a bearing, carrying, fr. gestare to bear, carry, intens. fr. gerere, gestum, to bear: cf. F. gestation. See Gest deed, Jest.]

1. The act of wearing (clothes or ornaments). [Obs.]

2. The act of carrying young in the womb from conception to delivery; pregnancy.

3. Exercise in which one is borne or carried, as on horseback, or in a carriage, without the exertion of his own powers; passive exercise. Dunglison.

GESTATORY Ges"ta*to*ry, a. Etym: [L. gestatorius that serves for carrying: cf. F. gestatoire.]

1. Pertaining to gestation or pregnancy.

2. Capable of being carried or worn. [Obs. or R.]

GESTE Geste, v. i.

Defn: To tell stories or gests. [Obs.]

GESTIC Ges"tic, a. Etym: [See Gest a deed, Gesture.]

1. Pertaining to deeds or feats of arms; legendary. And the gay grandsire, skilled in gestic lore. Goldsmith.

2. Relating to bodily motion; consisting of gestures; -- said especially with reference to dancing. Carried away by the enthusiasm of the gestic art. Sir W. Scott.

GESTICULATE Ges*tic"u*late, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gesticulated; p. pr. & vb. n. Gesticulating.] Etym: [L. gesticulatus, p. p. of gesticulari to gesticulate, fr. gesticulus a mimic gesture, gesticulation, dim. of gestus gesture, fr. gerere, gestum, to bear, carry, peform. See Gestic.]

Defn: To make gestures or motions, as in speaking; to use postures. Sir T. Herbert.

GESTICULATE Ges*tic"u*late, v. t.

Defn: To represent by gesture; to act. [R.] B. Jonson.

GESTICULATION Ges*tic`u*la"tion, n. Etym: [L. gesticulatio: cf. F. gesticulation.]

1. The act of gesticulating, or making gestures to express passion or enforce sentiments.

2. A gesture; a motion of the body or limbs in speaking, or in representing action or passion, and enforcing arguments and sentiments. Macaulay.

3. Antic tricks or motions. B. Jonson.

GESTICULATOR Ges*tic"u*la`tor, n. Etym: [L.]

Defn: One who gesticulates.

GESTICULATORY Ges*tic"u*la*to*ry, a.

Defn: Representing by, or belonging to, gestures. T. Warton.

GESTOUR Ges"tour, n. Etym: [See Gest a deed.]

Defn: A reciter of gests or legendary tales; a story-teller. [Obs.] Minstrels and gestours for to tell tales. Chaucer.

GESTURAL Ges"tur*al, a.

Defn: Relating to gesture.

GESTURE Ges"ture, n. Etym: [LL. gestura mode of action, fr. L. gerere, gestum, to bear, behave, perform, act. See Gest a deed.]

1. Manner of carrying the body; position of the body or limbs; posture. [Obs.] Accubation, or lying down at meals, was a gesture used by many nations. Sir T. Browne.

2. A motion of the body or limbs expressive of sentiment or passion; any action or posture intended to express an idea or a passion, or to enforce or emphasize an argument, assertion, or opinion. Humble and reverent gestures. Hooker. Grace was in all her steps, heaven in her eye, In every gesture dignity and love. Milton.

GESTURE Ges"ture, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gestured; p. pr. & vb. n. Gesturing.]

Defn: To accompany or illustrate with gesture or action; to gesticulate. It is not orderly read, nor gestured as beseemeth. Hooker.

GESTURE Ges"ture, v. i.

Defn: To make gestures; to gesticulate. The players . . . gestured not undecently withal. Holland.

GESTURELESS Ges"ture*less, a.

Defn: Free from gestures.

GESTUREMENT Ges"ture*ment, n.

Defn: Act of making gestures; gesturing. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

GET Get, n.

Defn: Jet, the mineral. [Obs.] Chaucer.

GET Get, n. Etym: [OF. get.]

1. Fashion; manner; custom. [Obs.] Chaucer.

2. Artifice; contrivance. [Obs.] Chaucer.

GET Get, v. t. [imp. Got (Obs. Gat (); p. p. Got (Obsolescent Gotten); p. pr. & vb. n. Getting.] Etym: [OE. geten, AS. gitan, gietan (in comp.); akin to Icel. geta, Goth. bigitan to find, L. prehendere to seize, take, Gr. Comprehend, Enterprise, Forget, Impregnable, Prehensile.]

1. To procure; to obtain; to gain possession of; to acquire; to earn; to obtain as a price or reward; to come by; to win, by almost any means; as, to get favor by kindness; to get wealth by industry and economy; to get favor by kindness; to get wealth by industry and economy; to get land by purchase, etc.

2. Hence, with have and had, to come into or be in possession of; to have. Johnson. Thou hast got the face of man. Herbert.

3. To beget; to procreate; to generate. I had rather to adopt a child than get it. Shak.

4. To obtain mental possession of; to learn; to commit to memory; to memorize; as to get a lesson; also with out; as, to get out one's Greek lesson. It being harder with him to get one sermon by heart, than to pen twenty. Bp. Fell.

5. To prevail on; to induce; to persuade. Get him to say his prayers. Shak.

6. To procure to be, or to cause to be in any state or condition; -- with a following participle. Those things I bid you do; get them dispatched. Shak.

7. To betake; to remove; -- in a reflexive use. Get thee out from this land. Gen. xxxi. 13. He . . . got himself . . . to the strong town of Mega. Knolles.

Note: Get, as a transitive verb, is combined with adverbs implying motion, to express the causing to, or the effecting in, the object of the verb, of the kind of motion indicated by the preposition; thus, to get in, to cause to enter, to bring under shelter; as, to get in the hay; to get out, to make come forth, to extract; to get off, to take off, to remove; to get together, to cause to come together, to collect. To get by heart, to commit to memory. -- To get the better of, To get the best of, to obtain an advantage over; to surpass; to subdue. -- To get up, to cause to be established or to exit; to prepare; to arrange; to construct; to invent; as, to get up a celebration, a machine, a book, an agitation.

Syn. -- To obtain; gain; win; acquire. See Obtain.

GET Get, v. i.

1. To make acquisition; to gain; to profit; to receive accessions; to be increased. We mourn, France smiles; we lose, they daily get. Shak.

2. To arrive at, or bring one's self into, a state, condition, or position; to come to be; to become; -- with a following adjective or past participle belonging to the subject of the verb; as, to get sober; to get awake; to get beaten; to get elected. To get rid of fools and scoundrels. Pope. His chariot wheels get hot by driving fast. Coleridge.

Note: It [get] gives to the English language a middle voice, or a power of verbal expression which is neither active nor passive. Thus we say to get acquitted, beaten, confused, dressed. Earle.

Note: Get, as an intransitive verb, is used with a following preposition, or adverb of motion, to indicate, on the part of the subject of the act, movement or action of the kind signified by the preposition or adverb; or, in the general sense, to move, to stir, to make one's way, to advance, to arrive, etc.; as, to get away, to leave to escape; to disengage one's self from; to get down, to descend, esp. with effort, as from a literal or figurative elevation; to get along, to make progress; hence, to prosper, succeed, or fare; to get in, to enter; to get out, to extricate one's self, to escape; to get through, to traverse; also, to finish, to be done; to get to, to arrive at, to reach; to get off, to alight, to descend from, to dismount; also, to escape, to come off clear; to get together, to assemble, to convene. To get ahead, to advance; to prosper. -- To get along, to proceed; to advance; to prosper. -- To get a mile (or other distance), to pass over it in traveling. -- To get among, to go or come into the company of; to become one of a number. -- To get asleep, to fall asleep. -- To get astray, to wander out of the right way. -- To get at, to reach; to make way to. To get away with, to carry off; to capture; hence, to get the better of; to defeat. -- To get back, to arrive at the place from which one departed; to return. -- To get before, to arrive in front, or more forward. -- To get behind, to fall in the rear; to lag. -- To get between, to arrive between. -- To get beyond, to pass or go further than; to exceed; to surpass. "Three score and ten is the age of man, a few get beyond it." Thackeray. -- To get clear, to disengage one's self; to be released, as from confinement, obligation, or burden; also, to be freed from danger or embarrassment. -- To get drunk, to become intoxicated. -- To get forward, to proceed; to advance; also, to prosper; to advance in wealth. -- To get home, to arrive at one's dwelling, goal, or aim. -- To get into. (a) To enter, as, "she prepared to get into the coach." Dickens. (b) To pass into, or reach; as, " as, " a language has got into the inflated state." Keary. -- To get loose or free, to disengage one's self; to be released from confinement. -- To get near, to approach within a small distance. -- To get on, to proceed; to advance; to prosper. -- To get over. (a) To pass over, surmount, or overcome, as an obstacle or difficulty. (b) To recover from, as an injury, a calamity. -- To get through. (a) To pass through something. (b) To finish what one was doing. -- To get up. (a) To rise; to arise, as from a bed, chair, etc. (b) To ascend; to climb, as a hill, a tree, a flight of stairs, etc.

GET Get, n.

Defn: Offspring; progeny; as, the get of a stallion.

GETEN Get"en, obs.

Defn: p. p. of Get. Chaucer.

GETH Geth,

Defn: the original third pers. sing. pres. of Go. [Obs.] Chaucer.

GET-PENNY Get"-pen`ny, n.

Defn: Something which gets or gains money; a successful affair. [Colloq.] Chapman.

GETTABLE Get"ta*ble, a.

Defn: That may be obtained. [R.]

GETTER Get"ter, n.

Defn: One who gets, gains, obtains, acquires, begets, or procreates.

GETTERUP Get"ter*up`, n.

Defn: One who contrives, makes, or arranges for, anything, as a book, a machine, etc. [Colloq.] A diligent getter-up of miscellaneous works. W. Irving.

GETTING Get"ting, n.

1. The act of obtaining or acquiring; acquisition. With all thy getting, get understanding. Prov. iv. 7.

2. That which is got or obtained; gain; profit.

GET-UP Get"-up, n.

Defn: General composition or structure; manner in which the parts of a thing are combined; make-up; style of dress, etc. [Colloq.] H. Kingsley.

GEUSDISM Geusd"ism (ged"iz'm), n.

Defn: The Marxian socialism and programme of reform through revolution as advocated by the French political leader Jules Basile Guesde (pron. ged) (1845- ). -- Guesd"ist (#), n. & a.

GEWGAW Gew"gaw, n. Etym: [OE. gigawe, gugawe, gewgaude, prob. the same word as OE. givegove gewgaw, apparently a reduplicated form fr. AS. gifan to give; cf. also F. joujou plaything, and E. gaud, n. See Give, and cf. Giffgaff.]

Defn: A showy trifle; a toy; a splendid plaything; a pretty but worthless bauble. A heavy gewgaw called a crown. Dryden.

GEWGAW Gew"gaw, a.

Defn: Showy; unreal; pretentious. Seeing his gewgaw castle shine. Tennyson.

GEYSER Gey"ser, n. Etym: [Icel. geysir, fr. geysa to rush furiously, fr. gj to gush. Cf. Gush.]

Defn: A boiling spring which throws forth at frequent intervals jets of water, mud, etc., driven up by the expansive power of steam.

Note: Geysers were first known in Iceland, and later in New Zealand. In the Yellowstone region in the United States they are numerous, and some of them very powerful, throwing jets of boiling water and steam to a height of 200 feet. They are grouped in several areas called geyser basins. The mineral matter, or geyserite, with which geyser water is charged, forms geyser cones about the orifice, often of great size and beauty.

GEYSERITE Gey"ser*ite, n. Etym: [From Geyser.] (Min.)

Defn: A loose hydrated form of silica, a variety of opal, deposited in concretionary cauliflowerlike masses, around some hot springs and geysers.

GHARRY Ghar"ry, n. Etym: [Hind. ga.]

Defn: Any wheeled cart or carriage. [India]

GHAST Ghast, v. t. Etym: [OE. gasten. See Ghastly, a.]

Defn: To strike aghast; to affright. [Obs.] Ghasted by the noise I made. Full suddenly he fled. Shak.

GHASTFUL Ghast"ful, a. Etym: [See Ghastly, a.]

Defn: Fit to make one aghast; dismal. [Obs.] -- Ghast"ful*ly, adv.

GHASTLINESS Ghast"li*ness, n.

Defn: The state of being ghastly; a deathlike look.

GHASTLY Ghast"ly, a. [Compar. Ghastlier; superl. Ghastliest.] Etym: [OE. gastlich, gastli, fearful, causing fear, fr. gasten to terrify, AS. gæstan. Cf. Aghast, Gast, Gaze, Ghostly.]

1. Like a ghost in appearance; deathlike; pale; pallid; dismal. Each turned his face with a ghastly pang. Coleridge. His face was so ghastly that it could scarcely be recognized. Macaulay.

2. Horrible; shocking; dreadful; hideous. Mangled with ghastly wounds through plate and mail. Milton.

GHASTLY Ghast"ly, adv.

Defn: In a ghastly manner; hideously. Staring full ghastly like a strangled man. Shak.

GHASTNESS Ghast"ness, n.

Defn: Ghastliness. [Obs.] Shak.

GHAT; GHAUT Ghat Ghaut, n. Etym: [Hind. ghat.]

1. A pass through a mountain. [India] J. D. Hooker.

2. A range of mountains. Balfour (Cyc. of Ind. ).

3. Stairs descending to a river; a landing place; a wharf. [India] Malcom.

GHAWAZI Gha*wa"zi, n. pl. Etym: [Etymol. uncertain.]

Defn: Egyptian dancing girls, of a lower sort than the almeh.

GHAZAL; GHAZEL Ghaz"al, Ghaz"el, n. [Ar. ghazal.]

Defn: A kind of Oriental lyric, and usually erotic, poetry, written in recurring rhymes.

GHAZI Gha"zi, n. [Ar. ghazi.]

Defn: Among Mohammedans, a warrior champion or veteran, esp. in the destruction of infidels.

GHEBER; GHEBRE Ghe"ber Ghe"bre, n. Etym: [Pers. ghebr: cf. F. Guèbre. Cf. Giaour.]

Defn: A worshiper of fire; a Zoroastrian; a Parsee.

GHEE Ghee, n. Etym: [Hind. ghi clarified butter, Skr. gh.]

Defn: Butter clarified by boiling, and thus converted into a kind of oil. [India] Malcom.

GHERKIN Gher"kin, n. Etym: [D. agurkje, a dim. akin to G. gurke, Dan. ag; cf. Pol. ogórek, Bohem. okurka, LGr. al-khiyar, Per. khiyar.]

1. (Bot.)

Defn: A kind of small, prickly cucumber, much used for pickles.

2. (Zoöl.)

Defn: See Sea gherkin.

GHESS Ghess, v. t. & i.

Defn: See Guess. [Obs.]

GHETTO Ghet"to, n. Etym: [It.]

Defn: The Jews'quarter in an Italian town or city. I went to the Ghetto, where the Jews dwell. Evelyn.

GHIBELLINE Ghib"el*line, n. Etym: [It. Ghibellino; of German origin.] (It. Hist.)

Defn: One of a faction in Italy, in the 12th and 13th centuries, which favored the German emperors, and opposed the Guelfs, or adherents of the poses. Brande & C.

GHOLE Ghole, n.

Defn: See Ghoul.

GHOST Ghost, n. Etym: [OE. gast, gost, soul, spirit, AS. gast breath, spirit, soul; akin to OS. g spirit, soul, D. geest, G. geist, and prob. to E. gaze, ghastly.]

1. The spirit; the soul of man. [Obs.] Then gives her grieved ghost thus to lament. Spenser.

2. The disembodied soul; the soul or spirit of a deceased person; a spirit appearing after death; an apparition; a specter. The mighty ghosts of our great Harrys rose. Shak. I thought that I had died in sleep, And was a blessed ghost. Coleridge.

3. Any faint shadowy semblance; an unsubstantial image; a phantom; a glimmering; as, not a ghost of a chance; the ghost of an idea. Each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor. Poe.

4. A false image formed in a telescope by reflection from the surfaces of one or more lenses. Ghost moth (Zoöl.), a large European moth (Hepialus humuli); so called from the white color of the male, and the peculiar hovering flight; -- called also great swift. -- Holy Ghost, the Holy Spirit; the Paraclete; the Comforter; (Theol.) the third person in the Trinity. -- To give up or yield up the ghost, to die; to expire. And he gave up the ghost full softly. Chaucer. Jacob . . . yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto his people. Gen. xlix. 33.

GHOST Ghost, v. i.

Defn: To die; to expire. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney.

GHOST Ghost, v. t.

Defn: To appear to or haunt in the form of an apparition. [Obs.] Shak.

GHOST DANCE Ghost dance.

Defn: A religious dance of the North American Indians, participated in by both sexes, and looked upon as a rite of invocation the purpose of which is, through trance and vision, to bring the dancer into communion with the unseen world and the spirits of departed friends. The dance is the chief rite of the Ghost-dance, or Messiah, religion, which originated about 1890 in the doctrines of the Piute Wovoka, the Indian Messiah, who taught that the time was drawing near when the whole Indian race, the dead with the living, should be reunited to live a life of millennial happiness upon a regenerated earth. The religion inculcates peace, righteousness, and work, and holds that in good time, without warlike intervention, the oppressive white rule will be removed by the higher powers. The religion spread through a majority of the western tribes of the United States, only in the case of the Sioux, owing to local causes, leading to an outbreak.

GHOSTFISH Ghost"fish`, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A pale ubspotted variety of the wrymouth.

GHOSTLESS Ghost"less, a.

Defn: Without life or spirit. [R.]

GHOSTLIKE Ghost"like`, a.

Defn: Like a ghost; ghastly.

GHOSTLINESS Ghost"li*ness, n.

Defn: The quality of being ghostly.

GHOSTLY Ghost"ly, a. Etym: [OE. gastlich, gostlich, AS. gastlic. See Ghost.]

1. Relating to the soul; not carnal or secular; spiritual; as, a ghostly confessor. Save and defend us from our ghostly enemies. Book of Common Prayer [Ch. of Eng. ] One of the gostly children of St. Jerome. Jer. Taylor.

2. Of or pertaining to apparitions. Akenside.

GHOSTLY Ghost"ly, adv.

Defn: Spiritually; mystically. Chaucer.

GHOSTOLOGY Ghost*ol"o*gy, n.

Defn: Ghost lore. [R.] It seemed even more unaccountable than if it had been a thing of ghostology and witchcraft. Hawthorne.

GHOUL Ghoul, n. Etym: [Per. gh an imaginary sylvan demon, supposed to devour men and animals: cf. Ar. gh, F. goule.]

Defn: An imaginary evil being among Eastern nations, which was supposed to feed upon human bodies. [Written also ghole .] Moore.

GHOULISH Ghoul"ish, a.

Defn: Characteristic of a ghoul; vampirelike; hyenalike.

GHYLL Ghyll, n.

Defn: A ravine. See Gill a woody glen. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Wordsworth.

GIALLOLINO Gial`lo*li"no, n. Etym: [It., from giallo yellow, prob. fr. OHG. gelo, G. gelb; akin to E. yellow.]

Defn: A term variously employed by early writers on art, though commonly designating the yellow oxide of lead, or massicot. Fairholt.

GIAMBEUX Giam"beux, n. pl. Etym: [See Jambeux.]

Defn: Greaves; armor for the legs. [Obs.] Spenser.

GIANT Gi"ant, n. Etym: [OE. giant, geant, geaunt, OF. jaiant, geant, F. géant, L. gigas, fr. Gr. gender, genesis. See Gender, and cf. Gigantic.]

1. A man of extraordinari bulk and stature. Giants of mighty bone and bold emprise. Milton.

2. A person of extraordinary strength or powers, bodily or intellectual.

3. Any animal, plant, or thing, of extraordinary size or power. Giant's Causeway, a vast collection of basaltic pillars, in the county of Antrim on the northern coast of Ireland.

GIANT Gi"ant, a.

Defn: Like a giant; extraordinary in size, strength, or power; as, giant brothers; a giant son. Giant cell. (Anat.) See Myeloplax. -- Giant clam (Zoöl.), a bivalve shell of the genus Tridacna, esp. T. gigas, which sometimes weighs 500 pounds. The shells are sometimes used in churches to contain holy water. -- Giant heron (Zoöl.), a very large African heron (Ardeomega goliath). It is the largest heron known. -- Giant kettle, a pothole of very large dimensions, as found in Norway in connection with glaciers. See Pothole. -- Giant powder. See Nitroglycerin. -- Giant puffball (Bot.), a fungus (Lycoperdon giganteum), edible when young, and when dried used for stanching wounds. -- Giant salamander (Zoöl.), a very large aquatic salamander (Megalobatrachus maximus), found in Japan. It is the largest of living Amphibia, becoming a yard long. -- Giant squid (Zoöl.), one of several species of very large squids, belonging to Architeuthis and allied genera. Some are over forty feet long.

GIANTESS Gi"ant*ess, n.

Defn: A woman of extraordinary size.

GIANTIZE Gi"ant*ize, v. i. Etym: [Cf. F. géantiser.]

Defn: To play the giant. [R.] Sherwood.

GIANTLY Gi"ant*ly, a.

Defn: Appropriate to a giant. [Obs.] Usher.

GIANTRY Gi"ant*ry, n.

Defn: The race of giants. [R.] Cotgrave.

GIANTSHIP Gi"ant*ship, n.

Defn: The state, personality, or character, of a giant; -- a compellation for a giant. His giantship is gone somewhat crestfallen. Milton.

GIAOUR Giaour, n. Etym: [Turk. giaur an infidel, Per. gawr, another form of ghebr fire worshiper. Cf. Kaffir, Gheber .]

Defn: An infidel; -- a term applied by Turks to disbelievers in the Mohammedan religion, especially Christrians. Byron.

GIB Gib, n. Etym: [Abbreviated fr. Gilbert, the name of the cat in the old story of "Reynard the Fox". in the "Romaunt of the Rose", etc.]

Defn: A male cat; a tomcat. [Obs.]

GIB Gib, v. i.

Defn: To act like a cat. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.

GIB Gib, n. Etym: [Etymol. uncertain.]

Defn: A piece or slip of metal or wood, notched or otherwise, in a machine or structure, to hold other parts in place or bind them together, or to afford a bearing surface; -- usually held or adjusted by means of a wedge, key, or screw. Gib and key, or Gib and cotter (Steam Engine), the fixed wedge or gib, and the driving wedge,key, or cotter, used for tightening the strap which holds the brasses at the end of a connecting rod.

GIB Gib, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gibbed; p. pr. & vb. n. Gibbing.]

Defn: To secure or fasten with a gib, or gibs; to provide with a gib, or gibs. Gibbed lathe, an engine lathe in which the tool carriage is held down to the bed by a gib instead of by a weight.

GIB Gib, v. i.

Defn: To balk. See Jib, v. i. Youatt.

GIBARO Gi"ba*ro, n.; pl. Gibaros (#). [Amer. Sp. jíbaro wild.] (Ethnol.)

Defn: The offspring of a Spaniard and an Indian; a Spanish-Indian mestizo. [Sp. Amer.]

GIBBARTAS Gib*bar"tas, n. Etym: [Cf. Ar. jebbar giant; or L. gibber humpbacked: cf. F. gibbar.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: One of several finback whales of the North Atlantic; -- called also Jupiter whale. [Written also jubartas, gubertas, dubertus.]

GIBBER Gib"ber, n. Etym: [From Gib to balk.]

Defn: A balky horse. Youatt.

GIBBER Gib"ber, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gibbered; p. pr. & vb. n. Gibbering.] Etym: [Akin to jabber, and gabble.]

Defn: To speak rapidly and inarticulately. Shak.

GIBBERISH Gib"ber*ish, n. Etym: [From Gibber, v. i.]

Defn: Rapid and inarticulate talk; unintelligible language; unmeaning words; jargon. He, like a gypsy, oftentimes would go; All kinds of gibberish he had learnt to known. Drayton. Such gibberish as children may be heard amusing themselves with. Hawthorne.

GIBBERISH Gib"ber*ish, a.

Defn: Unmeaning; as, gibberish language.

GIBBET Gib"bet, n. Etym: [OE. gibet, F. gibet, in OF. also club, fr. LL. gibetum;; cf. OF. gibe sort of sickle or hook, It. giubbetto gibbet, and giubbetta, dim. of giubba mane, also, an under waistcoat, doublet, Prov. It. gibba (cf. Jupon); so that it perhaps originally signified a halter, a rope round the neck of malefactors; or it is, perhaps, derived fr. L. gibbus hunched, humped, E. gibbous; or cf. E. jib a sail.]

1. A kind of gallows; an upright post with an arm projecting from the top, on which, formerly, malefactors were hanged in chains, and their bodies allowed to remain asa warning.

2. The projecting arm of a crane, from which the load is suspended; the jib.

GIBBET Gib"bet, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gibbeted; p. pr. & vb. n. Gibbeting.]

1. To hang and expose on a gibbet.

2. To expose to infamy; to blacken. I'll gibbet up his name. Oldham.

GIBBIER Gib"bier, n. Etym: [F. gibier.]

Defn: Wild fowl; game. [Obs.] Addison.

GIBBON Gib"bon, n. Etym: [Cf. F. gibbon.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: Any arboreal ape of the genus Hylobates, of which many species and varieties inhabit the East Indies and Southern Asia. They are tailless and without cheek pouches, and have very long arms, adapted for climbing.

Note: The white-handed gibbon (Hylobates lar), the crowned (H. pilatus), the wou-wou or singing gibbon (H. agilis), the siamang, and the hoolock. are the most common species.

GIB BOOM Gib" boom`.

Defn: See Jib boom.

GIBBOSE Gib*bose", a. Etym: [L. gibbosus, fr. gibbus, gibba, hunch, hump. Cf. Gibbous.]

Defn: Humped; protuberant; -- said of a surface which presents one or more large elevations. Brande & C.

GIBBOSTITY Gib*bost"i*ty, n. Etym: [Cf. F. gibbosité.]

Defn: The state of being gibbous or gibbose; gibbousness.

GIBBOUS Gib"bous, a. Etym: [Cf. F. gibbeux. See Gibbose.]

1. Swelling by a regular curve or surface; protuberant; convex; as, the moon is gibbous between the half-moon and the full moon. The bones will rise, and make a gibbous member. Wiseman.

2. Hunched; hump-backed. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne. -- Gib"bous*ly, adv. -- Gib"bous*ness, n.

GIBBSITE Gibbs"ite, n. Etym: [Named after George Gibbs.] (Min.)

Defn: A hydrate of alumina.

GIB-CAT Gib"-cat`, n.

Defn: A male cat, esp. an old one. See lst Gib. n. [Obs.] Shak.

GIBE Gibe, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gibed; p. pr. & vb. n. Gibing.] Etym: [Cf. Prov. F. giber, equiv. to F. jouer to play, Icel. geipa to talk nonsense, E. jabber.]

Defn: To cast reproaches and sneering expressions; to rail; to utter taunting, sarcastic words; to flout; to fleer; to scoff. Fleer and gibe, and laugh and flout. Swift.

GIBE Gibe, v. i.

Defn: To reproach with contemptuous words; to deride; to scoff at; to mock. Draw the beasts as I describe them, From their features, while I gibe them. Swift.

GIBE Gibe, n.

Defn: An expression of sarcastic scorn; a sarcastic jest; a scoff; a taunt; a sneer. Mark the fleers, the gibes, and notable scorns. Shak. With solemn gibe did Eustace banter me. Tennyson.

GIBEL Gib"el, n. Etym: [G. gibel, giebel.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: A kind of carp (Cyprinus gibelio); -- called also Prussian carp.

GIBER Gib"er n.

Defn: One who utters gibes. B. Jonson.

GIBFISH Gib"fish`, n.

Defn: The male of the salmon. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.

GIBINGLY Gib"ing*ly, adv.

Defn: In a gibing manner; scornfully.

GIBLET Gib"let, a.

Defn: Made of giblets; as, a giblet pie.

GIBLETS Gib"lets, n. pl. Etym: [OE. gibelet, OF. gibelet game: cf. F. gibelotte stewed rabbit. Cf. Gibbier.]

Defn: The inmeats, or edible viscera (heart, gizzard, liver, etc.), of poultry.

GIBRALTAR Gi*bral"tar, n.

1. A strongly fortified town on the south coast of Spain, held by the British since 1704; hence, an impregnable stronghold.

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

GIBSTAFF Gib"staff`, n. Etym: [Prov. E. gib a hooked stick + E. staff.]

1. A staff to guage water, or to push a boat.

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

GID Gid, n. Etym: [Cf. Giddy, a.]

Defn: A disease of sheep, characterized by vertigo; the staggers. It is caused by the presence of the CC.

GIDDILY Gid"di*ly, adv.

Defn: In a giddy manner.

GIDDINESS Gid"di*ness, n.

Defn: The quality or state of being giddy.

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

1. Having in the head a sensation of whirling or reeling about; having lost the power of preserving the balance of the body, and therefore wavering and inclined to fall; lightheaded; dizzy. By giddy head and staggering legs betrayed. Tate.

2. Promoting or inducing giddiness; as, a giddy height; a giddy precipice. Prior. Upon the giddy footing of the hatches. Shak.

3. Bewildering on account of rapid turning; running round with celerity; gyratory; whirling. The giddy motion of the whirling mill. Pope.

4. Characterized by inconstancy; unstable; changeable; fickle; wild; thoughtless; heedless. "Giddy, foolish hours." Rowe. "Giddy chance." Dryden. Young heads are giddy and young hearts are warm. Cowper.

GIDDY Gid"dy, v. i.

Defn: To reel; to whirl. Chapman.

GIDDY Gid"dy, v. t.

Defn: To make dizzy or unsteady. [Obs.]

GIDDY-HEAD Gid"dy-head`, n.

Defn: A person without thought fulness, prudence, or judgment. [Colloq.] Burton.

GIDDY-HEADED Gid"dy-head`ed, a.

Defn: Thoughtless; unsteady.

GIDDY-PACED Gid"dy-paced`, a.

Defn: Moving irregularly; flighty; fickle. [R.] Shak.

GIE Gie, v. t.

Defn: To guide. See Gye . [Obs.] Chaucer.

GIE Gie, v. t.

Defn: To give. [Scot.] Burns.

GIER-EAGLE Gier"-ea`gle, n. Etym: [Cf. D. gier vulture, G. gier, and E. gyrfalcon.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: A bird referred to in the Bible (Lev. xi. 18and Deut. xiv. 17) as unclean, probably the Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus).

GIER-FALCON Gier"-fal`con, n. Etym: [Cf. Gier-eagle, Gyrfalcon.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: The gyrfalcon.

GIESECKITE Gie"seck*ite, n. Etym: [Named after Karl Giesecke.] (Min.)

Defn: A mineral occurring in greenish gray six-sided prisms, having a greasy luster. It is probably a pseudomorph after elæolite.

GIF Gif, conj. Etym: [AS. See If.]

Defn: If. [Obs.]

Note: Gif is the old form of if, and frequently occurs in the earlier English writers. See If.

GIFFARD INJECTOR Gif"fard in*ject"or. (Mach.)

Defn: See under Injector.

GIFFGAFF Giff"gaff, n. Etym: [Reduplicated fr. give.]

Defn: Mutial accommodation; mutual giving. [Scot.]

GIFFY Gif"fy, n. [Obs.]

Defn: See Jiffy.

GIFT Gift, n. Etym: [OE. gift, yift, yeft, AS. gift, fr. gifan to give; akin to D. & G. gift, Icel. gift, gipt, Goth. gifts (in comp.). See Give, v. t.]

1. Anything given; anything voluntarily transferred by one person to another without compensation; a present; an offering. Shall I receive by gift, what of my own, . . . I can command Milton.

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

3. A bribe; anything given to corrupt. Neither take a gift, for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise. Deut. xvi. 19.

4. Some quality or endowment given to man by God; a preëminent and special talent or aptitude; power; faculty; as, the gift of wit; a gift for speaking.

5. (Law)

Defn: A voluntary transfer of real or personal property, without any consideration. It can be perfected only by deed, or in case of personal property, by an actual delivery of possession. Bouvier. Burrill. Gift rope (Naut), a rope extended to a boat for towing it; a guest rope.

Syn. -- Present; donation; grant; largess; benefaction; boon; bounty; gratuity; endowment; talent; faculty. -- Gift, Present, Donation. These words, as here compared, denote something gratuitously imparted to another out of one's property. A gift is something given whether by a superior or an inferior, and is usually designed for the relief or benefit of him who receives it. A present is ordinarly from an equal or inferior, and is always intended as a compliment or expression of kindness. Donation is a word of more dignity, denoting, properly, a gift of considerable value, and ordinarly a gift made either to some public institution, or to an individual on account of his services to the public; as, a donation to a hospital, a charitable society, or a minister.

GIFT Gift, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gifted; p. pr. & vb. n. Gifting.]

Defn: To endow with some power or faculty. He was gifted . . . with philosophical sagacity. I. Taylor.

GIFTEDNESS Gift"ed*ness, n.

Defn: The state of being gifted. Echard.

GIG Gig, n. Etym: [Cf. OF. gigue. See Jig, n.]

Defn: A fiddle. [Obs.]

GIG Gig, v. t. Etym: [Prob. fr. L. gignere to beget.]

Defn: To engender. [Obs.] Dryden.

GIG Gig, n.

Defn: A kind of spear or harpoon. See Fishgig.

GIG Gig, v. t.

Defn: To fish with a gig.

GIG Gig, n. Etym: [OE. gigge. Cf. Giglot.]

Defn: A playful or wanton girl; a giglot.

GIG Gig, n. Etym: [Cf. Icel. g fiddle, MHG. g, G. geige, Icel. geiga to take a wrong direction, rove at random, and E. jig.]

1. A top or whirligig; any little thing that is whirled round in play. Thou disputest like an infant; go, whip thy gig. Shak.

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

3. (Naut.)

Defn: A long, light rowboat, generally clinkerbuilt, and designed to be fast; a boat appropriated to the use of the commanding officer; as, the captain's gig.

4. (Mach.)

Defn: A rotatory cylinder, covered with wire teeth or teasels, for teaseling woolen cloth. Gig machine, Gigging machine, Gig mill, or Napping machine. See Gig, 4. -- Gig saw. See Jig saw.

GIGANTEAN Gi`gan*te"an, a. Etym: [L. giganteus, fr. gigas, antis. See Giant.]

Defn: Like a giant; mighty; gigantic. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.

GIGANTESQUE Gi`gan*tesque", a. Etym: [F.]

Defn: Befitting a giant; bombastic; magniloquent. The sort of mock-heroic gigantesque With which we bantered little Lilia first. Tennyson.

GIGANTIC Gi*gan"tic, a. Etym: [L. gigas, -antis, giant. See Giant.]

1. Of extraordinary size; like a giant.

2. Such as a giant might use, make, or cause; immense; tremendous; extraordinarly; as, gigantic deeds; gigantic wickedness. Milton. When descends on the Atlantic The gigantic Strom wind of the equinox. Longfellow.

GIGANTICAL Gi*gan"tic*al, a.

Defn: Bulky, big. [Obs.] Burton. -- Gi*gan"tic*al*ly, adv.

GIGANTICIDE Gi*gan"ti*cide, n. Etym: [. gigas, -antis, giant + caedere to kill.]

Defn: The act of killing, or one who kills, a giant. Hallam.

GIGANTINE Gi*gan"tine, a.

Defn: Gigantic. [Obs.] Bullokar.

GIGANTOLOGY Gi`gan*tol"og*y, n. Etym: [Gr. -logy: cf. F. gigantologie.]

Defn: An account or description of giants.

GIGANTOMACHY Gi`gan*tom"a*chy, n. Etym: [L. gigantoma, fr. Gr. gigantomachie.]

Defn: A war of giants; especially, the fabulous war of the giants against heaven.

GIGE; GUIGE Gige, Guige, n. Etym: [OF. guide, guiche.] (Anc. Armor)

Defn: The leather strap by which the shield of a knight was slung across the shoulder, or across the neck and shoulder. Meyrick (Ancient Armor).

GIGERIUM Gi*ge"ri*um, n.; pl. Gigeria. Etym: [NL., fr. L. gigeria, pl., the cooked entrails of poultry.] (Anat.)

Defn: The muscular stomach, or gizzard, of birds.

GIGGET Gig"get, n.

Defn: Same as Gigot. Cut the slaves to giggets. Beau. & Fl.

GIGGLE Gig"gle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Giggled; p. pr. & vb. n. Giggling.] Etym: [Akin to gaggle: cf. OD. ghichelen, G. kichern.]

Defn: To laugh with short catches of the breath or voice; to laugh in a light, affected, or silly manner; to titter with childish levity. Giggling and laughing with all their might At the piteous hap of the fairy wight. J. R. Drake.

GIGGLE Gig"gle, n.

Defn: A kind of laugh, with short catches of the voice or breath; a light, silly laugh.

GIGGLER Gig"gler, n.

Defn: One who giggles or titters.

GIGGLY Gig"gly, a.

Defn: Prone to giggling. Carlyle.

GIGGOT Gig"got, n.

Defn: See Gigot. [Obs.] Chapman.

GIGGYNG Gig"gyng, n. Etym: [See Gige.]

Defn: The act of fastending the gige or leather strap to the shield. [Obs.] "Gigging of shields." Chaucer.

GIGLOT; GIGLET Gig"lot, Gig"let, n. Etym: [Cf. Icel. gikkr a pert, rude person, Dan. giek a fool, silly man, AS. gagol, gægl, lascivious, wanton, MHG. gogel wanton, giege fool, and E. gig a wanton person.]

Defn: A wanton; a lascivious or light, giddy girl. [Obs.] The giglet is willful, and is running upon her fate. Sir W. Scott.

GIGLOT Gig"lot, a.

Defn: Giddi; light; inconstant; wanton. [Obs.] "O giglot fortune!" Shak.

GIGOT; GIGGOT Gig"ot, Gig"got (, n. Etym: [F., fr. OF. gigue fiddle; -- on account of the resemblance in shape. See Jig, n.]

1. A leg of mutton.

2. A small piece of flesh; a slice. [Obs.] The rest in giggots cut, they spit. Chapman.

GIGUE Gigue (zheg), n. [F.]

Defn: A piece of lively dance music, in two strains which are repeated; also, the dance.

GILA MONSTER Gi"la mon"ster. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A large tuberculated lizard (Heloderma suspectum) native of the dry plains of Arizona, New Mexico, etc. It is the only lizard known to have venomous teeth.

GILD Gild, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gilded or Gilt (p. pr. & vb. n. Gilding.] Etym: [AS. gyldan, from gold gold. sq. root234. See Gold.]

1. To overlay with a thin covering of gold; to cover with a golden color; to cause to look like gold. "Gilded chariots." Pope. No more the rising sun shall gild the morn. Pope.

2. To make attractive; to adorn; to brighten. Let oft good humor, mild and gay, Gild the calm evening of your day. Trumbull.

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

4. To make red with drinking. [Obs.] This grand liquior that hath gilded them. Shak.

GILDALE Gild"ale`, n. Etym: [AS. gilgan to pay + E. ale. See Yield, v. t., and Ale.]

Defn: A drinking bout in which every one pays an equal share. [Obs.]

GILDEN Gild"en, a.

Defn: Gilded. Holland.

GILDER Gild"er, n.

Defn: One who gilds; one whose occupation is to overlay with gold.

GILDER Gil"der, n.

Defn: A Dutch coin. See Guilder.

GILDING Gild"ing, n.

1. The art or practice of overlaying or covering with gold leaf; also, a thin coating or wash of gold, or of that which resembles gold.

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

3. Any superficial coating or appearance, as opposed to what is solid and genuine. Gilding metal, a tough kind of sheet brass from which cartridge shells are made.

GILE Gile, n. Etym: [See Guile.]

Defn: Guile. [Obs.] Chaucer.

GILL Gill, n. Etym: [Dan. giælle, gelle; akin to Sw. gäl, Icel. gjölnar gills; cf. AS. geagl, geahl, jaw.]

1. (Anat.)

Defn: An organ for aquatic respiration; a branchia. Fishes perform respiration under water by the gills. Ray.

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

2. pl. (Bot.)

Defn: The radiating, gill-shaped plates forming the under surface of a mushroom.

3. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The fleshy flap that hangs below the beak of a fowl; a wattle.

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

5. (Spinning)

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

GILL Gill, n. Etym: [Etymol. uncertain.]

Defn: A two-wheeled frame for transporting timber. [Prov. Eng.]

GILL Gill, n.

Defn: A leech. [Also gell.] [Scot.] Jameison.

GILL Gill, n. Etym: [Icel. gil.]

Defn: A woody glen; a narrow valley containing a stream. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

GILL Gill, n. Etym: [OF. gille, gelle, a sort of measure for wine, LL. gillo, gello., Cf. Gallon.]

Defn: A measure of capacity, containing one fourth of a pint.

GILL Gill, n. Etym: [Abbrev. from Gillian.]

1. A young woman; a sweetheart; a flirting or wanton girl. "Each Jack with his Gill." B. Jonson.

2. (Bot.)

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

3. Malt liquor medicated with ground ivy. Gill ale. (a) Ale flavored with ground ivy. (b) (Bot.) Alehoof.

GILL-FLIRT Gill"-flirt`, n.

Defn: A thoughtless, giddy girl; a flirt-gill. Sir W. Scott.

GILLHOUSE Gill"house`, n.

Defn: A shop where gill is sold. Thee shall each alehouse, thee each gillhouse mourn. Pope.

GILLIAN Gil"li*an, n. Etym: [OE. Gillian, a woman's name, for Julian, Juliana. Cf. Gill a girl.]

Defn: A girl; esp., a wanton; a gill. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.

GILLIE; GILLY Gil"lie Gil"ly, n. Etym: [Gael. gille, giolla, boy, lad.]

Defn: A boy or young man; a manservant; a male attendant, in the Scottish Highlands. Sir W. Scott.

GILLYFLOWER Gil"ly*flow`er, n. Etym: [OE. gilofre, gilofer, clove, OF. girofre, girofle, F. girofle: cf. F. giroflée gillyflower, fr. girofle, Gr. foliage. Cf. Caryophyllus, July-flower.] (Bot.)

1. A name given by old writers to the clove pink (Dianthus Caryophyllus) but now to the common stock (Matthiola incana), a cruciferous plant with showy and fragrant blossoms, usually purplish, but often pink or white.

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

GILOUR Gil"our, n. Etym: [OF.]

Defn: A guiler; deceiver. [Obs.]

GILSE Gilse, n. Etym: [W. gleisiad, fr. glas blue.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: See Grilse.

GILT Gilt, n. Etym: [See Geld, v. t.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: A female pig, when young.

GILT Gilt,

Defn: imp. & p. p. of Gild.

GILT Gilt, p. p. & a.

Defn: Gilded; covered with gold; of the color of gold; golden yellow. "Gilt hair" Chaucer.

GILT Gilt, n.

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

2. Money. [Obs.] "The gilt of France." Shak.

GILT-EDGE; GILT-EDGED Gilt"-edge`, Gilt"-edged`, a.

1. Having a gilt edge; as, gilt-edged paper.

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

GILTHEAD Gilt"head`, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A marine fish. The name is applied to two species: (a) The Pagrus, or Chrysophrys, auratus, a valuable food fish common in the Mediterranean (so named from its golden-colored head); -- called also giltpoll. (b) The Crenilabrus melops, of the British coasts; -- called also golden maid, conner, sea partridge.

GILTIF Gilt"if, a. Etym: [For gilti, by confusion with -if, -ive, in French forms. See Guilty.]

Defn: Guilty. [Obs.] Chaucer.

GILTTAIL Gilt"tail`, n.

Defn: A yellow-tailed worm or larva.

GIM Gim, a. Etym: [Cf. Gimp, a.]

Defn: Neat; spruce. [Prov.]

GIMBAL; GIMBALS Gim"bal, or; Gim"bals (, n. Etym: [See Gimmal, n.]

Defn: A contrivance for permitting a body to incline freely in all directions, or for suspending anything, as a barometer, ship's compass, chronometer, etc., so that it will remain plumb, or level, when its support is tipped, as by the rolling of a ship. It consists of a ring in which the body can turn on an axis through a diameter of the ring, while the ring itself is so pivoted to its support that it can turn about a diameter at right angles to the first. Gimbal joint (Mach.), a universal joint embodying the principle of the gimbal. -- Gimbal ring, a single gimbal, as that by which the cockeye of the upper millstone is supported on the spindle.

GIMBLET Gim"blet, n. & v.

Defn: See Gimlet.

GIMCRACK Gim"crack`, n. Etym: [OE., a spruce and pert pretender, also, a spruce girl, prob. fr. gim + crack lad, boaster.]

Defn: A trivial mechanism; a device; a toy; a pretty thing. Arbuthnot.

GIMLET Gim"let, n. [Also written and pronounced gimbled (] Etym: [OF. guimbelet, guibelet, F. gibelet, prob. fr. OD. wimpel, weme, a bore, wemelen to bore, to wimble. See Wimble, n.]

Defn: A small tool for boring holes. It has a leading screw, a grooved body, and a cross handle. Gimlet eye, a squint-eye. [Colloq.] Wright.

GIMLET Gim"let, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gimleted; p. pr. & vb. n. Gimleting.]

1. To pierce or make with a gimlet.

2. (Naut.)

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

GIMMAL Gim"mal, n. Etym: [Prob. the same word as gemel. See Gemel, and cf. Gimbal.]

1. Joined work whose parts move within each other; a pair or series of interlocked rings.

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

GIMMAL Gim"mal, a.

Defn: Made or consisting of interlocked rings, gimmal mail. In their pale dull mouths the gimmal bit Lies foul with chewed grass. Shak. Gimmal joint. See Gimbal joint, under Gimbal.

GIMMER; GIMMOR Gim"mer, Gim"mor (, n. Etym: [Cf. Gimmal, n.]

Defn: A piece of mechanism; mechanical device or contrivance; a gimcrack. [Obs.] Bp. Hall. Shak.

GIMP Gimp, a. Etym: [W. gwymp fair, neat, comely.]

Defn: Smart; spruce; trim; nice. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

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

Defn: A narrow ornamental fabric of silk, woolen, or cotton, often with a metallic wire, or sometimes a coarse cord, running through it; -- used as trimming for dresses, furniture, etc. Gimp nail, an upholsterer's small nail.

GIMP Gimp, v. t.

Defn: To notch; to indent; to jag.

GIN Gin, prep. Etym: [AS. geán. See Again.]

Defn: Against; near by; towards; as, gin night. [Scot.] A. Ross (1778).

GIN Gin, conj. Etym: [See Gin, prep.]

Defn: If. [Scotch] Jamieson.

GIN Gin, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gan, Gon (Gun (p. pr. & vb. n. Ginning.] Etym: [OE. ginnen, AS. ginnan (in comp.), prob. orig., to open, cut open, cf. OHG. inginnan to begin, open, cut open, and prob. akin to AS. ginan to yawn, and E. yawn. Yawn, v. i., and cf. Begin.]

Defn: To begin; -- often followed by an infinitive without to; as, gan tell. See Gan. [Obs. or Archaic] "He gan to pray." Chaucer.

GIN Gin, n. Etym: [Contr. from Geneva. See 2d Geneva.]

Defn: A strong alcoholic liquor, distilled from rye and barley, and flavored with juniper berries; -- also called Hollands and Holland gin, because originally, and still very extensively, manufactured in Holland. Common gin is usually flavored with turpentine.

GIN Gin, n. Etym: [A contraction of engine.]

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

2. (a) A machine for raising or moving heavy weights, consisting of a tripod formed of poles united at the top, with a windlass, pulleys, ropes, etc. (b) (Mining) A hoisting drum, usually vertical; a whim.

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

Note: The name is also given to an instrument of torture worked with screws, and to a pump moved by rotary sails. Gin block, a simple form of tackle block, having one wheel, over which a rope runs; -- called also whip gin, rubbish pulley, and monkey wheel. -- Gin power, a form of horse power for driving a cotton gin. -- Gin race, or Gin ring, the path of the horse when putting a gin in motion. Halliwell. -- Gin saw, a saw used in a cotton gin for drawing the fibers through the grid, leaving the seed in the hopper. -- Gin wheel. (a) In a cotton gin, a wheel for drawing the fiber through the grid; a brush wheel to clean away the lint. (b) (Mining) the drum of a whim.

GIN Gin, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ginned; p. pr. & vb. n. Ginning.]

1. To catch in a trap. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.

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

GING Ging, n.

Defn: Same as Gang, n., 2. [Obs.] There is a knot, a ging, a pack, a conspiracy against me. Shak.

GINGAL Gin*gal", n.

Defn: See Jingal.

GINGER Gin"ger, n. Etym: [OE. ginger, gingever, gingivere, OF. gengibre, gingimbre, F. gingembre, L. zingiber, zingiberi, fr. Gr. zenjebil, fr. Skr. , prop., hornshaped; horn + vëra body.]

1. (Bot.)

Defn: A plant of the genus Zingiber, of the East and West Indies. The species most known is Z. officinale.

2. The hot and spicy rootstock of Zingiber officinale, which is much used in cookery and in medicine. Ginger beer or ale, a mild beer impregnated with ginger. -- Ginger cordial, a liquor made from ginger, raisins, lemon rind, and water, and sometimes whisky or brandy. -- Ginger pop. See Ginger beer (above). -- Ginger wine, wine impregnated with ginger. -- Wild ginger (Bot.), an American herb (Asarum Canadense) with two reniform leaves and a long, cordlike rootstock which has a strong taste of ginger.

GINGERBREAD Gin"ger*bread`, n.

Defn: A kind of plain sweet cake seasoned with ginger, and sometimes made in fanciful shapes. "Gingerbread that was full fine." Chaucer. Gingerbread tree (Bot.), the doom palm; -- so called from the resemblance of its fruit to gingerbread. See Doom Palm. -- Gingerbread work, ornamentation, in architecture or decoration, of a fantastic, trivial, or tawdry character.

GINGERLY Gin"ger*ly, adv. Etym: [Prov. E. ginger brittle, tender; cf. dial. Sw. gingla, gängla, to go gently, totter, akin to E. gang.]

Defn: Cautiously; timidly; fastidiously; daintily. What is't that you took up so gingerly Shak.

GINGERNESS Gin"ger*ness, n.

Defn: Cautiousness; tenderness.

GINGHAM Ging"ham, n. Etym: [F. guingan; cf. Jav. ginggang; or perh. fr. Guingamp, in France.]

Defn: A kind of cotton or linen cloth, usually in stripes or checks, the yarn of which is dyed before it is woven; -- distinguished from printed cotton or prints.

GINGING Ging"ing, n. (Mining)

Defn: The lining of a mine shaft with stones or bricks to prevent caving.

GINGIVAL Gin"gi*val, a. Etym: [L. gingiva the gum.]

Defn: Of or pertaining to the gums. Holder.

GINGLE Gin"gle, n. & v. [Obs.]

Defn: See Jingle.

GINGLYFORM Gin"gly*form, a. (Anat.)

Defn: Ginglymoid.

GINGLYMODI Gin`gly*mo"di, n. Etym: [NL.; cf. Gr. Ginglymoid.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: An order of ganoid fishes, including the modern gar pikes and many allied fossil forms. They have rhombic, ganoid scales, a heterocercal tail, paired fins without an axis, fulcra on the fins, and a bony skeleton, with the vertebræ convex in front and concave behind, forming a ball and socket joint. See Ganoidel.

GINGLYMOID; GINGLYMOIDAL Gin"gly*moid, Gin`gly*moid"al, a. Etym: [Gr. ginglymoide, ginglymoïdal.] (Anat.)

Defn: Pertaining to, or resembling, a ginglymus, or hinge joint; ginglyform.

GINGLYMUS Gin"gly*mus, n.; pl. Ginglymi. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Anat.)

Defn: A hinge joint; an articulation, admitting of flexion and extension, or motion in two directions only, as the elbow and the ankle.

GINHOUSE Gin"house`, n.

Defn: A building where cotton is ginned.

GINKGO Gink"go, n.; pl. Ginkgoes. Etym: [Chin., silver fruit.] (Bot.)

Defn: A large ornamental tree (Ginkgo biloba) from China and Japan, belonging to the Yew suborder of Coniferæ. Its leaves are so like those of some maidenhair ferns, that it is also called the maidenhair tree.

GINNEE Gin"nee, n.; pl. Ginn (.

Defn: See Jinnee.

GINNET Gin"net, n.

Defn: See Genet, a horse.

GINNING Gin"ning, n. Etym: [See Gin, v. i.]

Defn: Beginning. [Obs.] Chaucer.

GINNY-CARRIAGE Gin"ny-car`riage (, n.

Defn: A small, strong carriage for conveying materials on a railroad. [Eng.]

GINSENG Gin"seng, n. Etym: [Chinese.] (Bot.)

Defn: A plant of the genus Aralia, the root of which is highly valued as a medicine among the Chinese. The Chinese plant (Aralia Schinseng) has become so rare that the American (A. quinquefolia) has largely taken its place, and its root is now an article of export from America to China. The root, when dry, is of a yellowish white color, with a sweetness in the taste somewhat resembling that of licorice, combined with a slight aromatic bitterness.

GINSHOP Gin"shop`, n.

Defn: A shop or barroom where gin is sold as a beverage. [Colloq.]

GIP Gip, v. t.

Defn: To take out the entrails of (herrings).

GIP Gip, n.

Defn: A servant. See Gyp. Sir W. Scott.

GIPOUN Gi*poun", n. Etym: [See Jupon.]

Defn: A short cassock. [Written also gepoun, gypoun, jupon, juppon.] [Obs.]

GIPSER; GIPSIRE Gip"ser, Gip"sire, n. Etym: [F. gibecière a game pouch or game pocket. Cf. Gibbier.]

Defn: A kind of pouch formerly worn at the girdle. Ld. Lytton. A gipser all of silk, Hung at his girdle, white as morné milk. Chaucer.

GIPSY Gip"sy, n. a..

Defn: See Gypsy.

GIPSYISM Gip"sy*ism, n.

Defn: See Gypsyism.

GIRAFFE Gi*raffe", n. Etym: [F. girafe, Sp. girafa, from Ar. zurafa, zarafa.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: An African ruminant (Camelopardalis giraffa) related to the deers and antelopes, but placed in a family by itself; the camelopard. It is the tallest of animals, being sometimes twenty feet from the hoofs to the top of the head. Its neck is very long, and its fore legs are much longer than its hind legs.

GIRANDOLE Gir"an*dole, n. Etym: [F. See Gyrate.]

1. An ornamental branched candlestick.

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

3. (Pyrotechny)

Defn: A kind of revolving firework.

4. (Fort.)

Defn: A series of chambers in defensive mines. Farrow.

GIRASOLE; GIRASOL Gir"a*sole Gir"a*sol, n. Etym: [It. girasole, or F. girasol, fr. L. gyrare to turn around + sol sun.]

1. (Bot.)

Defn: See Heliotrope. [Obs.]

2. (Min.)

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

GIRD Gird, n. Etym: [See Yard a measure.]

1. A stroke with a rod or switch; a severe spasm; a twinge; a pang. Conscience . . . is freed from many fearful girds and twinges which the atheist feels. Tillotson.

2. A cut; a sarcastic remark; a gibe; a sneer. I thank thee for that gird, good Tranio. Shak.

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

1. To strike; to smite. [Obs.] To slay him and to girden off his head. Chaucer.

2. To sneer at; to mock; to gibe. Being moved, he will not spare to gird the gods. Shak.

GIRD Gird, v. i.

Defn: To gibe; to sneer; to break a scornful jest; to utter severe sarcasms. Men of all sorts take a pride to gird at me. Shak.

GIRD Gird, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Girt or Girded; p. pr. & vb. n. Girding.] Etym: [OE. girden, gurden, AS. gyrdan; akin to OS. gurdian, D. gorden, OHG. gurten, G. gürten, Icel. gyr, Sw. gjorda, Dan. giorde, Goth. bigaírdan to begird, and prob. to E. yard an inclosure. Cf. Girth, n. & v., Girt, v. t.]

1. To encircle or bind with any flexible band.

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

3. To surround; to encircle, or encompass. That Nyseian isle, Girt with the River Triton. Milton.

4. To clothe; to swathe; to invest. I girded thee about with fine linen. Ezek. xvi. 10. The Son . . . appeared Girt with omnipotence. Milton.

5. To prepare; to make ready; to equip; as, to gird one's self for a contest. Thou hast girded me with strength. Ps. xviii. 39. To gird on, to put on; to fasten around or to one securely, like a girdle; as, to gird on armor or a sword. Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off. 1 Kings xx. 11. -- To gird up, to bind tightly with a girdle; to support and strengthen, as with a girdle. He girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab. 1 Kings xviii. 46. Gird up the loins of your mind. 1 Pet. i. 13. -- Girt up; prepared or equipped, as for a journey or for work, in allusion to the ancient custom of gathering the long flowing garments into the girdle and tightening it before any exertion; hence, adjectively, eagerly or constantly active; strenuous; striving. "A severer, more girt-up way of living." J. C. Shairp.

GIRDER Gird"er, n. Etym: [From Gird to sneer at.]

Defn: One who girds; a satirist.

GIRDER Gird"er, n. Etym: [From Gird to encircle.]

1. One who, or that which, girds.

2. (Arch. & Engin.)

Defn: A main beam; a stright, horizontal beam to span an opening or carry weight, such as ends of floor beams, etc.; hence, a framed or built-up member discharging the same office, technically called a compound girder. See Illusts. of Frame, and Doubleframed floor, under Double. Bowstring girder, Box girder, etc. See under Bowstring, Box, etc. -- Girder bridge. See under Bridge. -- Lattice girder, a girder consisting of longitudinal bars united by diagonal crossing bars. -- Half-lattice girder, a girder consisting of horizontal upper and lower bars connected by a series of diagonal bars sloping alternately in opposite directions so as to divide the space between the bars into a series of triangles. Knight. -- Sandwich girder, a girder consisting of two parallel wooden beams, between which is an iron plate, the whole clamped together by iron bolts.

GIRDING Gird"ing, n.

Defn: That with which one is girded; a girdle. Instead of a stomacher, a girding of sackcloth. Is. iii. 24.

GIRDLE Gir"dle, n.

Defn: A griddle. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]

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

1. That which girds, encircles, or incloses; a circumference; a belt; esp., a belt, sash, or article of dress encircling the body usually at the waist; a cestus. Within the girdle of these walls. Shak. Their breasts girded with golden girdles. Rev. xv. 6.

2. The zodiac; also, the equator. [Poetic] Bacon. From the world's girdle to the frozen pole. Cowper. That gems the starry girdle of the year. Campbell.

3. (Jewelry)

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

4. (Mining)

Defn: A thin bed or stratum of stone. Raymond.

5. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The clitellus of an earthworm. Girdle bone (Anat.), the sphenethmoid. See under Sphenethmoid. -- Girdle wheel, a spinning wheel. -- Sea girdle (Zoöl.), a ctenophore. See Venus's girdle, under Venus. -- Shoulder, Pectoral, and Pelvic, girdle. (Anat.) See under Pectoral, and Pelvic. -- To have under the girdle, to have bound to one, that is, in subjection.

GIRDLE Gir"dle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Girdled; p. pr. & vb. n. Girdling.]

1. To bind with a belt or sash; to gird. Shak.

2. To inclose; to environ; to shut in. Those sleeping stones, That as a waist doth girdle you about. Shak.

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

GIRDLER Gir"dler, n.

1. One who girdles.

2. A maker of girdles.

3. (Zoöl.)

Defn: An American longicorn beetle (Oncideres cingulatus) which lays its eggs in the twigs of the hickory, and then girdles each branch by gnawing a groove around it, thus killing it to provide suitable food for the larvæ.

GIRDLESTEAD Gir"dle*stead, n. Etym: [Girdle + stead place.]

1. That part of the body where the girdle is worn. [Obs.] Sheathed, beneath his girdlestead. Chapman.

2. The lap. [R.] There fell a flower into her girdlestead. Swinburne.

GIRE Gire, n. [Obs.]

Defn: See Gyre.

GIRKIN Gir"kin, n. [Obs.]

Defn: See Gherkin.

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

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

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

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

4. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A roebuck two years old. [Prov. Eng.]

GIRLHOOD Girl"hood, n.

Defn: State or time of being a girl.

GIRLISH Girl"ish, a.

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

GIRLOND Gir"lond, n. Etym: [See Garland, n.]

Defn: A garland; a prize. [Obs.] Chapman.

GIRN Girn, v. i. Etym: [See Grin, n.]

Defn: To grin. [Obs.]

GIRONDIST Gi*ron"dist, n. Etym: [F. Girondiste.]

Defn: A member of the moderate republican party formed in the French legislative assembly in 1791. The Girondists were so called because their leaders were deputies from the department of La Gironde.

GIRONDIST Gi*ron"dist, a.

Defn: Of or pertaining to the Girondists. [Written also Girondin.]

GIRROCK Gir"rock, n. Etym: [Cf. Prov. F. chicarou.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: A garfish. Johnson.

GIRT Girt,

Defn: imp. & p. p. of Gird.

GIRT Girt, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Girted; p. pr. & vb. n. Girting.] Etym: [From Girt, n., cf. Girth, v.]

Defn: To gird; to encircle; to invest by means of a girdle; to measure the girth of; as, to girt a tree. We here create thee the first duke of Suffolk, And girt thee with the sword. Shak.

GIRT Girt, a. (Naut.)

Defn: Bound by a cable; -- used of a vessel so moored by two anchors that she swings against one of the cables by force of the current or tide.

GIRT Girt, n.

Defn: Same as Girth.

GIRTH Girth, n. Etym: [Icel. gjör girdle, or ger girth; akin to Goth. gaírda girdle. See Gird to girt, and cf. Girdle, n.]

1. A band or strap which encircles the body; especially, one by which a saddle is fastened upon the back of a horse.

2. The measure round the body, as at the waist or belly; the circumference of anything. He's a lu sty, jolly fellow, that lives well, at least three yards in the girth. Addison.

3. A small horizontal brace or girder.

GIRTH Girth, v. t. Etym: [From Girth, n., cf. Girt, v. t.]

Defn: To bind as with a girth. [R.] Johnson.

GIRTLINE Girt"line`, n. (Naut.)

Defn: A gantline. Hammock girtline, a line rigged for hanging out hammocks to dry.

GISARM Gis*arm", n. Etym: [OF. gisarme, guisarme.] (Mediæval Armor)

Defn: A weapon with a scythe-shaped blade, and a separate long sharp point, mounted on a long staff and carried by foot soldiers.

GISE Gise, v. t. Etym: [See Agist.]

Defn: To feed or pasture. [Obs.]

GISE Gise, n.

Defn: Guise; manner. [Obs.] Chaucer.

GISLE Gis"le, n. Etym: [AS. gisel; akin to G. geisel, Icel. gisl.]

Defn: A pledge. [Obs.] Bp. Gibson.

GISMONDINE; GISMONDITE Gis*mon"dine, Gis*mon"dite, n. Etym: [From the name of the discoverer, Gismondi.] (Min.)

Defn: A native hydrated silicate of alumina, lime, and potash, first noticed near Rome.

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

1. A resting place. [Obs.] These quails have their set gists; to wit, ordinary resting and baiting places. Holland.

2. The main point, as of a question; the point on which an action rests; the pith of a matter; as, the gist of a question.

GIT Git, n. (Founding)

Defn: See Geat.

GITANA; GITANO Gi*ta"na, n. fem.; Gi*ta"no, n. masc. [Sp., fr. (assumed) LL. Aegyptanus, fem. Aegyptana, Egyptian. Cf. Gypsy.]

Defn: A Spanish gypsy.

GITE Gite, n.

Defn: A gown. [Obs.] She came often in a gite of red. Chaucer.

GITH Gith, n. Etym: [Prov. E., corn cockle; cf. W. gith corn cockle.] (Bot.)

Defn: The corn cockle; also anciently applied to the Nigella, or fennel flower.

GITTERN Git"tern, n. Etym: [OE. giterne, OF. guiterne, ultimately from same source as E. guitar. See Guitar, and cf. Cittern.]

Defn: An instrument like a guitar. "Harps, lutes, and giternes." Chaucer.

GITTERN Git"tern, v. i.

Defn: To play on gittern. Milton.

GITTITH Git"tith, n. Etym: [Heb.]

Defn: A musical instrument, of unknown character, supposed by some to have been used by the people of Gath, and thence obtained by David. It is mentioned in the title of Psalms viii., lxxxi., and lxxxiv. Dr. W. Smith.

GIUST Giust, n. [Obs.]

Defn: Same as Joust. Spenser.

GIUST Giust (just), n. [Obs.]

Defn: Same as Joust. Spenser.

GIUSTO Gius"to, a. Etym: [It., fr. L. justus. See Just, a.] (Mus.)

Defn: In just, correct, or suitable time.

GIVE Give, v. t. [imp. Gave; p. p. Given; p. pr. & vb. n. Giving.] Etym: [OE. given, yiven, yeven, AS. gifan, giefan; akin to D. geven, OS. g, OHG. geban, Icel. gefa, Sw. gifva, Dan. give, Goth. giban. Cf. Gift, n.]

1. To bestow without receiving a return; to confer without compensation; to impart, as a possession; to grant, as authority or permission; to yield up or allow. For generous lords had rather give than pay. Young.

2. To yield possesion of; to deliver over, as property, in exchange for something; to pay; as, we give the value of what we buy. What shall a man give in exchange for his soul Matt. xvi. 26.

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

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

5. To grant power or license to; to permit; to allow; to license; to commission. It is given me once again to behold my friend. Rowe. Then give thy friend to shed the sacred wine. Pope.

6. To exhibit as a product or result; to produce; to show; as, the number of men, divided by the number of ships, gives four hundred to each ship.

7. To devote; to apply; used reflexively, to devote or apply one's self; as, the soldiers give themselves to plunder; also in this sense used very frequently in the past participle; as, the people are given to luxury and pleasure; the youth is given to study.

8. (Logic & Math.)

Defn: To set forth as a known quantity or a known relation, or as a premise from which to reason; -- used principally in the passive form given.

9. To allow or admit by way of supposition. I give not heaven for lost. Mlton.

10. To attribute; to assign; to adjudge. I don't wonder at people's giving him to me as a lover. Sheridan.

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

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

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

Syn. -- To Give, Confer, Grant. To give is the generic word, embracing all the rest. To confer was originally used of persons in power, who gave permanent grants or privileges; as, to confer the order of knighthood; and hence it still denotes the giving of something which might have been withheld; as, to confer a favor. To grant is to give in answer to a petition or request, or to one who is in some way dependent or inferior.

GIVE Give, v. i.

1. To give a gift or gifts.

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

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

4. To move; to recede. Now back he gives, then rushes on amain. Daniel.

5. To shed tears; to weep. [Obs.] Whose eyes do never give But through lust and laughter. Shak.

6. To have a misgiving. [Obs.] My mind gives ye're reserved To rob poor market women. J. Webster.

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

GIVEN Giv"en,

Defn: p. p. & a. from Give, v.

1. (Math. & Logic)

Defn: Granted; assumed; supposed to be known; set forth as a known quantity, relation, or premise.

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

3. Stated; fixed; as, in a given time. Given name, the Christian name, or name given by one's parents or guardians, as distinguished from the surname, which is inherited. [Colloq.]

GIVER Giv"er, n.

Defn: One who gives; a donor; a bestower; a grantor; one who imparts or distributes. It is the giver, and not the gift, that engrosses the heart of the Christian. Kollock.

GIVES Gives, n. pl. Etym: [See Give, n.]

Defn: Fetters.

GIVING Giv"ing, n.

1. The act of bestowing as a gift; a conferring or imparting.

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

3. The act of softening, breaking, or yielding. "Upon the first giving of the weather." Addison. Giving in, a falling inwards; a collapse. -- Giving out, anything uttered or asserted; an outgiving. His givings out were of an infinite distance From his true meant design. Shak.

GIZZARD Giz"zard, n. Etym: [F. gésier, L. gigeria, pl., the cooked entrails of poultry. Cf. Gigerium.]

1. (Anat.)

Defn: The second, or true, muscular stomach of birds, in which the food is crushed and ground, after being softened in the glandular stomach (crop), or lower part of the esophagus; the gigerium.

2. (Zoöl.) (a) A thick muscular stomach found in many invertebrate animals. (b) A stomach armed with chitinous or shelly plates or teeth, as in certain insects and mollusks. Gizzard shad (Zoöl.), an American herring (Dorosoma cepedianum) resembling the shad, but of little value. -- To fret the gizzard, to harass; to vex one's self; to worry. [Low] Hudibras. -- To stick in one's gizzard, to be difficult of digestion; to be offensive. [Low]

GLABELLA Gla*bel"la, n.; pl. Glabell. Etym: [NL., fr. L. glabellus hairless, fr. glaber bald.] (Anat.)

Defn: The space between the eyebrows, also including the corresponding part of the frontal bone; the mesophryon. -- Gla*bel"lar, a.

GLABELLUM Gla*bel"lum, n.; pl. Glabella. Etym: [NL. See Glabella.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: The median, convex lobe of the head of a trilobite. See Trilobite.

GLABRATE Gla"brate, a. Etym: [L. glabrare, fr. glaber smooth.] (Bot.)

Defn: Becoming smooth or glabrous from age. Gray.

GLABREATE; GLABRIATE Gla"bre*ate, Gla"bri*ate, v. t. Etym: [See Glabrate.]

Defn: To make smooth, plain, or bare. [Obs.]

GLABRITY Glab"ri*ty, n. Etym: [L. glabritas.]

Defn: Smoothness; baldness. [R.]

GLABROUS Gla"brous, a. Etym: [L. glaber; cf. Gr.

Defn: Smooth; having a surface without hairs or any unevenness.

GLACE Gla`cé", a. [F., p.p. of glacer to freeze, to ice. Cf. Glacier.]

Defn: Coated with icing; iced; glazed; -- said of fruits, sweetmeats, cake, etc.

GLACIAL Gla"cial, a. Etym: [L. glacialis, from glacies ice: cf. F. glacial.]

1. Pertaining to ice or to its action; consisting of ice; frozen; icy; esp., pertaining to glaciers; as, glacial phenomena. Lyell.

2. (Chem.)

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

GLACIALIST Gla"cial*ist, n.

Defn: One who attributes the phenomena of the drift, in geology, to glaciers.

GLACIATE Gla"ci*ate, v. i. Etym: [L. glaciatus, p. p. of glaciare to freeze, fr. glacies ice.]

Defn: To turn to ice.

GLACIATE Gla"ci*ate, v. t.

1. To convert into, or cover with, ice.

2. (Geol.)

Defn: To produce glacial effects upon, as in the scoring of rocks, transportation of loose material, etc. Glaciated rocks, rocks whose surfaces have been smoothed, furrowed, or striated, by the action of ice.

GLACIATION Gla`ci*a"tion, n.

1. Act of freezing.

2. That which is formed by freezing; ice.

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

GLACIER Gla"cier, n. Etym: [F. glacier, fr. glace ice, L. glacies.]

Defn: An immense field or stream of ice, formed in the region of perpetual snow, and moving slowly down a mountain slope or valley, as in the Alps, or over an extended area, as in Greenland.

Note: The mass of compacted snow forming the upper part of a glacier is called the firn, or névé; the glacier proper consist of solid ice, deeply crevassed where broken up by irregularities in the slope or direction of its path. A glacier usually carries with it accumulations of stones and dirt called moraines, which are designated, according to their position, as lateral, medial, or terminal (see Moraine). The common rate of flow of the Alpine glaciers is from ten to twenty inches per day in summer, and about half that in winter. Glacier theory (Geol.), the theory that large parts of the frigid and temperate zones were covered with ice during the glacial, or ice, period, and that, by the agency of this ice, the loose materials on the earth's surface, called drift or diluvium, were transported and accumulated.

GLACIOUS Gla"cious, a.

Defn: Pertaining to, consisting of or resembling, ice; icy. Sir T. Browne.

GLACIS Gla"cis, n. Etym: [F. glacis; -- so named from its smoothness. See Glacier.]

Defn: A gentle slope, or a smooth, gently sloping bank; especially (Fort.), that slope of earth which inclines from the covered way toward the exterior ground or country (see Illust. of Ravelin).

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

1. Pleased; joyous; happy; cheerful; gratified; -- opposed to sorry, sorrowful, or unhappy; -- said of persons, and often followed by of, at, that, or by the infinitive, and sometimes by with, introducing the cause or reason. A wise son maketh a glad father. Prov. x. 1. He that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished. Prov. xvii. 5. The Trojan, glad with sight of hostile blood. Dryden. He, glad of her attention gained. Milton. As we are now glad to behold your eyes. Shak. Glad am I that your highness is so armed. Shak. Glad on 't, glad of it. [Colloq.] Shak.

2. Wearing a gay or bright appearance; expressing or exciting joy; producing gladness; exhilarating. Her conversation More glad to me than to a miser money is. Sir P. Sidney. Glad evening and glad morn crowned the fourth day. Milton.

Syn. -- Pleased; gratified; exhilarated; animated; delighted; happy; cheerful; joyous; joyful; cheering; exhilarating; pleasing; animating. -- Glad, Delighted, Gratified. Delighted expresses a much higher degree of pleasure than glad. Gratified always refers to a pleasure conferred by some human agent, and the feeling is modified by the consideration that we owe it in part to another. A person may be glad or delighted to see a friend, and gratified at the attention shown by his visits.

GLAD Glad, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gladded; p. pr. & vb. n. Gladding.] Etym: [AS. gladian. See Glad, a., and cf. Gladden, v. t.]

Defn: To make glad; to cheer; to gladden; to exhilarate. Chaucer. That which gladded all the warrior train. Dryden. Each drinks the juice that glads the heart of man. Pope.

GLAD Glad, v. i.

Defn: To be glad; to rejoice. [Obs.] Massinger.

GLADDEN Glad"den, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gladdened; p. pr. & vb. n. Gladdening.] Etym: [See Glad, v. t.]

Defn: To make glad; to cheer; to please; to gratify; to rejoice; to exhilarate. A secret pleasure gladdened all that saw him. Addison.

GLADDEN Glad"den, v. i.

Defn: To be or become glad; to rejoice. The vast Pacific gladdens with the freight. Wordsworth.

GLADDER Glad"der, n.

Defn: One who makes glad. Chaucer.

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

1. An open passage through a wood; a grassy open or cleared space in a forest. There interspersed in lawns and opening glades. Pope.

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

3. An opening in the ice of rivers or lakes, or a place left unfrozen; also, smooth ice. [Local, U. S.] Bottom glade. See under Bottom. -- Glade net, in England, a net used for catching woodcock and other birds in forest glades.

GLADEN Gla"den, n. Etym: [AS. glædene, cf. L. gladius a sword. Cf. Gladiole.] (Bot.)

Defn: Sword grass; any plant with sword-shaped leaves, esp. the European Iris foetidissima. [Written also gladwyn, gladdon, and glader.]

GLADEYE Glad"eye`, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The European yellow-hammer.

GLADFUL Glad"ful, a.

Defn: Full of gladness; joyful; glad. [R.] -- Glad"ful*ness, n. [R.] Spenser. It followed him with gladful glee. Spenser.

GLADIATE Glad"i*ate, a. Etym: [L. gladius sword.] (Bot.)

Defn: Sword-shaped; resembling a sword in form, as the leaf of the iris, or of the gladiolus.

GLADIATOR Glad"i*a`tor, n. Etym: [L., fr. gladius sword. See Glaive.]

1. Originally, a swordplayer; hence, one who fought with weapons in public, either on the occasion of a funeral ceremony, or in the arena, for public amusement.

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

GLADIATORIAL; GLADIATORIAN Glad`i*a*to"ri*al, Glad`i*a*to"ri*an, a.

Defn: Of or pertaining to gladiators, or to contests or combatants in general.

GLADIATORISM Glad"i*a`tor*ism, n.

Defn: The art or practice of a gladiator.

GLADIATORSHIP Glad"i*a`tor*ship, n.

Defn: Conduct, state, or art, of a gladiator.

GLADIATORY Glad"i*a*to*ry, a. Etym: [L. gladiatorius.]

Defn: Gladiatorial. [R.]

GLADIATURE Glad"i*a*ture, n. Etym: [L. gladiatura.]

Defn: Swordplay; fencing; gladiatorial contest. Gayton.

GLADIOLE Glad"i*ole, n. Etym: [L. gladiolus a small sword, the sword lily, dim. of gladius sword. See Glaive.] (Bot.)

Defn: A lilylike plant, of the genus Gladiolus; -- called also corn flag.

GLADIOLUS Gla*di"o*lus, n.; pl. L. Gladioli, E. Gladioluses. Etym: [L. See Gladiole.]

1. (Bot.)

Defn: A genus of plants having bulbous roots and gladiate leaves, and including many species, some of which are cultivated and valued for the beauty of their flowers; the corn flag; the sword lily.

2. (Anat.)

Defn: The middle portion of the sternum in some animals; the mesosternum.

GLADIUS Gla"di*us, n.; pl. Gladii. Etym: [L., a sword.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: The internal shell, or pen, of cephalopods like the squids.

GLADLY Glad"ly, adv. Etym: [From Glad, a.]

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

2. With pleasure; joyfully; cheerfully; eagerly. The common people heard him gladly. Mark xii. 37.

GLADNESS Glad"ness, n. Etym: [AS. glædnes.]

Defn: State or quality of being glad; pleasure; joyful satisfaction; cheerfulness. They . . . did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart. Acts ii. 46.

Note: Gladness is rarely or never equivalent to mirth, merriment, gayety, and triumph, and it usually expresses less than delight. It sometimes expresses great joy. The Jews had joy and gladness, a feast and a good day. Esther viii. 17.

GLADSHIP Glad"ship, n. Etym: [AS. glædscipe.]

Defn: A state of gladness. [Obs.] Gower.

GLADSOME Glad"some, a.

1. Pleased; joyful; cheerful.

2. Causing joy, pleasure, or cheerfulness; having the appearance of gayety; pleasing. Of opening heaven they sung, and gladsome day. Prior. -- Glad"some*ly, adv. -- Glad"some*ness, n. Hours of perfect gladsomeness. Wordsworth.

GLADSTONE Glad"stone, n. Etym: [Named after Wm. E. Gladstone.]

Defn: A four-wheeled pleasure carriage with two inside seats, calash top, and seats for driver and footman.

GLADWYN Glad"wyn, n. (Bot.)

Defn: See Gladen.

GLAIR Glair, n. Etym: [F. glaire, glaire d'clarus clear, bright. See Clear, a.]

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

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

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

GLAIR Glair, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Glaired; p. pr. & vb. n. Glairing.]

Defn: To smear with the white of an egg.

GLAIRE Glaire, n.

Defn: See Glair.

GLAIREOUS Glair"e*ous, a.

Defn: Glairy; covered with glair.

GLAIRIN Glair"in, n.

Defn: A glairy viscous substance, which forms on the surface of certain mineral waters, or covers the sides of their inclosures; -- called also baregin.

GLAIRY Glair"y, a.

Defn: Like glair, or partaking of its qualities; covered with glair; viscous and transparent; slimy. Wiseman.

GLAIVE Glaive, n. Etym: [F. glaive, L. gladius; prob. akin to E. claymore. Cf. Gladiator.]

1. A weapon formerly used, consisting of a large blade fixed on the end of a pole, whose edge was on the outside curve; also, a light lance with a long sharp-pointed head. Wilhelm.

2. A sword; -- used poetically and loosely. The glaive which he did wield. Spenser.

GLAMA Gla"ma, n. Etym: [NL.;cf. Gr. gramiae, Gr. (Med.)

Defn: A copious gummy secretion of the humor of the eyelids, in consequence of some disorder; blearedness; lippitude.

GLAMOUR Gla"mour, n. Etym: [Scot. glamour, glamer; cf. Icel. glámeggdr one who is troubled with the glaucoma; or Icel. glam-s weakness of sight, glamour; glamr name of the moon, also of a ghost + s sight akin to E. see. Perh., however, a corruption of E. gramarye.]

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

2. Witchcraft; magic; a spell. Tennyson.

3. A kind of haze in the air, causing things to appear different from what they really are. The air filled with a strange, pale glamour that seemed to lie over the broad valley. W. Black.

4. Any artificial interest in, or association with, an object, through which it appears delusively magnified or glorified. Glamour gift, Glamour might, the gift or power of producing a glamour. The former is used figuratively, of the gift of fascination peculiar to women. It had much of glamour might To make a lady seem a knight. Sir W. Scott.

GLAMOURIE Glam"ou*rie, n.

Defn: Glamour. [Scot.]

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

1. A sudden flash of light or splendor. Swift as the lightning glance. Milton.

2. A quick cast of the eyes; a quick or a casual look; a swift survey; a glimpse. Dart not scornful glances from those eyes. Shak.

3. An incidental or passing thought or allusion. How fleet is a glance of the mind. Cowper.

4. (Min.)

Defn: A name given to some sulphides, mostly dark-colored, which have a brilliant metallic luster, as the sulphide of copper, called copper glance. Glance coal, anthracite; a mineral composed chiefly of carbon. -- Glance cobalt, cobaltite, or gray cobalt. -- Glance copper, c -- Glance wood, a hard wood grown in Cuba, and used for gauging instruments, carpenters' rules, etc. McElrath.

GLANCE Glance, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Glanced; p. pr. & vb. n. Glancing.]

1. To shoot or emit a flash of light; to shine; to flash. From art, from nature, from the schools, Let random influences glance, Like light in many a shivered lance, That breaks about the dappled pools. Tennyson.

2. To strike and fly off in an oblique direction; to dart aside. "Your arrow hath glanced". Shak. On me the curse aslope Glanced on the ground. Milton.

3. To look with a sudden, rapid cast of the eye; to snatch a momentary or hasty view. The poet's eye, in a fine frenzy rolling, Doth glance from heaven to earth, from earth to heaven. Shak.

4. To make an incidental or passing reflection; to allude; to hint; - - often with at. Wherein obscurely Cæsar''s ambition shall be glanced at. Shak. He glanced at a certain reverend doctor. Swift.

5. To move quickly, appearing and disappearing rapidly; to be visible only for an instant at a time; to move interruptedly; to twinkle. And all along the forum and up the sacred seat, His vulture eye pursued the trip of those small glancing feet. Macaulay.

GLANCE Glance, v. t.

1. To shoot or dart suddenly or obliquely; to cast for a moment; as, to glance the eye.

2. To hint at; to touch lightly or briefly. [Obs.] In company I often glanced it. Shak.

GLANCING Glan"cing, a.

1. Shooting, as light. When through the gancing lightnings fly. Rowe.

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

GLANCINGLY Glan"cing*ly, adv.

Defn: In a glancing manner; transiently; incidentally; indirectly. Hakewill.

GLAND Gland, n. Etym: [F. glande, L. glans, glandis, acorn; akin to Gr. Parable, n.]

1. (Anat.) (a) An organ for secreting something to be used in, or eliminated from, the body; as, the sebaceous glands of the skin; the salivary glands of the mouth. (b) An organ or part which resembles a secreting, or true, gland, as the ductless, lymphatic, pineal, and pituitary glands, the functions of which are very imperfectly known.

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

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

3. (Steam Mach.)

Defn: The movable part of a stuffing box by which the packing is compressed; -- sometimes called a follower. See Illust. of Stuffing box, under Stuffing.

4. (Mach.)

Defn: The crosspiece of a bayonet clutch.

GLANDAGE Glan"dage, n. Etym: [Cf. OF. glandage. See Gland.]

Defn: A feeding on nuts or mast. [Obs.] Crabb.

GLANDERED Glan"dered, a.

Defn: Affected with glanders; as, a glandered horse. Yu

GLANDEROUS Glan"der*ous, a.

Defn: Of or pertaining to glanders; of the nature of glanders. Youatt.

GLANDERS Glan"ders, n. Etym: [From Gland.] (Far.)

Defn: A highly contagious and very destructive disease of horses, asses, mules, etc., characterized by a constant discharge of sticky matter from the nose, and an enlargement and induration of the glands beneath and within the lower jaw. It may transmitted to dogs, goats, sheep, and to human beings.

GLANDIFEROUS Glan*dif"er*ous, a. Etym: [L. glandifer; glans, glandis, acorn + ferre to bear; cf. F. glandifère.]

Defn: Bearing acorns or other nuts; as, glandiferous trees.

GLANDIFORM Gland"i*form, a. Etym: [L. glans, glandis, acorn + -form: cf. F. glandiforme .]

Defn: Having the form of a gland or nut; resembling a gland.

GLANDULAR Glan"du*lar, a. Etym: [Cf. F. glandulaire. See Glandule.]

Defn: Containing or supporting glands; consisting of glands; pertaining to glands.

GLANDULATION Glan`du*la"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. glandulation.] (Bot.)

Defn: The situation and structure of the secretory vessels in plants. Martyn. Glandulation respects the secretory vessels, which are either glandules, follicles, or utricles. J. Lee.

GLANDULE Glan"dule, n. Etym: [L. glandula, dim. of glans, glandis, acorn: cf. F. glandule. See Gland.]

Defn: A small gland or secreting vessel.

GLANDULIFEROUS Glan`du*lif"er*ous, a. Etym: [L. glandula gland + -ferous; cf. F. glandulifère.]

Defn: Bearing glandules.

GLANDULOSE Glan"du*lose`, a.

Defn: Same as Glandulous.

GLANDULOSITY Glan`du*los"i*ty, n.

Defn: Quality of being glandulous; a collection of glands. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

GLANDULOUS Glan"du*lous, a. Etym: [L. glandulosus: cf. F. glanduleux.]

Defn: Containing glands; consisting of glands; pertaining to glands; resembling glands.

GLANS Glans n.; pl. Glandes. Etym: [L. See Gland.]

1. (Anat.)

Defn: The vascular body which forms the apex of the penis, and the extremity of the clitoris.

2. (Bot.)

Defn: The acorn or mast of the oak and similar fruits. Gray.

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

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

1. To shine with a bright, dazzling light. The cavern glares with new-admitted light. Dryden.

2. To look with fierce, piercing eyes; to stare earnestly, angrily, or fiercely. And eye that scorcheth all it glares upon. Byron.

3. To be bright and intense, as certain colors; to be ostentatiously splendid or gay. She glares in balls, front boxes, and the ring. Pope.

GLARE Glare, v. t.

Defn: To shoot out, or emit, as a dazzling light. Every eye Glared lightning, and shot forth pernicious fire. Milton.

GLARE Glare, n.

1. A bright, dazzling light; splendor that dazzles the eyes; a confusing and bewildering light. The frame of burnished steel that cast a glare. Dryden.

2. A fierce, piercing look or stare. About them round, A lion now he stalks with fiery glare. Milton.

3. A viscous, transparent substance. See Glair.

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

GLARE Glare, a. Etym: [See Glary, and Glare, n.]

Defn: Smooth and bright or translucent; -- used almost exclusively of ice; as, skating on glare ice. [U. S.]

GLAREOUS Glar"e*ous, a. Etym: [Cf. F. glaireux. See Glair.]

Defn: Glairy. John Georgy (1766).

GLARINESS; GLARINGNESS Glar"i*ness, Glar"ing*ness, n.

Defn: A dazzling luster or brilliancy.

GLARING Glar"ing, a.

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

GLARY Glar"y, a.

Defn: Of a dazzling luster; glaring; bright; shining; smooth. Bright, crystal glass is glary. Boyle.

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

1. A hard, brittle, translucent, and commonly transparent substance, white or colored, having a conchoidal fracture, and made by fusing together sand or silica with lime, potash, soda, or lead oxide. It is used for window panes and mirrors, for articles of table and culinary use, for lenses, and various articles of ornament.

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

2. (Chem.)

Defn: Any substance having a peculiar glassy appearance, and a conchoidal fracture, and usually produced by fusion.

3. Anything made of glass. Especially: (a) A looking-glass; a mirror. (b) A vessel filled with running sand for measuring time; an hourglass; and hence, the time in which such a vessel is exhausted of its sand. She would not live The running of one glass. Shak.

(c) A drinking vessel; a tumbler; a goblet; hence, the contents of such a vessel; especially; spirituous liquors; as, he took a glass at dinner. (d) An optical glass; a lens; a spyglass; -- in the plural, spectacles; as, a pair of glasses; he wears glasses. (e) A weatherglass; a barometer.

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

GLASS Glass, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Glassed; p. pr. & vb. n. Glassing.]

1. To reflect, as in a mirror; to mirror; -- used reflexively. Happy to glass themselves in such a mirror. Motley. Where the Almighty's form glasses itself in tempests. Byron.

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

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

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

GLASS-CRAB Glass"-crab`, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The larval state (Phyllosoma) of the genus Palinurus and allied genera. It is remarkable for its strange outlines, thinness, and transparency. See Phyllosoma.

GLASSEN Glass"en, a.

Defn: Glassy; glazed. [Obs.] And pursues the dice with glassen eyes. B. Jonson.

GLASSEYE Glass"eye`, n.

1. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A fish of the great lakes; the wall-eyed pike.

2. (Far.)

Defn: A species of blindness in horses in which the eye is bright and the pupil dilated; a sort of amaurosis. Youatt.

GLASS-FACED Glass"-faced`, a.

Defn: Mirror-faced; reflecting the sentiments of another. [R.] "The glass-faced flatterer." Shak.

GLASSFUL Glass"ful, n.; pl. Glassfuls (.

Defn: The contents of a glass; as much of anything as a glass will hold.

GLASSFUL Glass"ful, a.

Defn: Glassy; shining like glass. [Obs.] "Minerva's glassful shield." Marston.

GLASS-GAZING Glass"-gaz`ing, a.

Defn: Given to viewing one's self in a glass or mirror; finical. [Poetic] Shak.

GLASSHOUSE Glass"house`, n.

Defn: A house where glass is made; a commercial house that deals in glassware.

GLASSILY Glass"i*ly, adv.

Defn: So as to resemble glass.

GLASSINESS Glass"i*ness, n.

Defn: The quality of being glassy.

GLASSITE Glass"ite, n.

Defn: A member of a Scottish sect, founded in the 18th century by John Glass, a minister of the Established Church of Scotland, who taught that justifying faith is "no more than a simple assent to the divine testimone passively recived by the understanding." The English and American adherents of this faith are called Sandemanians, after Robert Sandeman, the son-in-law and disciple of Glass.

GLASS MAKER; GLASSMAKER Glass" mak`er, or; Glass"mak`er, n.

Defn: One who makes, or manufactures, glass. -- Glass" mak`ing, or Glass"mak`ing, n.

GLASS-ROPE Glass"-rope`, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A remarkable vitreous sponge, of the genus Hyalonema, first brought from Japan. It has a long stem, consisting of a bundle of long and large, glassy, siliceous fibers, twisted together.

GLASS-SNAIL Glass"-snail`, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A small, transparent, land snail, of the genus Vitrina.

GLASS-SNAKE Glass"-snake`, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A long, footless lizard (Ophiosaurus ventralis), of the Southern United States; -- so called from its fragility, the tail easily breaking into small pieces. It grows to the length of three feet. The name is applied also to similar species found in the Old World.

GLASS-SPONGE Glass"-sponge`, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A siliceous sponge, of the genus Hyalonema, and allied genera; -- so called from their glassy fibers or spicules; -- called also vitreous sponge. See Glass-rope, and Euplectella.

GLASSWARE Glass"ware, n.

Defn: Ware, or articles collectively, made of glass.

GLASSWORK Glass"work`, n.

Defn: Manufacture of glass; articles or ornamentation made of glass.

GLASSWORT Glass"wort`, n. (Bot.)

Defn: A seashore plant of the Spinach family (Salicornia herbacea), with succulent jointed stems; also, a prickly plant of the same family (Salsola Kali), both formerly burned for the sake of the ashes, which yield soda for making glass and soap.

GLASSY Glass"y, a.

1. Made of glass; vitreous; as, a glassy substance. Bacon.

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

3. Dull; wanting life or fire; lackluster; -- said of the eyes. "In his glassy eye." Byron. Glassy feldspar (Min.), a variety of orthoclase; sanidine.

GLASTONBURY THORN Glas"ton*bur*y thorn`. (Bot.)

Defn: A variety of the common hawthorn. Loudon.

GLASYNGE Glas"ynge, n.

Defn: Glazing or glass. [Obs.]

GLAUBERITE Glau"ber*ite, n. Etym: [From Glauber, a German chemist, died 1668: cf. F. glaubérite, G. glauberit.] (Min.)

Defn: A mineral, consisting of the sulphates of soda and lime.

GLAUBER'S SALT; GLAUBER'S SALTS Glau"ber's salt` or; Glau"ber's salts` (. Etym: [G. glaubersalz, from Glauber, a German chemist who discovered it. See Glauberite.]

Defn: Sulphate of soda, a well-known cathartic. It is a white crystalline substance, with a cooling, slightly bitter taste, and is commonly called "salts."

Note: It occurs naturally and abundantly in some mineral springs, and in many salt deposits, as the mineral mirabilite. It is manufactured in large quantities as an intermediate step in the "soda process," and also for use in glass making.

GLAUCESCENT Glau*ces"cent, a. Etym: [See Glaucous.]

Defn: Having a somewhat glaucous appearance or nature; becoming glaucous.

GLAUCIC Glau"cic, a. (Chem.)

Defn: Of or pertaining to the Glaucium or horned poppy; -- formerly applied to an acid derived from it, now known to be fumaric acid.

GLAUCINE Glau"cine, a.

Defn: Glaucous or glaucescent.

GLAUCINE Glau"cine, n. (Chem.)

Defn: An alkaloid obtained from the plant Glaucium, as a bitter, white, crystalline substance.

GLAUCODOT Glau"co*dot, n. Etym: [Gr. (Min.)

Defn: A metallic mineral having a grayish tin-white color, and containing cobalt and iron, with sulphur and arsenic.

GLAUCOMA Glau*co"ma, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. (Med.)

Defn: Dimness or abolition of sight, with a diminution of transparency, a bluish or greenish tinge of the refracting media of the eye, and a hard inelastic condition of the eyeball, with marked increase of tension within the eyeball.

GLAUCOMATOUS Glau*co"ma*tous, a.

Defn: Having the nature of glaucoma.

GLAUCOMETER Glau*com"e*ter, n.

Defn: See Gleucometer.

GLAUCONITE Glau"co*nite, n. Etym: [Cf. F. glauconite, glauconie, fr. L. glaucus. See Glaucous.] (Min.)

Defn: The green mineral characteristic of the greensand of the chalk and other formations. It is a hydrous silicate of iron and potash. See Greensand.

GLAUCOPHANE Glau"co*phane, n. Etym: [Gr. (Min.)

Defn: A mineral of a dark bluish color, related to amphibole. It is characteristic of certain crystalline rocks.

GLAUCOSIS Glau*co"sis, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Med.)

Defn: Same as Glaucoma.

GLAUCOUS Glau"cous, a. Etym: [L. glaucus, Gr.

1. Of a sea-green color; of a dull green passing into grayish blue. Lindley.

2. (Bot.)

Defn: Covered with a fine bloom or fine white powder easily rubbed off, as that on a blue plum, or on a cabbage leaf. Gray.

GLAUCUS Glau"cus, n. Etym: [L., sea green.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: A genus of nudibranchiate mollusks, found in the warmer latitudes, swimming in the open sea. These mollusks are beautifully colored with blue and silvery white.

GLAUM Glaum, v. i. Etym: [Etymol. uncertain.]

Defn: To grope with the hands, as in the dark. [Scot.] To glaum at, to grasp or snatch at; to aspire to. Wha glaum'd at kingdoms three. Burns.

GLAVE Glave, n.

Defn: See Glaive.

GLAVER Glav"er, v. i. Etym: [Of Celtic origin; cf. W. glafr flattery.]

1. To prate; to jabber; to babble. [Obs.] Here many, clepid filosophirs, glavern diversely. Wyclif.

2. To flatter; to wheedle. [Obs.] Some slavish, glavering, flattering parasite. South.

GLAVERER Glav"er*er, n.

Defn: A flatterer. [Obs.] Mir. for Mag.

GLAYMORE Glay"more`, n.

Defn: A claymore. Johnson.

GLAZE Glaze, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Glazed; p. pr. & vb. n. Glazing.] Etym: [OE. glasen, glazen, fr. glas. See Glass.]

1. To furnish (a window, a house, a sash, a ease, etc.) with glass. Two cabinets daintily paved, richly handed, and glazed with crystalline glass. Bacon.

2. To incrust, cover, or overlay with a thin surface, consisting of, or resembling, glass; as, to glaze earthenware; hence, to render smooth, glasslike, or glossy; as, to glaze paper, gunpowder, and the like. Sorrow's eye glazed with blinding tears. Shak.

3. (Paint.)

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

GLAZE Glaze, v. i.

Defn: To become glazed of glassy.

GLAZE Glaze, n.

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

2. (Cookery)

Defn: Broth reduced by boiling to a gelatinous paste, and spread thinly over braised dishes.

3. A glazing oven. See Glost oven.

GLAZEN Glaz"en, a. Etym: [AS. glæsen.]

Defn: Resembling glass; glasslike; glazed. [Obs.] Wyclif.

GLAZER Glaz"er, n.

1. One who applies glazing, as in pottery manufacture, etc.; one who gives a glasslike or glossy surface to anything; a calenderer or smoother of cloth, paper, and the like.

2. A tool or machine used in glazing, polishing, smoothing, etc.; amoung cutlers and lapidaries, a wooden wheel covered with emery, or having a band of lead and tin alloy, for polishing cutlery, etc.

GLAZIER Gla"zier, n. Etym: [From Glaze.]

Defn: One whose business is to set glass. Glazier's diamond. See under Diamond.

GLAZING Glaz"ing, n.

1. The act or art of setting glass; the art of covering with a vitreous or glasslike substance, or of polishing or rendering glossy.

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

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

4. (Paint.)

Defn: Transparent, or semitransparent, colors passed thinly over other colors, to modify the effect.

GLAZY Glaz"y, a.

Defn: Having a glazed appearance; -- said of the fractured surface of some kinds of pin iron.

GLEAD Glead, n.

Defn: A live coal. See Gleed. [Archaic]

GLEAM Gleam, v. i. Etym: [Cf. OE. glem birdlime, glue, phlegm, and E. englaimed.] (Falconry)

Defn: To disgorge filth, as a hawk.

GLEAM Gleam, n. Etym: [OE. glem, gleam, AS. glæm, prob. akin to E. glimmer, and perh. to Gr. Glitter.]

1. A shoot of light; a small stream of light; a beam; a ray; a glimpse. Transient unexpected gleams of joi. Addison. At last a gleam Of dawning light turned thitherward in haste His [Satan's] traveled steps. Milton. A glimmer, and then a gleam of light. Longfellow.

2. Brightness; splendor. In the clear azure gleam the flocks are seen. Pope.

GLEAM Gleam, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gleamed; p. pr. & vb. n. Gleaming.]

1. To shoot, or dart, as rays of light; as, at the dawn, light gleams in the east.

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

Syn. -- To Gleam, Glimmer, Glitter. To gleam denotes a faint but distinct emission of light. To glimmer describes an indistinct and unsteady giving of light. To glitter imports a brightness that is intense, but varying. The morning light gleams upon the earth; a distant taper glimmers through the mist; a dewdrop glitters in the sun. See Flash.

GLEAM Gleam, v. t.

Defn: To shoot out (flashes of light, etc.). Dying eyes gleamed forth their ashy lights. Shak.

GLEAMY Gleam"y, a.

Defn: Darting beams of light; casting light in rays; flashing; coruscating. In brazed arms, that cast a gleamy ray, Swift through the town the warrior bends his way. Pope.

GLEAN Glean, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gleaned; p. pr. & vb. n. Gleaning.] Etym: [OE. glenen, OF. glener, glaner, F. glaner, fr. LL. glenare; cf. W. glan clean, glanh to clean, purify, or AS. gelm, gilm, a hand

1. To gather after a reaper; to collect in scattered or fragmentary parcels, as the grain left by a reaper, or grapes left after the gathering. To glean the broken ears after the man That the main harvest reaps. Shak.

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

3. To collect with patient and minute labor; to pick out; to obtain. Content to glean what we can from . . . experiments. Locke.

GLEAN Glean, v. i.

1. To gather stalks or ears of grain left by reapers. And she went, and came, and gleaned in the field after the reapers. Ruth ii. 3.

2. To pick up or gather anything by degrees. Piecemeal they this acre first, then that; Glean on, and gather up the whole estate. Pope.

GLEAN Glean, n.

Defn: A collection made by gleaning. The gleans of yellow thyme distend his thighs. Dryden.

GLEAN Glean, n.

Defn: Cleaning; afterbirth. [Obs.] Holland.

GLEANER Glean"er, n.

1. One who gathers after reapers.

2. One who gathers slowly with labor. Locke.

GLEANING Glean"ing, n.

Defn: The act of gathering after reapers; that which is collected by gleaning. Glenings of natural knowledge. Cook.

GLEBA Gle"ba, n.; pl. Glebæ (#). [L., a clod.] (Bot.)

Defn: The chambered sporogenous tissue forming the central mass of the sporophore in puff balls, stinkhorns, etc.

GLEBE Glebe, n. Etym: [F. glèbe, L. gleba, glaeba, clod, land, soil.]

1. A lump; a clod.

2. Turf; soil; ground; sod. Fertile of corn the glebe, of oil, and wine. Milton.

3. (Eccl. Law)

Defn: The land belonging, or yielding revenue, to a parish church or ecclesiastical benefice.

GLEBELESS Glebe"less, a.

Defn: Having no glebe.

GLEBOSITY Gle*bos"i*ty, n.

Defn: The quality of being glebous. [R.]

GLEBOUS; GLEBY Gleb"ous, Gleb"y, a. Etym: [Cf. L. glaebosus cloddy.]

Defn: Pertaining to the glebe; turfy; cloddy; fertile; fruitful. "Gleby land." Prior.

GLEDE Glede, n. Etym: [AS. glida, akin to Icel. gle,, Sw. glada. Cf. Glide, v. i.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: The common European kite (Milvus ictinus). This name is also sometimes applied to the buzzard. [Written also glead, gled, gleed, glade, and glide.]

GLEDE Glede, n. Etym: [See Gleed.]

Defn: A live coal. [Archaic] The cruel ire, red as any glede. Chaucer.

GLEE Glee, n. Etym: [OE. gle, gleo, AS. gleów, gleó, akin to Icel. gl: cf. Gr.

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

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

3. (Mus.)

Defn: An unaccompanied part song for three or more solo voices. It is not necessarily gleesome.

GLEE CLUB Glee club.

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

GLEED Gleed, n. Etym: [AS. gl, fr. gl to glow as a fire; akin to D. gloed, G. glut, Icel. gl. See Glow, v. i.]

Defn: A live or glowing coal; a glede. [Archaic] Chaucer. Longfellow.

GLEEFUL Glee"ful, a.

Defn: Merry; gay; joyous. Shak.

GLEEK Gleek, n. Etym: [Prob. fr. Icel. leika to play, play a trick on, with the prefix ge-; akin to AS. gelacan, Sw. leka to play, Dan. lege.]

1. A jest or scoff; a trick or deception. [Obs.] Where's the Bastard's braves, and Charles his gleeks Shak.

2. Etym: [Cf. Glicke]

Defn: An enticing look or glance. [Obs.] A pretty gleek coming from Pallas' eye. Beau. & Fl.

GLEEK Gleek, v. i.

Defn: To make sport; to gibe; to sneer; to spend time idly. [Obs.] Shak.

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

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

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

GLEEMAN Glee"man, n.; pl. Gleemen. Etym: [Glee + man; AS. gleóman.]

Defn: A name anciently given to an itinerant minstrel or musician.

GLEEN Gleen, v. i. Etym: [Cf. Glance, Glint.]

Defn: To glisten; to gleam. [Obs.] Prior.

GLEESOME Glee"some, a.

Defn: Merry; joyous; gleeful.

GLEET Gleet, n. Etym: [OE. glette, glet, glat, mucus, pus, filth, OF. glete.] (Med.)

Defn: A transparent mucous discharge from the membrane of the urethra, commonly an effect of gonorrhea. Hoblyn.

GLEET Gleet, v. i.

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

2. To flow slowly, as water. Cheyne.

GLEETY Gleet"y, a.

Defn: Ichorous; thin; limpid. Wiseman.

GLEG Gleg, a. Etym: [Icel. glöggr.]

Defn: Quick of perception; alert; sharp. [Scot.] Jamieson.

GLEIRE; GLEYRE Gleire, Gleyre, n.

Defn: See Glair. [Obs.] Chaucer.

GLEN Glen, n. Etym: [Of Celtic origin; cf. W. glyn a deep valley, Ir. & Gael. gleann valley, glen.]

Defn: A secluded and narrow valley; a dale; a depression between hills. And wooes the widow's daughter of the glen. Spenser.

GLENGARRY; GLENGARRY BONNET Glen*gar"ry, n., or Glen*gar"ry bon"net. [Name of a valley in Scotland.]

Defn: A kind of Highland Scotch cap for men, with straight sides and a hollow top sloping to the back, where it is parted and held together by ribbons or strings.

The long silk streamers of his Glengarry bonnet. L. Hutton.

GLENLIVAT; GLENLIVET Glen*liv"at, Glen*liv"et, n.

Defn: A kind of Scotch whisky, named from the district in which it was first made. W. E. Aytoun.

GLENOID Gle"noid, a. Etym: [Gr. glénoïde.] (Anat.)

Defn: Having the form of a smooth and shallow depression; sockas, the glenoid cavity, or fossa, of the scapula, in which the head of the humerus articulates.

GLENOIDAL Gle*noid"al, a. (Anat.)

Defn: Glenoid.

GLENT Glent, n. & v.

Defn: See Glint.

GLEUCOMETER Gleu*com"e*ter, n. Etym: [Gr. -meter: cf. F. gleucomètre.]

Defn: An instrument for measuring the specific gravity and ascertaining the quantity of sugar contained in must.

GLEW Glew, n.

Defn: See Glue. [Obs.]

GLEY Gley, v. i. Etym: [OE. gli, glien, gleien, to shine, to squint; cf. Icel. glja to glitter.]

Defn: To squint; to look obliquely; to overlook things. [Scot.] Jamieson.

GLEY Gley, adv.

Defn: Asquint; askance; obliquely.

GLIADIN Gli"a*din, n. Etym: [Gr. gliadine.] (Chem.)

Defn: Vegetable glue or gelatin; glutin. It is one of the constituents of wheat gluten, and is a tough, amorphous substance, which resembles animal glue or gelatin.

GLIB Glib, a. [Compar. Glibber; superl. Glibbest.] Etym: [Prob. fr. D. glibberen, glippen, to slide, glibberig, glipperig, glib, slippery.]

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

2. Speaking or spoken smoothly and with flippant rapidity; fluent; voluble; as, a glib tongue; a glib speech. I want that glib and oily art, To speak and purpose not. Shak.

Syn. -- Slippery; smooth; fluent; voluble; flippant.

GLIB Glib, v. t.

Defn: To make glib. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

GLIB Glib, n. Etym: [Ir. & Gael. glib a lock of hair.]

Defn: A thick lock of hair, hanging over the eyes. [Obs.] The Irish have, from the Scythians, mantles and long glibs, which is a thick curied bush of hair hanging down over their eyes, and monstrously disguising them. Spenser. Their wild costume of the glib and mantle. Southey.

GLIB Glib, v. t. Etym: [Cf. O. & Prov. E. lib to castrate, geld, Prov. Dan. live, LG. & OD. lubben.]

Defn: To castrate; to geld; to emasculate. [Obs.] Shak.

GLIBBERY Glib"ber*y, a.

1. Slippery; changeable. [Obs.] My love is glibbery; there is no hold on't. Marston.

2. Moving easily; nimble; voluble. [Obs.] Thy lubrical and glibbery muse. B. Jonson.

GLIBLY Glib"ly, adv.

Defn: In a glib manner; as, to speak glibly.

GLIBNESS Glib"ness, n.

Defn: The quality of being glib.

GLICKE Glicke, n. Etym: [Cf. Gleek, n., 2, and Ir. & Gael. glic wise, cunning, crafty.]

Defn: An ogling look. [Obs.]

GLIDDEN Glid"den, obs.

Defn: p. p. of Glide. Chaucer.

GLIDDER; GLIDDERY Glid"der, Glid"der*y, a. Etym: [Cf. Glide.]

Defn: Giving no sure footing; smooth; slippery. [Prov. Eng.] Shingle, slates, and gliddery stones. R. D. Blackmore.

GLIDE Glide, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The glede or kite.

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

1. To move gently and smoothly; to pass along without noise, violence, or apparent effort; to pass rapidly and easily, or with a smooth, silent motion, as a river in its channel, a bird in the air, a skater over ice. The river glideth at his own sweet will. Wordsworth.

2. (Phon.)

Defn: To pass with a glide, as the voice.

GLIDE Glide, n.

1. The act or manner of moving smoothly, swiftly, and without labor or obstruction. They prey at last ensnared, he dreadful darts, With rapid glide, along the leaning line. Thomson. Seeing Orlando, it unlink'd itself, And with indented glides did slip away. Shak.

2. (Phon.)

Defn: A transitional sound in speech which is produced by the changing of the mouth organs from one definite position to another, and with gradual change in the most frequent cases; as in passing from the begining to the end of a regular diphthong, or from vowel to consonant or consonant to vowel in a syllable, or from one component to the other of a double or diphthongal consonant (see Guide to Pronunciation, §§ 19, 161, 162). Also (by Bell and others), the vanish (or brief final element) or the brief initial element, in a class of diphthongal vowels, or the brief final or initial part of some consonants (see Guide to Pronunciation, §§ 18, 97, 191).

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

GLIDEN Glid"en, obs.

Defn: p. p. of Glide. Chaucer.

GLIDER Glid"er, n.

Defn: One who, or that which, glides.

GLIDING ANGLE Gliding angle. (Aëronautics)

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

GLIDINGLY Glid"ing*ly, adv.

Defn: In a gliding manner.

GLIDING MACHINE Gliding machine. (Aëronautics)

Defn: A construction consisting essentially of one or more aëroplanes for gliding in an inclined path from a height to the ground.

GLIFF Gliff, n. Etym: [Cf. OE. gliffen, gliften, to look with fear at.]

1. A transient glance; an unexpected view of something that startles one; a sudden fear. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Halliwell.

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

GLIKE Glike, n. Etym: [See Gleek a jest.]

Defn: A sneer; a flout. [Obs.]

GLIM Glim, n.

1. Brightness; splendor. [Obs.]

2. A light or candle. [Slang] Dickens. Douse the glim, put out the light. [Slang]

GLIMMER Glim"mer, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Glimmered; p. pr. & vb. n. Glimmering.] Etym: [Akin to G. glimmer a faint, trembling light, mica, glimmern to glimmer, glimmen to shine faintly, glow, Sw. glimma, Dan. glimre, D. glimmen, glimpen. See Gleam a ray, and cf. Glimpse.]

Defn: To give feeble or scattered rays of light; to shine faintly; to show a faint, unsteady light; as, the glimmering dawn; a glimmering lamp. The west yet glimmers with some streaks of day. Shak.

Syn. -- To gleam; to glitter. See Gleam, Flash.

GLIMMER Glim"mer, n.

1. A faint, unsteady light; feeble, scattered rays of light; also, a gleam. Gloss of satin and glimmer of pearls. Tennyson.

2. Mica. See Mica. Woodsward. Glimmer gowk, an owl. [Prov. Eng.] Tennyson.

GLIMMERING Glim"mer*ing, n.

1. Faint, unsteady light; a glimmer. South.

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

GLIMPSE Glimpse, n. Etym: [For glimse, from the root of glimmer.]

1. A sudden flash; transient luster. LIght as the lightning glimpse they ran. Milton.

2. A short, hurried view; a transitory or fragmentary perception; a quick sight. Here hid by shrub wood, there by glimpses seen. S. Rogers.

3. A faint idea; an inkling.

GLIMPSE Glimpse, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Glimpsed; p. pr. & vb. n. Glimpsing.]

Defn: to appear by glimpses; to catch glimpses. Drayton.

GLIMPSE Glimpse, v. t.

Defn: To catch a glimpse of; to see by glimpses; to have a short or hurried view of. Some glimpsing and no perfect sight. Chaucer.

GLINT Glint, n. Etym: [OE. glent.]

Defn: A glimpse, glance, or gleam. [Scot.] "He saw a glint of light." Ramsay.

GLINT Glint, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Glinted; p. pr. & vb. n. Glinting.] Etym: [OE. glenten. Cf. Glance, v. i., Glitter, v. i.]

Defn: To glance; to peep forth, as a flower from the bud; to glitter. Burns.

GLINT Glint, v. t.

Defn: To glance; to turn; as, to glint the eye.

GLIOMA Gli*o"ma, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. -oma.] (Med.)

Defn: A tumor springing from the neuroglia or connective tissue of the brain, spinal cord, or other portions of the nervous system.

GLIRES Gli"res, n. pl. Etym: [L., dormice.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: An order of mammals; the Rodentia. -- Gli"rine, a.

GLISSADE Glis`sade", n. Etym: [F., fr. glisser to slip.]

Defn: A sliding, as down a snow slope in the Alps. Tyndall.

GLISSANDO Glis*san"do, n. & a. Etym: [As if It. = Fr. glissant sliding.] (Mus.)

Defn: A gliding effect; gliding.

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

Defn: The locus described by any point attached to a curve that slips continuously on another fixed curve, the movable curve having no rotation at any instant.

GLIST Glist, n. Etym: [From Glisten.]

Defn: Glimmer; mica.

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

Defn: To sparkle or shine; especially, to shine with a mild, subdued, and fitful luster; to emit a soft, scintillating light; to gleam; as, the glistening stars.

Syn. -- See Flash.

GLISTER Glis"ter, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Glistered; p. pr. & vb. n. Glistering.] Etym: [OE. glistren; akin to G. glistern,glinstern, D. glinsteren, and E. glisten. See Glisten.]

Defn: To be bright; to sparkle; to be brilliant; to shine; to glisten; to glitter. All that glisters is not gold. Shak.

GLISTER Glis"ter, n.

Defn: Glitter; luster.

GLISTER Glis"ter, n. Etym: [Cf. OF. glistere.]

Defn: Same as Clyster.

GLISTERINGLY Glis"ter*ing*ly, adv.

Defn: In a glistering manner.

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

1. To sparkle with light; to shine with a brilliant and broken light or showy luster; to gleam; as, a glittering sword. The field yet glitters with the pomp of war. Dryden.

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

Syn. -- To gleam; to glisten; to shine; to sparkle; to glare. See Gleam, Flash.

GLITTER Glit"ter, n.

Defn: A bright, sparkling light; brilliant and showy luster; brilliancy; as, the glitter of arms; the glitter of royal equipage. Milton.

GLITTERAND Glit"ter*and, a.

Defn: Glittering. [Obs.] Spenser.

GLITTERINGLY Glit"ter*ing*ly, adv.

Defn: In a glittering manner.

GLOAM Gloam, v. i. Etym: [See Gloom, Glum.]

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

2.

Defn: To be sullen or morose. [Obs.]

GLOAM Gloam, n.

Defn: The twilight; gloaming. [R.] Keats.

GLOAMING Gloam"ing, n. Etym: [See Gloom.]

1. Twilight; dusk; the fall of the evening. [Scot. & North of Eng., and in poetry.] Hogg.

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

GLOAR Gloar, v. i. Etym: [OD. gloeren, glueren, gluyeren. Cf. Glower.]

Defn: To squint; to stare. [Obs.]

GLOAT Gloat, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gloated; p. pr. & vb. n. Gloating.] Etym: [Akin to Icel. glotta to smile scornfully, G. glotzen to gloat.]

Defn: To look steadfastly; to gaz In vengeance gloating on another's pain. Byron.

GLOBARD Glo"bard, n. Etym: [OE. globerde, from glow.]

Defn: A glowworm. {Obs.] Holland.

GLOBATE; GLOBATED Glo"bate, Glo"ba*ted, a. Etym: [L. globatus, p. p. of globare to make into a ball, fr. globus ball.]

Defn: Having the form of a globe; spherical.

GLOBE Globe, n. Etym: [L. globus, perh. akin to L. glomus a ball of yarn, and E. clump, golf: cf. F. globe.]

1. A round or spherical body, solid or hollow; a body whose surface is in every part equidistant from the center; a ball; a sphere.

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

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

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

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

Syn. -- Globe, Sphere, Orb, Ball. -- Globe denotes a round, and usually a solid body; sphere is the term applied in astronomy to such a body, or to the concentric spheres or orbs of the old astronomers; orb is used, especially in poetry, for globe or sphere, and also for the pathway of a heavenly body; ball is applied to the heavenly bodies concieved of as impelled through space.

GLOBE Globe, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Globed; p. pr. & vb. n. Globing.]

Defn: To gather or form into a globe.

GLOBEFISH Globe"fish`, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A plectognath fish of the genera Diodon, Tetrodon, and allied genera. The globefishes can suck in water or air and distend the body to a more or less globular form. Called also porcupine fish, and sea hedgehog. See Diodon.

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

GLOBE-SHAPED Globe"-shaped`, a.

Defn: Shaped like a globe.

GLOBIFEROUS Glo*bif"er*ous, a. Etym: [Globe + -ferous.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: Having a round or globular tip.

GLOBIGERINA Glo*big`e*ri"na, n.; pl. Globigerinæ. Etym: [NL., fr. L. globus a round body + gerere to bear.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: A genus of small Foraminifera, which live abundantly at or near the surface of the sea. Their dead shells, falling to the bottom, make up a large part of the soft mud, generally found in depths below 3,000 feet, and called globigerina ooze. See Illust. of Foraminifera.

GLOBOSE Glo*bose", a. Etym: [L. globosus.]

Defn: Having a rounded form resembling that of a globe; globular, or nearly so; spherical. Milton.

GLOBOSELY Glo*bose"ly, adv.

Defn: In a globular manner; globularly.

GLOBOSITY Glo*bos"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. globositas: cf. F. globosité.]

Defn: Sphericity. Ray.

GLOBOUS Glo"bous, a. Etym: [See Globose.]

Defn: Spherical. Milton.

GLOBULAR Glob"u*lar, a. Etym: [Cf. F. globulaire.]

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

GLOBULARITY Glob`u*lar"i*ty, n.

Defn: The state of being globular; globosity; sphericity.

GLOBULARLY Glob"u*lar*ly, adv.

Defn: Spherically.

GLOBULARNESS Glob"u*lar*ness, n.

Defn: Sphericity; globosity.

GLOBULE Glob"ule, n. Etym: [L. globulus, dim. of globus globe: cf. F. globule.]

1. A little globe; a small particle of matter, of a spherical form. Globules of snow. Sir I. Newton. These minute globules [a mole's eyes] are sunk . . . deeply in the skull. Paley.

2. (Biol.)

Defn: A minute spherical or rounded structure; as blood, lymph, and pus corpuscles, minute fungi, spores, etc.

3. A little pill or pellet used by homeopathists.

GLOBULET Glob"u*let, n.

Defn: A little globule. Crabb.

GLOBULIFEROUS Glob`u*lif"er*ous, a. Etym: [Globule + -ferous.]

Defn: Bearing globules; in geology, used of rocks, and denoting a variety of concretionary structure, where the concretions are isolated globules and evenly distributed through the texture of the rock.

GLOBULIMETER Glob`u*lim"e*ter, n. Etym: [Globule + -meter.] (Physiol.)

Defn: An instrument for measuring the number of red blood corpuscles in the blood.

Note: The method depends on the differences of tint obtained by mixing a sample of the blood with sodium carbonate solution.

GLOBULIN Glob"u*lin, n. Etym: [From Globule: cf. F. globuline.] (Phisiol. Chem.)

Defn: An albuminous body, insoluble in water, but soluble in dilute solutions of salt. It is present in the red blood corpuscles united with hæmatin to form hæmoglobin. It is also found in the crystalline lens of the eye, and in blood serum, and is sometimes called crystallin. In the plural the word is applied to a group of proteid substances such as vitellin, myosin, fibrinogen, etc., all insoluble in water, but soluble in dilute salt solutions.

GLOBULITE Glob"u*lite, n. Etym: [See Globule.] (Min.)

Defn: A rudimentary form of crystallite, spherical in shape.

GLOBULOUS Glob"u*lous, a. Etym: [Cf. F. globuleux.]

Defn: Globular; spherical; orbicular. -- Glob"u*lous*ness, n.

GLOBY Glob"y, a.

Defn: Resembling, or pertaining to, a globe; round; orbicular. "The globy sea." Milton.

GLOCHIDIATE Glo*chid"i*ate, a. Etym: [Gr. (Bot.)

Defn: Having barbs; as, glochidiate bristles. Gray.

GLOCHIDIUM Glo*chid"i*um, n.; pl. Glochidia. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The larva or young of the mussel, formerly thought to be a parasite upon the parent's gills.

GLOCKENSPIEL Glock"en*spiel`, n. [G.; glocke bell + spiel play.] (Music)

Defn: An instrument, originally a series of bells on an iron rod, now a set of flat metal bars, diatonically tuned, giving a bell-like tone when played with a mallet; a carillon.

GLODE Glode, obs.

Defn: imp. of Glide. Chaucer.

GLOMBE; GLOME Glombe, Glome, v. i.

Defn: To gloom; to look gloomy, morose, or sullen. [Obs.] Surrey.

GLOME Glome, n.

Defn: Gloom. [Obs.]

GLOME Glome, n. Etym: [L. glomus a ball. Cf. Globe.] (Anat.)

Defn: One of the two prominences at the posterior extremity of the frog of the horse's foot.

GLOMERATE Glom"er*ate, a. Etym: [L. glomeratus, p. p. of glomerare to glomerate, from glomus. See 3d Glome.]

Defn: Gathered together in a roundish mass or dense cluster; conglomerate.

GLOMERATE Glom"er*ate, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Glomerated; p. pr. & vb. n. Glomerating.]

Defn: To gather or wind into a ball; to collect into a spherical form or mass, as threads.

GLOMERATION Glom`er*a"tion, n. Etym: [L. glomeratio.]

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

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

GLOMEROUS Glom"er*ous, a. Etym: [L. glomerosus, fr. glomus. See 3d Glome.]

Defn: Gathered or formed into a ball or round mass. [Obs.] Blount.

GLOMERULE Glom"er*ule, n. Etym: [Dim. fr. L. glomus ball.]

1. (Bot.)

Defn: A head or dense cluster of flowers, formed by condensation of a cyme, as in the flowering dogwood.

2. (Anat.)

Defn: A glomerulus.

GLOMERULUS Glo*mer"u*lus, n.; pl. Glomeruli. Etym: [NL., dim. of L. glomus. See 3d Glome.] (Anat.)

Defn: The bunch of looped capillary blood vessels in a Malpighian capsule of the kidney.

GLOMULIFEROUS Glom`u*lif"er*ous, a. Etym: [L. glomus a ball + -ferous.] (Biol.)

Defn: Having small clusters of minutely branched coral-like excrescences. M. C. Cooke.

GLONOIN; GLONOINE Glon"o*in Glon"o*ine, n. Etym: [Glycerin + oxygen + nitrogen + -in, - ine.]

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

2. (Med.)

Defn: A dilute solution of nitroglycerin used as a neurotic.

GLOOM Gloom (gloom), n. Etym: [AS. glom twilight, from the root of E. glow. See Glow, and cf. Glum, Gloam.]

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

2. A shady, gloomy, or dark place or grove. Before a gloom of stubborn-shafted oaks. Tennyson .

3. Cloudiness or heaviness of mind; melancholy; aspect of sorrow; low spirits; dullness. A sullen gloom and furious disorder prevailed by fits. Burke.

4. In gunpowder manufacture, the drying oven.

Syn. -- Darkness; dimness; obscurity; heaviness; dullness; depression; melancholy; dejection; sadness. See Darkness.

GLOOM Gloom, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gloomed; p. pr. & vb. n. Glooming.]

1. To shine or appear obscurely or imperfectly; to glimmer.

2. To become dark or dim; to be or appear dismal, gloomy, or sad; to come to the evening twilight. The black gibbet glooms beside the way. Goldsmith. [This weary day] . . . at last I see it gloom. Spenser.

GLOOM Gloom, v. t.

1. To render gloomy or dark; to obscure; to darken. A bow window . . . gloomed with limes. Walpole. A black yew gloomed the stagnant air. Tennyson.

2. To fill with gloom; to make sad, dismal, or sullen. Such a mood as that which lately gloomed Your fancy. Tennison. What sorrows gloomed that parting day. Goldsmith.

GLOOMILY Gloom"i*ly, adv.

Defn: In a gloomy manner.

GLOOMINESS Gloom"i*ness, n.

Defn: State of being gloomy. Addison.

GLOOMING Gloom"ing, n. Etym: [Cf. Gloaming.]

Defn: Twilight (of morning or evening); the gloaming. When the faint glooming in the sky First lightened into day. Trench. The balmy glooming, crescent-lit. Tennyson.

GLOOMTH Gloomth, n.

Defn: Gloom. [R.] Walpole.

GLOOMY Gloom"y, a. [Compar. Gloomier; superl. Gloomiest.]

1. Imperfectly illuminated; dismal through obscurity or darkness; dusky; dim; clouded; as, the cavern was gloomy. "Though hid in gloomiest shade." Milton.

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

Syn. -- Dark; dim; dusky; dismal; cloudy; moody; sullen; morose; melancholy; sad; downcast; depressed; dejected; disheartened.

GLOPPEN Glop"pen, v. t. & i. Etym: [OE. glopnen to be frightened, frighten: cf. Icel. gl to look downcast.]

Defn: To surprise or astonish; to be startled or astonished. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

GLORE Glore, v. i. Etym: [See Gloar.]

Defn: To glare; to glower. [Obs.] Halliwell.

GLORIA Glo"ri*a, n. Etym: [L., glory.] (Eccl.) (a) A doxology (beginning Gloria Patri, Glory be to the Father), sung or said at the end of the Psalms in the service of the Roman Catholic and other churches. (b) A portion of the Mass (Gloria in Excelsis Deo, Glory be to God on high), and also of the communion service in some churches. In the Episcopal Church the version in English is used. (c) The musical setting of a gloria.

GLORIATION Glo`ri*a"tion, n. Etym: [L. gloriatio, from gloriari to glory, boast, fr. gloria glory. See Glory, n.]

Defn: Boast; a triumphing. [Obs.] Bp. Richardson. Internal gloriation or triumph of the mind. Hobbes.

GLORIED Glo"ried, a. Etym: [See Glory.]

Defn: Illustrious; honorable; noble. [Obs.] Milton.

GLORIFICATION Glo`ri*fi*ca"tion, n. Etym: [L. glorificatio: cf. F. glorification. See Glorify.]

1. The act of glorifyng or of giving glory to. Jer. Taylor.

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

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

1. To make glorious by bestowing glory upon; to confer honor and distinction upon; to elevate to power or happiness, or to celestial glory. Jesus was not yet glorified. John vii. 39.

2. To make glorious in thought or with the heart, by ascribing glory to; to asknowledge the excellence of; to render homage to; to magnify in worship; to adore. That we for thee may glorify the Lord. Shak.

GLORIOLE Glo"ri*ole, n. Etym: [L. gloriola a small glory, dim. of gloria glory.]

Defn: An aureole. [R.] Msr. Browning.

GLORIOSA Glo`ri*o"sa, n. Etym: [Nl., fr. L. gloriosus. See Glorious.] (Bot.)

Defn: A genus of climbing plants with very showy lilylike blossoms, natives of India.

GLORIOSER Glo`ri*o"ser, n. Etym: [From L. gloriosus boastful.]

Defn: A boaster. [Obs.] Greene.

GLORIOSO Glo`ri*o"so, n. Etym: [It.]

Defn: A boaster. [Obs.] Fuller.

GLORIOUS Glo"ri*ous, a. Etym: [OF. glorios, glorious, F. glorieux, fr. L. gloriosus. See Glory, n.]

1. Exhibiting attributes, qualities, or acts that are worthy of or receive glory; noble; praiseworthy; excellent; splendid; illustrious; inspiring admiration; as, glorious deeds. These are thy glorious works, Parent of good ! Milton.

2. Eager for glory or distinction; haughty; boastful; ostentatious; vainglorious. [Obs.] Most miserable Is the desire that's glorious. Shak.

3. Ecstatic; hilarious; elated with drink. [Colloq.] kings may be blest, but Tam was glorious, O'er all the ills of life victorious. Burns. During his office treason was no crime, The sons of Belial had a glorious time. Dryden.

Syn. -- Eniment; noble; excellent; renowned; illustrious; celebrated; magnificent; grand; splendid. -- Glo"ri*ous*ly, adv. -- Glo"ri*ous*ness, n. Udall. Sing ye to the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously. Ex. xv. 21. I speak it not gloriously, nor out of affectation. B. Jonson.

GLORY Glo"ry, n. Etym: [OE. glorie, OF. glorie, gloire, F. gloire, fr. L. gloria; prob. akin to Gr. glory, praise, to hear. See Loud.]

1. Praise, honor, admiration, or distinction, accorded by common consent to a person or thing; high reputation; honorable fame; renown. Glory to God in the highest. Luke ii. 14. Spread his glory through all countries wide. Spenser.

2. That quality in a person or thing which secures general praise or honor; that which brings or gives renown; an object of pride or boast; the occasion of praise; excellency; brilliancy; splendor. Think it no glory to swell in tyranny. Sir P. Sidney. Jewels lose their glory if neglected. Shak. Your sex's glory 't is to shine unknown. Young.

3. Pride; boastfulness; arrogance. In glory of thy fortunes. Chapman.

4. The presence of the Divine Being; the manifestations of the divine nature and favor to the blessed in heaven; celestial honor; heaven. Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory. Ps. lxxiii. 24.

5. An emanation of light supposed to proceed from beings of peculiar sanctity. It is represented in art by rays of gold, or the like, proceeding from the head or body, or by a disk, or a mere line.

Note: This is the general term; when confined to the head it is properly called nimbus; when encircling the whole body, aureola or aureole. Glory hole, an opening in the wall of a glass furnace, exposing the brilliant white light of the interior. Knight. -- Glory pea (Bot.), the name of two leguminous plants (Clianthus Dampieri and C. puniceus) of Australia and New Zeland. They have showy scarlet or crimson flowers. -- Glory tree (Bot.), a name given to several species of the verbenaceous genus Clerodendron, showy flowering shrubs of tropical regions.

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

1. To exult with joy; to rejoice. Glory ye in his holy name. Ps. cv.

2. To boast; to be proud. God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ. Gal. vi. 14 No one . . . should glory in his prosperity. Richardson.

GLOSE Glose, n. & v.

Defn: See Gloze. Chaucer.

GLOSER Glos"er, n.

Defn: See Glosser.

GLOSS Gloss, n. Etym: [Cf. Icel. glossi a blaze, glys finery, MHG. glosen to glow, G. glosten to glimmer; perh. akin to E. glass.]

1. Bbrightness or luster of a body proceeding from a smooth surface; polish; as, the gloss of silk; cloth is calendered to give it a gloss. It is no part . . . to set on the face of this cause any fairer gloss than the naked truth doth afford. Hooker.

2. A specious appearance; superficial quality or show. To me more dear, congenial to my heart, One native charm than all the gloss of art. Goldsmith.

GLOSS Gloss, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Glossed; p. pr. & vb. n. Glossing.]

Defn: To give a superficial luster or gloss to; to make smooth and shining; as, to gloss cloth. The glossed and gleamy wave. J. R. Drake.

GLOSS Gloss, n. Etym: [OE. glose, F. glose, L. glossa a difficult word needing explanation, fr. Gr. Gloze, Glossary, Glottis.]

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

2. An interpretation, consisting of one or more words, interlinear or marginal; an explanatory note or comment; a running commentary. All this, without a gloss or comment, He would unriddle in a moment. Hudibras. Explaining the text in short glosses. T. Baker.

3. A false or specious explanation. Dryden.

GLOSS Gloss, v. t.

1. To render clear and evident by comments; to illustrate; to explain; to annotate.

2. To give a specious appearance to; to render specious and plausible; to palliate by specious explanation. You have the art to gloss the foulest cause. Philips.

GLOSS Gloss, v. i.

1. To make comments; to comment; to explain. Dryden.

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

GLOSSA Glos"sa, n.; pl. Gloss. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The tongue, or lingua, of an insect. See Hymenoptera.

GLOSSAL Glos"sal, a.

Defn: Of or pertaining to the tongue; lingual.

GLOSSANTHRAX Glos*san"thrax, n. Etym: [Gr. anthrax: cf. F. glossanthrax.]

Defn: A disease of horses and cattle accompanied by carbuncles in the mouth and on the tongue.

GLOSSARIAL Glos*sa"ri*al, a.

Defn: Of or pertaining to glosses or to a glossary; containing a glossary.

GLOSSARIALLY Glos*sa"ri*al*ly, adv.

Defn: In the manner of a glossary.

GLOSSARIST Glos"sa*rist, n.

Defn: A writer of glosses or of a glossary; a commentator; a scholiast. Tyrwhitt.

GLOSSARY Glos"sa*ry, n.; pl. Gossaries. Etym: [L. glossarium, fr. glossa: cf. F. glossaire. See 3d Gloss.]

Defn: A collection of glosses or explanations of words and passages of a work or author; a partial dictionary of a work, an author, a dialect, art, or science, explaining archaic, technical, or other uncommon words.

GLOSSATA Glos*sa"ta, n. pl. Etym: [NL. See Glossa.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: The Lepidoptera.

GLOSSATOR Glos*sa"tor, n. Etym: [LL. See 3d Gloss.]

Defn: A writer of glosses or comments; a commentator. [R.] "The . . . glossators of Aristotle." Milman.

GLOSSER Gloss"er, n. Etym: [See lst Gloss.]

Defn: A polisher; one who gives a luster.

GLOSSER Gloss"er, n. Etym: [See 3d Gloss.]

Defn: A writer of glosses; a scholiast; a commentator. L. Addison.

GLOSSIC Glos"sic, n. Etym: [L. glossa a word requiring a gloss. See 3d Gloss.]

Defn: A system of phonetic spelling based upon the present values of English letters, but invariably using one symbol to represent one sound only. Ingglish Glosik konvaiA. J. Ellis.

GLOSSILY Gloss"i*ly, adv.

Defn: In a glossy manner.

GLOSSINESS Gloss"i*ness, n. Etym: [From Glossy.]

Defn: The condition or quality of being glossy; the luster or brightness of a smooth surface. Boyle.

GLOSSIST Gloss"ist, n.

Defn: A writer of comments. [Obs.] Milton.

GLOSSITIS Glos*si"tis, n. Etym: [NL., from Gr. -itis.] (Med.)

Defn: Inflammation of the tongue.

GLOSSLY Gloss"ly, adv.

Defn: Like gloss; specious. Cowley.

GLOSSOCOMON Glos*soc"o*mon, n.Etym: [NL., fr. Gr.

Defn: A kind of hoisting winch.

GLOSSOEPIGLOTTIC Glos`so*ep`i*glot"tic, a. Etym: [Gr. epiglottic.] (Anat.)

Defn: Pertaining to both tongue and epiglottis; as, glossoepiglottic folds.

GLOSSOGRAPHER Glos"sog"ra*pher, n. Etym: [Gr. Gloss.]

Defn: A writer of a glossary; a commentator; a scholiast. Hayward.

GLOSSOGRAPHICAL Glos`so*graph"ic*al, a.

Defn: Of or pertaining to glossography.

GLOSSOGRAPHY Glos"sog"ra*phy, n. Etym: [See Glossographer.]

Defn: The writing of glossaries, glosses, or comments for illustrating an author.

GLOSSOHYAL Glos`so*hy"al, a. Etym: [Gr. (Anat.)

Defn: Pertaining to both the hyoidean arch and the tongue; -- applied to the anterior segment of the hyoidean arch in many fishes. -- n. The glossohyal bone or cartilage; lingual bone; entoglossal bone.

GLOSSOLALIA; GLOSSOLALY Glos`so*la"li*a, Glos*sol"a*ly, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. glossolalie.]

Defn: The gift of tongues. Farrar.

GLOSSOLOGICAL Glos`so*log"ic*al, a.

Defn: Of or pertaining to glossology.

GLOSSOLOGIST Glos*sol"o*gist, n.

Defn: One who defines and explains terms; one who is versed in glossology.

GLOSSOLOGY Glos*sol"o*gy, n. Etym: [Gr. -logy: cf. F. glossologie. See 3d Gloss.]

1. The definition and explanation of terms; a glossary.

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

GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL Glos`so*phar`yn*ge"al, a. Etym: [Gr. pharyngeal.] (Anat.)

Defn: Pertaining to both the tongue and the pharynx; -- applied especially to the ninth pair of cranial nerves, which are distributed to the pharynx and tongue. -- n. One of the glossopharyngeal nerves.

GLOSSY Gloss"y, a. [Compar. Glossier; superl. Glossiest.] Etym: [See Gloss luster.]

1. Smooth and shining; reflecting luster from a smooth surface; highly polished; lustrous; as, glossy silk; a glossy surface.

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

GLOST OVEN Glost" ov`en.

Defn: An oven in which glazed pottery is fired; -- also called glaze kiln, or glaze.

GLOTTAL Glot"tal, a.

Defn: Of or pertaining to, or produced by, the glottis; glottic. Glottal catch, an effect produced upon the breath or voice by a sudden opening or closing of the glotts. Sweet.

GLOTTIC; GLOTTIDEAN Glot"tic, Glot*tid"e*an, a.

Defn: Of or pertaining to the glottis; glottal.

GLOTTIS Glot"tis, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. Gloss an explanatory remark.] (Anat.)

Defn: The opening from the pharynx into the larynx or into the trachea. See Larynx.

GLOTTOLOGICAL Glot`to*log"ic*al, a.

Defn: Of or pertaining to glottology.

GLOTTOLOGIST Glot*tol"o*gist, n.

Defn: A linguist; a philologist.

GLOTTOLOGY Glot*tol"o*gy, n. Etym: [Gr. -logy.]

Defn: The science of tongues or languages; comparative philology; glossology.

GLOUT Glout, v. i. Etym: [Scot. Cf. Gloat.]

Defn: To pout; to look sullen. [Obs.] Garth.

GLOUT Glout, v. t.

Defn: To view attentively; to gloat on; to stare at. [Obs.] Wright.

GLOVE Glove, n. Etym: [OE. glove, glofe, AS. gl; akin to Icel. gl, cf. Goth. l palm of the hand, Icel. l.]

1. A cover for the hand, or for the hand and wrist, with a separate sheath for each finder. The latter characteristic distinguishes the glove from the mitten.

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

GLOVE Glove, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gloved; p. pr. & vb. n. Gloving.]

Defn: To cover with, or as with, a glove.

GLOVER Glov"er, n.

Defn: One whose trade it is to make or sell gloves. Glover's suture or stitch, a kind of stitch used in sewing up wounds, in which the thread is drawn alternately through each side from within outward.

GLOW Glow, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Glowed; p. pr. & vb. n. Glowing.] Etym: [AS. gl; akin to D. gloeijen, OHG. gluoen, G. glühen, Icel. gl, Dan. gloende glowing. Gloom.]

1. To shine with an intense or white heat; to give forth vivid light and heat; to be incandenscent. Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees. Pope.

2. To exhibit a strong, bright color; to be brilliant, as if with heat; to be bright or red with heat or animation, with blushes, etc. Clad in a gown that glows with Tyrian rays. Dryden. And glow with shame of your proceedings. Shak.

3. To feel hot; to have a burning sensation, as of the skin, from friction, exercise, etc.; to burn. Did not his temples glow In the same sultry winds and acrching heats Addison. The cord slides swiftly through his glowing hands. Gay.

4. To feel the heat of passion; to be animated, as by intense love, zeal, anger, etc.; to rage, as passior; as, the heart glows with love, zeal, or patriotism. With pride it mounts, and with revenge it glows. Dryden. Burns with one love, with one resentment glows. Pope.

GLOW Glow, v. t.

Defn: To make hot; to flush. [Poetic] Fans, whose wind did seem To glow the delicate cheeks which they did cool. Shak.

GLOW Glow, n.

1. White or red heat; incandscence.

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

3. Intense excitement or earnestness; vehemence or heat of passion; ardor. The red glow of scorn. Shak.

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

GLOWBARD Glow"bard, n. Etym: [See Globard.]

Defn: The glowworm. [Obs.]

GLOWER Glow"er, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Glowered; p. pr. & vb. n. Glowering.] Etym: [Cf. Gloar.]

Defn: to look intently; to stare angrily or with a scowl. Thackeray.

GLOWINGLY Glow"ing*ly, adv.

Defn: In a glowing manner; with ardent heat or passion.

GLOWLAMP Glow"lamp`, n.

1. (Chem.)

Defn: An aphlogistic lamp. See Aphlogistic.

2. (Elect.)

Defn: An incandescent lamp. See Incandescent, a.

GLOWWORM Glow"worm`, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A coleopterous insect of the genus Lampyris; esp., the wingless females and larvæ of the two European species (L. noctiluca, and L. splendidula), which emit light from some of the abdominal segments. Like a glowworm in the night, The which hath fire in darkness, none in light. Shak.

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

GLOXINIA Glox*in"i*a, n. Etym: [NL.] (Bot.)

Defn: American genus of herbaceous plants with very handsome bell- shaped blossoms; -- named after B. P. Gloxin, a German botanist.

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

1. To flatter; to wheedle; to fawn; to talk smoothly. Chaucer. A false, glozing parasite. South. So glozed the tempter, and his proem tuned. Milton.

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

GLOZE Gloze, v. t.

Defn: To smooth over; to palliate. By glozing the evil that is in the world. I. Taylor.

GLOZE Gloze, n.

1. Flattery; adulation; smooth speech. Now to plain dealing; lay these glozes by. Shak.

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

GLOZER Gloz"er, n.

Defn: A flatterer. [Obs.] Gifford (1580).

GLUCIC Glu"cic, a. Etym: [Gr. (Chem.)

Defn: Pertaining to, or obtained from, sugar; as, glucic acid.

GLUCINA Glu*ci"na, n. Etym: [Cf. F. glycine, glucine. So called because it forms sweet salts. See Glucinum.] (Chem.)

Defn: A white or gray tasteless powder, the oxide of the element glucinum; -- formerly called glucine.

GLUCINIC Glu*cin"ic, a. (Chem.)

Defn: Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, glucinum; as, glucinic oxide.

GLUCINUM Glu*ci"num, n. Etym: [Cf. F. glucinium, glycium, fr. Gr. Glycerin.] (Chem.)

Defn: A rare metallic element, of a silver white color, and low specific gravity (2.1), resembling magnesium. It never occurs naturally in the free state, but is always combined, usually with silica or alumina, or both; as in the minerals phenacite, chrysoberyl, beryl or emerald, euclase, and danalite. It was named from its oxide glucina, which was known long before the element was isolated. Symbol Gl. Atomic weight 9.1. Called also beryllium. [Formerly written also glucinium.]

GLUCOGEN Glu"co*gen, n. [R.]

Defn: See Glycogen.

GLUCOGENESIS Glu`co*gen"e*sis, n.

Defn: Glycogenesis. [R.]

GLUCONIC Glu*con"ic, a.

Defn: Pertaining to, or derived from, glucose. Gluconic acid (Chem.), an organic acid, obtained as a colorless, sirupy liquid, by the oxidation of glucose; -- called also maltonic acid, and dextronic acid.

GLUCOSE Glu"cose`, n. Etym: [Gr. Glycerin.]

1. A variety of sugar occurring in nature very abundantly, as in ripe grapes, and in honey, and produced in great quantities from starch, etc., by the action of heat and acids. It is only about half as sweet as cane sugar. Called also dextrose, grape sugar, diabetic sugar, and starch sugar. See Dextrose.

2. (Chem.)

Defn: Any one of a large class of sugars, isometric with glucose proper, and including levulose, galactose, etc.

3. The trade name of a sirup, obtained as an uncrystallizable reside in the manufacture of glucose proper, and containing, in addition to some dextrose or glucose, also maltose, dextrin, etc. It is used as a cheap adulterant of sirups, beers, etc.

GLUCOSIDE Glu"co*side, n. Etym: [See Glucose.] (Chem.)

Defn: One of a large series of amorphous or crystalline substances, occurring very widely distributed in plants, rarely in animals, and regarded as influental agents in the formation and disposition of the sugars. They are frequently of a bitter taste, but, by the action of ferments, or of dilute acids and alkalies, always break down into some characteristic substance (acid, aldehyde, alcohol, phenole, or alkaloid) and glucose (or some other sugar); hence the name. They are of the nature of complex and compound ethers, and ethereal salts of the sugar carbohydrates.

GLUCOSURIA Glu`co*su"ri*a, n. Etym: [NL., fr. E. glucose + Gr. (Med.)

Defn: A condition in which glucose is discharged in the urine; diabetes mellitus.

GLUE Glue, n. Etym: [F. glu, L. glus, akin to gluten, from gluere to draw together. Cf. Gluten.]

Defn: A hard brittle brownish gelatin, obtained by boiling to a jelly the skins, hoofs, etc., of animals. When gently heated with water, it becomes viscid and tenaceous, and is used as a cement for uniting substances. The name is also given to other adhesive or viscous substances. Bee glue. See under Bee. -- Fish glue, a strong kind of glue obtained from fish skins and bladders; isinglass. -- Glue plant (Bot.), a fucoid seaweed (Gloiopeltis tenax). -- Liquid glue, a fluid preparation of glue and acetic acid oralcohol. -- Marine glue, a solution of caoutchouc in naphtha, with shellac, used in shipbuilding.

GLUE Glue, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Glued; p. pr. & vb. n. Gluing.] Etym: [F. gluer. See Glue, n.]

Defn: To join with glue or a viscous substance; to cause to stick or hold fast, as if with glue; to fix or fasten. This cold, congealed blood That glues my lips, and will not let me speak. Shak.

GLUEPOT Glue"pot`, n.

Defn: A utensil for melting glue, consisting of an inner pot holding the glue, immersed in an outer one containing water which is heated to soften the glue.

GLUER Glu"er, n.

Defn: One who cements with glue.

GLUEY Glu"ey, a.

Defn: Viscous; glutinous; of the nature of, or like, glue.

GLUEYNESS Glu"ey*ness, n.

Defn: Viscidity.

GLUISH Glu"ish, a.

Defn: Somewhat gluey. Sherwood.

GLUM Glum, n. Etym: [See Gloom.]

Defn: Sullenness. [Obs.] Skelton.

GLUM Glum, a.

Defn: Moody; silent; sullen. I frighten people by my glun face. Thackeray.

GLUM Glum, v. i.

Defn: To look sullen; to be of a sour countenance; to be glum. [Obs.] Hawes.

GLUMACEOUS Glu*ma"ceous, a. Etym: [Cf. F. glumancé. See Glume.]

Defn: Having glumes; consisting of glumes.

GLUMAL Glu"mal, a. (Bot.)

Defn: Characterized by a glume, or having the nature of a glume.

GLUME Glume, n. Etym: [L. gluma hull, husk, fr. glubere to bark or peel: cf. F. glume or gloume.] (Bot.)

Defn: The bracteal covering of the flowers or seeds of grain and grasses; esp., an outer husk or bract of a spikelt. Gray.

GLUMELLA; GLUMELLE Glu*mel"la, Glu"melle, n. Etym: [F. glumelle, dim. of glume.] (Bot.)

Defn: One of the pelets or inner chaffy scales of the flowers or spikelets of grasses.

GLUMLY Glum"ly, adv.

Defn: In a glum manner; sullenly; moodily.

GLUMMY Glum"my, a. Etym: [See Gloom.]

Defn: dark; gloomy; dismal. [Obs.]

GLUMNESS Glum"ness, n.

Defn: Moodiness; sullenness.

GLUMP Glump, v. i. Etym: [See Glum.]

Defn: To manifest sullenness; to sulk. [Colloq.]

GLUMPY Glump"y, a.

Defn: Glum; sullen; sulky. [Colloq.] "He was glumpy enough." T. Hook.

GLUNCH Glunch, a. Etym: [Cf. Glump.]

Defn: Frowning; sulky; sullen. Sir W. Scott. -- n.

Defn: A sullen, angry look; a look of disdain or dislike. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

GLUT Glut, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Glutted; p. pr. & vb. n. Glutting.] Etym: [OE. glotten, fr. OF. glotir, gloutir, L. glutire, gluttire; cf. Gr. gar. Cf. Gluttion, Englut.]

1. To swallow, or to swallow greedlly; to gorge. Though every drop of water swear against it, And gape at widest to glut him. Shak.

2. To fill to satiety; to satisfy fully the desire or craving of; to satiate; to sate; to cloy. His faithful heart, a bloody sacrifice, Torn from his breast, to glut the tyrant's eyes. Dryden. The realms of nature and of art were ransacked to glut the wonder, lust, and ferocity of a degraded populace. C. Kingsley. To glut the market, to furnish an oversupply of any article of trade, so that there is no sale for it.

GLUT Glut, v. i.

Defn: To eat gluttonously or to satiety. Like three horses that have broken fence, And glutted all night long breast-deep in corn. Tennyson.

GLUT Glut, n.

1. That which is swallowed. Milton

2. Plenty, to satiety or repletion; a full supply; hence, often, a supply beyond sufficiency or to loathing; over abundance; as, a glut of the market. A glut of those talents which raise men to eminence. Macaulay.

3. Something that fills up an opening; a clog.

4. (a) A wooden wedge used in splitting blocks. [Prov. Eng.] (b) (Mining) A piece of wood used to fill up behind cribbing or tubbing. Raymond. (c) (Bricklaying) A bat, or small piece of brick, used to fill out a course. Knight. (d) (Arch.) An arched opening to the ashpit of a klin. (e) A block used for a fulcrum.

5. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The broad-nosed eel (Anguilla latirostris), found in Europe, Asia, the West Indies, etc.

GLUTACONIC Glu`ta*con"ic, a. Etym: [Glutaric + aconitic.] (Chem.)

Defn: Pertaining to, or derived from, an acid intermediate between glutaric and aconitic acids.

GLUTAEUS Glu*tæ"us, n. Etym: [NL. See Gluteal.] (Anat.)

Defn: The great muscle of the buttock in man and most mammals, and the corresponding muscle in many lower animals.

Note: In man, the glutæus is composed of three distinct parts, which extend and abduct the thigh, and help support the body in standing.

GLUTAMIC Glu*tam"ic, a. Etym: [Gluten + -amic.] (Chem.)

Defn: Of or pertaining to gluten. Glutamic acid, a nitrogenous organic acid obtained from certain albuminoids, as gluten; -- called also amido-glutaric acid.C5H9NO4.

GLUTARIC Glu*tar"ic, a. Etym: [Glutamic + tartaric.] (Chem.)

Defn: Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid so called; as, glutaric ethers. Glutaric acid, an organic acid obtained as a white crystalline substance, isomeric with pyrotartaric acid; -- called also normal pyrotartaric acid.

GLUTAZINE Glu"ta*zine, n. (Chem.)

Defn: A nitrogenous substance, forming a heavy, sandy powder, white or nearly so. It is a derivative of pyridine.

GLUTEAL Glu"te*al, a. Etym: [G. (Anat.)

Defn: Pertaining to, or in the region of, the glutæus.

GLUTEN Glu"ten, n. Etym: [L., glue: cf. F. gluten. See Glue.] (Chem.)

Defn: The viscid, tenacious substance which gives adhesiveness to dough.

Note: Gluten is a complex and variable mixture of glutin or gliadin, vegetable fibrin, vegetable casein, oily material, etc., and ia a very nutritious element of food. It may be separated from the flour of grain by subjecting this to a current of water, the starch and other soluble matters being thus washed out. Gluten bread, bread containing a large proportion of gluten; -- used in cases of diabetes. -- Gluten casein (Chem.), a vegetable proteid found in the seeds of grasses, and extracted as a dark, amorphous, earthy mass. -- Gluten fibrin (Chem.), a vegetable proteid found in the cereal grains, and extracted as an amorphous, brownish yellow substance.

GLUTEUS Glu*te"us, n. Etym: [NL.] (Anat.)

Defn: Same as Glutæus.

GLUTIN Glu"tin, n. Etym: [See Gluten.] (Chem.)

1. Same as Gliadin.

2. Sometimes synonymous with Gelatin. [R.]

GLUTINATE Glu"ti*nate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Glutinated; p. pr. & vb. n. Glutinating.] Etym: [L. glutinatus, p. p. of glutinare to glue, fr. gluten glue.]

Defn: To unite with glue; to cement; to stick together. Bailey.

GLUTINATION Glu`ti*na"tion, n. Etym: [L. glutinatio: cf. F. glutination.]

Defn: The act of uniting with glue; sticking together.

GLUTINATIVE Glu"ti*na*tive, a. Etym: [L. glutinativus: cf. F. glutinatif.]

Defn: Having the quality of cementing; tenacious; viscous; glutinous.

GLUTINOSITY Glu`ti*nos"i*ty, n. Etym: [Cf. F. glutinosité .]

Defn: The quality of being glutinous; viscousness. [R.]

GLUTINOUS Glu"ti*nous, a. Etym: [L. glutinosus, fr. gluten glue: cf. F. glutineux. See Gluten.]

1. Of the nature of glue; resembling glue; viscous; viscid; adhesive; gluey.

2. (Bot.)

Defn: Havig a moist and adhesive or sticky surface, as a leaf or gland.

GLUTINOUSNESS Glu"ti*nous*ness, n.

Defn: The quality of being glutinous.

GLUTTON Glut"ton, n. Etym: [OE. glotoun, glotun, F. glouton, fr. L. gluto, glutto. See Glut.]

1. One who eats voraciously, or to excess; a gormandizer.

2. Fig.: One who gluts himself. Gluttons in murder, wanton to destroy. Granville.

3. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A carnivorous mammal (Gulo luscus), of the family Mustelidæ, about the size of a large badger. It was formerly believed to be inordinately voracious, whence the name; the wolverene. It is a native of the northern parts of America, Europe, and Asia. Glutton bird (Zoöl.), the giant fulmar (Ossifraga gigantea); -- called also Mother Carey's goose, and mollymawk.

GLUTTON Glut"ton, a.

Defn: Gluttonous; greedy; gormandizing. "Glutton souls." Dryden. A glutton monastery in former ages makes a hungry ministry in our days. Fuller.

GLUTTON Glut"ton, v. t. & i.

Defn: To glut; to eat voraciously. [Obs.] Gluttoned at last, return at home to pine. Lovelace. Whereon in Egypt gluttoning they fed. Drayton.

GLUTTONISH Glut"ton*ish, a.

Defn: Gluttonous; greedy. Sir P. Sidney.

GLUTTONIZE Glut"ton*ize, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gluttonized; p. pr. & vb. n. Gluttonizing.]

Defn: To eat to excess; to eat voraciously; to gormandize. Hallywell.

GLUTTONOUS Glut"ton*ous, a.

Defn: Given to gluttony; eating to excess; indulging the appetite; voracious; as, a gluttonous age. -- Glut"ton*ous*ly, adv. -- Glut"ton*ous*ness, n.

GLUTTONY Glut"ton*y, n.; pl. Gluttonies. Etym: [OE. glotonie, OF. glotonie, gloutonnie.]

Defn: Excess in eating; extravagant indulgence of the appetite for food; voracity. Their sumptuous gluttonies, and gorgeous feasts. Milton.

GLYCERATE Glyc"er*ate, n. (Chem.)

Defn: A salt of glyceric acid.

GLYCERIC Gly*cer"ic, a. (Chem.)

Defn: Pertaining to, or derived from, glycerin. Glyceric acid (Chem.), an organic acid, obtained by the partial oxidation of glycerin, as a thick liquid. It is a hydroxyl derivative of propionic acid, and has both acid and alcoholic properties.

GLYCERIDE Glyc"er*ide, n. Etym: [See Glycerin.] (Chem.)

Defn: A compound ether (formed from glycerin). Some glycerides exist ready formed as natural fats, others are produced artificially.

GLYCERIN; GLYCERINE Glyc"er*in, Glyc"er*ine (, n. Etym: [F. glycérine, fr. Gr. glykero`s, glyky`s, sweet. Cf. Glucose, Licorice.] (Chem.)

Defn: An oily, viscous liquid, C3H5(OH)3, colorless and odorless, and with a hot, sweetish taste, existing in the natural fats and oils as the base, combined with various acids, as oleic, margaric, stearic, and palmitic. It is a triatomic alcohol, and hence is also called glycerol. See Note under Gelatin.

Note: It is obtained from fats by saponification, or, on a large scale, by the action of superheated steam. It is used as an ointment, as a solvent and vehicle for medicines, and as an adulterant in wine, beer, etc.

GLYCERITE Glyc"er*ite, n. (Med.)

Defn: A medicinal preparation made by mixing or dissolving a substance in glycerin.

GLYCEROL Glyc"er*ol, n. (Chem.)

Defn: Same as Glycerin.

GLYCEROLE Glyc"er*ole, n. Etym: [F. glycérolé.] (Med.)

Defn: Same as Glycerite.

GLYCERYL Glyc"er*yl, n. Etym: [Glycerin + -yl.] (Chem.)

Defn: A compound radical, C3H5, regarded as the essential radical of glycerin. It is metameric with allyl. Called also propenyl.

GLYCIDE Glyc"ide, n. Etym: [Glyceric + anhydride.] (Chem.)

Defn: A colorless liquid, obtained from certain derivatives of glycerin, and regarded as a partially dehydrated glycerin; -- called also glycidic alcohol.

GLYCIDIC Gly*cid"ic, a. (Chem.)

Defn: Pertaining to, or derived from, glycide; as, glycidic acid.

GLYCIN Gly"cin, n. Etym: [Gr. glyky`s sweet.] (Physiol. Chem.)

Defn: Same as Glycocoll.

GLYCOCHOLATE Gly`co*cho"late, n. Etym: [Glycocoll + cholic.] (Physiol. Chem.)

Defn: A salt of glycocholic acid; as, sodium glycocholate.

GLYCOCHOLIC Gly`co*chol"ic, a. (Physiol. Chem.)

Defn: Pertaining to, or composed of, glycocoll and cholic acid. Glycocholic acid (Physiol. Chem.), a conjugate acid, composed of glycocoll and cholic acid, present in bile in the form of a sodium salt. The acid commonly forms a resinous mass, but can be crystallized in long, white needles.

GLYCOCIN Gly"co*cin, n. Etym: [Glycocoll + -in.] (Physiol. Chem.)

Defn: Same as Glycocoll.

GLYCOCOLL Gly"co*coll, n. Etym: [Gr. glyky`s sweet + ko`lla glue.] (Physiol. Chem.)

Defn: A crystalline, nitrogenous substance, with a sweet taste, formed from hippuric acid by boiling with hydrochloric acid, and present in bile united with cholic acid. It is also formed from gelatin by decomposition with acids. Chemically, it is amido-acetic acid. Called also glycin, and glycocin.

GLYCOGEN Gly"co*gen, n. Etym: [Gr. -gen: cf. F. glycogène.] (Physiol. Chem.)

Defn: A white, amorphous, tasteless substance resembling starch, soluble in water to an opalescent fluid. It is found abundantly in the liver of most animals, and in small quantity in other organs and tissues, particularly in the embryo. It is quickly changed into sugar when boiled with dilute sulphuric or hydrochloric acid, and also by the action of amylolytic ferments.

GLYCOGENIC Gly`co*gen"ic, a.

Defn: Pertaining to, or caused by, glycogen; as, the glycogenic function of the liver.

GLYCOGENY; GLYCOGENESIS Gly*cog"e*ny, Gly`co*gen"e*sis, n. (Physiol.)

Defn: The production or formation of sugar from gycogen, as in the liver.

GLYCOL Gly"col, n. Etym: [Glycerin + -ol. See Glycerin.] (Chem.) (a) A thick, colorless liquid, C2H4(OH)2, of a sweetish taste, produced artificially from certain ethylene compounds. It is a diacid alcohol, intermediate between ordinary ethyl alcohol and glycerin. (b) Any one of the large class of diacid alcohols, of which glycol proper is the type.

GLYCOLIC Gly*col"ic, a. (Chem.)

Defn: Pertaining to, or derived from, glycol; as, glycolic ether; glycolic acid. Glycolic acid (Chem.), an organic acid, found naturally in unripe grapes and in the leaves of the wild grape (Ampelopsis quinquefolia), and produced artificially in many ways, as by the oxidation of glycol, -- whence its name. It is a sirupy, or white crystalline, substance, HO.CH2.CO2H, has the properties both of an alcohol and an acid, and is a type of the hydroxy acids; -- called also hydroxyacetic acid.

GLYCOLIDE Gly"co*lide, n. Etym: [Glycol + anhydride.] (Chem.)

Defn: A white amorphous powder, C4H4O, obtained by heating and dehydrating glycolic acid. [Written also glycollide.]

GLYCOLURIC Gly`co*lu"ric, a. Etym: [Glycol + uric.] (Chem.)

Defn: Pertaining to, derived from, glycol and urea; as, glycoluric acid, which is called also hydantoic acid.

GLYCOLURIL Gly`co*lu"ril, n. Etym: [Glycolyl + uric.] (Chem.)

Defn: A white, crystalline, nitrogenous substance, obtained by the reduction of allantoïn.

GLYCOLYL Gly"co*lyl, n. Etym: [Glycolic + -yl.] (Chem.)

Defn: A divalent, compound radical, CO.CH2, regarded as the essential radical of glycolic acid, and a large series of related compounds.

GLYCONIAN Gly*co"ni*an, a. & n.

Defn: Glyconic.

GLYCONIC Gly*con"ic, a. Etym: [Gr. Glycon.] (Pros.)

Defn: Consisting of a spondee, a choriamb, and a pyrrhic; -- applied to a kind of verse in Greek and Latin poetry. -- n. (Pros.)

Defn: A glyconic verse.

GLYCONIN Gly"co*nin, n.

Defn: An emulsion of glycerin and the yolk of eggs, used as an ointment, as a vehicle for medicines, etc.

GLYCOSE Gly"cose, n. [Gr. sweet + -ose.] (Physiol. Chem.)

Defn: One of a class of carbohydrates having from three to nine atoms of carbon in the molecules and having the constitution either of an aldehyde alcohol or of a ketone alcohol. Most glycoses have hydrogen and oxygen present in the proportion to form water, while the number of carbon atoms is usually equal to the number of atoms of oxygen.

GLYCOSINE Gly"co*sine, n. (Chem.)

Defn: An organic base, C6H6N4, produced artificially as a white, crystalline powder, by the action of ammonia on glyoxal.

GLYCOSOMETER Gly`co*som"e*ter, n. [Gr. sweet + -meter.] (Med.)

Defn: An apparatus for determining the amount of sugar in diabetic urine.

GLYCOSURIA Gly`co*su"ri*a, n. (Med.)

Defn: Same as Gluoosuria.

GLYCYRRHIZA Glyc`yr*rhi"za, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. Licorice.]

1. (Bot.)

Defn: A genus of papilionaceous herbaceous plants, one species of which (G. glabra), is the licorice plant, the roots of which have a bittersweet mucilaginous taste.

2. (Med.)

Defn: The root of Glycyrrhiza glabra (liquorice root), used as a demulcent, etc.

GLYCYRRHIZIMIC Glyc`yr*rhi*zim"ic, a. (Chem.)

Defn: From, or pertaining to, glycyrrhizin; as, glycyrrhizimic acid.

GLYCYRRHIZIN Gly*cyr"rhi*zin, n. Etym: [Cf. F. glycyrrhizine. See Glycyrrhiza.] (Chem.)

Defn: A glucoside found in licorice root (Glycyrrhiza), in monesia bark (Chrysophyllum), in the root of the walnut, etc., and extracted as a yellow, amorphous powder, of a bittersweet taste.

GLYN; GLYNNE Glyn, Glynne, n.

Defn: A glen. See Glen.

Note: [Obs. singly, but occurring often in locative names in Ireland, as Glen does in Scotland.] He could not beat out the Irish, yet he did shut them up within those narrow corners and glyns under the mountain's foot. Spenser.

GLYOXAL Gly*ox"al, n. Etym: [Glycol + oxalic + aldehyde.] (Chem.)

Defn: A white, amorphous, deliquescent powder, (CO.H)2, obtained by the partial oxidation of glycol. It is a double aldehyde, between glycol and oxalic acid.

GLYOXALIC Gly`ox*al"ic, a. (Chem.)

Defn: Pertaining to, or designating, an aldehyde acid, intermediate between glycol and oxalic acid. [Written also glyoxylic.]

GLYOXALINE Gly*ox"a*line, n. (Chem.)

Defn: A white, crystalline, organic base, C3H4N2, produced by the action of ammonia on glyoxal, and forming the origin of a large class of derivatives hence, any one of the series of which glyoxaline is a type; -- called also oxaline.

GLYOXIME Gly*ox"ime, n. Etym: [Glyoxal + oxime.] (Chem.)

Defn: A white, crystalline, nitrogenous substance, produced by the action of hydroxylamine on glyoxal, and belonging to the class of oximes; also, any one of a group of substances resembling glyoxime proper, and of which it is a type. See Oxime.

GLYPH Glyph, n. Etym: [Gr. glyphe. Cf. Cleave to split.] (Arch.)

Defn: A sunken channel or groove, usually vertical. See Triglyph.

GLYPHIC Glyph"ic, a. Etym: [Gr. (Fine Arts)

Defn: Of or pertaining to sculpture or carving of any sort, esp. to glyphs.

GLYPHOGRAPH Glyph"o*graph, n.

Defn: A plate made by glyphography, or an impression taken from such a plate.

GLYPHOGRAPHIC Glyph`o*graph"ic, a.

Defn: Of or pertaining to glyphography.

GLYPHOGRAPHY Gly*phog"ra*phy, n. Etym: [Gr. -graphy.]

Defn: A process similar to etching, in which, by means of voltaic electricity, a raised copy of a drawing is made, so that it can be used to print from.

GLYPTIC Glyp"tic, a. Etym: [See Glyph.]

1. Of or pertaining to gem engraving.

2. (Min.)

Defn: Figured; marked as with figures.

GLYPTICS Glyp"tics, n. Etym: [Cf. F. glyptique. See Glyph.]

Defn: The art of engraving on precious stones.

GLYPTODON Glyp"to*don, n. Etym: [Gr. Glyph.] (Paleon.)

Defn: An extinct South American quaternary mammal, allied to the armadillos. It was as large as an ox, was covered with tessellated scales, and had fluted teeth. Owen.

GLYPTODONT Glyp"to*dont, n. (Paleon.)

Defn: One of a family (glyptodontidæ) of extinct South American edentates, of which Glyptodon is the type. About twenty species are known.

GLYPTOGRAPHIC Glyp`to*graph"ic, a. Etym: [Cf. F. glyptographique.]

Defn: Relating to glyptography, or the art of engraving on precious stones. [R.]

GLYPTOGRAPHY Glyp*tog"ra*phy, n. Etym: [Gr. -graphy: cf. F. glyptographie.]

Defn: The art or process of engraving on precious stones. [R.]

GLYPTOTHECA Glyp`to*the"ca, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr.

Defn: A building or room devoted to works of sculpture.

GLYSTER Glys"ter, n. (Med.)

Defn: Same as Clyster.

GMELINITE Gmel"in*ite, n. Etym: [Named after the German chemist Gmelin.] (Min.)

Defn: A rhombohedral zeolitic mineral, related in form and composition to chabazite.

GNAPHALIUM Gna*pha"li*um, n. Etym: [Nl., from Gr. (Bot.)

Defn: A genus of composite plants with white or colored dry and persistent involucres; a kind of everlasting.

GNAR Gnar, n. Etym: [OE. knarre, gnarre, akin to OD. knor, G. knorren. Cf. Knar, Knur, Gnarl.]

Defn: A knot or gnarl in wood; hence, a tough, thickset man; -- written also gnarr. [Archaic] He was . . . a thick gnarre. Chaucer.

GNAR Gnar, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gnarred; p. pr. & vb. n. Gnarring.] Etym: [See Gnarl.]

Defn: To gnarl; to snarl; to growl; -- written also gnarr. [Archaic] At them he gan to rear his bristles strong, And felly gnarre. Spenser. A thousand wants Gnarr at the heels of men. Tennison.

GNARL Gnarl, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gnarled; p. pr. & vb. n. Gnarling.] Etym: [From older gnar, prob. of imitative origin; cf. G. knarren, knurren. D. knorren, Sw. knorra, Dan. knurre.]

Defn: To growl; to snarl. And wolves are gnarling who shall gnaw thee first. Shak.

GNARL Gnarl, n. Etym: [See Gnar, n.]

Defn: a knot in wood; a large or hard knot, or a protuberance with twisted grain, on a tree.

GNARLED Gnarled, a.

Defn: Knotty; full of knots or gnarls; twisted; crossgrained. The unwedgeable and gnarléd oak. Shak.

GNARLY Gnarl"y, a.

Defn: Full of knots; knotty; twisted; crossgrained.

GNASH Gnash, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gnashed; p. pr. & vb. n. Gnashing.] Etym: [OE. gnasten, gnaisten, cf. Icel. gnastan a gnashing, gn to gnash, Dan.knaske, Sw. gnissla, D. knarsen, G. knirschen.]

Defn: To strike together, as in anger or pain; as, to gnash the teeth.

GNASH Gnash, v. i.

Defn: To grind or strike the teeth together. There they him laid, Gnashing for anguish, and despite, and shame. Milton.

GNASHINGLY Gnash"ing*ly, adv.

Defn: With gnashing.

GNAT Gnat, n. Etym: [AS. gnæt.]

1. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A blood-sucking dipterous fly, of the genus Culex, undergoing a metamorphosis in water. The females have a proboscis armed with needlelike organs for penetrating the skin of animals. These are wanting in the males. In America they are generally called mosquitoes. See Mosquito.

2. Any fly resembling a Culex in form or habits; esp., in America, a small biting fly of the genus Simulium and allies, as the buffalo gnat, the black fly, etc. Gnat catcher (Zoöl.), one of several species of small American singing birds, of the genus Polioptila, allied to the kinglets. -- Gnat flower, the bee flower. -- Gnat hawk (Zoöl.), the European goatsucker; -- called also gnat owl. -- Gnat snapper (Zoöl.), a bird that catches gnats. -- Gnat strainer, a person ostentatiously punctilious about trifles. Cf. Matt. xxiii. 24.

GNATHIC Gnath"ic, a. Etym: [Gr. (Anat.)

Defn: Of or pertaining to the jaw. Gnathic index, in a skull, the ratio of the distance from the middle of the nasofrontal suture to the basion (taken equal to 100), to the distance from the basion to the middle of the front edge of the upper jaw; -- called also alveolar index. Skulls with the gnathic index below 98 are orthognathous, from 98 to 103 mesognathous, and above 103 are prognathous. Flower.

GNATHIDIUM Gna*thid"i*um, n.; pl. Gnathidia. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The ramus of the lower jaw of a bird as far as it is naked; -- commonly used in the plural.

GNATHITE Gnath"ite, n. Etym: [Gr. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Any one of the mouth appendages of the Arthropoda. They are known as mandibles, maxillæ, and maxillipeds.

GNATHONIC; GNATHONICAL Gna*thon"ic, Gna*thon"ic*al, a. Etym: [L. Gnatho, name of a parasite in the "Eunuchus" of Terence, Gr.

Defn: Flattering; deceitful. [Obs.]

GNATHOPOD Gnath"o*pod, n. Etym: [Gr. -pod.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: A gnathopodite or maxilliped. See Maxilliped.

GNATHOPODITE Gna*thop"o*dite, n. (Zoöl,)

Defn: Any leglike appendage of a crustacean, when modified wholly, or in part, to serve as a jaw, esp. one of the maxillipeds.

GNATHOSTEGITE Gna*thos"te*gite, n. Etym: [Gr. (Zoöl.)

Defn: One of a pair of broad plates, developed from the outer maxillipeds of crabs, and forming a cover for the other mouth organs.

GNATHOSTOMA Gna*thos"to*ma, n. pl. Etym: [NL., from Gr. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A comprehensive division of vertebrates, including all that have distinct jaws, in contrast with the leptocardians and marsipobranchs (Cyclostoma), which lack them. [Written also Gnathostomata.]

GNATHOTHECA Gnath`o*the"ca, n.; pl. GnathothecÆ. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The horney covering of the lower mandible of a bird.

GNATLING Gnat"ling, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A small gnat.

GNATWORM Gnat"worm`, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The aquatic larva of a gnat; -- called also, colloquially, wiggler.

GNAW Gnaw, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gnawed; p. pr. & vb. n. Gnawing.] Etym: [OE. gnawen, AS. gnagan; akin to D. knagen, OHG. gnagan, nagan, G. nagen, Icel. & Sw. gnaga, Dan. gnave, nage. Cf. Nag to tease.]

1. To bite, as something hard or tough, which is not readily separated or crushed; to bite off little by little, with effort; to wear or eat away by scraping or continuous biting with the teeth; to nibble at. His bones clean picked; his very bones they gnaw. Dryden.

2. To bite in agony or rage. They gnawed their tongues for pain. Rev. xvi. 10.

3. To corrode; to fret away; to waste.

GNAW Gnaw, v. i.

Defn: To use the teeth in biting; to bite with repeated effort, as in eating or removing with the teethsomething hard, unwiedly, or unmanageable. I might well, like the spaniel, gnaw upon the chain that ties me. Sir P. Sidney.

GNAWER Gnaw"er, n.

1. One who, or that which, gnaws.

2. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A rodent.

GNEISS Gneiss, n. Etym: [G.] (Geol.)

Defn: A crystalline rock, consisting, like granite, of quartz, feldspar, and mica, but having these materials, especially the mica, arranged in planes, so that it breaks rather easily into coarse slabs or flags. Hornblende sometimes takes the place of the mica, and it is then called hornblendic or syenitic gneiss. Similar varieties of related rocks are also called gneiss.

GNEISSIC Gneis"sic, a.

Defn: Relating to, or resembling, gneiss; consisting of gneiss.

GNEISSOID Gneis"soid, a. Etym: [Gneiss+ -old.]

Defn: Resembling gneiss; having some of the characteristics of gneiss; -- applied to rocks of an intermediate character between granite and gneiss, or mica slate and gneiss.

GNEISSOSE Gneis"sose`, a.

Defn: Having the structure of gneiss.

GNEW Gnew, obs.

Defn: imp. of Gnaw. Chaucer.

GNIDE Gnide (nid), v. t. Etym: [AS. gnidan.]

Defn: To rub; to bruise; to break in pieces. [Obs.]

Note: This word is found in Tyrwhitt's Chaucer, but improperly. The woed, though common in Old English, does not occur in Chaucer. T. R. Lounsbury.

GNOF Gnof, n.

Defn: Churl; curmudgeon. [Obs.] Chaucer.

GNOME Gnome, n. Etym: [F. gnome, prob. fr. Gr. i. e., of the treasures in the inner parts of the earth, or fr. Know.]

1. An imaginary being, supposed by the Rosicrucians to inhabit the inner parts of the earth, and to be the guardian of mines, quarries, etc.

2. A dwarf; a goblin; a person of small stature or misshapen features, or of strange appearance.

3. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A small owl (Glaucidium gnoma) of the Western United States.

4. Etym: [Gr.

Defn: A brief reflection or maxim. Peacham.

GNOMIC; GNOMICAL Gnom"ic, Gnom"ic*al, a. Etym: [Gr. gnomique. See Gnome maxim.]

Defn: Sententious; uttering or containing maxims, or striking detached thoughts; aphoristic. A city long famous as the seat of elegiac and gnomic poetry. G. R. Lewes. Gnomic Poets, Greek poets, as Theognis and Solon, of the sixth century B. C., whose writings consist of short sententious precepts and reflections.

GNOMICAL Gnom"ic*al, a. Etym: [See Gnomon.]

Defn: Gnomonical. Boyle.

GNOMICALLY Gnom"ic*al*ly, adv.

Defn: In a gnomic, didactic, or sententious manner.

GNOMOLOGIC; GNOMOLOGICAL Gno`mo*log"ic, Gno`mo*log"ic*al, a. Etym: [Gr.

Defn: Pertaining to, of the nature of, or resembling, a gnomology.

GNOMOLOGY Gno*mol"o*gy, n. Etym: [Gr. gnomologie.]

Defn: A collection of, or a treatise on, maxims, grave sentences, or reflections. [Obs.] Milton.

GNOMON Gno"mon, n. Etym: [L. gnomon, Gr. Gnome.]

1. (Dialing)

Defn: The style or pin, which by its shadow, shows the hour of the day. It is usually set parallel to the earth's axis.

2. (Astron.)

Defn: A style or column erected perpendicularly to the horizon, formerly used in astronomocal observations. Its principal use was to find the altitude of the sun by measuring the length of its shadow.

3. (Geom.)

Defn: The space included between the boundary lines of two similar parallelograms, the one within the other, with an angle in common; as, the gnomon bcdefg of the parallelograms ac and af. The parallelogram bf is the complement of the parallelogram df.

4. The index of the hour circle of a globe.

GNOMONIC; GNOMONICAL Gno*mon"ic, Gno*mon"ic*al, a. Etym: [L. gnomonicus, Gr. gnomonique. See Gnomon.]

Defn: Of or pertaining to the gnomon, or the art of dialing. Gnomonic projection, a projection of the circles of the sphere, in which the point of sight is taken at the center of the sphere, and the principal plane is tangent to the surface of the sphere. "The gnomonic projection derives its name from the connection between the methods of describing it and those for the construction of a gnomon or dial." Cyc. of Arts & Sciences.

GNOMONICALLY Gno*mon"ic*al*ly, adv.

Defn: According to the principles of the gnomonic projection.

GNOMONICS Gno*mon"ics, n. Etym: [See Gnomonic.]

Defn: The art or science of dialing, or of constructing dials to show the hour of the day by the shadow of a gnomon.

GNOMONIST Gno"mon*ist, n.

Defn: One skilled in gnomonics. Boyle.

GNOMONOLOGY Gno`mon*ol"o*gy, n. Etym: [Gnomon + -logy. Cf. Gnomonology.]

Defn: A treatise on gnomonics.

GNOSCOPINE Gnos"co*pine, n. Etym: [Gr. gignw`skein to know + E. opium] (Chem.)

Defn: An alkaloid existing in small quantities in opium.

GNOSIS Gno"sis, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. gnw^sis.] (Metaph.)

Defn: The deeper wisdom; knowledge of spiritual truth, such as was claimed by the Gnostics.

GNOSTIC Gnos"tic, a.

1. Knowing; wise; shrewd. [Old Slang] I said you were a gnostic fellow. Sir W. Scott.

2. (Eccl. Hist.)

Defn: Of or pertaining to Gnosticism or its adherents; as, the Gnostic heresy.

GNOSTIC Gnos"tic, n. Etym: [L. gnosticus, Gr. gignw`skein to know: cf. F. gnostique. See Know.] (Eccl. Hist.)

Defn: One of the so-called philosophers in the first ages of Christianity, who claimed a true philosophical interpretation of the Christian religion. Their system combined Oriental theology and Greek philosophy with the doctrines of Christianity. They held that all natures, intelligible, intellectual, and material, are derived from the Deity by successive emanations, which they called Eons.

GNOSTICISM Gnos"ti*cism, n.

Defn: The system of philosophy taught by the Gnostics.

GNOW Gnow, obs. imp. of Gnaw.

Defn: Gnawed. Chaucer.

GNU Gnu, n. Etym: [Hottentot gnu, or nju: cf. F. gnou.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: One of two species of large South African antelopes of the genus Catoblephas, having a mane and bushy tail, and curved horns in both sexes. [Written also gnoo.]

Note: The common gnu or wildebeest (Catoblephas gnu) is plain brown; the brindled gnu or blue wildebeest (C. gorgon) is larger, with transverse stripes of black on the neck and shoulders.

GO Go, obs. p. p. of Go.

Defn: Gone. Chaucer.

GO Go, v. i. [imp. Went; p. p. Gone; p. pr. & vb. n. Going. Went comes from the AS, wendan. See Wend, v. i.] Etym: [OE. gan, gon, AS. gan, akin to D. gaan, G. gehn, gehen, OHG. g, gan, SW. ga, Dan. gaae; cf. Gr. ha to go, AS. gangan, and E. gang. The past tense in AS., eode, is from the root i to go, as is also Goth. iddja went. sq. root47a. Cf. Gang, v. i., Wend.]

1. To pass from one place to another; to be in motion; to be in a state not motionless or at rest; to proced; to advance; to make progress; -- used, in various applications, of the movement of both animate and inanimate beings, by whatever means, and also of the movements of the mind; also figuratively applied.

2. To move upon the feet, or step by step; to walk; also, to walk step by step, or leisurely.

Note: In old writers go is much used as opposed to run, or ride. "Whereso I go or ride." Chaucer. You know that love Will creep in service where it can not go. Shak. Thou must run to him; for thou hast staid so long that going will scarce serve the turn. Shak. He fell from running to going, and from going to clambering upon his hands and his knees. Bunyan.

Note: In Chaucer go is used frequently with the pronoun in the objective used reflexively; as, he goeth him home.

3. To be passed on fron one to another; to pass; to circulate; hence, with for, to have currency; to be taken, accepted, or regarded. The man went among men for an old man in the days of Saul. 1 Sa. xvii. 12. [The money] should go according to its true value. Locke.

4. To proceed or happen in a given manner; to fare; to move on or be carried on; to have course; to come to an issue or result; to succeed; to turn out. How goes the night, boy Shak. I think, as the world goes, he was a good sort of man enough. Arbuthnot. Whether the cause goes for me or against me, you must pay me the reward. I Watts.

5. To proceed or tend toward a result, consequence, or product; to tend; to conduce; to be an ingredient; to avail; to apply; to contribute; -- often with the infinitive; as, this goes to show. Against right reason all your counsels go. Dryden. To master the foul flend there goeth some complement knowledge of theology. Sir W. Scott.

6. To apply one's self; to set one's self; to undertake. Seeing himself confronted by so many, like a resolute orator, he went not to denial, but to justify his cruel falsehood. Sir P. Sidney.

Note: Go, in this sense, is often used in the present participle with the auxiliary verb to be, before an infinitive, to express a future of intention, or to denote design; as, I was going to say; I am going to begin harvest.

7. To proceed by a mental operation; to pass in mind or by an act of the memory or imagination; -- generally with over or through. By going over all these particulars, you may receive some tolerable satisfaction about this great subject. South.

8. To be with young; to be pregnant; to gestate. The fruit she goes with, I pray for heartily, that it may find Good time, and live. Shak.

9. To move from the person speaking, or from the point whence the action is contemplated; to pass away; to leave; to depart; -- in opposition to stay and come. I will let you go, that ye may sacrifice to the Lord your God; . . . only ye shall not go very far away. Ex. viii. 28.

10. To pass away; to depart forever; to be lost or ruined; to perish; to decline; to decease; to die. By Saint George, he's gone! That spear wound hath our master sped. Sir W. Scott.

11. To reach; to extend; to lead; as, a line goes across the street; his land goes to the river; this road goes to New York. His amorous expressions go no further than virtue may allow. Dryden.

12. To have recourse; to resort; as, to go to law.

Note: Go is used, in combination with many prepositions and adverbs, to denote motion of the kind indicated by the preposition or adverb, in which, and not in the verb, lies the principal force of the expression; as, to go against to go into, to go out, to go aside, to go astray, etc. Go to, come; move; go away; -- a phrase of exclamation, serious or ironical. -- To go a-begging, not to be in demand; to be undesired. -- To go about. (a) To set about; to enter upon a scheme of action; to undertake. "They went about to slay him." Acts ix. 29. They never go about . . . to hide or palliate their vices. Swift. (b) (Naut.) To tack; to turn the head of a ship; to wear. -- To go abraod. (a) To go to a foreign country. (b) To go out of doors. (c) To become public; to be published or disclosed; to be current. Then went this saying abroad among the brethren. John xxi. 23. -- To go against. (a) To march against; to attack. (b) To be in opposition to; to be disagreeable to. -- To go ahead. (a) To go in advance. (b) To go on; to make progress; to proceed. -- To go and come. See To come and go, under Come. -- To go aside. (a) To withdraw; to retire. He . . . went aside privately into a desert place. Luke. ix. 10. (b) To go from what is right; to err. Num. v. 29.-- To go back on. (a) To retrace (one's path or footsteps). (b) To abandon; to turn against; to betray. [Slang, U. S.] -- To go below (Naut), to go below deck. -- To go between, to interpose or mediate between; to be a secret agent between parties; in a bad sense, to pander. -- To go beyond. See under Beyond. -- To go by, to pass away unnoticed; to omit. -- To go by the board (Naut.), to fall or be carried overboard; as, the mast went by the board. -- To go down. (a) To descend. (b) To go below the horizon; as, the sun has gone down. (c) To sink; to founder; -- said of ships, etc. (d) To be swallowed; -- used literally or figuratively. [Colloq.] Nothing so ridiculous, . . . but it goes down whole with him for truth. L' Estrange. -- To go far. (a) To go to a distance. (b) To have much weight or influence. -- To go for. (a) To go in quest of. (b) To represent; to pass for. (c) To favor; to advocate. (d) To attack; to assault. [Low] (e) To sell for; to be parted with for (a price). -- To go for nothing, to be parted with for no compensation or result; to have no value, efficacy, or influence; to count for nothing. -- To go forth. (a) To depart from a place. (b) To be divulged or made generally known; to emanate. The law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem. Micah iv. 2. -- To go hard with, to trouble, pain, or endanger. -- To go in, to engage in; to take part. [Colloq.] -- To go in and out, to do the business of life; to live; to have free access. John x. 9. -- To go in for. [Colloq.] (a) To go for; to favor or advocate (a candidate, a measure, etc.). (b) To seek to acquire or attain to (wealth, honor, preferment, etc.) (c) To complete for (a reward, election, etc.). (d) To make the object of one's labors, studies, etc. He was as ready to go in for statistics as for anything else. Dickens. -- To go in to or unto. (a) To enter the presence of. Esther iv. 16.(b) To have sexual intercourse with. [Script.] -- To go into. (a) To speak of, investigate, or discuss (a question, subject, etc.). (b) To participate in (a war, a business, etc.). -- To go large. (Naut) See under Large. -- To go off. (a) To go away; to depart. The leaders . . . will not go off until they hear you. Shak. (b) To cease; to intermit; as, this sickness went off. (c) To die. Shak. (d) To explode or be discharged; -- said of gunpowder, of a gun, a mine, etc. (e) To find a purchaser; to be sold or disposed of. (f) To pass off; to take place; to be accomplished. The wedding went off much as such affairs do. Mrs. Caskell. -- To go on. (a) To proceed; to advance further; to continue; as, to go on reading. (b) To be put or drawn on; to fit over; as, the coat will not go on. -- To go all fours, to correspond exactly, point for point. It is not easy to make a simile go on all fours. Macaulay. -- To go out. (a) To issue forth from a place. (b) To go abroad; to make an excursion or expedition. There are other men fitter to go out than I. Shak. What went ye out for to see Matt. xi. 7, 8, 9. (c) To become diffused, divulged, or spread abroad, as news, fame etc. (d) To expire; to die; to cease; to come to an end; as, the light has gone out. Life itself goes out at thy displeasure. Addison. -- To go over. (a) To traverse; to cross, as a river, boundary, etc.; to change sides. I must not go over Jordan. Deut. iv. 22. Let me go over, and see the good land that is beyond Jordan. Deut. iii. 25. Ishmael . . . departed to go over to the Ammonites. Jer. xli. 10. (b) To read, or study; to examine; to review; as, to go over one's accounts. If we go over the laws of Christianity, we shall find that . . . they enjoin the same thing. Tillotson. (c) To transcend; to surpass. (d) To be postponed; as, the bill went over for the session. (e) (Chem.) To be converted (into a specified substance or material); as, monoclinic sulphur goes over into orthorhombic, by standing; sucrose goes over into dextrose and levulose. -- To go through. (a) To accomplish; as, to go through a work. (b) To suffer; to endure to the end; as, to go through a surgical operation or a tedious illness. (c) To spend completely; to exhaust, as a fortune. (d) To strip or despoil (one) of his property. [Slang] (e) To botch or bungle a business. [Scot.] -- To go through with, to perform, as a calculation, to the end; to complete. -- To go to ground. (a) To escape into a hole; -- said of a hunted fox. (b) To fall in battle. -- To go to naught (Colloq.), to prove abortive, or unavailling. -- To go under. (a) To set; -- said of the sun. (b) To be known or recognized by (a name, title, etc.). (c) To be overwhelmed, submerged, or defeated; to perish; to succumb. -- To go up, to come to nothing; to prove abortive; to fail. [Slang] -- To go upon, to act upon, as a foundation or hypothesis. -- To go with. (a) To accompany. (b) To coincide or agree with. (c) To suit; to harmonize with. -- To go (well, ill, or hard) with, to affect (one) in such manner. -- To go without, to be, or to remain, destitute of. -- To go wrong. (a) To take a wrong road or direction; to wander or stray. (b) To depart from virtue. (c) To happen unfortunately. (d) To miss success. -- To let go, to allow to depart; to quit one's hold; to release.

GO Go, v. t.

1. To take, as a share in an enterprise; to undertake or become responsible for; to bear a part in. They to go equal shares in the booty. L'Estrange.

2. To bet or wager; as, I'll go you a shilling. [Colloq.] To go halves, to share with another equally. -- To go it, to behave in a wild manner; to be uproarious; to carry on; also, to proceed; to make progress. [Colloq.] -- To go it alone (Card Playing), to play a hand without the assistance of one's partner. -- To go it blind. (a) To act in a rash, reckless, or headlong manner. [Slang] (b) (Card Playing) To bet without having examined the cards. -- To go one's way, to set forth; to depart.

GO Go, n.

1. Act; working; operation. [Obs.] So gracious were the goes of marriage. Marston.

2. A circumstance or occurrence; an incident. [Slang] This is a pretty go. Dickens.

3. The fashion or mode; as, quite the go. [Colloq.]

4. Noisy merriment; as, a high go. [Colloq.]

5. A glass of spirits. [Slang]

6. Power of going or doing; energy; vitality; perseverance; push; as, there is no go in him. [Colloq.]

7. (Cribbage)

Defn: That condition in the course of the game when a player can not lay down a card which will not carry the aggregate count above thirty-one. Great go, Little go, the final and the preliminary examinations for a degree. [Slang, Eng. Univ.] -- No go, a failure; a fiasco. [Slang] Thackeray. -- On the go, moving about; unsettled. [Colloq.]

GOA Go"a, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A species of antelope (Procapra picticauda), inhabiting Thibet.

GOAD Goad, n. Etym: [AS. gad; perh. akin to AS. gar a dart, and E. gore. See Gore, v. t.]

Defn: A pointed instrument used to urge on a beast; hence, any necessity that urges or stimulates. The daily goad urging him to the daily toil. Macaulay.

GOAD Goad, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Goaded; p. pr. & vb. n. Goading.]

Defn: To prick; to drive with a goad; hence, to urge forward, or to rouse by anything pungent, severe, irritating, or inflaming; to stimulate. That temptation that doth goad us on. Shak.

Syn. -- To urge; stimulate; excite; arouse; irritate; incite; instigate.

GOAF Goaf; n.; pl. Goafs or Goaves. Etym: [Cf. lst Gob.] (Mining)

Defn: That part of a mine from which the mineral has been partially or wholly removed; the waste left in old workings; -- called also gob . To work the goaf or gob, to remove the pillars of mineral matter previously left to support the roof, and replace them with props. Ure.

GOAL Goal, n. Etym: [F. gaule pole, Prov. F. waule, of German origin; cf. Fries. walu staff, stick, rod, Goth. walus, Icel. völr a round stick; prob. akin to E. wale.]

1. The mark set to bound a race, and to or around which the constestants run, or from which they start to return to it again; the place at which a race or a journey is to end. Part curb their fiery steeds, or shun the goal With rapid wheels. Milton.

2. The final purpose or aim; the end to which a design tends, or which a person aims to reach or attain. Each individual seeks a several goal. Pope.

3. A base, station, or bound used in various games; in football, a line between two posts across which the ball must pass in order to score; also, the act of kicking the ball over the line between the goal posts. Goal keeper, the player charged with the defense of the goal.

GOA POWDER Go"a pow"der. Etym: [So called from Goa, on the Malabar coast, whither it was shipped from Portugal.]

Defn: A bitter powder (also called araroba) found in the interspaces of the wood of a Brazilian tree (Andira araroba) and used as a medicine. It is the material from which chrysarobin is obtained.

GOAR Goar, n.

Defn: Same as lst Gore.

GOARISH Goar"ish, a.

Defn: Patched; mean. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.

GOAT Goat, n. Etym: [OE goot, got, gat, AS. gat; akin to D. geit, OHG. geiz, G. geiss, Icel. geit, Sw. get, Dan. ged, Goth. gaits, L. haedus a young goat, kid.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: A hollow-horned ruminant of the genus Capra, of several species and varieties, esp. the domestic goat (C. hircus), which is raised for its milk, flesh, and skin.

Note: The Cashmere and Angora varieties of the goat have long, silky hair, used in the manufacture of textile fabrics. The wild or bezoar goat (Capra ægagrus), of Asia Minor, noted for the bezoar stones found in its stomach, is supposed to be one of the ancestral species ofthe domestic goat. The Rocky Montain goat (Haplocercus montanus) is more nearly related to the antelopes. See Mazame. Goat antelope (Zoöl), one of several species of antelopes, which in some respects resemble a goat, having recurved horns, a stout body, large hoofs, and a short, flat tail, as the goral, thar, mazame, and chikara. -- Goat fig (Bot.), the wild fig. -- Goat house. (a) A place for keeping goats. (b) A brothel. [Obs.] -- Goat moth (Zoöl.), any moth of the genus Cossus, esp. the large European species (C. ligniperda), the larva of which burrows in oak and willow trees, and requires three years to mature. It exhales an odor like that of the he-goat. -- Goat weed (Bot.), a scrophulariaceous plant, of the genus Capraria (C. biflora). -- Goat's bane (Bot.), a poisonous plant (Aconitum Lucoctonum), bearing pale yellow flowers, introduced from Switzerland into England; wolfsbane. -- Goat's beard (Bot.), a plant of the genus Tragopogon; -- so named from the long silky beard of the seeds. One species is the salsify or oyster plant. -- Goat's foot (Bot.), a kind of wood sorrel (Oxalis caprina) growing at the Cape of Good Hope. -- Goat's rue (Bot.), a leguminous plant (Galega officinalis of Europe, or Tephrosia Virginiana in the United States). -- Goat's thorn (Bot.), a thorny leguminous plant (Astragalus Tragacanthus), found in the Levant. -- Goat's wheat (Bot.), the genus Tragopyrum (now referred to Atraphaxis).

GOATEE Goat`ee", n.

Defn: A part of a man's beard on the chin or lower lip which is allowed to grow, and trimmed so as to resemble the beard of a goat.

GOATFISH Goat"fish`, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A fish of the genus Upeneus, inhabiting the Gulf of Mexico. It is allied to the surmullet.

GOATHERD Goat"herd`, n.

Defn: One who tends goats. Spenser.

GOATISH Goat"ish, a.

Defn: Characteristic of a goat; goatlike. Give your chaste body up to the embraces Of goatish lust. Massinger. -- Goat"ish*ly, adv. -- Goat"ish*ness, n.

GOATLIKE Goat"like`, a.

Defn: Like a goat; goatish.

GOATSKIN Goat"skin`, n.

Defn: The skin of a goat, or leather made from it. -- a.

Defn: Made of the skin of a goat.

GOATSUCKER Goat"suck`er, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: One of several species of insectivorous birds, belonging to Caprimulgus and allied genera, esp. the European species (Caprimulgus Europæus); -- so called from the mistaken notion that it sucks goats. The European species is also goat-milker, goat owl, goat chaffer, fern owl, night hawk, nightjar, night churr, churr-owl, gnat hawk, and dorhawk .

GOAVES Goaves, n. pl. Etym: [See Goaf, n.] (Mining)

Defn: Old workings. See Goaf. Raymond.

GOB Gob, n. Etym: [Cf. Goaf.] (Mining)

Defn: Same as Goaf.

GOB Gob, n. Etym: [OF. gob morsel; cf. F. gobe, gobbe, a poisoned morsel, poison ball, gobet a piece swallowed, gober to swallow greedily and without tasting; cf. Gael. & Ir. gob mouth, snout, W. gwp a bird's head and neck. Cf. Gobble, Job, n.]

1. A little mass or collection; a small quantity; a mouthful. [Low] L'Estrange.

2. The mouth. [Prov. Eng.or Low] Wright.

GOBANG Go*bang", n. [Written also goban.] [Jap. goban checkerboard, fr. Chino-Jap. go checker + ban board.]

Defn: A Japanese game, played on a checkerboard, in which the object of the game is to be the first in placing five pieces, or men, in a row in any direction.

GOBBET Gob"bet, n. Etym: [OE. & F. gobet. See 2d Gob.]

Defn: A mouthful; a lump; a small piece. Spenser. [He] had broken the stocks to small gobbets. Wyclif.

GOBBET Gob"bet, v. t.

Defn: To swallow greedily; to swallow in gobbets. [Low] L'Estrange.

GOBBETLY Gob"bet*ly, adv.

Defn: In pieces. [Obs.] Huloet.

GOBBING Gob"bing, n. Etym: [See lst Gob.] (Mining) (a) The refuse thrown back into the excavation after removing the coal. It is called also gob stuff. Brande & C. (b) The process of packing with waste rock; stowing.

GOBBLE Gob"ble, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gobbled; p. pr. & vb. n. Gobbling.] Etym: [Freq. of 2d gob.]

1. To swallow or eat greedily or hastily; to gulp. Supper gobbled up in haste. Swift.

2. To utter (a sound) like a turkey cock. He . . . gobbles out a note of self-approbation. Goldsmith. To gobble up, to capture in a mass or in masses; to capture suddenly. [Slang]

GOBBLE Gob"ble, v. i.

1. To eat greedily.

2. To make a noise like that of a turkey cock. Prior.

GOBBLE Gob"ble, n.

Defn: A noise made in the throat. Ducks and geese . . . set up a discordant gobble. Mrs. Gore.

GOBBLER Gob"bler, n.

Defn: A turkey cock; a bubbling Jock.

GOBELIN Gob"e*lin, a.

Defn: Pertaining to tapestry produced in the so-called Gobelin works, which have been maintained by the French Government since 1667.

GOBEMOUCHE Gobe`mouche", n. Etym: [F.]

Defn: Literally, a fly swallower; hence, once who keeps his mouth open; a boor; a silly and credulous person.

GOBET Gob"et, n.

Defn: See Gobbet. [Obs.] Chaucer.

GO-BETWEEN Go"-be*tween`, n.

Defn: An intermediate agent; a broker; a procurer; -- usually in a disparaging sense. Shak.

GOBIOID Go"bi*oid, a. Etym: [NL. Gobius + -oid.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: Like, or pertaining to, the goby, or the genus Gobius. -- n.

Defn: A gobioid fish.

GOBLET Gob"let, n. Etym: [F. gobelet, LL. gobeletus, gobellus; cf. L. cupa tub, cask. See Cupel.]

Defn: A kind of cup or drinking vessel having a foot or standard, but without a handle. We love not loaded boards and goblets crowned. Denham.

GOBLIN Gob"lin, n. Etym: [OE. gobelin, F. gobelin, LL. gobelinus, fr. Gr. kobold, E. kobold, cobalt, Armor. gobilin an ignis fatuus, goblin.]

Defn: An evil or mischievous spirit; a playful or malicious elf; a frightful phantom; a gnome. To whom the goblin, full of wrath, replied. Milton.

GOBLINE Gob"line`, n. (Naut.)

Defn: One of the ropes or chains serving as stays for the dolphin striker or the bowsprit; -- called also gobrope and gaubline.

GOBLINIZE Gob"lin*ize, v. t.

Defn: To transform into a goblin. [R.] Lowell.

GOBSTICK Gob"stick`, n. [Gob mouth + stick.]

1. (Angling)

Defn: A stick or device for removing the hook from a fish's gullet.

He . . . wrenched out the hook with the short wooden stick he called a "gobstick." Kipling.

2. A spoon. [Prov. Eng. or Slang]

GOBY Go"by, n.; pl. Gobies. Etym: [F. gobie, L. gobius, gobio, Gr. Gudgeon.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: One of several species of small marine fishes of the genus Gobius and allied genera.

GO-BY Go"-by`, n.

Defn: A passing without notice; intentional neglect; thrusting away; a shifting off; adieu; as, to give a proposal the go-by. Some songs to which we have given the go-by. Prof. Wilson.

GOCART Go"cart`, n.

Defn: A framework moving on casters, designed to support children while learning to walk.

GOD God, a. & n.

Defn: Good. [Obs.] Chaucer.

GOD God, n. Etym: [AS. god; akin to OS. & D. god, OHG. got, G. gott, Icel. gu, go, Sw. & Dan. gud, Goth. gup, prob. orig. a p. p. from a root appearing in Skr. h, p. p. h, to call upon, invoke, implore. Goodbye, Gospel, Gossip.]

1. A being conceived of as possessing supernatural power, and to be propitiated by sacrifice, worship, etc.; a divinity; a deity; an object of worship; an idol. He maketh a god, and worshipeth it. Is. xliv. 15. The race of Israel . . . bowing lowly down To bestial gods. Milton.

2. The Supreme Being; the eternal and infinite Spirit, the Creator, and the Sovereign of the universe; Jehovah. God is a Spirit; and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth. John iv. 24.

3. A person or thing deified and honored as the chief good; an object of supreme regard. Whose god is their belly. Phil. iii. 19.

4. Figuratively applied to one who wields great or despotic power. [R.] Shak. Act of God. (Law) See under Act. -- Gallery gods, the occupants of the highest and cheapest gallery of a theater. [Colloq.] -- God's acre, God's field, a burial place; a churchyard. See under Acre. -- God's house. (a) An almshouse. [Obs.] (b) A church. -- God's penny, earnest penny. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl. -- God's Sunday, Easter.

GOD God, v. t.

Defn: To treat as a god; to idolize. [Obs.] Shak.

GODCHILD God"child`, n.

Defn: One for whom a person becomes sponsor at baptism, and whom he promises to see educated as a Christian; a godson or goddaughter. See Godfather.

GODDAUGHTER God"daugh`ter, n. Etym: [AS. goddohtor.]

Defn: A female for whom one becomes sponsor at baptism.

GODDESS God"dess, n.

1. A female god; a divinity, or deity, of the female sex. When the daughter of Jupiter presented herself among a crowd of goddesses, she was distinguished by her graceful stature and superior beauty. Addison.

2. A woman of superior charms or excellence.

GODE Gode, a. & n.

Defn: Good. [Obs.] Chaucer.

GODELICH Gode"lich, a.

Defn: Goodly. [Obs.] Chaucer.

GO-DEVIL Go"-dev"il, n. (Mach.) (a) A weight which is dropped into a bore, as of an oil well, to explode a cartridge previously lowered. (b) A device, as a loosely fitted plug, which is driven through a pipe by the pressure of the contents behind the plug to clear away obstructions. (c) A rough sled or dray used for dragging logs, hauling stone, etc. [Local, U. S.]

GODE-YEAR Gode"-year, n. Etym: [See Goujere.]

Defn: The venereal disease; -- often used as a mild oath. [Obs.] Shak.

GODFATHER God"fa`ther, n. Etym: [AS. godfæder. Cf. Gossip.]

Defn: A man who becomes sponsor for a child at baptism, and makes himself a surety for its Christian training and instruction. There shall be for every Male-child to be baptized, when they can be had, two Godfathers and one Godmother; and for every Female, one Godfather and two Godmothers; and Parents shall be admitted as Sponsors, if it is desired. Book of Common Prayer (Prot. Episc. Ch., U. S. ).

GODFATHER God"fa`ther, v. t.

Defn: To act as godfather to; to take under one's fostering care. [R.] Burke.

GOD-FEARING God"-fear`ing, a.

Defn: Having a reverential and loving feeling towards God; religious. A brave good-fearing man. Tennyson.

GODHEAD God"head, n. Etym: [OE. godhed. See -head, and cf. Godhood.]

1. Godship; deity; divinity; divine nature or essence; godhood.

2. The Deity; God; the Supreme Being. The imperial throne Of Godhead, fixed for ever. Milton.

3. A god or goddess; a divinity. [Obs.] Adoring first the genius of the place, The nymphs and native godheads yet unknown. Dryden.

GODHOOD God"hood, n. Etym: [God + -hood. Cf. Godhead.]

Defn: Divine nature or essence; deity; godhead.

GODILD God"ild.

Defn: A corruption of God yield, i. e., God reward or bless. Shak.

GODLESS God"less, a.

Defn: Having, or acknowledging, no God; without reverence for God; impious; wicked. -- God"less*ly, adv. -- God"less*ness, n.

GODLIKE God"like`, a. Etym: [God + like. Cf. Godly.]

Defn: Resembling or befitting a god or God; divine; hence, preeminently good; as, godlike virtue. -- God"like`ness, n.

GODLILY God"li*ly, adv.

Defn: Righteously. H. Wharton.

GODLINESS God"li*ness, n. Etym: [From Godly.]

Defn: Careful observance of, or conformity to, the laws of God; the state or quality of being godly; piety. Godliness is profitable unto all things. 1 Tim. iv. 8.

GODLING God"ling, n.

Defn: A diminutive god. Dryden.

GODLY God"ly, a. Etym: [God, n. + -ly. Cf. Godlike, Like.]

Defn: Pious; reverencing God, and his character and laws; obedient to the commands of God from love for, and reverence of, his character; conformed to God's law; devout; righteous; as, a godly life. For godly sorrow worketh repentance. 2 Cor. vii. 10.

GODLY God"ly, adv.

Defn: Piously; devoutly; righteously. All that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution. 2. Tim. iii. 12.

GODLYHEAD God"ly*head, n. Etym: [Cf. Goodlyhead.]

Defn: Goodness. [Obs.] Spenser.

GODMOTHER God"moth`er, n. Etym: [AS. godm.]

Defn: A woman who becomes sponsor for a child in baptism. See Godfather

GODOWN Go*down", n. Etym: [Corruption of Malay gadong warehouse.]

Defn: A warehouse. [East Indies]

GODROON Go*droon", n. Etym: [F. godron a round plait, godroon.] (Arch.)

Defn: An ornament produced by notching or carving a rounded molding.

GODSEND God"send`, n.

Defn: Something sent by God; an unexpected acquisiton or piece of good fortune.

GODSHIP God"ship, n. Etym: [God, n. + -ship.]

Defn: The rank or character of a god; deity; divinity; a god or goddess. O'er hills and dales their godships came. Prior.

GODSIB God"sib, n.

Defn: A gossip. [Obs.] Chaucer.

GODSON God"son`, n. Etym: [AS. godsunu.]

Defn: A male for whom one has stood sponsor in baptism. See Godfather.

GODSPEED God"speed`, n.

Defn: Success; prosperous journeying; -- a contraction of the phrase, "God speed you." [Written also as two separate words.] Receive him not into house, neither bid him God speed. 2 John 10.

GODWARD God"ward, adv.

Defn: Toward God. 2 Cor. iii. 4.

GODWIT God"wit, n. Etym: [Prob. from AS. g good + wiht creature, wight.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: One of several species of long-billed, wading birds of the genus Limosa, and family Tringidæ. The European black-tailed godwit (Limosa limosa), the American marbled godwit (L. fedoa), the Hudsonian godwit (L. hæmastica), and others, are valued as game birds. Called also godwin.

GOEL Go"el (go"êl), a. Etym: [Cf. Yellow. sq. root49.]

Defn: Yellow. [Obs.] Tusser.

GOELAND Go`ë`land", n. Etym: [F. goëland.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: A white tropical tern (Cygis candida).

GOEMIN Go`ë`min", n. Etym: [F. goëmon seaweed.]

Defn: A complex mixture of several substances extracted from Irish moss.

GOEN Go"en,

Defn: p. p. of Go. [Obs.]

GOER Go"er, n. Etym: [From Go.]

Defn: One who, or that which, goes; a runner or walker; as: (a) A foot. [Obs.] Chapman. (b) A horse, considered in reference to his gait; as, a good goer; a safe goer. This antechamber has been filled with comers and goers. Macaulay.

GOETY Go"e*ty, n. Etym: [Gr. goétie.]

Defn: Invocation of evil spirits; witchcraft. [Obs.] Hallywell.

GOFF Goff, n. Etym: [Cf. F. goffe ill-made, awkward, It. goffo, Sp. gofo, Prov. G. goff a blockhead, Gr.

Defn: A silly clown. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

GOFF Goff, n.

Defn: A game. See Golf. [Scot.] Halliwell.

GOFFER Gof"fer, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Goffered; p. pr. & vb. n. Goffering.] Etym: [See Gauffer.]

Defn: To plait, flute, or crimp. See Gauffer. Clarke.

GOG Gog, n. Etym: [Cf. agog, F. gogue sprightliness, also W. gogi to agitate, shake.]

Defn: Haste; ardent desire to go. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.

GOGGLE Gog"gle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Goggled; p. pr. & vb. n. Goggling.] Etym: [Cf. Ir. & Gael. gog a nod, slight motion.]

Defn: To roll the eyes; to stare. And wink and goggle like an owl. Hudibras.

GOGGLE Gog"gle, a.

Defn: Full and rolling, or staring; -- said of the eyes. The long, sallow vissage, the goggle eyes. Sir W. Scott.

GOGGLE Gog"gle, n. Etym: [See Goggle, v. i.]

1. A strained or affected rolling of the eye.

2. pl. (a) A kind of spectacles with short, projecting eye tubes, in the front end of which are fixed plain glasses for protecting the eyes from cold, dust, etc. (b) Colored glasses for relief from intense light. (c) A disk with a small aperture, to direct the sight forward, and cure squinting. (d) Any screen or cover for the eyes, with or without a slit for seeing through.

GOGGLED Gog"gled, a.

Defn: Prominent; staring, as the eye.

GOGGLE-EYE Gog"gle-eye`, n. (Zoöl.) (a) One of two or more species of American fresh-water fishes of the family Centrarchidæ, esp. Chænobryttus antistius, of Lake Michigan and adjacent waters, and Ambloplites rupestris, of the Great Lakes and Mississippi Valley; -- so called from their prominent eyes. (b) The goggler.

GOGGLE-EYED Gog"gle-eyed`, a.

Defn: Having prominent and distorted or rolling eyes. Ascham.

GOGGLER Gog"gler, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A carangoid oceanic fish (Trachurops crumenophthalmus), having very large and prominent eyes; -- called also goggle-eye, big-eyed scad, and cicharra.

GOGLET Gog"let, n. Etym: [Pg. gorgoleta.]

Defn: See Gurglet.

GOING Go"ing, n.

1. The act of moving in any manner; traveling; as, the going is bad.

2. Departure. Milton.

3. Pregnancy; gestation; childbearing. Crew.

4. pl.

Defn: Course of life; behavior; doings; ways. His eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings. Job xxxiv. 21. Going barrel. (Horology) (a) A barrel containing the mainspring, and having teeth on its periphery to drive the train. (b) A device for maintaining a force to drive the train while the timepiece is being wound up. -- Going forth. (Script.) (a) Outlet; way of exit. "Every going forth of the sanctuary." Ezek. xliv. 5. (b) A limit; a border. "The going forth thereof shall be from the south to Kadesh-barnea." Num. xxxiv. 4. -- Going out, or Goings out. (Script.) (a) The utmost extremity or limit. "The border shall go down to Jordan, and the goings out of it shall be at the salt sea." Num. xxxiv. 12. (b) Departure or journeying. "And Moses wrote their goings out according to their journeys." Num. xxxiii. 2. -- Goings on, behavior; actions; conduct; -- usually in a bad sense.

GOITER; GOITRE Goi"ter Goi"tre, n. Etym: [F. goître, L. guttur throat, cf. tumidum guttur goiter, gutturosus goitered. See Guttural.] (Med.)

Defn: An enlargement of the thyroid gland, on the anterior part of the neck; bronchocele. It is frequently associated with cretinism, and is most common in mountainous regions, especially in certain parts of Switzerland.

GOITERED; GOITRED Goi"tered, Goi"tred, a.

Defn: Affected with goiter.

GOITROUS Goi"trous, a. Etym: [F. goîtreux, L. gutturosus. See Goiter.]

Defn: Pertaining to the goiter; affected with the goiter; of the nature of goiter or bronchocele. Let me not be understood as insinuating that the inhabitants in general are either goitrous or idiots. W. Coxe.

GOLD; GOLDE; GOOLDE Gold, Golde, Goolde, n. (Bot.)

Defn: An old English name of some yellow flower, -- the marigold (Calendula), according to Dr. Prior, but in Chaucer perhaps the turnsole.

GOLD Gold, n. Etym: [AS. gold; akin to D. goud, OS. & G. gold, Icel. gull, Sw. & Dan. guld, Goth. gulp, Russ. & OSlav. zlato; prob. akin to E. yellow. Yellow, and cf. Gild, v. t.]

1. (Chem.)

Defn: A metallic element, constituting the most precious metal used as a common commercial medium of exchange. It has a characteristic yellow color, is one of the heaviest substances known (specific gravity 19.32), is soft, and very malleable and ductile. It is quite unalterable by heat, moisture, and most corrosive agents, and therefore well suited for its use in coin and jewelry. Symbol Au (Aurum). Atomic weight 196.7.

Note: Native gold contains usually eight to ten per cent of silver, but often much more. As the amount of silver increases, the color becomes whiter and the specific gravity lower. Gold is very widely disseminated, as in the sands of many rivers, but in very small quantity. It usually occurs in quartz veins (gold quartz), in slate and metamorphic rocks, or in sand and alluvial soil, resulting from the disintegration of such rocks. It also occurs associated with other metallic substances, as in auriferous pyrites, and is combined with tellurium in the minerals petzite, calaverite, sylvanite, etc. Pure gold is too soft for ordinary use, and is hardened by alloying with silver and copper, the latter giving a characteristic reddish tinge. [See Carat.] Gold also finds use in gold foil, in the pigment purple of Cassius, and in the chloride, which is used as a toning agent in photography.

2. Money; riches; wealth. For me, the gold of France did not seduce. Shak.

3. A yellow color, like that of the metal; as, a flower tipped with gold.

4. Figuratively, something precious or pure; as, hearts of gold. Shak. Age of gold. See Golden age, under Golden. -- Dutch gold, Fool's gold, Gold dust, etc. See under Dutch, Dust, etc. -- Gold amalgam, a mineral, found in Columbia and California, composed of gold and mercury. -- Gold beater, one whose occupation is to beat gold into gold leaf. -- Gold beater's skin, the prepared outside membrane of the large intestine of the ox, used for separating the leaves of metal during the process of gold-beating. -- Gold beetle (Zoöl.), any small gold-colored beetle of the family Chrysomelidæ; -- called also golden beetle. -- Gold blocking, printing with gold leaf, as upon a book cover, by means of an engraved block. Knight. -- Gold cloth. See Cloth of gold, under Cloth. -- Gold Coast, a part of the coast of Guinea, in West Africa. -- Gold cradle. (Mining) See Cradle, n., 7. -- Gold diggings, the places, or region, where gold is found by digging in sand and gravel from which it is separated by washing. -- Gold end, a fragment of broken gold or jewelry. -- Gold-end man. (a) A buyer of old gold or jewelry. (b) A goldsmith's apprentice. (c) An itinerant jeweler. "I know him not: he looks like a gold-end man." B. Jonson. -- Gold fever, a popular mania for gold hunting. -- Gold field, a region in which are deposits of gold. -- Gold finder. (a) One who finds gold. (b) One who empties privies. [Obs. & Low] Swift. -- Gold flower, a composite plant with dry and persistent yellow radiating involucral scales, the Helichrysum Stoechas of Southern Europe. There are many South African species of the same genus. -- Gold foil, thin sheets of gold, as used by dentists and others. See Gold leaf. -- Gold knobs or knoppes (Bot.), buttercups. -- Gold lace, a kind of lace, made of gold thread. -- Gold latten, a thin plate of gold or gilded metal. -- Gold leaf, gold beaten into a film of extreme thinness, and used for gilding, etc. It is much thinner than gold foil. -- Gold lode (Mining), a gold vein. -- Gold mine, a place where gold is obtained by mining operations, as distinguished from diggings, where it is extracted by washing. Cf. Gold diggings (above). -- Gold nugget, a lump of gold as found in gold mining or digging; - - called also a pepito. -- Gold paint. See Gold shell. -- Gold or Golden, pheasant. (Zoöl.) See under Pheasant. -- Gold plate, a general name for vessels, dishes, cups, spoons, etc., made of gold. -- Gold of pleasure. Etym: [Name perhaps translated from Sp. oro-de- alegria.] (Bot.) A plant of the genus Camelina, bearing yellow flowers. C. sativa is sometimes cultivated for the oil of its seeds. -- Gold shell. (a) A composition of powdered gold or gold leaf, ground up with gum water and spread on shells, for artists' use; -- called also gold paint. (b) (Zoöl.) A bivalve shell (Anomia glabra) of the Atlantic coast; -- called also jingle shell and silver shell. See Anomia. -- Gold size, a composition used in applying gold leaf. -- Gold solder, a kind of solder, often containing twelve parts of gold, two of silver, and four of copper. -- Gold stick, the colonel of a regiment of English lifeguards, who attends his sovereign on state occasions; -- so called from the gilt rod presented to him by the sovereign when he receives his commission as colonel of the regiment. [Eng.] -- Gold thread. (a) A thread formed by twisting flatted gold over a thread of silk, with a wheel and iron bobbins; spun gold. Ure. (b) (Bot.) A small evergreen plant (Coptis trifolia), so called from its fibrous yellow roots. It is common in marshy places in the United States. -- Gold tissue, a tissue fabric interwoven with gold thread. -- Gold tooling, the fixing of gold leaf by a hot tool upon book covers, or the ornamental impression so made. -- Gold washings, places where gold found in gravel is separated from lighter material by washing. -- Gold worm, a glowworm. [Obs.] -- Jeweler's gold, an alloy containing three parts of gold to one of copper. -- Mosaic gold. See under Mosaic.

GOLD-BEATEN Gold"-beat`en, a.

Defn: Gilded. [Obs.]

GOLD-BEATING Gold"-beat`ing, n.

Defn: The art or process of reducing gold to extremely thin leaves, by beating with a hammer. Ure.

GOLD-BOUND Gold"-bound`, a.

Defn: Encompassed with gold.

GOLDCREST Gold"crest`, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The European golden-crested kinglet (Regulus cristatus, or R. regulus); -- called also golden-crested wren, and golden wren. The name is also sometimes applied to the American golden-crested kinglet. See Kinglet.

GOLDCUP Gold"cup`, n. (Bot.)

Defn: The cuckoobud.

GOLDEN Gold"en, a. Etym: [OE. golden; cf. OE. gulden, AS. gylden, from gold. See Gold, and cf. Guilder.]

1. Made of gold; consisting of gold.

2. Having the color of gold; as, the golden grain.

3. Very precious; highly valuable; excellent; eminently auspicious; as, golden opinions. Golden age. (a) The fabulous age of primeval simplicity and purity of manners in rural employments, followed by the silver, bronze, and iron ages. Dryden. (b) (Roman Literature) The best part (B. C. 81 -- A. D. 14) of the classical period of Latinity; the time when Cicero, Cæsar, Virgil, etc., wrote. Hence: (c) That period in the history of a literature, etc., when it flourishes in its greatest purity or attains its greatest glory; as, the Elizabethan age has been considered the golden age of English literature. -- Golden balls, three gilt balls used as a sign of a pawnbroker's office or shop; -- originally taken from the coat of arms of Lombardy, the first money lenders in London having been Lombards. -- Golden bull. See under Bull, an edict. -- Golden chain (Bot.), the shrub Cytisus Laburnum, so named from its long clusters of yellow blossoms. -- Golden club (Bot.), an aquatic plant (Orontium aquaticum), bearing a thick spike of minute yellow flowers. -- Golden cup (Bot.), the buttercup. -- Golden eagle (Zoöl.), a large and powerful eagle (Aquila Chrysaëtos) inhabiting Europe, Asia, and North America. It is so called from the brownish yellow tips of the feathers on the head and neck. A dark variety is called the royal eagle; the young in the second year is the ring-tailed eagle. -- Golden fleece. (a) (Mythol.) The fleece of gold fabled to have been taken from the ram that bore Phryxus through the air to Colchis, and in quest of which Jason undertook the Argonautic expedition. (b) (Her.) An order of knighthood instituted in 1429 by Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy; -- called also Toison d'Or. -- Golden grease, a bribe; a fee. [Slang] -- Golden hair (Bot.), a South African shrubby composite plant with golden yellow flowers, the Chrysocoma Coma-aurea. -- Golden Horde (Hist.), a tribe of Mongolian Tartars who overran and settled in Southern Russia early in the 18th century. -- Golden Legend, a hagiology (the "Aurea Legenda") written by James de Voragine, Archbishop of Genoa, in the 13th century, translated and printed by Caxton in 1483, and partially paraphrased by Longfellow in a poem thus entitled. -- Golden marcasite tin. [Obs.] -- Golden mean, the way of wisdom and safety between extremes; sufficiency without excess; moderation. Angels guard him in the golden mean. Pope. -- Golden mole (Zoöl), one of several South African Insectivora of the family Chrysochloridæ, resembling moles in form and habits. The fur is tinted with green, purple, and gold. -- Golden number (Chronol.), a number showing the year of the lunar or Metonic cycle. It is reckoned from 1 to 19, and is so called from having formerly been written in the calendar in gold. -- Golden oriole. (Zoöl.) See Oriole. -- Golden pheasant. See under Pheasant. -- Golden pippin, a kind of apple, of a bright yellow color. -- Golden plover (Zoöl.), one of several species of plovers, of the genus Charadrius, esp. the European (C. apricarius, or pluvialis; -- called also yellow, black-breasted hill, and whistling, plover. The common American species (C. dominicus) is also called frostbird, and bullhead. -- Golden robin. (Zoöl.) See Baltimore oriole, in Vocab. -- Golden rose (R. C. Ch.), a gold or gilded rose blessed by the pope on the fourth Sunday in Lent, and sent to some church or person in recognition of special services rendered to the Holy See. -- Golden rule. (a) The rule of doing as we would have others do to us. Cf. Luke vi. 31. (b) The rule of proportion, or rule of three. -- Golden samphire (Bot.), a composite plant (Inula crithmoides), found on the seashore of Europe. -- Golden saxifrage (Bot.), a low herb with yellow flowers (Chrysosplenium oppositifolium), blossoming in wet places in early spring. -- Golden seal (Bot.), a perennial ranunculaceous herb (Hydrastis Canadensis), with a thick knotted rootstock and large rounded leaves. -- Golden sulphide, or sulphuret, of antimony (Chem.), the pentasulphide of antimony, a golden or orange yellow powder. -- Golden warbler (Zoöl.), a common American wood warbler (Dendroica æstiva); -- called also blue-eyed yellow warbler, garden warbler, and summer yellow bird. -- Golden wasp (Zoöl.), a bright-colored hymenopterous insect, of the family Chrysididæ. The colors are golden, blue, and green. -- Golden wedding. See under Wedding.

GOLDEN-EYE Gold"en-eye`, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A duck (Glaucionetta clangula), found in Northern Europe, Asia, and America. The American variety (var. Americana) is larger. Called whistler, garrot, gowdy, pied widgeon, whiteside, curre, and doucker. Barrow's golden-eye of America (G. Islandica) is less common.

GOLDENLY Gold"en*ly, adv.

Defn: In golden terms or a golden manner; splendidly; delightfully. [Obs.] Shak.

GOLDEN-ROD Gold"en-rod`, n. (Bot.)

Defn: A tall herb (Solidago Virga-aurea), bearing yellow flowers in a graceful elongated cluster. The name is common to all the species of the genus Solidago. Golden-rod tree (Bot.), a shrub (Bosea Yervamora), a native of the Canary Isles.

GOLDEN STATE Gold"en State.

Defn: California; -- a nickname alluding to its rich gold deposits.

GOLDFINCH Gold"finch`, n. Etym: [AS. goldfinc. See Gold, and Finch.] (Zoöl.) (a) A beautiful bright-colored European finch (Carduelis elegans). The name refers to the large patch of yellow on the wings. The front of the head and throat are bright red; the nape, with part of the wings and tail, black; -- called also goldspink, goldie, fool's coat, drawbird, draw-water, thistle finch, and sweet William. (b) The yellow-hammer. (c) A small American finch (Spinus tristis); the thistle bird.

Note: The name is also applied to other yellow finches, esp. to several additional American species of Spinus.

GOLDFINNY Gold"fin`ny, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: One of two or more species of European labroid fishes (Crenilabrus melops, and Ctenolabrus rupestris); -- called also goldsinny, and goldney.

GOLDFISH Gold"fish`, n. (Zoöl.) (a) A small domesticated cyprinoid fish (Carassius auratus); -- so named from its color. It is native of China, and is said to have been introduced into Europe in 1691. It is often kept as an ornament, in small ponds or glass globes. Many varieties are known. Called also golden fish, and golden carp. See Telescope fish, under Telescope. (b) A California marine fish of an orange or red color; the garibaldi.

GOLD-HAMMER Gold"-ham`mer, n.

Defn: The yellow-hammer.

GOLDIE Gold"ie, n. Etym: [From Gold.] (Zoöl.) (a) The European goldfinch. (b) The yellow-hammer.

GOLDILOCKS Gold"i*locks`, n.

Defn: Same as Goldylocks.

GOLDIN; GOLDING Gold"in, Gold"ing, n. (Bot.) Etym: [From the golden color of the blossoms.]

Defn: A conspicuous yellow flower, commonly the corn marigold (Chrysanthemum segetum). [This word is variously corrupted into gouland, gools, gowan, etc.]

GOLDLESS Gold"less, a.

Defn: Destitute of gold.

GOLDNEY Gold"ney, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: See Gilthead.

GOLDSEED Gold"seed`, n. (Bot.)

Defn: Dog's-tail grass.

GOLDSINNY Gold"sin`ny, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: See Goldfinny.

GOLDSMITH Gold"smith`, n. Etym: [AS. goldsmiGold., and Smith.]

1. An artisan who manufactures vessels and ornaments, etc., of gold.

2. A banker. [Obs.]

Note: The goldsmiths of London formerly received money on deposit because they were prepared to keep it safely. Goldsmith beetle (Zoöl.), a large, bright yellow, American beetle (Cotalpa lanigera), of the family Scarabæidæ

GOLDTIT Gold"tit`, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: See Verdin.

GOLDYLOCKS Gold"y*locks`, n. (Bot.)

Defn: A plant of several species of the genus Chrysocoma; -- so called from the tufts of yellow flowers which terminate the stems; also, the Ranunculus auricomus, a kind of buttercup.

GOLET Go"let, n.

Defn: The gullet. [Obs.] Chaucer.

GOLET Go"let, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A California trout. See Malma.

GOLF Golf, n. Etym: [D. kolf club or bat, also a Dutch game played in an inclosed area with clubs and balls; akin to G. kolben club, but end, Icel. k tongue of a bell. bolt, Sw. kolf bolt, dart, but end, Dan. kolv bolt, arrow. Cf. Club, Globe.]

Defn: A game played with a small ball and a bat or club crooked at the lower end. He who drives the ball into each of a series of small holes in the ground and brings it into the last hole with the fewest strokes is the winner. [Scot.] Strutt.

GOLFER Golf"er, n.

Defn: One who plays golf. [Scot.]

GOLGOTHA Gol"go*tha, n.

Defn: Calvary. See the Note under Calvary.

GOLIARD Gol"iard, n. Etym: [From OF. goliart glutton, buffoon, riotous student, Goliard, LL. goliardus, prob. fr. L. gula throat. Cf. Gules.]

Defn: A buffoon in the Middle Ages, who attended rich men's tables to make sport for the guests by ribald stories and songs.

GOLIARDERY Gol"iard*er*y, n.

Defn: The satirical or ribald poetry of the Goliards. Milman.

GOLIATH BEETLE Go*li"ath bee"tle. Etym: [From Goliath, the Philistine giant.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: Any species of Goliathus, a genus of very large and handsome African beetles.

GOLL Goll, n. Etym: [Etymol. uncertain.]

Defn: A hand, paw, or claw. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney. B. Jonson.

GOLOE-SHOE Go*loe"-shoe`, n.

Defn: A galoche.

GOLORE Go*lore", n.

Defn: See Galore.

GOLOSHE Go*loshe", n.

Defn: See Galoche.

GOLTSCHUT Golt"schut, n.

1. A small ingot of gold.

2. A silver ingot, used in Japan as money.

GOLYARDEYS Gol"yard*eys, n.

Defn: A buffoon. See Gollard. [Obs.] Chaucer.

GOMAN Go"man, n. Etym: [Prob. fr. good man; but cf. also AS. gumman a man, OHG. gomman man, husband.]

Defn: A husband; a master of a family. [Obs.]

GOMARIST; GOMARITE Go"mar*ist, Go"mar*ite, n. (Eccl.-Hist.)

Defn: One of the followers of Francis Gomar or Gomarus, a Dutch disciple of Calvin in the 17th century, who strongly opposed the Arminians.

GOMBO Gom"bo, n.

Defn: See Gumbo.

GOME Gome, n. Etym: [AS. guma; akin to Goth. guma, L. homo. See Bridegroom.]

Defn: A man. [Obs.] P. Plowman.

GOME Gome, n. Etym: [Cf. Icel. gormr ooze, mud.]

Defn: The black grease on the axle of a cart or wagon wheel; -- called also gorm. See Gorm. [Prov. Eng.]

GOMER Go"mer, n.

Defn: A Hebrew measure. See Homer.

GOMER Go"mer, n. (Gun.)

Defn: A conical chamber at the breech of the bore in heavy ordnance, especially in mortars; -- named after the inventor.

GOMMELIN Gom"me*lin, n. Etym: [F. gommeline, from gomme gum.] (Chem.)

Defn: See Dextrin.

GOMPHIASIS Gom*phi"a*sis, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Med.)

Defn: A disease of the teeth, which causes them to loosen and fall out of their sockets.

GOMPHOSIS Gom*pho"sis, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. gomphose.] (Anat.)

Defn: A form of union or immovable articulation where a hard part is received into the cavity of a bone, as the teeth into the jaws.

GOMUTI Go*mu"ti, n. Etym: [Malayan gumuti.]

Defn: A black, fibrous substance resembling horsehair, obtained from the leafstalks of two kinds of palms, Metroxylon Sagu, and Arenga saccharifera, of the Indian islands. It is used for making cordage. Called also ejoo.

GON Gon,

Defn: imp. & p. p. of Go. [Obs.] Chaucer.

GONAD Gon"ad, n.; pl. Gonads. Etym: [Gr. (Anat.)

Defn: One of the masses of generative tissue primitively alike in both sexes, but giving rise to either an ovary or a testis; a generative gland; a germ gland. Wiedersheim.

GONAKIE Go"na*kie, n. (Bot.)

Defn: An African timber tree (Acacia Adansonii).

GONANGIUM Go`nan*gi"um, n.; pl. L. Gonangia, E. Gonangiums. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)

Defn: See Gonotheca.

GONDOLA Gon"do*la, n. Etym: [It., dim. of gonda a gondola; cf. LL. gandeia a kind of boat, Gr. gondole gondola, cup.]

1. A long, narrow boat with a high prow and stern, used in the canals of Venice. A gondola is usually propelled by one or two oarsmen who stand facing the prow, or by poling. A gondola for passengers has a small open cabin amidships, for their protection against the sun or rain. A sumptuary law of Venice required that gondolas should be painted black, and they are customarily so painted now.

2. A flat-bottomed boat for freight. [U. S.]

3. A long platform car, either having no sides or with very low sides, used on railroads. [U. S.]

GONDOLET Gon"do*let, n. Etym: [It. gondoletta, dim. of gondola.]

Defn: A small gondola. T. Moore.

GONDOLIER Gon`do*lier", n. Etym: [It. gondoliere: cf. F. gondolier.]

Defn: A man who rows a gondola.

GONE Gone,

Defn: p. p. of Go.

GONENESS Gone"ness, n.

Defn: A state of exhaustion; faintness, especially as resulting from hunger. [Colloq. U. S.]

GONFALON; GONFANON Gon"fa*lon, Gon"fa*non, n. Etym: [OE. gonfanoun, OF. gonfanon, F. gonfalon, the same word as F. confalon, name of a religious brotherhood, fr. OHG. gundfano war flag; gund war (used in comp., and akin to AS. gu\'eb) + fano cloth, flag; akin to E. vane; cf. AS. gu\'ebfana. See Vane, and cf. Confalon.]

1. The ensign or standard in use by certain princes or states, such as the mediæval republics of Italy, and in more recent times by the pope.

2. A name popularly given to any flag which hangs from a crosspiece or frame instead of from the staff or the mast itself. Standards and gonfalons, 'twixt van and rear, Stream in the air. Milton.

GONFALONIER Gon`fa*lon*ier", n. Etym: [F. gonfalonier: cf. It. gonfaloniere.]

Defn: He who bears the gonfalon; a standard bearer; as: (a) An officer at Rome who bears the standard of the Church. (b) The chief magistrate of any one of several republics in mediæveal Italy. (c) A Turkish general, and standard keeper.

GONG Gong, n. Etym: [AS. gong, gang, a going, passage, drain. See Gang.]

Defn: A privy or jakes. [Obs.] Chaucer. Gong farmer, Gong man, a cleaner of privies. [Obs.]

GONG Gong, n.

1. Etym: [Malayan (Jav.) gong.]

Defn: An instrument, first used in the East, made of an alloy of copper and tin, shaped like a disk with upturned rim, and producing, when struck, a harsh and resounding noise. O'er distant deserts sounds the Tartar gong. Longfellow.

2. (Mach.)

Defn: A flat saucerlike bell, rung by striking it with a small hammer which is connected with it by various mechanical devices; a stationary bell, used to sound calls or alarms; -- called also gong bell. Gong metal, an alloy (78 parts of copper, 22 of tin), from which Oriental gongs are made.

GONGORISM Gon"go*rism, n.

Defn: An affected elegance or euphuism of style, for which the Spanish poet Gongora y Argote (1561-1627), among others of his time, was noted.

Gongorism, that curious disease of euphuism, that broke out simultaneously in Italy, England, and Spain. The Critic.

The Renaissance riots itself away in Marinism, Gongorism, Euphuism, and the affectations of the Hôtel Rambouillet. J. A. Symonds.

GONIATITE Go"ni*a*tite, n. Etym: [Gr. (Paleon.)

Defn: One of an extinct genus of fossil cephalopods, allied to the Ammonites. The earliest forms are found in the Devonian formation, the latest, in the Triassic.

GONIDIAL Go*nid"i*al, a. (Bot.)

Defn: Pertaining to, or containing, gonidia.

GONIDIAL Go*nid"i*al, a. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Of or pertaining to the angles of the mouth; as, a gonidial groove of an actinian.

GONIDIUM Go*nid"i*um, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zool.)

Defn: A special groove or furrow at one or both angles of the mouth of many Anthozoa.

GONIDIUM Go*nid"i*um, n.; pl. Gonidia. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Bot.)

Defn: A component cell of the yellowish green layer in certain lichens.

GONIMIA Go*nim"i*a, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Bot.)

Defn: Bluish green granules which occur in certain lichens, as Collema, Peltigera, etc., and which replace the more usual gonidia.

GONIMOUS Gon"i*mous, a. (Bot.)

Defn: Pertaining to, or containing, gonidia or gonimia, as that part of a lichen which contains the green or chlorophyll-bearing cells.

GONIOMETER Go`ni*om"e*ter, n. Etym: [Gr. -meter: cf. F. goniomètre.]

Defn: An instrument for measuring angles, especially the angles of crystals, or the inclination of planes. Contact, or Hand, goniometer, a goniometer having two movable arms (ab, cd), between which (at ab) the faces of the crystals are placed. These arms turn about a fixed point, which is the center of the graduated circle or semicircle upon which the angle is read off. -- Reflecting goniometer, an instrument for measuring the angles of crystals by determining through what angular space the crystal must be turned so that two rays reflected from two surfaces successively shall have the same direction; -- called also Wollaston's goniometer, from the inventor.

GONIOMETRIC; GONIOMETRICAL Go`ni*o*met"ric, Go`ni*o*met"ric*al (, a.

Defn: Pertaining to, or determined by means of, a goniometer; trigonometric.

GONIOMETRY Go`ni*om"e*try, n. Etym: [Cf. F. goniométrie.] (Math.)

Defn: The art of measuring angles; trigonometry.

GONOBLASTID Gon`o*blas"tid, n. Etym: [See Gonoblastidium.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: A reproductive bud of a hydroid; a simple gonophore.

GONOBLASTIDIUM Gon`o*blas*tid"i*um, n.; pl. Gonoblastidia. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A blastostyle.

GONOCALYX Gon`o*ca"lyx, n. Etym: [Gr. calyx,] (Zoöl.)

Defn: The bell of a sessile gonozooid.

GONOCHORISM Gon`o*cho"rism, n. Etym: [Gr. (a) Separation of the sexes in different individuals; -- opposed to hermaphroditism. (b) In ontogony, differentiation of male and female individuals from embryos having the same rudimentary sexual organs. (c) In phylogeny, the evolution of distinct sexes in species previously hermaphrodite or sexless.

GONOCOCCUS Gon`o*coc"cus, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. coccus.] (Med.)

Defn: A vegetable microörganism of the genus Micrococcus, occurring in the secretion in gonorrhea. It is believed by some to constitute the cause of this disease.

GONOPH Gon"oph, n. Etym: [Perh. fr. Heb. gannabh thief.]

Defn: A pickpocket or thief. [Eng. Slang] Dickens.

GONOPHORE Gon"o*phore, n. Etym: [Gr.

1. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A sexual zooid produced as a medusoid bud upon a hydroid, sometimes becoming a free hydromedusa, sometimes remaining attached. See Hydroidea, and Illusts. of Athecata, Campanularian, and Gonosome.

2. (Bot.)

Defn: A lengthened receptacle, bearing the stamens and carpels in a conspicuous manner.

GONORRHEA; GONORRHOEA Gon`or*rhe"a, Gon`or*rhoe"a, n. Etym: [L. gonorrhoea, Gr. gonorrhée.] (Med.)

Defn: A contagious inflammatory disease of the genitourinary tract, affecting especially the urethra and vagina, and characterized by a mucopurulent discharge, pain in urination, and chordee; clap.

GONORRHEAL; GONORRHOEAL Gon`or*rhe"al, Gon`or*rhoe"al, a. (Med.)

Defn: Of or pertaining to gonorrhea; as, gonorrheal rheumatism.

GONOSOME Gon"o*some, n. Etym: [Gr. -some body.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: The reproductive zooids of a hydroid colony, collectively.

GONOTHECA Gon`o*the"ca, n.; pl. Gonothec. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A capsule developed on certain hydroids (Thecaphora), inclosing the blastostyle upon which the medusoid buds or gonophores are developed; -- called also gonangium, and teleophore. See Hydroidea, and Illust. of Campanularian.

GONOZOOID Gon`o*zo"oid, n. Etym: [Gr. zooid.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: A sexual zooid, or medusoid bud of a hydroid; a gonophore. See Hydroidea, and Illust. of Campanularian.

GONYDIAL Go*nyd"i*al, a. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Pertaining to the gonys of a bird's beak.

GONYS Go"nys, n. Etym: [Cf. Genys.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: The keel or lower outline of a bird's bill, so far as the mandibular rami are united.

GOOBER Goo"ber, n.

Defn: A peanut. [Southern U. S.]

GOOD Good, a. [Compar. Better; superl. Best. These words, though used as the comparative and superlative of good, are from a different root.] Etym: [AS. God, akin to D. goed, OS. god, OHG. guot, G. gut, Icel. goedhr, Sw. & Dan. god, Goth. gods; prob. orig., fitting, belonging together, and akin to E. gather. sq. root29 Cf. Gather.]

1. Possessing desirable qualities; adapted to answer the end designed; promoting success, welfare, or happiness; serviceable; useful; fit; excellent; admirable; commendable; not bad, corrupt, evil, noxious, offensive, or troublesome, etc. And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good. Gen. i. 31. Good company, good wine, good welcome. Shak.

2. Possessing moral excellence or virtue; virtuous; pious; religious; -- said of persons or actions. In all things showing thyself a pattern of good works. Tit. ii. 7.

3. Kind; benevolent; humane; merciful; gracious; polite; propitious; friendly; well-disposed; -- often followed by to or toward, also formerly by unto. The men were very good unto us. 1 Sam. xxv. 15.

4. Serviceable; suited; adapted; suitable; of use; to be relied upon; -- followed especially by for. All quality that is good for anything is founded originally in merit. Collier.

5. Clever; skillful; dexterous; ready; handy; -- followed especially by at. He . . . is a good workman; a very good tailor. Shak. Those are generally good at flattering who are good for nothing else. South.

6. Adequate; sufficient; competent; sound; not fallacious; valid; in a commercial sense, to be depended on for the discharge of obligations incurred; having pecuniary ability; of unimpaired credit. My reasons are both good and weighty. Shak. My meaning in saying he is a good man is . . . that he is sufficient . . . I think I may take his bond. Shak.

7. Real; actual; serious; as in the phrases in good earnest; in good sooth. Love no man in good earnest. Shak.

8. Not small, insignificant, or of no account; considerable; esp., in the phrases a good deal, a good way, a good degree, a good share or part, etc.

9. Not lacking or deficient; full; complete. Good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over. Luke vi. 38.

10. Not blemished or impeached; fair; honorable; unsullied; as in the phrases a good name, a good report, good repute, etc. A good name is better than precious ointment. Eccl. vii. 1. As good as. See under As. -- For good, or For good and all, completely and finally; fully; truly. The good woman never died after this, till she came to die for good and all. L'Estrange. -- Good breeding, polite or polished manners, formed by education; a polite education. Distinguished by good humor and good breeding. Macaulay. -- Good cheap, literally, good bargain; reasonably cheap. -- Good consideration (Law). (a) A consideration of blood or of natural love and affection. Blackstone. (b) A valuable consideration, or one which will sustain a contract. -- Good fellow, a person of companionable qualities. [Familiar] -- Good folk, or Good people, fairies; brownies; pixies, etc. [Colloq. Eng. & Scot.] -- Good for nothing. (a) Of no value; useless; worthless. (b) Used substantively, an idle, worthless person. My father always said I was born to be a good for nothing. Ld. Lytton. -- Good Friday, the Friday of Holy Week, kept in some churches as a fast, in memoory of our Savior's passion or suffering; the anniversary of the crucifixion. -- Good humor, or Good-humor, a cheerful or pleasant temper or state of mind. -- Good nature, or Good-nature, habitual kindness or mildness of temper or disposition; amiability; state of being in good humor. The good nature and generosity which belonged to his character. Macaulay. The young count's good nature and easy persuadability were among his best characteristics. Hawthorne. -- Good people. See Good folk (above). -- Good speed, good luck; good success; godspeed; -- an old form of wishing success. See Speed. -- Good turn, an act of kidness; a favor. -- Good will. (a) Benevolence; well wishing; kindly feeling. (b) (Law) The custom of any trade or business; the tendency or inclination of persons, old customers and others, to resort to an established place of business; the advantage accruing from tendency or inclination. The good will of a trade is nothing more than the probability that the old customers will resort to the old place. Lord Eldon. -- In good time. (a) Promptly; punctually; opportunely; not too soon nor too late. (b) (Mus.) Correctly; in proper time. -- To hold good, to remain true or valid; to be operative; to remain in force or effect; as, his promise holds good; the condition still holds good. -- To make good, to fulfill; to establish; to maintain; to supply (a defect or deficiency); to indemmify; to prove or verify (an accusation); to prove to be blameless; to clear; to vindicate. Each word made good and true. Shak. Of no power to make his wishes good. Shak. I . . . would by combat make her good. Shak. Convenient numbers to make good the city. Shak. -- To think good, to approve; to be pleased or satisfied with; to consider expedient or proper. If ye think good, give me my price; and if not, forbear. Zech. xi. 12.

Note: Good, in the sense of wishing well, is much used in greeting and leave-taking; as, good day, good night, good evening, good morning, etc.

GOOD Good, n.

1. That which possesses desirable qualities, promotes success, welfare, or happiness, is serviceable, fit, excellent, kind, benevolent, etc.; -- opposed to evil. There be many that say, Who will show us any good Ps. iv. 6.

2. Advancement of interest or happiness; welfare; prosperity; advantage; benefit; -- opposed to harm, etc. The good of the whole community can be promoted only by advancing the good of each of the members composing it. Jay.

3. pl.

Defn: Wares; commodities; chattels; -- formerly used in the singular in a collective sense. In law, a comprehensive name for almost all personal property as distinguished from land or real property. Wharton. He hath made us spend much good. Chaucer. Thy lands and goods Are, by the laws of Venice, confiscate Unto the state of Venice. Shak. Dress goods, Dry goods, etc. See in the Vocabulary. -- Goods engine, a freight locomotive. [Eng.] -- Goods train, a freight train. [Eng.] -- Goods wagon, a freight car [Eng.] See the Note under Car, n., 2.

GOOD Good, adv.

Defn: Well, -- especially in the phrase as good, with a following as expressed or implied; equally well with as much advantage or as little harm as possible. As good almost kill a man as kill a good book. Milton. As good as, in effect; virtually; the same as. They who counsel ye to such a suppressing, do as good as bid ye suppress yourselves. Milton.

GOOD Good, v. t.

1. To make good; to turn to good. [Obs.]

2. To manure; to improve. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

GOOD-BY; GOOD-BYE Good`-by", Good`-bye", n. or interj. Etym: [A contraction of God be with ye (God be wî ye, God bw' ye, God bwye).]

Defn: Farewell; a form of address used at parting. See the last Note under By, prep. Shak.

GOOD-DEN Good`-den", interj. Etym: [Corrupt. of good e'en, for good evening.]

Defn: A form of salutation. [Obs.] Shak.

GOOD-FELLOWSHIP Good`-fel"low*ship, n.

Defn: Agreeable companionship; companionableness.

GOODGEON Good"geon, n. (Naut.)

Defn: Same as Gudgeon, 5.

GOOD-HUMORED Good`-hu"mored, a.

Defn: Having a cheerful spirit and demeanor; good-tempered. See Good- natured.

GOOD-HUMOREDLY Good`-hu"mored*ly, adv.

Defn: With a cheerful spirit; in a cheerful or good-tempered manner.

GOODISH Good"ish, a.

Defn: Rather good than the contrary; not actually bad; tolerable. Goodish pictures in rich frames. Walpole.

GOODLESS Good"less, a.

Defn: Having no goods. [Obs.] Chaucer.

GOODLICH Good"lich, a.

Defn: Goodly. [Obs.] Chaucer.

GOODLINESS Good"li*ness, n. Etym: [From Goodly.]

Defn: Beauty of form; grace; elegance; comeliness. Her goodliness was full of harmony to his eyes. Sir P. Sidney.

GOOD-LOOKING Good"-look`ing, a.

Defn: Handsome.

GOODLY Good"ly, adv.

Defn: Excellently. [Obs.] Spenser.

GOODLY Good"ly, a. [Compar. Goodlier; superl. Goodliest.] Etym: [OE. godlich, AS. g. See Good, and Like.]

1. Pleasant; agreeable; desirable. We have many goodly days to see. Shak.

2. Of pleasing appearance or character; comely; graceful; as, a goodly person; goodly raiment, houses. The goodliest man of men since born. Milton.

3. Large; considerable; portly; as, a goodly number. Goodly and great he sails behind his link. Dryden.

GOODLYHEAD; GOODLYHOOD Good"ly*head, Good"ly*hood n.

Defn: Goodness; grace; goodliness. [Obs.] Spenser.

GOODMAN Good"man, n. Etym: [Good + man]

1. A familiar appellation of civility, equivalent to "My friend", "Good sir", "Mister;" -- sometimes used ironically. [Obs.] With you, goodman boy, an you please. Shak.

2. A husband; the master of a house or family; -- often used in speaking familiarly. [Archaic] Chaucer. Say ye to the goodman of the house, . . . Where is the guest-chamber Mark xiv. 14.

Note: In the early colonial records of New England, the term goodman is frequently used as a title of designation, sometimes in a respectful manner, to denote a person whose first name was not known, or when it was not desired to use that name; in this use it was nearly equivalent to Mr. This use was doubtless brought with the first settlers from England.

GOOD-NATURED Good`-na"tured, a.

Defn: Naturally mild in temper; not easily provoked.

Syn. -- Good-natured, Good-tempered, Good-humored. Good-natured denotes a disposition to please and be pleased. Good-tempered denotes a habit of mind which is not easily ruffied by provocations or other disturbing influences. Good-humored is applied to a spirit full of ease and cheerfulness, as displayed in one's outward deportment and in social intercourse. A good-natured man recommends himself to all by the spirit which governs him. A good-humored man recommends himself particularly as a companion. A good-tempered man is rarely betrayed into anything which can disturb the serenity of the social circle.

GOOD-NATUREDLY Good`-na"tured*ly, adv.

Defn: With maldness of temper.

GOODNESS Good"ness, n. Etym: [AS. g.]

Defn: The quality of being good in any of its various senses; excellence; virtue; kindness; benevolence; as, the goodness of timber, of a soil, of food; goodness of character, of disposition, of conduct, etc.

GOOD NOW Good" now".

Defn: An exclamation of wonder, surprise, or entreaty. [Obs.] Shak.

GOODS Goods, n. pl.

Defn: See Good, n., 3.

GOODSHIP Good"ship, n.

Defn: Favor; grace. [Obs.] Gower.

GOOD-TEMPERED Good`-tem"pered, a.

Defn: Having a good temper; not easily vexed. See Good-natured.

GOODWIFE Good"wife`, n.

Defn: The mistress of a house. [Archaic] Robynson (More's Utopia).

GOODY Good"y, n.; pl. Goodies (.

1. A bonbon, cake, or the like; -- usually in the pl. [Colloq.]

2. (Zoöl.)

Defn: An American fish; the lafayette or spot.

GOODY Good"y, n.; pl. Goodies. Etym: [Prob. contr. from goodwife.]

Defn: Goodwife; -- a low term of civility or sport.

GOODY-GOODY Good"y-good`y, a.

Defn: Mawkishly or weakly good; exhibiting goodness with silliness. [Colloq.]

GOODYSHIP Good"y*ship, n.

Defn: The state or quality of a goody or goodwife [Jocose] Hudibraus.

GOOROO; GURU Goo*roo", Gu*ru" (, n. Etym: [Hind. gur a spiritual parent or teacher, Skr. guru heavy, noble, venerable, teacher. Cf. Grief.]

Defn: A spiritual teacher, guide, or confessor amoung the Hindoos. Malcom.

GOOSANDER Goos"an`der, n. Etym: [OE. gossander, a tautological word formed fr. goose + gander. Cf. Merganser.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: A species of merganser (M. merganser) of Northern Europe and America; -- called also merganser, dundiver, sawbill, sawneb, shelduck, and sheldrake. See Merganser.

GOOSE Goose, n.; pl. Geese. Etym: [OE. gos, AS. g, pl. g; akin to D. & G. gans, Icel. gas, Dan. gaas, Sw. g, Russ. guse. OIr. geiss, L. anser, for hanser, Gr. hamsa. sq. root233. Cf. Gander, Gannet, Ganza, Gosling.] (Zoöl.)

1. Any large web-footen bird of the subfamily Anserinæ, and belonging to Anser, Branta, Chen, and several allied genera. See Anseres.

Note: The common domestic goose is believed to have been derived from the European graylag goose (Anser anser). The bean goose (A. segetum), the American wild or Canada goose (Branta Canadensis), and the bernicle goose (Branta leucopsis) are well known species. The American white or snow geese and the blue goose belong to the genus Chen. See Bernicle, Emperor goose, under Emperor, Snow goose, Wild goose, Brant.

2. Any large bird of other related families, resembling the common goose.

Note: The Egyptian or fox goose (Alopochen Ægyptiaca) and the African spur-winged geese (Plectropterus) belong to the family Plectropteridæ. The Australian semipalmated goose (Anseranas semipalmata) and Cape Barren goose (Cereopsis Novæ-Hollandiæ) are very different from northern geese, and each is made the type of a distinct family. Both are domesticated in Australia.

3. A tailor's smoothing iron, so called from its handle, which resembles the neck of a goose.

4. A silly creature; a simpleton.

5. A game played with counters on a board divided into compartments, in some of which a goose was depicted. The pictures placed for ornament and use, The twelve good rules, the royal game of goose. Goldsmith. A wild goose chase, an attempt to accomplish something impossible or unlikely of attainment. -- Fen goose. See under Fen. -- Goose barnacle (Zoöl.), any pedunculated barnacle of the genus Anatifa or Lepas; -- called also duck barnacle. See Barnacle, and Cirripedia. -- Goose cap, a silly person. [Obs.] Beau. & . -- Goose corn (Bot.), a coarse kind of rush (Juncus squarrosus). -- Goose feast, Michaelmas. [Colloq. Eng.] -- Goose flesh, a peculiar roughness of the skin produced by cold or fear; -- called also goose skin.goose pimples and goose bumps -- Goose grass. (Bot.) (a) A plant of the genus Galium (G. Aparine), a favorite food of geese; -- called also catchweed and cleavers. (b) A species of knotgrass (Polygonum aviculare). (c) The annual spear grass (Poa annua). -- Goose neck, anything, as a rod of iron or a pipe, curved like the neck of a goose; specially (Naut.), an iron hook connecting a spar with a mast. -- Goose quill, a large feather or quill of a goose; also, a pen made from it. -- Goose skin. See Goose flesh, above. -- Goose tongue (Bot.), a composite plant (Achillea ptarmica), growing wild in the British islands. -- Sea goose. (Zoöl.) See Phalarope. -- Solan goose. (Zoöl.) See Gannet.

GOOSEBERRY Goose"ber*ry, n.; pl. Gooseberries, Etym: [Corrupted for groseberry or groiseberry, fr. OF. groisele, F. groseille, -- of German origin; cf. G. krausbeere, kräuselbeere (fr. kraus crisp), D. kruisbes, kruisbezie (as if crossberry, fr. kruis cross; for kroesbes, kroesbezie, fr. kroes crisp), Sw. krusbär (fr. krus, krusing, crisp). The first part of the word is perh. akin to E. curl. Cf. Grossular, a.]

1. (Bot.)

Defn: Any thorny shrub of the genus Ribes; also, the edible berries of such shrub. There are several species, of which Ribes Grossularia is the one commonly cultivated.

2. A silly person; a goose cap. Goldsmith. Barbadoes gooseberry, a climbing prickly shrub (Pereskia aculeata) of the West Indies, which bears edible berries resembling gooseberries. -- Coromandel gooseberry. See Carambola. -- Gooseberry fool. See lst Fool. -- Gooseberry worm (Zoöl.), the larva of a small moth (Dakruma convolutella). It destroys the gooseberry by eating the interior.

GOOSE EGG Goose egg.

Defn: In games, a zero; a score or record of naught; -- so named in allusion to the egglike outline of the zero sign 0. Called also duck egg. [Slang]

GOOSEFISH Goose"fish`, n. (Zöll.)

Defn: See Angler.

GOOSEFOOT Goose"foot`, n. (Bot.)

Defn: A genus of herbs (Chenopodium) mostly annual weeds; pigweed.

GOOSE-RUMPED Goose"-rumped`, a. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Having the tail set low and buttocks that fall away sharply from the croup; -- said of certain horses.

GOOSERY Goos"er*y, n.; pl. Gooseries (.

1. A place for keeping geese.

2. The characteristics or actions of a goose; silliness. The finical goosery of your neat sermon actor. Milton.

GOOSEWING Goose"wing`, n. (Naut.)

Defn: One of the clews or lower corners of a course or a topsail when the middle part or the rest of the sail is furled.

GOOSEWINGED Goose"winged`, a. (Naut.) (a) Having a "goosewing." (b) Said of a fore-and-aft rigged vessel with foresail set on one side and mainsail on the other; wing and wing.

GOOSISH Goos"ish, a.

Defn: Like a goose; foolish. [Obs.] Chaucer.

GOOST Goost, n.

Defn: Ghost; spirit. [Obs.] Chaucer.

GOOT Goot, n.

Defn: A goat. [Obs.] Chaucer.

GO-OUT Go"-out`, n.

Defn: A sluice in embankments against the sea, for letting out the land waters, when the tide is out. [Written also gowt.]

GOPHER Go"pher, n. Etym: [F. gaufre waffle, honeycomb. See Gauffer.] (Zoöl.)

1. One of several North American burrowing rodents of the genera Geomys and Thomomys, of the family Geomyidæ; -- called also pocket gopher and pouched rat. See Pocket gopher, and Tucan.

Note: The name was originally given by French settlers to many burrowing rodents, from their honeycombing the earth.

2. One of several western American species of the genus Spermophilus, of the family Sciuridæ; as, the gray gopher (Spermophilus Franklini) and the striped gopher (S. tridecemlineatus); -- called also striped prairie squirrel, leopard marmot, and leopard spermophile. See Spermophile.

3. A large land tortoise (Testudo Carilina) of the Southern United States, which makes extensive burrows.

4. A large burrowing snake (Spilotes Couperi) of the Southern United States. Gopher drift (Mining), an irregular prospecting drift, following or seeking the ore without regard to regular grade or section. Raymond.

GOPHER STATE Go"pher State.

Defn: Minnesota; -- a nickname alluding to the abundance of gophers.

GOPHER WOOD Go"pher wood`. Etym: [Heb. gopher.]

Defn: A species of wood used in the construction of Noah's ark. Gen. vi. 14.

GORACCO Go*rac"co, n.

Defn: A paste prepared from tobacco, and smoked in hookahs in Western India.

GORAL Go"ral, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: An Indian goat antelope (Nemorhedus goral), resembling the chamois.

GORAMY Go"ra*my, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Same as Gourami.

GOR-BELLIED Gor"-bel`lied, a.

Defn: Bog-bellied. [Obs.]

GOR-BELLY Gor"-bel`ly, n. Etym: [Gore filth, dirt + belly.]

Defn: A prominent belly; a big-bellied person. [Obs.]

GORCE Gorce, n. Etym: [OF. gort, nom. gorz, gulf, L. gurges whirlpool, gulf, stream. See Gorge.]

Defn: A pool of water to keep fish in; a wear. [Obs.]

GORCOCK Gor"cock`, n. Etym: [Prob. from gore blood.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: The moor cock, or red grouse. See Grouse. [Prov. Eng.]

GORCROW Gor"crow`, n. Etym: [AS. gor dung, dirt. See Gore blood, dirt.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: The carrion crow; -- called also gercrow. [Prov. Eng.]

GORD Gord, n. [Written also gourd.] Etym: [Perh. hollow, and so named in allusion to a gourd.]

Defn: An instrument of gaming; a sort of dice. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.

GORDIACEA Gor`di*a"ce*a, n. pl. Etym: [NL. See Gordian, 1.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: A division of nematoid worms, including the hairworms or hair eels (Gordius and Mermis). See Gordius, and Illustration in Appendix.

GORDIAN Gor"di*an, a.

1. Pertaining to Gordius, king of Phrygia, or to a knot tied by him; hence, intricate; complicated; inextricable. Gordian knot, an intricate knot tied by Gordius in the thong which connected the pole of the chariot with the yoke. An oracle having declared that he who should untie it should be master of Asia, Alexander the Great averted the ill omen of his inability to loosen it by cutting it with his sword. Hence, a Gordian knot is an inextricable difficulty; and to cut the Gordian knot is to remove a difficulty by bold and energetic measures.

2. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Pertaining to the Gordiacea.

GORDIAN Gor"di*an, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: One of the Gordiacea.

GORDIUS Gor"di*us, n. Etym: [NL. See Gordian, 1.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: A genus of long, slender, nematoid worms, parasitic in insects until near maturity, when they leave the insect, and live in water, in which they deposit their eggs; -- called also hair eel, hairworm, and hair snake, from the absurd, but common and widely diffused, notion that they are metamorphosed horsehairs.

GORE Gore, n. Etym: [AS. gor dirt, dung; akin to Icel. gor, SW. gorr, OHG. gor, and perh. to E. cord, chord, and yarn; cf. Icel. görn, garnir, guts.]

1. Dirt; mud. [Obs.] Bp. Fisher.

2. Blood; especially, blood that after effusion has become thick or clotted. Milton.

GORE Gore, n. Etym: [OE. gore, gare, AS. g angular point of land, fr. g spear; akin to D. geer gore, G. gehre gore, ger spear, Icel. geiri gore, geir spear, and prob. to E. goad. Cf. Gar, n., Garlic, and Gore, v.]

1. A wedgeshaped or triangular piece of cloth, canvas, etc., sewed into a garment, sail, etc., to give greater width at a particular part.

2. A small traingular piece of land. Cowell.

3. (Her.)

Defn: One of the abatements. It is made of two curved lines, meeting in an acute angle in the fesse point.

Note: It is usually on the sinister side, and of the tincture called tenné. Like the other abatements it is a modern fancy and not actually used.

GORE Gore, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gored; p. pr. & vb. n. Goring.] Etym: [OE. gar spear, AS. g. See 2d Gore.]

Defn: To pierce or wound, as with a horn; to penetrate with a pointed instrument, as a spear; to stab. The low stumps shall gore His daintly feet. Coleridge.

GORE Gore, v. t.

Defn: To cut in a traingular form; to piece with a gore; to provide with a gore; as, to gore an apron.

GOREBILL Gore"bill`, n. Etym: [2d gore + bill.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: The garfish. [Prov. Eng.]

GORFLY Gor"fly`, n.; pl. Gorflies. Etym: [Gore (AS. gor) dung + fly.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: A dung fly.

GORGE Gorge, n. Etym: [F. gorge, LL. gorgia, throat, narrow pass, and gorga abyss, whirlpool, prob. fr. L. gurgea whirlpool, gulf, abyss; cf. Skr. gargara whirlpool, gr to devour. Cf. Gorget.]

1. The throat; the gullet; the canal by which food passes to the stomach. Wherewith he gripped her gorge with so great pain. Spenser. Now, how abhorred! . . . my gorge rises at it. Shak.

2. A narrow passage or entrance; as: (a) A defile between mountains. (b) The entrance into a bastion or other outwork of a fort; -- usually synonymous with rear. See Illust. of Bastion.

3. That which is gorged or swallowed, especially by a hawk or other fowl. And all the way, most like a brutish beast,gorge, that all did him detest. Spenser.

4. A filling or choking of a passage or channel by an obstruction; as, an ice gorge in a river.

5. (Arch.)

Defn: A concave molding; a cavetto. Gwilt.

6. (Naut.)

Defn: The groove of a pulley. Gorge circle (Gearing), the outline of the smallest cross section of a hyperboloid of revolution. -- Gorge hook, two fishhooks, separated by a piece of lead. Knight.

GORGE Gorge, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gorged; p. pr. & vb. n. Gorging.] Etym: [F. gorger. See Gorge, n.]

1. To swallow; especially, to swallow with greediness, or in large mouthfuls or quantities. The fish has gorged the hook. Johnson.

2. To glut; to fill up to the throat; to satiate. The giant gorged with flesh. Addison. Gorge with my blood thy barbarous appetite. Dryden.

GORGE Gorge, v. i.

Defn: To eat greedily and to satiety. Milton.

GORGED Gorged, a.

1. Having a gorge or throat.

2. (Her.)

Defn: Bearing a coronet or ring about the neck.

3. Glutted; fed to the full.

GORGELET Gor"ge*let, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A small gorget, as of a humming bird.

GORGEOUS Gor"geous, a. Etym: [OF. gorgias beautiful, glorious, vain, luxurious; cf. OF. gorgias ruff, neck handkerchief, and F. gorge throat, and se pengorger to assume airs. Cf. Gorge, n.]

Defn: Imposing through splendid or various colors; showy; fine; magnificent. Cloud-land, gorgeous land. Coleridge. Gogeous as the sun at midsummer. Shak. -- Gor"geous*ly, adv. -- Gor"geous*ness, n.

GORGERIN Gor`ge*rin", n. Etym: [F., fr. gorge neck.] (Arch.)

Defn: In some columns, that part of the capital between the termination of the shaft and the annulet of the echinus, or the space between two neck moldings; -- called also neck of the capital, and hypotrachelium. See Illust. of Column.

GORGET Gor"get, n. Etym: [OF. gorgete, dim. of gorge throat. See Gorge, n.]

1. A piece of armor, whether of chain mail or of plate, defending the throat and upper part of the breast, and forming a part of the double breastplate of the 14th century.

2. A piece of plate armor covering the same parts and worn over the buff coat in the 17th century, and without other steel armor. Unfix the gorget's iron clasp. Sir W. Scott.

3. A small ornamental plate, usually crescent-shaped, and of gilded copper, formerly hung around the neck of officers in full uniform in some modern armies.

4. A ruff worn by women. [Obs.]

5. (Surg.) (a) A cutting instrument used in lithotomy. (b) A grooved instrunent used in performing various operations; -- called also blunt gorget. Dunglison.

6. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A crescent-shaped, colored patch on the neck of a bird or mammal. Gorget hummer (Zoöl.), a humming bird of the genus Trochilus. See Rubythroat.

GORGON Gor"gon, n. Etym: [L. Gorgo, -onis, Gr.

1. (Gr. Myth.)

Defn: One of three fabled sisters, Stheno, Euryale, and Medusa, with snaky hair and of terrific aspect, the sight of whom turned the beholder to stone. The name is particularly given to Medusa.

2. Anything very ugly or horrid. Milton.

3. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The brindled gnu. See Gnu.

GORGON Gor"gon, a.

Defn: Like a Gorgon; very ugly or terrific; as, a Gorgon face. Dryden.

GORGONACEA Gor`go*na"ce*a, n. pl. Etym: [NL.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: See Gorgoniacea.

GORGONEAN Gor*go"ne*an, a.

Defn: See Gorgonian, 1.

GORGONEION Gor`go*ne"ion, n.; pl. Gorgoneia. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. Gorgo`neios, equiv. to Gorgei^os belonging to a Gorgon.] (Arch.)

Defn: A mask carved in imitation of a Gorgon's head. Elmes.

GORGONIA Gor*go"ni*a, n. Etym: [L., a coral which hardens in the air.] (Zoöl.)

1. A genus of Gorgoniacea, formerly very extensive, but now restricted to such species as the West Indian sea fan (Gorgonia flabellum), sea plume (G. setosa), and other allied species having a flexible, horny axis.

2. Any slender branched gorgonian.

GORGONIACEA Gor*go`ni*a"ce*a, n. pl. Etym: [NL. See Gorgonia.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: One of the principal divisions of Alcyonaria, including those forms which have a firm and usually branched axis, covered with a porous crust, or c

Note: The axis is commonly horny, but it may be solid and stony (composed of calcium carbonate), as in the red coral of commerce, or it may be in alternating horny and stony joints, as in Isis. See Alcyonaria, Anthozoa, C.

GORGONIAN Gor*go"ni*an, a. Etym: [L. Gorgoneus.]

1. Pertaining to, or resembling, a Gorgon; terrifying into stone; terrific. The rest his look Bound with Gorgonian rigor not to move. Milton.

2. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Pertaining to the Gorgoniacea; as, gorgonian coral.

GORGONIAN Gor*go"ni*an, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: One of the Gorgoniacea.

GORGONIZE Gor"gon*ize, v. t.

Defn: To have the effect of a Gorgon upon; to turn into stone; to petrify. [R.]

GORGONZOLA Gor`gon*zo"la, n. [It.]

Defn: A kind of Italian pressed milk cheese; -- so called from a village near Milan.

GORHEN Gor"hen`, n. Etym: [Gor- as in gorcock + hen.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: The female of the gorcock.

GORILLA Go*ril"la, n. Etym: [An African word; found in a Greek translation of a treatise in Punic by Hanno, a Carthaginian.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: A large, arboreal, anthropoid ape of West Africa. It is larger than a man, and is remarkable for its massive skeleton and powerful muscles, which give it enormous strength. In some respects its anatomy, more than that of any other ape, except the chimpanzee, resembles that of man.

GORING; GORING CLOTH Gor"ing, or Gor"ing cloth` (, n., (Naut.)

Defn: A piece of canvas cut obliquely to widen a sail at the foot.

GORM Gorm, n.

Defn: Axle grease. See Gome. [Prov. Eng.]

GORM Gorm, v. t.

Defn: To daub, as the hands or clothing, with gorm; to daub with anything sticky. [Prov. Eng.]

GORMA Gor"ma, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The European cormorant.

GORMAND Gor"mand, n. Etym: [F. gourmand; cf. Prov. F. gourmer to sip, to lap, gourmacher to eat improperly, F. gourme mumps, glanders, Icel. gormr mud, mire, Prov. E. gorm to smear, daub; all perh. akin to E. gore blood, filth. Cf. Gourmand.]

Defn: A greedy or ravenous eater; a luxurious feeder; a gourmand.

GORMAND Gor"mand, a.

Defn: Gluttonous; voracious. Pope.

GORMANDER Gor"mand*er, n.

Defn: See Gormand, n. [Obs.]

GORMANDISM Gor"mand*ism, n.

Defn: Gluttony.

GORMANDIZE Gor"mand*ize, v. i. & t. [imp. & p. p. Gormandized; p. pr. & vb. n. Gormandizing.] Etym: [F. gourmandise gluttony. See Gormand.]

Defn: To eat greedily; to swallow voraciously; to feed ravenously or like a glutton. Shak.

GORMANDIZER Gor"mand*i`zer, n.

Defn: A greedy, voracious eater; a gormand; a glutton.

GOROON SHELL Go*roon" shell`. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A large, handsome, marine, univalve shell (Triton femorale).

GORSE Gorse, n. Etym: [OE. & AS. gorst; perh. akin to E. grow, grass.] (Bot.)

Defn: Furze. See Furze. The common, overgrown with fern, and rough With prickly gorse. Cowper. Gorse bird (Zoöl.), the European linnet; -- called also gorse hatcher. [Prov. Eng.] -- Gorse chat (Zoöl.), the winchat. -- Gorse duck, the corncrake; -- called also grass drake, land drake, and corn drake.

GORY Gor"y, a. Etym: [From Gore.]

1. Covered with gore or clotted blood. Thou canst not say I did it; never shake Thy gory locks at me. Shak.

2. Bloody; murderous. "Gory emulation." Shak.

GOSHAWK Gos"hawk`, n. Etym: [AS. g, lit., goosehawk; or Icel. gashaukr. See Goose, and Hawk the bird.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: Any large hawk of the genus Astur, of which many species and varieties are known. The European (Astur palumbarius) and the American (A. atricapillus) are the best known species. They are noted for their powerful flight, activity, and courage. The Australian goshawk (A. Novæ-Hollandiæ) is pure white.

GOSHERD Gos"herd, n. Etym: [OE. gosherde. See Goose, and Herd a herdsman.]

Defn: One who takes care of geese.

GOSLET Gos"let, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: One of several species of pygmy geese, of the genus Nettepus. They are about the size of a teal, and inhabit Africa, India, and Australia.

GOSLING Gos"ling, n. Etym: [AS. g goose + -ling.]

1. A young or unfledged goose.

2. A catkin on nut trees and pines. Bailey.

GOSPEL Gos"pel, n. Etym: [OE. gospel, godspel, AS. godspell; god God + spell story, tale. See God, and Spell, v.]

1. Glad tidings; especially, the good news concerning Christ, the Kingdom of God, and salvation. And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom. Matt. iv. 23. The steadfast belief of the promises of the gospel. Bentley.

Note: It is probable that gospel is from. OE. godspel, God story, the narrative concerning God; but it was early confused with god spell, good story, good tidings, and was so used by the translators of the Authorized version of Scripture. This use has been retained in most cases in the Revised Version. Thus the literal sense [of gospel] is the "narrative of God," i. e., the life of Christ. Skeat.

2. One of the four narratives of the life and death of Jesus Christ, written by Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.

3. A selection from one of the gospels, for use in a religious service; as, the gospel for the day.

4. Any system of religious doctrine; sometimes, any system of political doctrine or social philosophy; as, this political gospel. Burke.

5. Anything propounded or accepted as infallibly true; as, they took his words for gospel. [Colloq.] If any one thinks this expression hyperbolical, I shall only ask him to read , instead of taking the traditional witticisms about Lee for gospel. Saintsbury.

GOSPEL Gos"pel, a.

Defn: Accordant with, or relating to, the gospel; evangelical; as, gospel righteousness. Bp. Warburton.

GOSPEL Gos"pel, v. t.

Defn: To instruct in the gospel. [Obs.] Shak.

GOSPELER Gos"pel*er, n. Etym: [AS. godspellere.] [Written also gospeller.]

1. One of the four evangelists. Rom. of R. Mark the gospeler was the ghostly son of Peter in baptism. Wyclif.

2. A follower of Wyclif, the first English religious reformer; hence, a Puritan. [Obs.] Latimer. The persecution was carried on against the gospelers with much fierceness by those of the Roman persuasion. Strype.

3. A priest or deacon who reads the gospel at the altar during the communion service. The Archbishop of York was the celebrant, the epistoler being the dean, and the gospeler the Bishop of Sydney. Pall Mall Gazette.

GOSPELIZE Gos"pel*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gospelized; p. pr. & vb. n. Gospelizing.] Etym: [Written also gospellize.]

1. To form according to the gospel; as, a command gospelized to us. Milton.

2. To instruct in the gospel; to evangelize; as, to gospelize the savages. Boyle.

GOSS Goss, n. Etym: [See Gorse.]

Defn: Gorse. [Obs.] Shak.

GOSSAMER Gos"sa*mer, n. Etym: [OE. gossomer, gossummer, gosesomer, perh. for goose summer, from its downy appearance, or perh. for God's summer, cf. G. mariengarr gossamer, properly Mary's yarn, in allusion to the Virgin Mary. Perhaps the E. word alluded to a legend that the gossamer was the remnant of the Virgin Mary's winding sheet, which dropped from her when she was taken up to heaven. For the use of summer in the sense of film or threads, cf. G. Mädchensommer, Altweibersommer, fliegender Sommer, all meaning, gossamer.]

1. A fine, filmy substance, like cobwebs, floating in the air, in calm, clear weather, especially in autumn. It is seen in stubble fields and on furze or low bushes, and is formed by small spiders.

2. Any very thin gauzelike fabric; also, a thin waterproof stuff.

3. An outer garment, made of waterproof gossamer. Gossamer spider (Zoöl.), any small or young spider which spins webs by which to sail in the air. See Ballooning spider.

GOSSAMERY Gos"sa*mer*y, a.

Defn: Like gossamer; flimsy. The greatest master of gossamery affectation. De Quincey.

GOSSAN Gos"san, n. (Geol.)

Defn: Decomposed rock, usually reddish or ferruginous (owing to oxidized pyrites), forming the upper part of a metallic vein.

GOSSANIFEROUS Gos`san*if"er*ous, a. Etym: [Gossan + -ferous.]

Defn: Containing or producing gossan.

GOSSAT Gos"sat, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A small British marine fish (Motella tricirrata); -- called also whistler and three-bearded rockling. [Prov. Eng.]

GOSSIB Gos"sib, n.

Defn: A gossip. [Obs.] Chaucer. Spenser.

GOSSIP Gos"sip, n. Etym: [OE. gossib, godsib, a relation or sponsor in baptism, a relation by a religious obligation, AS. godsibb, fr. god + sib alliance, relation; akin to G. sippe, Goth. sibja, and also to Skr. sabha assembly.]

1. A sponsor; a godfather or a godmother. Should a great lady that was invited to be a gossip, in her place send her kitchen maid, 't would be ill taken. Selden.

2. A friend or comrade; a companion; a familiar and customary acquaintance. [Obs.] My noble gossips, ye have been too prodigal. Shak.

3. One who runs house to house, tattling and telling news; an idle tattler. The common chat of gossips when they meet. Dryden.

4. The tattle of a gossip; groundless rumor. Bubbles o'er like a city with gossip, scandal, and spite. Tennyson.

GOSSIP Gos"sip, v. t.

Defn: To stand sponsor to. [Obs.] Shak.

GOSSIP Gos"sip, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gossiped; p. pr. & vb. n. Gossiping.]

1. To make merry. [Obs.] Shak.

2. To prate; to chat; to talk much. Shak.

3. To run about and tattle; to tell idle tales.

GOSSIPER Gos"sip*er, n.

Defn: One given to gossip. Beaconsfield.

GOSSIPREDE Gos"sip*rede, n. Etym: [Cf. Kindred.]

Defn: The relationship between a person and his sponsors. [Obs.]

GOSSIPRY Gos"sip*ry, n.

1. Spiritual relationship or affinity; gossiprede; special intimacy. Bale.

2. Idle talk; gossip. Mrs. Browning.

GOSSIPY Gos"sip*y, a.

Defn: Full of, or given to, gossip.

GOSSOON Gos*soon", n. Etym: [Scot. garson an attendant, fr. F. garçon, OF. gars.]

Defn: A boy; a servant. [Ireland]

GOSSYPIUM Gos*syp"i*um, n. Etym: [NL., fr. L. gossypion, gossipion.] (Bot.)

Defn: A genus of plants which yield the cotton of the arts. The species are much confused. G. herbaceum is the name given to the common cotton plant, while the long-stapled sea-island cotton is produced by G. Barbadense, a shrubby variety. There are several other kinds besides these.

GOT Got,

Defn: imp. & p. p. of Get. See Get.

GOTE Gote, n. Etym: [Cf. LG. gote, gaute, canal, G. gosse; akin to giessen to pour, shed, AS. geótan, and E. fuse to melt.]

Defn: A channel for water. [Prov. Eng.] Crose.

GOTER Go"ter, n.

Defn: a gutter. [Obs.] Chaucer.

GOTH Goth, n. Etym: [L. Gothi, pl.; cf. Gr.

1. (Ethnol.)

Defn: One of an ancient Teutonic race, who dwelt between the Elbe and the Vistula in the early part of the Christian era, and who overran and took an important part in subverting the Roman empire.

Note: Under the reign of Valens, they took possession of Dacia (the modern Transylvania and the adjoining regions), and came to be known as Ostrogoths and Visigoths, or East and West Goths; the former inhabiting countries on the Black Sea up to the Danube, and the latter on this river generally. Some of them took possession of the province of Moesia, and hence were called Moesogoths. Others, who made their way to Scandinavia, at a time unknown to history, are sometimes styled Suiogoths.

2. One who is rude or uncivilized; a barbarian; a rude, ignorant person. Chesterfield.

GOTHAMIST Go"tham*ist, n.

Defn: A wiseacre; a person deficient in wisdom; -- so called from Gotham, in Nottinghamshire, England, noted for some pleasant blunders. Bp. Morton.

GOTHAMITE Go"tham*ite, n.

1. A gothamist.

2. An inhabitant of New York city. [Jocular] Irving.

GOTHIC Goth"ic, a. Etym: [L. Gothicus: cf. F. gothique.]

1. Pertaining to the Goths; as, Gothic customs; also, rude; barbarous.

2. (Arch.)

Defn: Of or pertaining to a style of architecture with pointed arches, steep roofs, windows large in proportion to the wall spaces, and, generally, great height in proportion to the other dimensions -- prevalent in Western Europe from about 1200 to 1475 a. d. See Illust. of Abacus, and Capital.

GOTHIC Goth"ic, n.

1. The language of the Goths; especially, the language of that part of the Visigoths who settled in Moesia in the 4th century. See Goth.

Note: Bishop Ulfilas or Walfila translated most of the Bible into Gothic about the Middle of the 4th century. The portion of this translaton which is preserved is the oldest known literary document in any Teutonic language.

2. A kind of square-cut type, with no hair lines.

Note: This is Nonpareil GOTHIC.

3. (Arch.)

Defn: The style described in Gothic, a., 2.

GOTHICISM Goth"i*cism, n.

1. A Gothic idiom.

2. Conformity to the Gothic style of architecture.

3. Rudeness of manners; barbarousness.

GOTHICIZE Goth"i*cize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gothicized; p. pr. & vb. n. Gothicizing.]

Defn: To make Gothic; to bring back to barbarism.

GOTHITE; GOETHITE Gö"thite, or Goe"thite (, n. Etym: [After the poet Göthe.] (Min.)

Defn: A hydrous oxide of iron, occurring in prismatic crystals, also massive, with a fibrous, reniform, or stalactitic structure. The color varies from yellowish to blackish brown.

GOTTEN Got"ten,

Defn: p. p. of Get.

GOUACHE Gouache, n. Etym: [F., It. guazzo.]

Defn: A method of painting with opaque colors, which have been ground in water and mingled with a preparation of gum; also, a picture thus painted.

GOUD Goud, n. Etym: [Cf. OF. gaide, F. guède, fr. OHG. weit; or cf. F. gaude weld. Cf. Woad.]

Defn: Woad. [Obs.]

GOUDRON Gou`dron", n. Etym: [F., tar.] (Mil.)

Defn: a small fascine or fagot, steeped in wax, pitch, and glue, used in various ways, as for igniting buildings or works, or to light ditches and ramparts. Farrow.

GOUGE Gouge, n. Etym: [F. gouge. LL. gubia, guvia, gulbia, gulvia, gulvium; cf. Bisc. gubia bow, gubioa throat.]

1. A chisel, with a hollow or semicylindrical blade, for scooping or cutting holes, channels, or grooves, in wood, stone, etc.; a similar instrument, with curved edge, for turning wood.

2. A bookbinder's tool for blind tooling or gilding, having a face which forms a curve.

3. An incising tool which cuts forms or blanks for gloves, envelopes, etc.. from leather, paper, etc. Knight.

4. (Mining)

Defn: Soft material lying between the wall of a vein aud the solid vein. Raymond.

5. The act of scooping out with a gouge, or as with a gouge; a groove or cavity scooped out, as with a gouge.

6. Imposition; cheat; fraud; also, an impostor; a cheat; a trickish person. [Slang, U. S.] Gouge bit, a boring bit, shaped like a gouge.

GOUGE Gouge, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gouged; p. pr. & vb. n. Gouging.]

1. To scoop out with a gouge.

2. To scoop out, as an eye, with the thumb nail; to force out the eye of (a person) with the thumb. [K S.]

Note: A barbarity mentioned by some travelers as formerly practiced in the brutal frays of desperadoes in some parts of the United States.

3. To cheat in a bargain; to chouse. [Slang, U. S.]

GOUGER Gou"ger, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: See Plum Gouger.

GOUGESHELL Gouge"shell`, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A sharp-edged, tubular, marine shell, of the genus Vermetus; also, the pinna. See Vermetus.

GOUJERE Gou"jere, n. Etym: [F. gouge prostitute, a camp trull. Cf. Good- year.]

Defn: The venereal disease. [Obs.]

GOULAND Gou"land, n.

Defn: See Golding.

GOULARDS EXTRACT Gou*lard"s" ex"tract". Etym: [Named after the introducer, Thomas Goulard, a French surgeon.] (Med.)

Defn: An aqueous solution of the subacetate of lead, used as a lotion in cases of inflammation. Goulard's cerate is a cerate containing this extract.

GOUR Gour, n. Etym: [See Giaour.]

1. A fire worshiper; a Gheber or Gueber. Tylor.

2. (Zoöl.)

Defn: See Koulan.

GOURA Gou"ra, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: One of several species of large, crested ground pigeons of the genus Goura, inhabiting New Guinea and adjacent islands. The Queen Victoria pigeon (Goura Victoria) and the crowned pigeon (G. coronata) are among the beat known species.

GOURAMI Gou"ra*mi, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A very largo East Indian freshwater fish (Osphromenus gorami), extensively reared in artificial ponds in tropical countries, and highly valued as a food fish. Many unsuccessful efforts have been made to introduce it into Southern Europe. [Written also goramy.]

GOURD Gourd, n. Etym: [F. gourde, OF. cougourde, gouhourde, fr. L. cucurbita gourd (cf. NPr. cougourdo); perh. akin to corbin basket, E. corb. Cf. Cucurbite.]

1. (Bot.)

Defn: A fleshy, three-celled, many-seeded fruit, as the melon, pumpkin, cucumber, etc., of the order Cucurbitaceæ; and especially the bottle gourd (Lagenaria vulgaris) which occurs in a great variety of forms, and, when the interior part is removed, serves for bottles, dippers, cups, and other dishes.

2. A dipper or other vessel made from the shell of a gourd; hence, a drinking vessel; a bottle. Chaucer. Bitter gourd, colocynth.

GOURD Gourd, n.

Defn: A false die. See Gord.

GOURD; GOURDE Gourd, Gourde n. Etym: [Sp. gordo large.]

Defn: A silver dollar; -- so called in Cuba, Hayti, etc. Simmonds.

GOURDINESS Gourd"i*ness, n. Etym: [From Gourdy.] (Far.)

Defn: The state of being gourdy.

GOURD TREE Gourd" tree". (Bot.)

Defn: A tree (the Crescentia Cujete, or calabash tree) of the West Indies and Central America.

GOURDWORM Gourd"worm", n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The fluke of sheep. See Fluke.

GOURDY Gourd"y, a. Etym: [Either fr. gourd, or fr. F. gourd benumbed.] (Far.)

Defn: Swelled in the legs.

GOURMAND Gour"mand, n. Etym: [F.]

Defn: A greedy or ravenous eater; a glutton. See Gormand. That great gourmand, fat Apicius B. Jonson.

GOURMET Gour"met", n. Etym: [F.]

Defn: A connoisseur in eating and drinking; an epicure.

GOURNET Gour"net, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A fish. See Gurnet.

GOUT Gout, n. Etym: [F. goutte a drop, the gout, the disease being considered as a defluxion, fr. L. gutta drop.]

1. A drop; a clot or coagulation. On thy blade and dudgeon gouts of blood. Shak.

2. (Med.)

Defn: A constitutional disease, occurring by paroxysms. It constists in an inflammation of the fibrous and ligamentous parts of the joints, and almost always attacks first the great toe, next the smaller joints, after which, it may attack the greater articulations. It is attended with various sympathettic phenomena, particularly in the digestive organs. It may also attack internal organs, as the stomach, the intestines, etc. Dunglison.

3. A disease of cornstalks. See Corn fly, under Corn. Cout stones. See Chalkstone, n., 2.

GOUT Goût, n. Etym: [F., fr. L. gustus taste. See Gusto.]

Defn: Taste; relish.

GOUTILY Gout"i*ly, adv.

Defn: In a gouty manner.

GOUTINESS Gout"i*ness, n.

Defn: The state of being gouty; gout.

GOUTWEED; GOUTWORT Gout"weed` (, Gout"wort` n. Etym: [So called from having been formerly used in assuaging the pain of the gout.] (Bot.)

Defn: A coarse umbelliferous plant of Europe (Ægopodium Podagraria); -- called also bishop's weed, ashweed, and herb gerard.

GOUTY Gout"y, a.

1. Diseased with, or subject to, the gout; as, a gouty person; a gouty joint.

2. Pertaining to the gout. "Gouty matter." Blackmore.

3. Swollen, as if from gout. Derham.

4. Boggy; as, gouty land. [Obs.] Spenser. Gouty bronchitis, bronchitis arising as a secondary disease during the progress of gout. -- Gouty concretions, calculi (urate of sodium) formed in the joints, kidneys, etc., of sufferers from gout. -- Gouty kidney, an affection occurring during the progress of gout, the kidney shriveling and containing concretions of urate of sodium.

GOVE Gove, n. Etym: [Also goaf, goof, goff.]

Defn: A mow; a rick for hay. [Obs.] Tusser.

GOVERN Gov"ern, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Governed; p. pr. & vb. n. Governing.] Etym: [OF. governer, F. gouverner, fr. L. gubernare to steer, pilot, govern, Gr. Gubernatorial.]

1. To direct and control, as the actions or conduct of men, either by established laws or by arbitrary will; to regulate by authority. "Fit to govern and rule multitudes." Shak.

2. To regulate; to influence; to direct; to restrain; to manage; as, to govern the life; to govern a horse. Govern well thy appetite. Milton.

3. (Gram.)

Defn: To require to be in a particular case; as, a transitive verb governs a noun in the objective case; or to require (a particular case); as, a transitive verb governs the objective case.

GOVERN Gov"ern, v. i.

Defn: To exercise authority; to administer the laws; to have the control. Dryden.

GOVERNABILITY Gov"ern*a*bil"i*ty, n.

Defn: Governableness.

GOVERNABLE Gov"ern*a*ble, a. Etym: [Cf. F. gouvernable.]

Defn: Capable of being governed, or subjected to authority; controllable; manageable; obedient. Locke.

GOVERNABLENESS Gov"ern*a*ble*ness, n.

Defn: The quality of being governable; manageableness.

GOVERNAL; GOVERNAIL Gov"ern*al, Gov"ern*ail (, n. Etym: [Cf. F. gouvernail helm, rudder, L. gubernaculum.]

Defn: Management; mastery. [Obs.] Chaucer. Spenser.

GOVERNANCE Gov"ern*ance, n. Etym: [F. gouvernance.]

Defn: Exercise of authority; control; government; arrangement. Chaucer. J. H. Newman.

GOVERNANTE Gov"ern*ante", n. Etym: [F. gouvernante. See Govern.]

Defn: A governess. Sir W. Scott.

GOVERNESS Gov"ern*ess, n. Etym: [Cf. OF. governeresse. See Governor.]

Defn: A female governor; a woman invested with authority to control and direct; especially, one intrusted with the care and instruction of children, -- usually in their homes.

GOVERNING Gov"ern*ing, a.

1. Holding the superiority; prevalent; controlling; as, a governing wind; a governing party in a state. Jay.

2. (Gram.)

Defn: Requiring a particular case.

GOVERNMENT Gov"ern*ment, n. Etym: [F. gouvernement. See Govern.]

1. The act of governing; the exercise of authority; the administration of laws; control; direction; regulation; as, civil, church, or family government.

2. The mode of governing; the system of polity in a state; the established form of law. That free government which we have so dearly purchased, free commonwealth. Milton.

3. The right or power of governing; authority. I here resign my goverment to thee. Shak.

4. The person or persons authorized to administer the laws; the ruling powe; the administratian. When we, in England, speak of the government, we generally understand the ministers of the crown for the time being. Mozley & W.

5. The body politic governed by one authority; a state; as, the governments of Europe.

6. Management of the limbs or body. Shak.

7. (Gram.)

Defn: The influence of a word in regard to construction, requiring that another word should be in a particular case.

GOVERNMENTAL Gov"ern*men"tal, a. Etym: [Cf. F. gouveernemental.]

Defn: Pertaining to government; made by government; as, governmental duties.

GOVERNOR Gov"ern*or, n. Etym: [OE. governor, governour, OF. governeor, F. gouverneur, fr. L. gubernator steersman, ruler, governor. See Govern.]

1. One who governs; especially, one who is invested with the supreme executive authority in a State; a chief ruler or magistrate; as, the governor of Pennsylvania. "The governor of the town." Shak.

2. One who has the care or guardianship of a young man; a tutor; a guardian.

3. (Naut.)

Defn: A pilot; a steersman. [R.]

4. (Mach.)

Defn: A contrivance applied to steam engines, water wheels, and other machinery, to maintain nearly uniform speed when the resistances and motive force are variable.

Note: The illustration shows a form of governor commonly used for steam engines, in wich a heavy sleeve (a) sliding on a rapidly revolving spindle (b), driven by the engine, is raised or lowered, when the speed varies, by the changing centrifugal force of two balls (c c) to which it is connected by links (d d), the balls being attached to arms (e e) which are jointed to the top of the spindle. The sleeve is connected with the throttle valve or cut-off through a lever (f), and its motion produces a greater supply of steam when the engine runs too slowly and a less supply when too fast. Governor cut- off (Steam Engine), a variable cut-off gear in which the governor acts in such a way as to cause the steam to be cut off from entering the cylinder at points of the stroke dependent upon the engine's speed. -- Hydraulic governor (Mach.), a governor which is operated by the action of a liquid in flowing; a cataract.

GOVERNOR GENERAL Gov"ern*or gen"er*al.

Defn: A governor who has lieutenant or deputy governors under him; as, the governor general of Canada, of India.

GOVERNORSHIP Gov"ern*or*ship, n.

Defn: The office of a governor.

GOWAN Gow"an, n. Etym: [Scot., fr. Gael. gugan bud, flower, daisy.]

1. The daisy, or mountain daisy. [Scot.] And pu'd the gowans fine. Burns.

2. (Min.)

Defn: Decomposed granite.

GOWANY Gow"an*y, a.

Defn: Having, abounding in, or decked with, daisies. [Scot.] Sweeter than gowany glens or new-mown hay. Ramsay.

GOWD Gowd, n. Etym: [Cf. Gold.]

Defn: Gold; wealth. [Scot.] The man's the gowd for a' that. Burns.

GOWDEN Gowd"en, a.

Defn: Golden. [Scot.]

GOWDIE Gow"die, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: See Dragont. [Scot.]

GOWDNOOK Gowd"nook", n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The saury pike; -- called also gofnick.

GOWK Gowk, v. t. Etym: [See Gawk.]

Defn: To make a, booby of one); to stupefy. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

GOWK Gowk, n. Etym: [See Gawk.] (Zoöl.)

1. The European cuckoo; -- called also gawky.

2. A simpleton; a gawk or gawky.

GOWL Gowl, v. i. Etym: [OE. gaulen, goulen. Cf. Yawl, v. i.]

Defn: To howl. [Obs.] Wyclif.

GOWN Gown, n. Etym: [OE. goune, prob. from W. gwn gown, loose robe, akin to Ir. gunn, Gael. gùn; cf. OF. gone, prob. of the same origin.]

1. A loose, flowing upper garment; especially: (a) The ordinary outer dress of a woman; as, a calico or silk gown. (b) The official robe of certain professional men and scholars, as university students and officers, barristers, judges, etc.; hence, the dress of peace; the dress of civil officers, in distinction from military. He Mars deposed, and arms to gowns made yield. Dryden.

(c) A loose wrapper worn by gentlemen within doors; a dressing gown.

2. Any sort of dress or garb. He comes . . . in the gown of humility. Shak.

GOWNED Gowned, p. a.

Defn: Dressed in a gown; clad. Gowned in pure white, that fitted to the shape. Tennyson.

GOWNSMAN; GOWNMAN Gowns"man, Gown"man (, n.; pl. -men (-men).

Defn: One whose professional habit is a gown, as a divine or lawyer, and particularly a member of an English university; hence, a civilian, in distinction from a soldier.

GOZZARD Goz"zard, n.

Defn: See Gosherd. [Prov. Eng.]

GRAAFIAN Graaf"i*an, a. (Anat.)

Defn: Pertaining to, or discovered by, Regnier de Graaf, a Dutch physician. Graafian follicles or vesicles, small cavities in which the ova are developed in the ovaries of mammals, and by the bursting of which they are discharged.

GRAAL Graal, n.

Defn: See Grail., a dish.

GRAB Grab, n. Etym: [Ar. & Hind. ghur crow, raven, a kind of Arab ship.] (Naut.)

Defn: A vessel used on the Malabar coast, having two or three masts.

GRAB Grab, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Grabbed; p. pr. & vb. n. Grabbing.] Etym: [Akin to Sw. grabba to grasp. Cf. Grabble, Grapple, Grasp.]

Defn: To gripe suddenly; to seize; to snatch; to clutch.

GRAB Grab, n.

1. A sudden grasp or seizure.

2. An instrument for clutching objects for the purpose of raising them; -- specially applied to devices for withdrawing drills, etc., from artesian and other wells that are drilled, bored, or driven. Grab hag, at fairs, a bag or box holding small articles which are to be drawn, without being seen, on payment of a small sum. [Colloq.] -- Grab game, a theft committed by grabbing or snatching a purse or other piece of property. [Colloq.]

GRABBER Grab"ber, n.

Defn: One who seizes or grabs.

GRABBLE Grab"ble, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Grabbled; p. pr. & vb. n. Grabbling (.] Etym: [Freq. of grab; cf. D. grabbelen.]

1. To grope; to feel with the hands. He puts his hands into his pockets, and keeps a grabbling and fumbling. Selden.

2. To lie prostrate on the belly; to sprawl on the ground; to grovel. Ainsworth.

GRACE Grace, n. Etym: [F. grâce, L. gratia, from gratus beloved, dear, agreeable; perh. akin to Gr. hary to desire, and E. yearn. Cf. Grateful, Gratis.]

1. The exercise of love, kindness, mercy, favor; disposition to benefit or serve another; favor bestowed or privilege conferred. To bow and sue for grace With suppliant knee. Milton.

2. (Theol.)

Defn: The divine favor toward man; the mercy of God, as distinguished from His justice; also, any benefits His mercy imparts; divine love or pardon; a state of acceptance with God; enjoyment of the divine favor. And if by grace, then is it no more of works. Rom. xi. 6. My grace is sufficicnt for thee. 2 Cor. xii. 9. Where sin abounded, grace did much more abound. Rom. v. 20. By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand. Rom. v.2

3. (Law) (a) The prerogative of mercy execised by the executive, as pardon. (b) The same prerogative when exercised in the form of equitable relief through chancery.

4. Fortune; luck; -- used commonly with hard or sorry when it means misfortune. [Obs.] Chaucer.

5. Inherent excellence; any endowment or characteristic fitted to win favor or confer pleasure or benefit. He is complete in feature and in mind. With all good grace to grace a gentleman. Shak. I have formerly given the general character of Mr. Addison's style and manner as natural and unaffected, easy and polite, and full of those graces which a flowery imagination diffuses over writing. Blair.

6. Beauty, physical, intellectual, or moral; loveliness; commonly, easy elegance of manners; perfection of form. Grace in women gains the affections sooner, and secures them longer, than any thing else. Hazlitt. I shall answer and thank you again For the gift and the grace of the gift. Longfellow.

7. pl. (Myth.)

Defn: Graceful and beautiful females, sister goddesses, represented by ancient writers as the attendants sometimes of Apollo but oftener of Venus. They were commonly mentioned as three in number; namely, Aglaia, Euphrosyne, and Thalia, and were regarded as the inspirers of the qualities which give attractiveness to wisdom, love, and social intercourse. The Graces love to weave the rose. Moore. The Loves delighted, and the Graces played. Prior.

8. The title of a duke, a duchess, or an archbishop, and formerly of the king of England. How fares your Grace ! Shak.

9. (Commonly pl.)

Defn: Thanks. [Obs.] Yielding graces and thankings to their lord Melibeus. Chaucer.

10. A petition for grace; a blessing asked, or thanks rendered, before or after a meal.

11. pl. (Mus.)

Defn: Ornamental notes or short passages, either introduced by the performer, or indicated by the composer, in which case the notation signs are called grace notes, appeggiaturas, turns, etc.

12. (Eng. Universities)

Defn: An act, vote, or decree of the government of the institution; a degree or privilege conferred by such vote or decree. Walton.

13. pl.

Defn: A play designed to promote or display grace of motion. It consists in throwing a small hoop from one player to another, by means of two sticks in the hands of each. Called also grace hoop or hoops. Act of grace. See under Act. -- Day of grace (Theol.), the time of probation, when the offer of divine forgiveness is made and may be accepted. That day of grace fleets fast away. I. Watts. -- Days of grace (Com.), the days immediately following the day when a bill or note becomes due, which days are allowed to the debtor or payer to make payment in. In Great Britain and the United States, the days of grace are three, but in some countries more, the usages of merchants being different. -- Good graces, favor; friendship. -- Grace cup. (a) A cup or vessel in which a health is drunk after grace. (b) A health drunk after grace has been said. The grace cup follows to his sovereign's health. Hing. -- Grace drink, a drink taken on rising from the table; a grace cup. To [Queen Margaret, of Scotland] . . . we owe the custom of the grace drink, she having established it as a rule at her table, that whosoever staid till grace was said was rewarded with a bumper. Encyc. Brit. -- Grace hoop, a hoop used in playing graces. See Grace, n., 13. -- Grace note (Mus.), an appoggiatura. See Appoggiatura, and def. 11 above. -- Grace stroke, a finishing stoke or touch; a coup de grace. -- Means of grace, means of securing knowledge of God, or favor with God, as the preaching of the gospel, etc. -- To do grace, to reflect credit upon. Content to do the profession some grace. Shak. -- To say grace, to render thanks before or after a meal. -- With a good grace, in a fit and proper manner grace fully; graciously. -- With a bad grace, in a forced, reluctant, or perfunctory manner; ungraciously. What might have been done with a good grace would at least be done with a bad grace. Macaulay.

Syn. -- Elegance; comeliness; charm; favor; kindness; mercy. -- Grace, Mercy. These words, though often interchanged, have each a distinctive and peculiar meaning. Grace, in the strict sense of the term, is spontaneous favor to the guilty or undeserving; mercy is kindness or compassion to the suffering or condemned. It was the grace of God that opened a way for the exercise of mercy toward men. See Elegance.

GRACE Grace, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Graced; p. pr. & vb. n. Gracing.]

1. To adorn; to decorate; to embellish and dignify. Great Jove and Phoebus graced his noble line. Pope. We are graced with wreaths of victory. Shak.

2. To dignify or raise by an act of favor; to honor. He might, at his pleasure, grace or disgrace whom he would in court. Knolles.

3. To supply with heavenly grace. Bp. Hall.

4. (Mus.) To add grace notes, cadenzas, etc., to.

GRACED Graced, a.

Defn: Endowed with grace; beautiful; full of graces; honorable. Shak.

GRACEFUL Grace"ful, a.

Defn: Displaying grace or beauty in form or action; elegant; easy; agreeable in appearance; as, a graceful walk, deportment, speaker, air, act, speech. High o'er the rest in arms the graceful Turnus rode. Dryden. -- Grace"ful*ly, adv. Grace"ful*ness, n.

GRACELESS Grace"less, a.

1. Wanting in grace or excellence; departed from, or deprived of, divine grace; hence, depraved; corrupt. "In a graceless age." Milton.

2. Unfortunate. Cf. Grace, n., 4. [Obs.] Chaucer. -- Grace"less*ly, adv. -- Grace"less-ness, n.

GRACILE; GRACILLENT Grac"ile, Grac"il*lent a. Etym: [L. gracilis, gracilentus.]

Defn: Slender; thin. [Obs.] Bailey.

GRACILITY Gra*cil"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. gracilitas; cf. F. gracilité.]

Defn: State of being gracilent; slenderness. Milman. "Youthful gracility." W. D. Howells.

GRACIOUS Gra"cious, a. Etym: [F. gracieux, L. gratiosus. See Grace.]

1. Abounding in grace or mercy; manifesting love, or bestowing mercy; characterized by grace; beneficent; merciful; disposed to show kindness or favor; condescending; as, his most gracious majesty. A god ready to pardon, gracious and merciful. Neh. ix. 17. So hallowed and so gracious in the time. Shak.

2. Abounding in beauty, loveliness, or amiability; graceful; excellent. Since the birth of Cain, the first male child, . . . There was not such a gracious creature born. Shak.

3. Produced by divine grace; influenced or controlled by the divine influence; as, gracious affections.

Syn. -- Favorable; kind; benevolent; friendly; beneficent; benignant; merciful.

GRACIOUSLY Gra"cious*ly, adv.

1. In a gracious manner; courteously; benignantly. Dryden.

2. Fortunately; luckily. [Obs.] Chaucer.

GRACIOUSNESS Gra"cious*ness, n.

Defn: Quality of being gracious.

GRACKLE Grac"kle, n. Etym: [Cf. L. graculus jackdaw.] (Zoöl.) (a) One of several American blackbirds, of the family Icteridæ; as, the rusty grackle (Scolecophagus Carolinus); the boat-tailed grackle (see Boat-tail); the purple grackle (Quiscalus quiscula, or Q. versicolor). See Crow blackbird, under Crow. (b) An Asiatic bird of the genus Gracula. See Myna.

GRADATE Gra"date, v. t. Etym: [See Grade.]

1. To grade or arrange (parts in a whole, colors in painting, etc.), so that they shall harmonize.

2. (Chem.)

Defn: To bring to a certain strength or grade of concentration; as, to gradate a saline solution.

GRADATION Gra*da"tion, n., Etym: [L. gradatio: cf. F. gradation. See Grade.]

1. The act of progressing by regular steps or orderly arrangement; the state of being graded or arranged in ranks; as, the gradation of castes.

2. The act or process of bringing to a certain grade.

3. Any degree or relative position in an order or series. The several gradations of the intelligent universe. I. Taylor.

4. (Fine Arts)

Defn: A gradual passing from one tint to another or from a darker to a lighter shade, as in painting or drawing.

6. (Mus.)

Defn: A diatonic ascending or descending succession of chords.

GRADATION Gra*da"tion, v. t.

Defn: To form with gradations. [R.]

GRADATIONAL Gra*da"tion*al, a.

Defn: By regular steps or gradations; of or pertaining to gradation.

GRADATORY Grad"a*to*ry, a. Etym: [See Grade.]

1. Proceeding step by step, or by gradations; gradual. Could we have seen [Macbeth's] crimes darkening on their progress . . . could this gradatory apostasy have been shown us. A. Seward.

2. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Suitable for walking; -- said of the limbs of an animal when adapted for walking on land.

GRADATORY Grad"a*to*ry, n. Etym: [Cf. LL. gradatarium.] (Arch.)

Defn: A series of steps from a cloister into a church.

GRADE Grade, n. Etym: [F. grade, L. gradus step, pace, grade, from gradi to step, go. Cf. Congress, Degree, Gradus.]

1. A step or degree in any series, rank, quality, order; relative position or standing; as, grades of military rank; crimes of every grade; grades of flour. They also appointed and removed, at their own pleasure, teachers of every grade. Buckle.

2. In a railroad or highway: (a) The rate of ascent or descent; gradient; deviation from a level surface to an inclined plane; -- usually stated as so many feet per mile, or as one foot rise or fall in so many of horizontal distance; as, a heavy grade; a grade of twenty feet per mile, or of 1 in 264. (b) A graded ascending, descending, or level portion of a road; a gradient.

3. (Stock Breeding)

Defn: The result of crossing a native stock with some better breed. If the crossbreed have more than three fourths of the better blood, it is called high grade. At grade, on the same level; -- said of the crossing of a railroad with another railroad or a highway, when they are on the same level at the point of crossing. -- Down grade, a descent, as on a graded railroad. -- Up grade, an ascent, as on a graded railroad. -- Equating for grades. See under Equate. -- Grade crossing, a crossing at grade.

GRADE Grade, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Graded; p. pr. & vb. n. Grading.]

1. To arrange in order, steps, or degrees, according to size, quality, rank, etc.

2. To reduce to a level, or to an evenly progressive ascent, as the line of a canal or road.

3. (Stock Breeding)

Defn: To cross with some better breed; to improve the blood of.

GRADELY Grade"ly, a. Etym: [Cf. AS. grad grade, step, order, fr. L. gradus. See Grade.]

Defn: Decent; orderly. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell. -- adv.

Defn: Decently; in order. [Prov. Eng.]

GRADER Grad"er, n.

Defn: 1. One who grades, or that by means of which grading is done or facilitate.

Defn: 2. A vehicle used for levelling earth, esp. one with a plow blade suspended from the center, used specifically for grading roads.

GRADIENT Gra"di*ent, a. Etym: [L. gradiens, p. pr. of gradi to step, to go. See Grade.]

1. Moving by steps; walking; as, gradient automata. Wilkins.

2. Rising or descending by regular degrees of inclination; as, the gradient line of a railroad.

3. Adapted for walking, as the feet of certain birsds.

GRADIENT Gra"di*ent, n.

1. The rate of regular or graded ascent or descent in a road; grade.

2. A part of a road which slopes upward or downward; a portion of a way not level; a grade.

3. The rate of increase or decrease of a variable magnitude, or the curve which represents it; as, a thermometric gradient. Gradient post, a post or stake indicating by its height or by marks on it the grade of a railroad, highway, or embankment, etc., at that spot.

GRADIN; GRADINE Gra"din, Gra*dine", n. Etym: [F. gradin, dim. of grade. See Grade.] (Arch.)

Defn: Any member like a step, as the raised back of an altar or the like; a set raised over another. "The gradines of the amphitheeater." Layard.

GRADINE Gra*dine", n. Etym: [F. gradine.]

Defn: A toothed chised by sculptors.

GRADING Grad"ing, n.

Defn: The act or method of arranging in or by grade, or of bringing, as the surface of land or a road, to the desired level or grade.

GRADINO Gra*di"no, n.; pl. Gradinos. Etym: [It.] (Arch.)

Defn: A step or raised shelf, as above a sideboard or altar. Cf. Superaltar, and Gradin.

GRADUAL Grad"u*al"; a. Etym: [Cf; F. graduel. See Grade, and cf. Gradual, n.]

Defn: Proceeding by steps or degrees; advancing, step by step, as in ascent or descent or from one state to another; regularly progressive; slow; as, a gradual increase of knowledge; a gradual decline. Creatures animate with gradual life Of growth, sense, reason, all summed up in man. Milton.

GRADUAL Grad"u*al, n. Etym: [LL. graduale a gradual (in sense 1), fr. L. gradus step: cf. F. graduel. See Grade, and cf. Grail a gradual.]

1. (R. C. Ch.) (a) An antiphon or responsory after the epistle, in the Mass, which was sung on the steps, or while the deacon ascended the steps. (b) A service book containing the musical portions of the Mass.

2. A series of steps. [Obs.] Dryden.

GRADUALITY Grad"u*al"i*ty, n.

Defn: The state of being gradual; gradualness. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

GRADUALLY Grad"u*al*ly, adv.

1. In a gradual manner.

2. In degree. [Obs.] Human reason doth not only gradually, but specifically, differ from the fantastic reason of brutes. Grew.

GRADUALNESS Grad"u*al*ness, n.

Defn: The quality or state of being gradual; regular progression or gradation; slowness. The gradualness of this movement. M. Arnold. The gradualness of growth is a characteristic which strikes the simplest observer. H. Drummond.

GRADUATE Grad"u*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Graduated p. pr. & vb. n. Graduating (.] Etym: [Cf. F. graduer. See Graduate, n., Grade.]

1. To mark with degrees; to divide into regular steps, grades, or intervals, as the scale of a thermometer, a scheme of punishment or rewards, etc.

2. To admit or elevate to a certain grade or degree; esp., in a college or university, to admit, at the close of the course, to an honorable standing defined by a diploma; as, he was graduated at Yale College.

3. To prepare gradually; to arrange, temper, or modify by degrees or to a certain degree; to determine the degrees of; as, to graduate the heat of an oven. Dyers advance and graduate their colors with salts. Browne.

4. (Chem.)

Defn: To bring to a certain degree of consistency, by evaporation, as a fluid. Graduating engine, a dividing engine. See Dividing engine, under Dividing.

GRADUATE Grad"u*ate, v. i.

1. To pass by degrees; to change gradually; to shade off; as, sandstone which graduates into gneiss; carnelian sometimes graduates into quartz.

2. (Zoöl.)

Defn: To taper, as the tail of certain birds.

3. To take a degree in a college or university; to become a graduate; to receive a diploma. He graduated at Oxford. Latham. He was brought to their bar and asked where he had graduated. Macaulay.

GRADUATE Grad"u*ate, n. Etym: [LL. graduatus, p. p. of graduare to admit to a degree, fr. L. gradus grade. See Grade, n.]

1. One who has received an academical or professional degree; one who has completed the prescribed course of study in any school or institution of learning.

2. A graduated cup, tube, or flask; a measuring glass used by apothecaries and chemists. See under Graduated.

GRADUATE Grad"u*ate, a. Etym: [See Graduate, n. & v.]

Defn: Arrangei by successive steps or degrees; graduated. Beginning with the genus, passing through all the graduate and subordinate stages. Tatham.

GRADUATED Grad"u*a"ted, a.

1. Marked with, or divided into, degrees; divided into grades.

2. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Tapered; -- said of a bird's tail when the outer feathers are shortest, and the others successively longer. Graduated tube, bottle, cap, or glass, a vessel, usually of glass, having horizontal marks upon its sides, with figures, to indicate the amount of the contents at the several levels. -- Graduated spring (Railroads), a combination of metallic and rubber springs.

GRADUATESHIP Grad"u*ate*ship, n.

Defn: State of being a graduate. Milton.

GRADUATION Grad"u*a"tion, n. Etym: [LL. graduatio promotion to a degree: cf. F. graduation division into degrees.]

1. The act of graduating, or the state of being graduated; as, graduation of a scale; graduation at a college; graduation in color; graduation by evaporation; the graduation of a bird's tail, etc.

2. The marks on an instrument or vessel to indicate degrees or quantity; a scale.

3. The exposure of a liquid in large surfaces to the air, so as to hasten its evaporation.

GRADUATOR Grad"u*a"tor, n.

1. One who determines or indicates graduation; as, a graduator of instruments.

2. An instrument for dividing any line, right or curve, into small, regular intervals.

3. An apparatus for diffusing a solution, as brine or vinegar, over a large surface, for exposure to the air.

GRADUS Gra"dus, n. Etym: [From L. gradus ad Parnassum a step to Parnassus.]

Defn: A dictionary of prosody, designed as an aid in writing Greek or Latin poetry. He set to work . . . without gradus or other help. T. Hughes.

GRAF Graf, n. Etym: [G. Cf. -grave.]

Defn: A German title of nobility, equivalent to earl in English, or count in French. See Earl.

GRAFF Graff, n. Etym: [OE. grafe, greife, greive. Cf. Margrave.]

Defn: A steward; an overseer. [A prince] is nothing but a servant, overseer, or graff, and not the head, which is a title belonging only to Christ. John Knox.

GRAFF Graff n. & v.

Defn: See Graft.

GRAFFAGE Graff"age, n. Etym: [Cf. Grave, n.]

Defn: The scarp of a ditch or moat. "To clean the graffages." Miss Mitford.

GRAFFER Graf"fer, n. Etym: [See Greffier.] (Law.)

Defn: a notary or scrivener. Bowvier.

GRAFFITI Graf*fi"ti, n. pl. Etym: [It., pl. of graffito scratched]

Defn: Inscriptions, figure drawings, etc., found on the walls of ancient sepulchers or ruins, as in the Catacombs, or at Pompeii.

GRAFFITO Graf*fi"to, n. [It., fr. graffio a scratching.] (Art)

Defn: Production of decorative designs by scratching them through a surface of layer plaster, glazing, etc., revealing a different- colored ground; also, pottery or ware so decorated; -- chiefly used attributively.

GRAFT Graft, n. Etym: [OE. graff, F. greffe, originally the same word as OF. grafe pencil, L. graphium, Gr. carve. So named from the resemblance of a scion or shoot to a pointed pencil. Cf. Graphic, Grammar.] (a) A small shoot or scion of a tree inserted in another tree, the stock of which is to support and nourish it. The two unite and become one tree, but the graft determines the kind of fruit. (b) A branch or portion of a tree growing from such a shoot. (c) (Surg.) A portion of living tissue used in the operation of autoplasty.

GRAFT Graft, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Grafted; p. pr. & vb. n. Grafting.] Etym: [F. greffer. See Graft, n.]

1. To insert (a graft) in a branch or stem of another tree; to propagate by insertion in another stock; also, to insert a graft upon. [Formerly written graff.]

2.

(Surg.)

Defn: To implant a portion of (living flesh or akin) in a lesion so as to form an organic union.

3.

Defn: To join (one thing) to another as if by grafting, so as to bring about a close union. And graft my love immortal on thy fame ! Pope.

4.

(Naut.)

Defn: To cover, as a ring bolt, block strap, splicing, etc., with a weaving of small cord or rope-yarns.

GRAFT Graft, v. i.

Defn: To insert scions from one tree, or kind of tree, etc., into another; to practice grafting.

GRAFTAGE Graft"age, n. (Hort.)

Defn: The science of grafting, including the various methods of practice and details of operation.

GRAFTER Graft"er, n.

1. One who inserts scions on other stocks, or propagates fruit by ingrafting.

2.

Defn: An instrument by which grafting is facilitated.

3. The original tree from which a scion has been taken for grafting upon another tree. Shak.

GRAFTING Graft"ing n. 1. (Hort.) The act, art, or process of inserting grafts.

2. (Naut.)

Defn: The act or method of weaving a cover for a ring, rope end, etc.

3. (Surg.)

Defn: The transplanting of a portion of flesh or skin to a denuded surface; autoplasty.

4. (Carp.)

Defn: A scarfing or endwise attachment of one timber to another. Cleft grafting (Hort.) a method of grafting in which the scion is placed in a cleft or slit in the stock or stump made by sawing off a branch, usually in such a manaer that its bark evenly joins that of the stock. -- Crown, or Rind, grafting, a method of grafting which the alburnum and inner bark are separated, and between them is inserted the lower end of the scion cut slantwise. -- Saddle grafting, a mode of grafting in which a deep cleft is made in the end of the scion by two sloping cuts, and the end of the stock is made wedge-shaped to fit the cleft in the scion, which is placed upon it saddlewise. -- Side grafting, a mode of grafting in which the scion, cut quite across very obliquely, so as to give it the form of a slender wedge, is thrust down inside of the bark of the stock or stem into which it is inserted, the cut side of the scion being next the wood of the stock. -- Skin grafting. (Surg.) See Autoplasty. -- Splice grafting (Hort.), a method of grafting by cutting the ends of the scion and stock completely across and obliquely, in such a manner that the sections are of the same shape, then lapping the ends so that the one cut surface exactly fits the other, and securing them by tying or otherwise. -- Whip grafting, tongue grafting, the same as splice grafting, except that a cleft or slit is made in the end of both scion and stock, in the direction of the grain and in the middle of the sloping surface, forming a kind of tongue, so that when put together, the tongue of each is inserted in the slit of the other. -- Grafting scissors, a surgeon's scissors, used in rhinoplastic operations, etc. -- Grafting tool. (a) Any tool used in grafting. (b) A very strong curved spade used in digging canals. -- Grafting wax, a composition of rosin, beeswax tallow, etc., used in binding up the wounds of newly grafted trees.

GRAHAM BREAD Gra"ham bread". Etym: [From Sylvester Graham, a lecturer on dietetics.]

Defn: Bread made of unbolted wheat flour. [U. S.] Bartlett.

GRAHAMITE Gra"ham*ite, n. Etym: [See Graham bread.]

Defn: One who follows the dietetic system of Graham. [U. S.]

GRAIL Grail, n. Etym: [OF. greel, LL. gradale. See Gradual, n.]

Defn: A book of offices in the Roman Catholic Church; a gradual. [Obs.] T. Warton. Such as antiphonals, missals, grails, processionals, etc. Strype.

GRAIL Grail, n. Etym: [OF. graal, greal, greet, F. graal, gral, LL. gradalis, gradale, prob. derived fr. L. crater bowl, mixing vessel, Gr. krath`r. See Crater.]

Defn: A broad, open dish; a chalice; -- only used of the Holy Grail.

Note: The Holy Grail, according to some legends of the Middle Ages, was the cup used by our Savior in dispensing the wine at the last supper; and according to others, the platter on which the paschal lamb was served at the last Passover observed by our Lord. This cup, according to the legend, if appoached by any but a perfectly pure and holy person, would be borne away and vanish from the sight. The quest of the Holy Grail was to be undertaken only by a knight who was perfectly chaste in thought, word, and act.

GRAIL Grail, n. Etym: [F. grêle hail, from grÉs grit, OHG. griex, grioz, G. gries, gravel, grit. See Grit.]

Defn: Small particles of earth; gravel. [Obs.] Lying down upon the sandy grail. Spenser.

GRAIL Grail, n. Etym: [Cf. OF. graite slender, F. grête.]

Defn: One of the small feathers of a hawk.

GRAILLE Graille, n. Etym: [Cf. F. grêle a sort of file.]

Defn: A halfround single-cut file or fioat, having one curved face and one straight face, -- used by comb makers. Knight.

GRAIN Grain, v. & n.

Defn: See Groan. [Obs.]

GRAIN Grain, n. Etym: [F. grain, L. granum, grain, seed, small kernel, small particle. See Corn, and cf. Garner, n., Garnet, Gram the chick- pea, Granule, Kernel.]

1. A single small hard seed; a kernel, especially of those plants, like wheat, whose seeds are used for food.

2. The fruit of certain grasses which furnish the chief food of man, as corn, wheat, rye, oats, etc., or the plants themselves; -- used collectively. Storehouses crammed with grain. Shak.

3. Any small, hard particle, as of sand, sugar, salt, etc.; hence, any minute portion or particle; as, a grain of gunpowder, of pollen, of starch, of sense, of wit, etc. I . . . with a grain of manhood well resolved. Milton.

4. The unit of the English system of weights; -- so called because considered equal to the average of grains taken from the middle of the ears of wheat. 7,000 grains constitute the pound avoirdupois, and 5,760 grains the pound troy. A grain is equal to .0648 gram. See Gram.

5. A reddish dye made from the coccus insect, or kermes; hence, a red color of any tint or hue, as crimson, scarlet, etc.; sometimes used by the poets as equivalent to Tyrian purple. All in a robe of darkest grain. Milton. Doing as the dyers do, who, having first dipped their silks in colors of less value, then give' them the last tincture of crimson in grain. Quoted by Coleridge, preface to Aids to Reflection.

6. The composite particles of any substance; that arrangement of the particles of any body which determines its comparative roughness or hardness; texture; as, marble, sugar, sandstone, etc., of fine grain. Hard box, and linden of a softer grain. Dryden.

7. The direction, arrangement, or appearance of the fibers in wood, or of the strata in stone, slate, etc. Knots, by the conflux of meeting sap, Infect the sound pine and divert his grain Tortive and errant from his course of growth. Shak.

8. The fiber which forms the substance of wood or of any fibrous material.

9. The hair side of a piece of leather, or the marking on that side. Knight.

10. pl.

Defn: The remains of grain, etc., after brewing or distillation; hence, any residuum. Also called draff.

11. (Bot.)

Defn: A rounded prominence on the back of a sepal, as in the common dock. See Grained, a., 4.

12. Temper; natural disposition; inclination. [Obs.] Brothers . . . not united in grain. Hayward.

13. A sort of spice, the grain of paradise. [Obs.] He cheweth grain and licorice, To smellen sweet. Chaucer. Against the grain, against or across the direction of the fibers; hence, against one's wishes or tastes; unwillingly; unpleasantly; reluctantly; with difficulty. Swift.Saintsbury.-- A grain of allowance, a slight indulgence or latitude a small allowance. -- Grain binder, an attachment to a harvester for binding the grain into sheaves. -- Grain colors, dyes made from the coccus or kermes in sect. -- Grain leather. (a) Dressed horse hides. (b) Goat, seal, and other skins blacked on the grain side for women's shoes, etc. -- Grain moth (Zoöl.), one of several small moths, of the family Tineidæ (as Tinea granella and Butalis cereAlella), whose larvæ devour grain in storehouses. -- Grain side (Leather), the side of a skin or hide from which the hair has been removed; -- opposed to flesh side. -- Grains of paradise, the seeds of a species of amomum. -- grain tin, crystalline tin ore metallic tin smelted with charcoal. -- Grain weevil (Zoöl.), a small red weevil (Sitophilus granarius), which destroys stored wheat and othar grain, by eating out the interior. -- Grain worm (Zoöl.), the larva of the grain moth. See grain moth, above. -- In grain, of a fast color; deeply seated; fixed; innate; genuine. "Anguish in grain." Herbert.-- To dye in grain, to dye of a fast color by means of the coccus or kermes grain [see Grain, n., 5]; hence, to dye firmly; also, to dye in the wool, or in the raw material. See under Dye. The red roses flush up in her cheeks . . . Likce crimson dyed in grain. Spenser. -- To go against the grain of (a person), to be repugnant to; to vex, irritate, mortify, or trouble.

GRAIN Grain, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Grained; p. pr. & vb. n. Graining.]

1. To paint in imitation of the grain of wood, marble, etc.

2. To form (powder, sugar, etc.) into grains.

3. To take the hair off (skins); to soften and raise the grain of (leather, etc.).

GRAIN Grain, v. i. Etym: [F. grainer, grener. See Grain, n.]

1. To yield fruit. [Obs.] Gower.

2. To form grains, or to assume a granular ferm, as the result of crystallization; to granulate.

GRAIN Grain, n. Etym: [See Groin a part of the body.]

1. A branch of a tree; a stalk or stem of a plant. [Obs.] G. Douglas.

2. A tine, prong, or fork. Specifically: (a) One the branches of a valley or of a river. (b) pl.

Defn: An iron first speak or harpoon, having four or more barbed points.

3. A blade of a sword, knife, etc.

4. (Founding)

Defn: A thin piece of metal, used in a mold to steady a core.

GRAINED Grained, a.

1. Having a grain; divided into small particles or grains; showing the grain; hence, rough.

2. Dyed in grain; ingrained. Persons lightly dipped, not grained, in generous honesty, are but pale in goodness. Sir T. Browne.

3. Painted or stained in imitation of the grain of wood, marble, etc.

4. (Bot.)

Defn: Having tubercles or grainlike processes, as the petals or sepals of some flowers.

GRAINER Grain"er, n.

1. An infusion of pigeon's dung used by tanners to neutralize the effects of lime and give flexibility to skins; -- called also grains and bate.

2. A knife for taking the hair off skins.

3. One who paints in imitation of the grain of wood, marble, etc.; also, the brush or tool used in graining.

GRAINFIELD Grain"field`, n.

Defn: A field where grain is grown.

GRAINING Grain"ing, n.

1. Indentation; roughening; milling, as on edges of coins. Locke.

2. A process in dressing leather, by which the skin is softened and the grain raised.

3. Painting or staining, in imitation of the grain of wood, atone, etc.

4. (Soap Making)

Defn: The process of separating soap from spent lye, as with salt.

GRAINING Grain"ing, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A small European fresh-water fish (Leuciscus vulgaris); - called also dobule, and dace.

GRAINS Grains, n. pl.

1. See 5th Grain, n., 2 (b).

2. Pigeon's dung used in tanning. See Grainer. n., 1.

GRAINY Grain"y, a.

Defn: Resembling grains; granular.

GRAIP Graip, n. Etym: [Perh. akin to grope, gripe.]

Defn: A dungfork. [Scot.] Burns.

GRAITH Graith, v. t. [Obs.]

Defn: See Greith. Chaucer.

GRAITH Graith, n.

Defn: Furniture; apparatus or accouterments for work, traveling, war, etc. [Scot.] Jamieson.

GRAKLE Gra"kle, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: See Grackle.

GRALLAE Gral"læ, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. L. grallae stilts, for gradulae, fr. gradus. See Grade.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: An order of birds which formerly included all the waders. By later writers it is usually restricted to the sandpipers, plovers, and allied forms; -- called also Grallatores.

GRALLATORES Gral"la*to"res, n. pl. Etym: [NL. from L. grallator one who runs on stilts.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: See Grallæ.

GRALLATORIAL; GRALLATORY Gral`la*to"ri*al, Gral"la*to*ry, a. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Of or pertaining to the Grallatores, or waders.

GRALLIC Gral"lic, a. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Pertaining to the Grallæ.

GRALLINE Gral"line (lin), a. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Of or pertaining to the Grallæ.

GRALLOCH Gral"loch, n.

Defn: Offal of a deer. -- v. t.

Defn: To remove the offal from (a deer).

-GRAM -gram. Etym: [Gr. a thing drawn or written, a letter, fr. gra`fein to draw, write. See Graphic.]

Defn: A suffix indicating something drawn or written, a drawing, writing; -- as, monogram, telegram, chronogram.

GRAM Gram, a. Etym: [AS. gram; akin to E. grim. sq. root35.]

Defn: Angry. [Obs.] Havelok, the Dane.

GRAM Gram, n. Etym: [Pg. gro grain. See Grain.] (Bot.)

Defn: The East Indian name of the chick-pea (Cicer arietinum) and its seeds; also, other similar seeds there used for food.

GRAM; GRAMME Gram, Gramme, n. Etym: [F. gramme, from Gr. that which is written, a letter, a small weight, fr. to write. See Graphic.]

Defn: The unit of weight in the metric system. It was intended to be exactly, and is very nearly, equivalent to the weight in a vacuum of one cubic centimeter of pure water at its maximum density. It is equal to 15.432 grains. See Grain, n., 4. Gram degree, or Gramme degree (Physics), a unit of heat, being the amount of heat necessary to raise the temperature of one gram of pure water one degree centigrade. -- Gram equivalent (Electrolysis), that quantity of the metal which will replace one gram of hydrogen.

GRAMA GRASS Gra"ma grass`. Etym: [Sp. grama a sort of grass.] (Bot.)

Defn: The name of several kinds of pasture grasses found in the Western United States, esp. the Bouteloua oligostachya.

GRAMARYE Gram"a*rye, n. Etym: [OE. gramer, grameri, gramori, grammar, magic, OF. gramaire, F. grammaire. See Grammar.]

Defn: Necromancy; magic. Sir W. Scott.

GRAMASHES Gra*mash"es, n. pl. Etym: [See Gamashes.]

Defn: Gaiters reaching to the knee; leggings. Strong gramashes, or leggings of thick gray cloth. Sir W. Scott.

GRAME Grame, n. Etym: [See Gram, a.]

1. Anger; wrath; scorn. [Obs.] Chaucer.

2. Sorrow; grief; misery. [Obs.] Chaucer.

GRAMERCY Gra*mer"cy, interj. Etym: [F. grand-merci. See Grand, and Mercy.]

Defn: A word formerly used to express thankfulness, with surprise; many thanks. Gramercy, Mammon, said the gentle knight. Spenser.

GRAMINACEOUS Gram"i*na"ceous, a. Etym: [L. gramen, graminis, grass.]

Defn: Pertaining to, or resembling, the grasses; gramineous; as, graminaceous plants.

GRAMINEAL Gra*min"e*al, a.

Defn: Gramineous.

GRAMINEOUS Gra*min"e*ous, a. Etym: [L. gramineus, fr. gramen, graminis, grass.] (Bot.)

Defn: Like, Or pertaining to, grass. See Grass, n., 2.

GRAMINIFOLIOUS Gram"i*ni*fo"li*ous, a. Etym: [L. gramen, graminis, grass + folium leaf.] (Bot.)

Defn: Bearing leaves resembling those of grass.

GRAMINIVOROUS Gram"i*niv"o*rous, a. Etym: [L. gramen, graminis, grass + vorare to eat greedily.]

Defn: Feeding or subsisting on grass, and the like food; -- said of horses, cattle, and other animals.

GRAMMALOGUE Gram"ma*logue, n. Etym: [Gr. gra`mma letter + lo`gos word. Cf. Logogram.] (Phonography)

Defn: Literally, a letter word; a word represented by a logogram; as, it, represented by |, that is, t. pitman.

GRAMMAR Gram"mar, n. Etym: [OE. gramere, OF. gramaire, F. grammaire Prob. fr. L. gramatica Gr Gramme, Graphic, and cf. Grammatical, Gramarye.]

1. The science which treats of the principles of language; the study of forms of speech, and their relations to one another; the art concerned with the right use aud application of the rules of a language, in speaking or writing.

Note: The whole fabric of grammar rests upon the classifying of words according to their function in the sentence. Bain.

2. The art of speaking or writing with correctness or according to established usage; speech considered with regard to the rules of a grammar. The original bad grammar and bad spelling. Macaulay.

3. A treatise on the principles of language; a book containing the principles and rules for correctness in speaking or writing.

4. treatise on the elements or principles of any science; as, a grammar of geography. Comparative grammar, the science which determines the relations of kindred languages by examining and comparing their grammatical forms. -- Grammar school. (a) A school, usually endowed, in which Latin and Greek grammar are taught, as also other studies preparatory to colleges or universities; as, the famous Rugby Grammar School. This use of the word is more common in England than in the United States. When any town shall increase to the number of a hundred families or householders, they shall set up a grammar school, the master thereof being able to instruct youth so far as they may be fitted for the University. Mass. Records (1647). (b) In the American system of graded common schools an intermediate grade between the primary school and the high school, in which the principles of English grammar are taught.

GRAMMAR Gram"mar, v. i.

Defn: To discourse according to the rules of grammar; to use grammar. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.

GRAMMARIAN Gram*ma"ri*an, n. Etym: [Cf. F. grammairien.]

1. One versed in grammar, or the construction of languages; a philologist.

Note: "The term was used by the classic ancients as a term of honorable distinction for all who were considered learned in any art or faculty whatever." Brande & C.

2. One who writes on, or teaches, grammar.

GRAMMARIANISM Gram*ma"ri*an*ism, n.

Defn: The principles, practices, or peculiarities of grammarians. [R.]

GRAMMARLESS Gram"mar*less, a.

Defn: Without grammar.

GRAMMATES Gram"mates, n. pl. Etym: [From Gr.

Defn: Rudiments; first principles, as of grammar. [Obs.] Ford.

GRAMMATIC Gram*mat"ic, a.

Defn: Grammatical.

GRAMMATICAL Gram*mat"ic*al, a. Etym: [L. grammaticus, grammaticalis; Gr. grammatical. See Grammar.]

1. Of or pertaining to grammar; of the nature of grammar; as, a grammatical rule.

2. According to the rules of grammar; grammatically correct; as, the sentence is not grammatical; the construction is not grammatical. -- Gram*mat"ic*al*ly, adv. -- Gram*mat"ic*al*ness, n.

GRAMMATICASTER Gram*mat"icas"ter, n. Etym: [LL.]

Defn: A petty grammarian; a grammatical pedant or pretender. My noble Neophite, my little grammaticaster. B. Jonson.

GRAMMATICATION Gram*mat"i*ca"tion, n.

Defn: A principle of grammar; a grammatical rule. [Obs.] Dalgarno.

GRAMMATICISM Gram*mat"i*cism, n.

Defn: A point or principle of grammar. Abp. Leighton.

GRAMMATICIZE Gram*mat"i*cize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Grammaticized; p. pr. & vb. n. Grammaticizing.]

Defn: To render grammatical. Fuller.

GRAMMATIST Gram"ma*tist, n. Etym: [L. grammatista schoolmaster, Gr. grammatiste. See Grammatical.]

Defn: A petty grammarian. [R] Tooke.

GRAMME Gramme, n.

Defn: Same as Gram the weight.

GRAMME MACHINE Gramme" ma*chine". (Elec.)

Defn: A kind of dynamo-electric machine; -- so named from its French inventor, M. Gramme. Knight.

GRAMOPHONE Gram"o*phone, n. [Gr. a thing drawn or written (fr. write) + - phone, as in telephone.]

Defn: An instrument for recording, preserving, and reproducing sounds, the record being a tracing of a phonautograph etched in some solid material. Reproduction is accomplished by means of a system attached to an elastic diaphragm.

GRAMPUS Gram"pus, n.; pl. Grampuses. Etym: [Probably corrupted from It. gran pesce great fish, or Sp. gran pez, or Pg. gran peixe, all fr. L. grandis piscis. See Grand, and Fish. the animal.]

1. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A toothed delphinoid cetacean, of the genus Grampus, esp. G. griseus of Europe and America, which is valued for its oil. It grows to be fifteen to twenty feet long; its color is gray with white streaks. Called also cowfish. The California grampus is G. Stearnsii.

2. A kind of tongs used in a bloomery. [U.S.]

GRANADE; GRANADO Gra*nade", Gra*na"do, n.

Defn: See Grenade.

GRANADILLA Grana*dil"la, n. Etym: [Sp., dim. of granada pomegranate. See Grenade, Garnet.] (Bot.)

Defn: The fruit of certain species of passion flower (esp. Passiflora quadrangularis) found in Brazil and the West Indies. It is as large as a child's head, and is a good dessert fruit. The fruit of Passiflora edulis is used for flavoring ices.

GRANARY Gran"a*ry, n.; pl. Granaries. Etym: [L. granarium, fr. granum grain. See Garner.]

Defn: A storehouse or repository for grain, esp. after it is thrashed or husked; a cornbouse; also (Fig.), a region fertile in grain. The exhaustless granary of a world. Thomson.

GRANATE Gran"ate, n.

Defn: See Garnet.

GRANATIN Gra*na"tin, n. Etym: [L. granatum the pomegranate.] (Chem.)

Defn: Mannite; -- so called because found in the pomegranate.

GRANATITE Gran"a*tite, n.

Defn: See Staurolite.

GRAND Grand, a. [Compar. Grander; superl. Grandest.] Etym: [OE. grant, grount, OF. grant, F. grand, fr. L. grandis; perh. akin to gravis heavy, E. grave, a. Cf. Grandee.]

1. Of large size or extent; great; extensive; hence, relatively great; greatest; chief; principal; as, a grand mountain; a grand army; a grand mistake. "Our grand foe, Satan." Milton. Making so bold . . . to unseal Their grand commission. Shak.

2. Great in size, and fine or imposing in appearance or impression; illustrious, dignifled, or noble (said of persons); majestic, splendid, magnificent, or sublime (said of things); as, a grand monarch; a grand lord; a grand general; a grand view; a grand conception. They are the highest models of expression, the unapproached masters of the grand style. M. Arnold.

3. Having higher rank or more dignity, size, or importance than other persons or things of the same name; as, a grand lodge; a grand vizier; a grand piano, etc.

4. Standing in the second or some more remote degree of parentage or descent; -- generalIy used in composition; as, grandfather, grandson, grandchild, etc. What cause Mov'd our grand parents, in that happy state, Favor'd of Heaven so highly, to fall off From their Creator. Milton. Grand action, a pianoforte action, used in grand pianos, in which special devices are employed to obtain perfect action of the hammer in striking and leaving the string. -- Grand Army of the Republic, an organized voluntary association of men who served in the Union army or navy during the civil war in the United States. The order has chapters, called Posts, throughout the country. -- Grand cross. (a) The highest rank of knighthood in the Order of the Bath. (b) A knight grand cross. -- Grand cordon, the cordon or broad ribbon, identified with the highest grade in certain honorary orders; hence, a person who holds that grade. -- Grand days (Eng. Law), certain days in the terms which are observed as holidays in the inns of court and chancery (Candlemas, Ascension, St. John Baptist's, and All Saints' Days); called also Dies non juridici. -- Grand duchess. (a) The wife or widow of a grand duke. (b) A lady having the sovereignty of a duchy in her own right. (c) In Russia, a daughter of the Czar. -- Grand duke. (a) A sovereign duke, inferior in rank to a king; as, the Grand Duke of Tuscany. (b) In Russia, a son of the Czar. (c) (Zoöl.) The European great horned owl or eagle owl (Bubo maximas). -- Grand-guard, or Grandegarde, a piece of plate armor used in tournaments as an extra protection for the left shoulder and breast. -- Grand juror, a member of a grand jury. -- Grand jury (Law), a jury of not less than twelve men, and not more than twenty-three, whose duty it is, in private session, to examine into accusations against persons charged with crime, and if they see just cause, then to find bills of indictment against them, to be presented to the court; -- called also grand inquest. -- Grand juryman, a grand juror. -- Grand larceny. (Law) See under Larceny. -- Grand lodge, the chief lodge, or governing body, among Freemasons and other secret orders. -- Grand master. (a) The head of one of the military orders of knighthood, as the Templars, Hospitallers, etc. (b) The head of the order of Freemasons or of Good Templars, etc. -- Grand paunch, a glutton or gourmand. [Obs.] Holland. -- Grand pensionary. See under Pensionary. -- Grand piano (Mus.), a large piano, usually harp-shaped, in which the wires or strings are generally triplicated, increasing the power, and all the mechanism is introduced in the most effective manner, regardless of the size of the instrument. -- Grand relief (Sculp.), alto relievo. -- Grand Seignior. See under Seignior. -- Grand stand, the principal stand, or erection for spectators, at a, race course, etc. -- Grand vicar (Eccl.), a principal vicar; an ecclesiastical delegate in France. -- Grand vizier. See under Vizier.

Syn. -- Magnificent; sublime; majestic; dignified; elevated; stately; august; pompous; lofty; eralted; noble. -- Grand, Magnificent, Sublime. Grand, in reference to objects of taste, is applied to that which expands the mind by a sense of vastness and majesty; magnificent is applied to anything which is imposing from its splendor; sublime describes that which is awful and elevating. A cataract is grand; a rich and varied landscape is magnificent; an overhanging precipice is sublime. "Grandeur admits of degrees and modifications; but magnificence is that which has already reached the highest degree of superiority naturally belonging to the object in question." Crabb.

GRANDAM Gran"dam, n. Etym: [F. grande, fem. of grand + dame. See Grand, and Dame.]

Defn: An old woman; specifically, a grandmother. Shak.

GRANDAUNT Grand"aunt", n. Etym: [Cf. F. grand'tante.]

Defn: The aunt of one's father or mother.

GRANDCHILD Grand"child", n.

Defn: A son's or daughter's child; a child in the second degree of descent.

GRANDDAUGHTER Grand"daugh"ter, n.

Defn: The daughter of one's son or daughter.

GRAND-DUCAL Grand"-du"cal, a.

Defn: Of or pertaining to a grand duke. H. James.

GRANDEE Gran*dee", n. Etym: [Sp. grande. See Grand.]

Defn: A man of elevated rank or station; a nobleman. In Spain, a nobleman of the first rank, who may be covered in the king's presence.

GRANDEESHIP Gran*dee"ship, n.

Defn: The rank or estate of a grandee; lordship. H. Swinburne.

GRANDEUR Gran"deur, n. Etym: [F., fr. grand. See Grand.]

Defn: The state or quality of being grand; vastness; greatness; splendor; magnificence; stateliness; sublimity; dignity; elevation of thought or expression; nobility of action. Nor doth this grandeur and majestic show Of luxury . . . allure mine eye. Milton.

Syn. -- Sublimity; majesty; stateliness; augustness; loftiness. See Sublimity.

GRANDEVITY Gran*dev"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. grandaevitas.]

Defn: Great age; long life. [Obs.] Glanvill.

GRANDEVOUS Gran*de"vous, a. Etym: [L. grandaevus; grandig grand+ aevum lifetime, age.]

Defn: Of great age; aged; longlived. [R.] Bailey.

GRANDFATHER Grand"fa"ther, n.

Defn: A father's or mother's father; an ancestor in the next degree above the father or mother in lineal ascent. Grandfather longlegs. (Zoöl.) See Dady longlegs.

GRANDFATHERLY Grand"fa"ther*ly, a.

Defn: Like a grandfather in age or manner; kind; benignant; indulgent. He was a grandfatherly sort of personage. Hawthorne.

GRANDIFIC Gran*dif"ic, a. Etym: [L. grandificus; grandis grand + facere to make.]

Defn: Making great. [R.] Bailey.

GRANDILOQUENCE Gran*dil"o*quence, n.

Defn: The use of lofty words or phrases; bombast; -- usually in a bad sense. The sin of grandiloquence or tall talking. Thackeray,

GRANDILOQUENT Gran*dil"o*quent, a. Etym: [L. grandis grand + logui to speak.]

Defn: Speaking in a lofty style; pompous; bombastic.

GRANDILOQUOUS Gran*dil"o*quous, a. Etym: [L. grandiloquus; grandis grand + loqui to apeak.]

Defn: Grandiloquent.

GRANDINOUS Gran"di*nous, a. Etym: [L. grandinosus, fr. qrando, grandinis, hail.]

Defn: Consisting of hail; abounding in hail. [R.] Bailey.

GRANDIOSE Gran"di*ose", a. Etym: [F. grandiose, It. grandioso. See Grand.]

1. Impressive or elevating in effect; vimposing; splendid; striking; -- in a good sense. The tone of the parts was to be perpetually kept down in order not to impair the grandiose effect of the whole. M. Arnold. The grandiose red tulips which grow wild. C. Kingsley.

2. Characterized by affectation of grandeur or splendor; flaunting; turgid; bombastic; -- in a bad sense; as, a grandiose style.

GRANDIOSITY Gran"di*os"i*ty, n. Etym: [Cf. F. grandiosité, It. grandiosità.]

Defn: The state or quality of being grandiose,

GRANDITY Grand"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. granditas: cf. OF. granité. See Grand.]

Defn: Grandness. [Obs.] Camden.

GRANDLY Grand"ly, adv.

Defn: In a grand manner.

GRANDMA; GRANDMAMMA Grand"ma", Grand"mam*ma", n.

Defn: A grand mother.

GRAND MERCY Grand" mer"cy.

Defn: See Gramercy. [Obs.]

GRANDMOTHER Grand"moth"er, n.

Defn: The mother of one's father or mother.

GRANDMOTHERLY Grand"moth"er*ly, a.

Defn: Like a grandmother in age or manner; kind; indulgent.

GRANDNEPHEW Grand"neph"ew, n.

Defn: The grandson of one's brother or sister.

GRANDNESS Grand"ness, n.

Defn: Grandeur. Wollaston.

GRANDNIECE Grand"niece", n.

Defn: The granddaughter of one's brother or sister.

GRANDPA; GRANDPAPA Grand"pa", Grand"pa*pa", n.

Defn: A grandfather.

GRANDSIRE Grand"sire", n. Etym: [OF. grantsire. See Grand, and Sire.]

Defn: Specifically, a grandfather; more generally, any ancestor.

GRANDSON Grand"son", n.

Defn: A son's or daughter's son.

GRANDUNCLE Grand"un"cle, n. Etym: [Cf. F. grand-oncle.]

Defn: father's or mother's uncle.

GRANE Grane, v. & n.

Defn: See Groan. [Obs.]

GRANGE Grange, n. Etym: [F. grange barn, LL. granea, from L. granum grain. See Grain a kernel.]

1. A building for storing grain; a granary. [Obs.] Milton.

2. A farmhouse, with the barns and other buildings for farming purposes. And eke an officer out for to ride, To see her granges and her bernes wide. Chaucer. Nor burnt the grange, nor bussed the milking maid. Tennyson.

3. A farmhouse of a monastery, where the rents and tithes, paid in grain, were deposited. [Obs.]

4. A farm; generally, a farm with a house at a distance from neighbors.

5. An association of farmers, designed to further their interests, aud particularly to bring producers and consumers, farmers and manufacturers, into direct commercial relations, without intervention of middlemen or traders. The first grange was organized in 1867. [U. S.]

GRANGER Gran"ger, n.

1. A farm steward. [Obs.]

2. A member of a grange. [U. S.]

GRANGERISM Gran"ger*ism, n. Etym: [So called from the Rev. James Granger, whose "Biographical History of England" (1769) was a favorite book for illustration in this manner.]

Defn: The practice of illustrating a particular book by engravings collected from other books.

GRANGERITE Gran"ger*ite, n.

Defn: One who collects illustrations from various books for the decoration of one book.

GRANGERIZE Gran"ger*ize, v. t. & i.

Defn: To collect (illustrations from books) for decoration of other books. G. A. Sala.

GRANGER RAILROADS; GRANGER ROADS Gran"ger railroads, or Granger roads. (Finance)

Defn: Certain railroads whose traffic largely consists in carrying the produce of farmers or grangers; -- specifically applied to the Chicago & Alton; Chicago, Burlington & Quincey; Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific; Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul; and Chicago & Northwestern, railroads. [U. S.].

GRANGER STOCKS; GRANGER SHARES Granger stocks or shares.

Defn: Stocks or shares of the granger railroads.

GRANIFEROUS Gra*nif"er*ous, a. Etym: [L. qranifer; granum grain + ferre to bear: cf. F. granifère.]

Defn: Bearing grain, or seeds like grain. Humble.

GRANIFORM Gran"i*form, a. Etym: [L. granum grain + -form; cf. F. graniforme.]

Defn: Formed like of corn.

GRANILLA Gra*nil"la, n. Etym: [Sp., small seed.]

Defn: Small grains or dust of cochineal or the coccus insect.

GRANITE Gran"ite, n. Etym: [It. granito granite, adj., grainy, p. p. of granire to make grainy, fr. L. granum grain; cf. F. granit. See Grain.] (Geol.)

Defn: A crystalline, granular rock, consisting of quartz, feldspar, and mica, and usually of a whitish, grayish, or flesh-red color. It differs from gneiss in not having the mica in planes, and therefor in being destitute of a schistose structure.

Note: Varieties containing hornblende are common. See also the Note under Mica. Gneissoid granite, granite in which the mica has traces of a regular arrangement. -- Graphic granite, granite consisting of quartz and feldspar without mica, and having the quartz crystals so arranged in the transverse section like oriental characters. -- Porphyritic granite, granite containing feldspar in distinct crystals. -- Hornblende granite, or Syenitic granite, granite containing hornblende as well as mica, or, according to some authorities hornblende replacing the mica. -- Granite ware. (a) A kind of stoneware. (b) A Kind of ironware, coated with an enamel resembling granite.

GRANITE STATE Gran"ite State.

Defn: New Hampshire; -- a nickname alluding to its mountains, which are chiefly of granite.

GRANITE STATE Gran"ite State.

Defn: New Hampshire; -- a nickname alluding to its mountains, which are chiefly of granite. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

GRANITIC Gra*nit"ic, a. Etym: [Cf. F. granitique.]

1. Like granite in composition, color, etc.; having the nature of granite; as, granitic texture.

2. Consisting of granite; as, granitic mountains.

GRANITICAL Gra*nit"ic*al, a.

Defn: Granitic.

GRANITIFICATION Gra*nit`i*fi*ca"tion, n. Etym: [Granite + L. -ficare (in comp.) to make. See -fy.]

Defn: The act or the process of forming into granite. Humble.

GRANITIFORM Gra*nit"i*form, a. Etym: [Granite + -form.] (Geol.)

Defn: Resembling granite in structure or shape.

GRANITOID Gran"i*toid, a. Etym: [Granite + -oid: cf. F. granitoïde.]

Defn: Resembling granite in granular appearance; as, granitoid gneiss; a granitoid pavement.

GRANIVOROUS Gra*niv"o*rous, a. Etym: [L. granum grain + vorare to devour: cf. F. granivore.]

Defn: Eating grain; feeding or subsisting on seeds; as, granivorous birds. Gay.

GRANNAM Gran"nam, n.

Defn: A grandam. [Colloq.]

GRANNY Gran"ny, n.

Defn: A grandmother; a grandam; familiarly, an old woman. Granny's bend, or Granny's knot (Naut.), a kind of insecure knot or hitch; a reef knot crossed the wrong way.

GRANOLITHIC Gran`o*lith"ic, n. Etym: [L. granum a grain (or E. granite) + -lith + -ic.]

Defn: A kind of hard artificial stone, used for pavements.

GRANT Grant, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Granted; p. pr. & vb. n. Granting.] Etym: [OE. graunten, granten, OF. graanter, craanter, creanter, to promise, yield, LL. creantare to promise, assure, for (assumed LL.) credentare to make believe, fr. L. credens, p. pr. of credere to believe. See Creed, Credit.]

1. To give over; to make conveyance of; to give the possession or title of; to convey; -- usually in answer to petition. Grant me the place of this threshing floor. 1 Chrcn. xxi. 22.

2. To bestow or confer, with or without compensation, particularly in answer to prayer or request; to give. Wherefore did God grant me my request. Milton.

3. To admit as true what is not yet satisfactorily proved; to yield belief to; to allow; to yield; to concede. Grant that the Fates have firmed by their decree. Dryden.

Syn.-- To give; confer; bestow; convey; transfer; admit; allow; concede. See Give.

GRANT Grant, v. i.

Defn: To assent; to consent. [Obs.] Chaucer.

GRANT Grant, n. Etym: [OE. grant, graunt, OF. graant, creant, promise, assurance. See Grant, v. t.]

1. The act of granting; a bestowing or conferring; concession; allowance; permission.

2. The yielding or admission of something in dispute.

3. The thing or property granted; a gift; a boon.

4. (Law)

Defn: A transfer of property by deed or writing; especially, au appropriation or conveyance made by the government; as, a grant of land or of money; also, the deed or writing by which the transfer is made.

Note: Formerly, in English law, the term was specifically applied to transfrrs of incorporeal hereditaments, expectant estates, and letters patent from government and such is its present application in some of the United States. But now, in England the usual mode of transferring realty is by grant; and so, in some of the United States, the term grant is applied to conveyances of every kind of real property. Bouvier. Burrill.

GRANTABLE Grant"a*ble, a.

Defn: Capable of being granted.

GRANTEE Gran*tee", n. (Law)

Defn: The person to whom a grant or conveyance is made. His grace will not survive the poor grantee he despises. Burke.

GRANTER Grant"er, n.

Defn: One who grants.

GRANTOR Grant"or, n. (Law)

Defn: The person by whom a grant or conveyance is made.

GRANULAR Gran"u*lar, a. Etym: [Cf. F. granulaire. See Granule.]

Defn: Consisting of, or resembling, grains; as, a granular substance. Granular limestone, crystalline limestone, or marble, having a granular structure.

GRANULARLY Gran"u*lar*ly, adv.

Defn: In a granular form.

GRANULARY Gran"u*la*ry, a.

Defn: Granular.

GRANULATE Gran"u*late, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Granulated; p. pr. & vb. n. Granulating.] Etym: [See Granule.]

1. To form into grains or small masses; as, to granulate powder, sugar, or metal.

2. To raise in granules or small asperities; to make rough on the surface.

GRANULATE Gran"u*late, v. i.

Defn: To collect or be formed into grains; as, cane juice granulates into sugar.

GRANULATE; GRANULATED Gran"u*late, Gran"u*la`ted, a.

1. Consisting of, or resembling, grains; crystallized in grains; granular; as, granulated sugar.

2. Having numerous small elevations, as shagreen. Granulated steel, a variety of steel made by a particular process beginning with the granulation of pig iron.

GRANULATION Gran`u*la"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. granulation.]

1. The act or process of forming or crystallizing into grains; as, the granulation of powder and sugar.

2. The state of being granulated.

3. (Med.) (a) One of the small, red, grainlike prominences which form on a raw surface (that of wounds or ulcers), and are the efficient agents in the process of healing. (b) The act or process of the formation of such prominences.

GRANULE Gran"ule, n. Etym: [L. granulum, dim. of granum grain: cf. F. granule. See Grain a kernel.]

Defn: A little grain a small particle; a pellet.

GRANULIFEROUS Gran`u*lif"er*ous, a. Etym: [Granule + -ferous.]

Defn: Full of granulations.

GRANULIFORM Gra*nu"li*form, a. Etym: [Granule + -form.] (Min.)

Defn: Having a granular structure; granular; as, granuliform limestone.

GRANULITE Gran"u*lite, n. Etym: [From Granule.] (Geol.)

Defn: A whitish, granular rock, consisting of feldspar and quartz intimately mixed; -- sometimes called whitestone, and leptynite.

GRANULOSE Gran"u*lose`, n. Etym: [From Granule.] (Physiol. Chem.)

Defn: The main constituent of the starch grain or granule, in distinction from the framework of cellulose. Unlike cellulose, it is colored blue by iodine, and is converted into dextrin and sugar by boiling acids and amylolytic ferments.

GRANULOUS Gran"u*lous, a. Etym: [Cf. F. granuleux.]

Defn: Full of grains; abounding with granular substances; granular.

GRAPE Grape, n. Etym: [OF. grape, crape, bunch or cluster of grapes, F. grappe, akin to F. grappin grapnel, hook; fr. OHG. chrapfo hook, G. krapfen, akin to E. cramp. The sense seems to have come from the idea of clutching. Cf. Agraffe, Cramp, Grapnel, Grapple.]

1. (Bot.)

Defn: A well-known edible berry growing in pendent clusters or bunches on the grapevine. The berries are smooth-skinned, have a juicy pulp, and are cultivated in great quantities for table use and for making wine and raisins.

2. (Bot.)

Defn: The plant which bears this fruit; the grapevine.

3. (Man.)

Defn: A mangy tumor on the leg of a horse.

4. (Mil.)

Defn: Grapeshot. Grape borer. (Zoöl.) See Vine borer. -- Grape curculio (Zoöl.), a minute black weevil (Craponius inæqualis) which in the larval state eats the interior of grapes. -- Grape flower, or Grape hyacinth (Bot.), a liliaceous plant (Muscari racemosum) with small blue globular flowers in a dense raceme. -- Grape fungus (Bot.), a fungus (Oidium Tuckeri) on grapevines; vine mildew. -- Grape hopper (Zoöl.), a Small yellow and red hemipterous insect, often very injurious to the leaves of the grapevine. -- Grape moth (Zoöl.), a small moth (Eudemis botrana), which in the larval state eats the interior of grapes, and often binds them together with silk. -- Grape of a cannon, the cascabel or knob at the breech. -- Grape sugar. See Glucose. -- Grape worm (Zoöl.), the larva of the grape moth. -- Soar grapes, things which persons affect to despise because they can not possess them; -- in allusion to

GRAPE FRUIT Grape" fruit`.

Defn: The shaddock.

GRAPELESS Grape"less, a.

Defn: Wanting grapes or the flavor of grapes.

GRAPERY Grap"er*y, n.

Defn: A building or inclosure used for the cultivation of grapes.

GRAPESHOT Grape"shot`, n. (Mil.)

Defn: A cluster, usually nine in number, of small iron balls, put together by means of cast-iron circular plates at top and bottom, with two rings, and a central connecting rod, in order to be used as a charge for a cannon. Formerly grapeshot were inclosed in canvas bags.

GRAPESTONE Grape"stone`, n.

Defn: A seed of the grape.

GRAPEVINE Grape"vine`, n. (Bot.)

Defn: A vine or climbing shrub, of the genus Vitis, having small green flowers and lobed leaves, and bearing the fruit called grapes.

Note: The common grapevine of the Old World is Vitis vinifera, and is a native of Central Asia. Another variety is that yielding small seedless grapes commonly called Zante currants. The northern Fox grape of the United States is the V. Labrusca, from which, by cultivation, has come the Isabella variety. The southern Fox grape, or Muscadine, is the V. vulpina. The Frost grape is V. cordifolia, which has very fragrant flowers, and ripens after the early frosts.

-GRAPH -graph ( Etym: [From Gr. gra`fein to write. See Graphic.]

Defn: A suffix signifying something written, a writing; also, a writer; as autograph, crystograph, telegraph, photograph.

GRAPHIC; GRAPHICAL Graph"ic, Graph"ic*al, a. Etym: [L. graphicus, Gr. graphique. See Graft.]

1. Of or pertaining to the arts of painting and drawing.

2. Of or pertaining to the art of writing.

3. Written or engraved; formed of letters or lines. The finger of God hath left an inscription upon all his works, not graphical, or composed of letters. Sir T. Browne.

4. Well delineated; clearly and vividly described.

5. Having the faculty of, or characterized by, clear and impressive description; vivid; as, a gruphic writer. Graphic algebra, a branch of algebra in which, the properties of equations are treated by the use of curves and straight lines. -- Graphic arts, a name given to those fine arts which pertain to the representation on a fiat surface of natural objects; as distinguished from music, etc., and also from sculpture. -- Graphic formula. (Chem.) See under Formula. -- Graphic granite. See under Granite. -- Graphic method, the method of scientific analysis or investigation, in which the relations or laws involved in tabular numbers are represented to the eye by means of curves or other figures; as the daily changes of weather by means of curves, the abscissas of which represent the hours of the day, and the ordinates the corresponding degrees of temperature. -- Graphical statics (Math.), a branch of statics, in which the magnitude, direction, and position of forces are represented by straight lines -- Graphic tellurium. See Sylvanite.

GRAPHICALLY Graph"ic*al*ly, adv.

Defn: In a graphic manner; vividly.

GRAPHICNESS; GRAPHICALNESS Graph"ic*ness, Graph"ic*al*ness, n.

Defn: The quality or state of being graphic.

GRAPHICS Graph"ics, n.

Defn: The art or the science of drawing; esp. of drawing according to mathematical rules, as in perspective, projection, and the like.

GRAPHISCOPE Graph"i*scope, n.

Defn: See Graphoscope.

GRAPHITE Graph"ite, n. Etym: [Gr. graphite. See Graphic.] (Min.)

Defn: Native carbon in hexagonal crystals, also foliated or granular massive, of black color and metallic luster, and so soft as to leave a trace on paper. It is used for pencils (improperly called lead pencils), for crucibles, and as a lubricator, etc. Often called plumbago or black lead. Graphite battery (Elec.), a voltaic battery consisting of zinc and carbon in sulphuric acid, or other exciting liquid.

GRAPHITIC Gra*phit"ic, a.

Defn: Pertaining to, containing, derived from, or resembling, graphite. Graphitic acid (Chem.), an organic acid, so called because obtained by the oxidation of graphite; -- usually called mellitic acid. -- Graphitic carbon, in iron or steel, that portion of the carbon which is present as graphite. Raymond.

GRAPHITOID; GRAPHITOIDAL Graph"i*toid, Graph"i*toid"al, a.