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23795

g
G, the seventh letter and the fifth articulation of the English Alphabet, is derived to us, through ...

23796

ga
GA, in Gothic, is a prefix, answering to ge in Saxon and other Teutonic languages. It sometimes ...

23797

gab
GAB, n. The mouth; as in the phrase, the gift of the gab, that is, loquaciousness. But the word ...

23798

gabardine
GAB'ARDINE, n. A coarse frock or loose upper garment; a mean dress.

23799

gabble
GAB'BLE, v.i. [Eng. to gibe.]1. To prate; to talk fast, or to talk without meaning. Such a rout, ...

23800

gabbler
GAB'BLER, n. A prater; a noisy talker; one that utters inarticulate sounds.

23801

gabbling
GAB'BLING, ppr. Prating; chattering; uttering unmeaning or inarticulate sounds.

23802

gabbro
GAB'BRO, n. In mineralogy, the name given by the Italians to the aggregate of diallage and ...

23803

gabel
GA'BEL, n. A tax, import or duty; usually an excise.

23804

gabeler
GA'BELER, n. A collector of the gabel or of taxes.

23805

gabion
GA'BION, n. In fortification, a large basket of wickerwork, of a cylindrical form; filled with ...

23806

gable
GA'BLE, n. The triangular end of a house or other building, from the cornice or eaves to the top. ...

23807

gabrielites
GA'BRIELITES, n. In ecclesiastical history, a sect of anabaptists in Pomerania, so called from one ...

23808

gabronite
GA'BRONITE, n. A mineral, supposed to be a variety of fettstein. It occurs in masses,whose ...

23809

gad
GAD, n.1. A wedge or ingot of steel.2. A style or graver.3. A punch of iron with a wooden ...

23810

gadder
GAD'DER, n. A rambler; one that roves about idly.

23811

gadding
GAD'DING, ppr. Rambling; roving; walking about.

23812

gadfly
GAD'FLY, n. An insect of the genus Oestrus, which stings cattle, and deposits its eggs in their ...

23813

gadolinite
GADO'LINITE, n. A mineral, so called from Professor Gadolin, usually in amorphous masses of a ...

23814

gadwall
GAD'WALL, n. A fowl of the genus Anas, inhabiting the north of Europe.

23815

gaelic
GA'ELIC

23816

gaff
GAFF, n. 1. A harpoon.2. A sort of boom or pole, used in small ships, to extend the upper edge ...

23817

gaffer
GAF'FER, n. [Heb. gebar, a man, vir.] A word or respect, which seems to have degenerated into a ...

23818

gaffle
GAF'FLE, n.1. An artificial spur put on cocks when the are set to fight.2. A steel lever to bend ...

23819

gag
GAG, v.t. 1. To stop the mouth by thrusting something into the throat, so as to hinder ...

23820

gage
GAGE, n. 1. A box or inclosure, made of boards, or with lattice work of wood, wicker or wire, for ...

23821

gaged
GA'GED, pp. Pledged; measured.

23822

gager
GA'GER, n. One who gages or measures the contents.

23823

gagger
GAG'GER, n. One that gags.

23824

gaggle
GAG'GLE, v.i. To make a noise like a goose.

23825

gaggling
GAG'GLING, n. The noise of geese.

23826

gaging
GA'GING, ppr. Pledging; measuring the contents.

23827

gahnite
G'AHNITE, n. [from Gahn, the discoverer.] A mineral, called also automalite and octahedral ...

23828

gaily
GA'ILY, adv. [from gay, and better written gayly.]1. Splendidly; with finery or showiness.2. ...

23829

gain
GAIN, v.t. [Heb. to gain, to possess.]1. To obtain by industry or the employment of capital; to ...

23830

gainable
GA'INABLE, a. That may be obtained or reached.

23831

gainage
GA'INAGE,n. In old laws,the same as wainage, that is, guainage; the horses,oxen and furniture of ...

23832

gained
GA'INED, pp. Obtained as profit or advantage; won; drawn over to a party; reached.

23833

gainer
GA'INER, n. One that gains or obtains profit, interest or advantage.

23834

gainful
GA'INFUL, a. Producing profit or advantage; profitable; advantageous; advancing interest or ...

23835

gainfully
GA'INFULLY, adv. With increase of wealth; profitably; advantageously.

23836

gainfulness
GA'INFULNESS, n. Profit; advantage.

23837

gaingiving
GA'INGIVING, n. [from the root of again, against, and give. See Gainsay.] A misgiving; a giving ...

23838

gainless
GA'INLESS, a. Not producing gain; unprofitable; not bringing advantage.

23839

gainlessness
GA'INLESSNESS, n. Unprofitableness; want of advantage.

23840

gainly
GA'INLY, adv. Handily; readily; dextrously.

23841

gainsay
GAINSA'Y, v.t. [Eng. against.] To contradict; to oppose in words; to deny or declare not to be ...

23842

gainsayer
GAINSA'YER, n. One who contradicts or denies what is alleged; an opposer. Tit.1.

23843

gainsaying
GAINSA'YING, ppr. Contradicting; denying; opposing.

23844

gainst
'GAINST. [See Against.]

23845

gainstand
GA'INSTAND, v.t. To withstand; to oppose; to resist.

23846

gainstrive
GA'INSTRIVE, v.i. To make resistance.GA'INSTRIVE, v.t. To withstand.

23847

gairish
GA'IRISH, a. [Gr. proud, boasting.]1. Gaudy; showy; fine; affectedly fine; tawdry. Monstrous hats ...

23848

gairishness
GA'IRISHNESS, n. Gaudiness; finery; affected or ostentatious show.1. Flighty or extravagant joy, ...

23849

gait
GAIT, n. [This word is probably connected with go or gad.]1. A going; a walk; a march; a way.2. ...

23850

gaiter
GA'ITER, n. A covering of cloth for the leg.

23851

gala
GA'LA, n. A gala day is a day of pomp, show or festivity, when persons appear in their best ...

23852

galactite
GALAC'TITE, n. [Gr. milk.] A fossil substance resembling the morochthus or French chalk in many ...

23853

galage
GALA'GE, n. A wooden shoe.

23854

galanga
GALAN'GA, n. A plant, species of the Maranta or Indian Arrow-Root, so called because the root is ...

23855

galangal
GALAN'GAL, n. Zedoary, a species of Kaempferia. It has tuberous,thick, oblong,fleshy roots, ...

23856

galatians
GALA'TIANS, n. Inhabitants of Galatia, in the Lesser Asia, said to be descendants of the Gauls. ...

23857

galaxy
GAL'AXY, n. [Gr. milk; fair.]1. The milky way; that long, white, luminous track which seems to ...

23858

galban
GAL'BAN

23859

galbanum
GAL'BANUM, n. [Heb.varied in orthography, from to milk.]The concrete gummy resinous juice of an ...

23860

gale
GALE, n. A current of air; a strong wind. The sense of this word is very indefinite. The poets ...

23861

galea
GA'LEA, n. [L. galea, a helmet.] A genus of sea hedge-hogs.

23862

galeas
GAL'EAS, n. A Venetian ship, large, but low built, and moved both by oars and sails.

23863

galeated
GA'LEATED, a. [L. galeatus, from galea, a helmet.]1. Covered as with a helmet.2. In botany, ...

23864

galeeto
GALEE'TO, n. A fish of the genus Blennius, of a greenish color, sometimes variegated with blue ...

23865

galena
GALE'NA, n. [Gr. tranquillity, so named from its supposed effects in mitigating the violence of ...

23866

galenic
GALEN'IC

23867

galenical
GALEN'ICAL, a. Pertaining to or containing galena.1. [from Galen, the physician.] Relating to ...

23868

galenism
GA'LENISM

23869

galenist
GA'LENIST, n. A follower of Galen in the preparation of medicine and modes of treating diseases; ...

23870

galerite
GA'LERITE, n. [L. galerus, a hat or cap.] A genus of fossil shells.

23871

galic
GA'LIC, a. [from Gael, Gaul, Gallia.] An epithet denoting what belongs to the Gaels, tribes of ...

23872

galilean
GALILE'AN, n. A native or inhabitant of Galilee, in Judea. Also, one of a sect among the Jews, who ...

23873

galimatia
GALIMA'TIA, n. Nonsense.

23874

galiot
GAL'IOT, n. [L. galea.]1. A small galley, or sort of brigantine, built for chase. It is moved ...

23875

galipot
GAL'IPOT, n. A white resin or resinous juice which flows by incision from the pine tree, ...

23876

gall
GALL, n. [Gr. probably from its color.]1. In the animal economy, the bile, a bitter, a yellowish ...

23877

gallant
GAL'LANT, a. [Eng. could; L. gallus, a cock.]1. Gay; well dressed; showy; splendid; magnificent. ...

23878

gallantly
GAL'LANTLY, adv. Gaily; splendidly.1. Bravely; nobly; heroically; generously; as, to fight ...

23879

gallantness
GAL'LANTNESS, n. Elegance or completeness of an acquired qualification.

23880

gallantry
GAL'LANTRY, n.1. Splendor of appearance; show; magnificence; ostentatious finery. [Obsolete or ...

23881

gallate
GAL'LATE, n. [from gall.] A neutral salt formed by the gallic acid combined with a base.

23882

gallbladder
GALLBLADDER, n. A small membranous sack, shaped like a pear, which receives the bile from the ...

23883

galleass
GAL'LEASS. [See Galeas.]

23884

galled
GALL'ED, pp. [See Gall, the verb.] Having the skin or surface worn or torn by wearing or rubbing; ...

23885

galleon
GAL'LEON, n. A large ship formerly used by the Spaniards, in their commerce with South America, ...

23886

galleot
GALLEOT, [See Galiot.]

23887

gallery
GAL'LERY,n. 1. In architecture, a covered part of a building, commonly in the wings, used as an ...

23888

galletyle
GAL'LETYLE, n. Gallipot.

23889

galley
GAL'LEY, n. plu. galleys. [L. galea. The Latin word signifies a helmet,the top of a mast, and a ...

23890

galley-slave
GAL'LEY-SLAVE, n. A person condemned for a crime to work at the oar on board of a galley.

23891

galleyfoist
GAL'LEYFOIST, n. A barge of state.

23892

gallfly
GALL'FLY, n. The insect that punctures plants and occasions galls; the cynips.

23893

galliard
GAL'LIARD, a. Gay; brisk; active.GAL'LIARD, n. A brisk, gay man; also, a lively dance.

23894

galliardise
GAL'LIARDISE, n. Merriment; excessive gayety.

23895

galliardness
GAL'LIARDNESS, n. Gayety.

23896

gallic
GAL'LIC, a. [From Gallia, Gaul.] Now pertaining to Gaul or France.GAL'LIC, a. [from gall.] ...

23897

gallican
GAL'LICAN, a. [L. gallicus, from Gallia, Gaul.] Pertaining to Gaul or France; as the Gallican ...

23898

gallicism
GAL'LICISM, n. A mode of speech peculiar to the French nation; an idiomatic manner of using words ...

23899

galligaskins
GALLIGAS'KINS, n. Large open hose; used only in ludicrous language.

23900

gallimaufry
GAL'LIMAUFRY, n. A hash; a medley; a hodge-podge. [Little used.]1. Any inconsistent or ...

23901

gallinaceous
GALLINA'CEOUS, a. [L. gallinaceus, from gallina, a hen, gallus, a cock, whose name is from ...

23902

galling
GALL'ING, ppr. [See Gall, the verb.]1. Fretting the skin; excoriating.2. Adapted to fret or ...

23903

gallinule
GAL'LINULE, n. [L. gallinula, dim. of gallina, a hen.]A tribe of fowls of the grallic order, ...

23904

galliot
GALLIOT

23905

gallipot
GAL'LIPOT, n. A small pot or vessel painted and glazed, used by druggists and apothecaries for ...

23906

gallitzinite
GALLIT'ZINITE, n. Rutile, an ore of titanium.

23907

gallivat
GAL'LIVAT, n. A small vessel used on the Malabar coast.

23908

gallless
GALL'LESS, a. [from gall.] Free from gall or bitterness.

23909

gallon
GAL'LON, n. [Law L. galona.] A measure of capacity for dry or liquid things, but usually for ...

23910

galloon
GALLOON', n. A kind of close lace made of gold or silver, or of silk only.

23911

gallop
GAL'LOP, v.i. 1. To move or run with leaps, as a horse to run or move with speed. But gallop ...

23912

galloper
GAL'LOPER, n. A horse that gallops; also, a man that gallops or makes haste.1. In artillery, a ...

23913

gallopin
GAL'LOPIN, n. A servant for the kitchen.

23914

gallow
GAL'LOW, v.t. To fright or terrify.

23915

galloway
GAL'LOWAY, n. A horse or species of horses of a small size, bred in Galloway in Scotland.

23916

gallowglass
GAL'LOWGLASS, n. An ancient Irish foot soldier.

23917

gallows
GAL'LOWS, n. singular. [Gallows is in the singular number and should be preceded by a, a gallows. ...

23918

gallowsfree
GAL'LOWSFREE, a. Free from danger of the gallows.

23919

gallowtree
GAL'LOWTREE, n. The tree of execution.

23920

gallsickness
GALLSICKNESS, n. A remitting bilious fever in the Netherlands.

23921

gallstone
GALLSTONE, n. A concretion formed in the gallbladder.

23922

gally
GALL'Y, a. Like gall; bitter as gall.

23923

gally-worm
GAL'LY-WORM, n. An insect of the centiped kind, of several species.

23924

galoche
GALO'CHE, n. A patten, clog or wooden shoe, or a shoe to be worn over another shoe to keep the ...

23925

galsome
GALSOME, a. gaul'som. [from gall.] Angry; malignant.

23926

galvanic
GALVAN'IC, a. Pertaining to galvanism; containing or exhibiting it.

23927

galvanism
GAL'VANISM, n. [from Galvani of Bologna, the discover.]Electrical phenomena in which the ...

23928

galvanist
GAL'VANIST, n. One who believes in galvanism; one versed in galvanism.

23929

galvanize
GAL'VANIZE, v.t. To affect with galvanism.

23930

galvanologist
GALVANOL'OGIST,n. One who describes the phenomena of galvanism.

23931

galvanology
GALVANOL'OGY, n. [galvanism, and Gr. discourse.]A treatise on galvanism, or a description of its ...

23932

galvanometer
GALVANOM'ETER, n. [galvanism, and Gr. measure.]An instrument or apparatus for measuring minute ...

23933

gamashes
GAMASH'ES, n. Short spatterdashes worn by plowmen.

23934

gambadoes
GAMBA'DOES, n. Spatterdashes.

23935

gambet
GAM'BET, n. A bird of the size of the greenshank, found in the Arctic sea, and in Scandinavia and ...

23936

gamble
GAM'BLE, v.i. [from game.] To play or game for money or other stake.GAM'BLE, v.t. To gamble ...

23937

gambler
GAM'BLER, n. One who games or plays for money or other stake. Gamblers often or usually become ...

23938

gambling
GAM'BLING, ppr. Gaming for money.

23939

gamboge
GAMBO'GE, n. A concrete vegetable juice or gum-resin. It is brought in orbicular masses or ...

23940

gambol
GAM'BOL, v.i.1. To dance and skip about in sport; to frisk; to leap; to play in frolic,like boys ...

23941

gamboling
GAM'BOLING, ppr. Leaping; frisking; playing pranks.

23942

gambrel
GAM'BREL, n. The hind leg of a horse. Hence, in America, a crooked stick used by butchers. A ...

23943

game
GAME, n. 1. Sport of any kind.2. Jest; opposed to earnest; as, betwixt earnest and game. [Not ...

23944

game-egg
GA'ME-EGG, n. An egg from which a fighting cock is bred.

23945

gamecock
GA'MECOCK, n. A cock bred or used to fight; a cock kept for barbarous sport.

23946

gamekeeper
GA'MEKEEPER, n. One who has the care of game; one who is authorized to preserve beasts of the ...

23947

gamesome
GA'MESOME, a. Gay; sportive; playful; frolicsome. This gamesome humor of children.

23948

gamesomely
GA'MESOMELY, adv. Merrily; playfully.

23949

gamesomeness
GA'MESOMENESS, n. Sportiveness; merriment.

23950

gamester
GA'MESTER, n.1. A person addicted to gaming; one who is accustomed to play for money or other ...

23951

gaming
GA'MING, ppr. Playing; sporting; playing for money.GA'MING, n. The act or art of playing any game ...

23952

gaming-house
GA'MING-HOUSE, n. A house where gaming is practiced.

23953

gaming-table
GA'MING-TABLE, n. A table appropriated to gaming.

23954

gammer
GAM'MER, n. The compellation of an old woman, answering to gaffer, applied to an old man.

23955

gammon
GAM'MON, n.1. The buttock or thigh of a hog, pickled and smoked or dried; a smoked ham.2. A game, ...

23956

gammut
GAM'MUT, n. [from the Greek letter so named.]1. A scale on which notes in music are written or ...

23957

gan
GAN, a contraction of began, or rather the original simple word, Sax. gynnan, to begin.

23958

ganch
GANCH, v.t. To drop from a high place on hooks, as the Turks do malefactors, by way of punishment.

23959

gander
GAN'DER, n. [L. anser.] The male of fowls of the goose kind.

23960

gang
GANG, v.i. To go; to walk. [Local, or used only in ludicrous language.]GANG, n. [G., a metallic ...

23961

gangboard
GANG'BOARD, n. A board or plank with cleats for steps, used for walking into or out of a boat.

23962

gangdays
GANG'DAYS, n. Days or perambulation.

23963

ganghon
GANG'HON, n. A flower.

23964

ganglion
GANG'LION, n. In anatomy, a small circumscribed tumor, found in certain parts of the nervous ...

23965

gangrenate
GAN'GRENATE, v.t. To produce a gangrene.

23966

gangrene
GAN'GRENE, n. [L. gangroena.] A mortification of living flesh, or of some part of a living animal ...

23967

gangrenescent
GANGRENES'CENT, a. Tending to mortification; beginning to corrupt or putrefy, as living flesh.

23968

gangrenous
GAN'GRENOUS, a. Mortified; indicating mortification of living flesh.

23969

gangue
GANGUE, n. gang. [See Gang.] In mining, the earthy, stony, saline, or combustible substance, ...

23970

gangway
GANG'WAY, n. A passage, way or avenue into or out of any inclosed place, especially a passage into ...

23971

gangweek
GANG'WEEK, n. Rogation week, when processions are made to lustrate or survey the bounds of ...

23972

ganil
GAN'IL, n. A kind of brittle limestone.

23973

gannet
GAN'NET, n. The Solan Goose, a fowl of the genus Pelicanus, about seven pounds in weight, with a ...

23974

gant
GANT, a. gant. Vacant; hollow; empty, as an animal after long fasting; hence, lean; meager; thin; ...

23975

gantlet
GANT'LET

23976

gantlope
GANT'LOPE, n. A military punishment inflicted on criminals for some heinous offense. It is ...

23977

ganza
GAN'ZA, n. A kind of wold goose, by a flock of which a virtuoso was fabled to be carried to the ...

23978

gaol
GAOL, n. A prison; a place for the confinement of debtors and criminals.GAOL, v.t. To imprison; to ...

23979

gaoldelivery
GAOLDELIV'ERY, n. A judicial process for clearing jails of criminals, by trial and condemnation or ...

23980

gaoler
GAOLER, n. The keeper of a gaol or prisoner; a jailor.

23981

gap
GAP, n. [See Gape and Gab.]1. An opening in any thing made by breaking or parting; as a gap in a ...

23982

gape
G`APE, v.i. 1. To open the mouth wide, from sleepiness, drowsiness or dullness; to yawn.2. To ...

23983

gaper
G`APER, n. One who gapes; a yawner.1. One who opens his mouth for wonder and stares foolishly.2. ...

23984

gaping
G`APING, ppr. Opening the mouth wide from sleepiness, dullness, wonder or admiration; yawning; ...

23985

gaptoothed
GAP'TOOTHED, a. Having interstices between the teeth.

23986

gar
G`AR, in Saxon, a dart, a weapon; as in Edgar, or Eadgar, a happy weapon; Ethelgar, noble weapon.

23987

garagay
GAR'AGAY, n. A rapacious fowl of Mexico, of the size of the kite.

23988

garb
G`ARB, n. 1. Dress; clothes; habit; as the garb of a clergyman or judge.2. Fashion or mode of ...

23989

garbage
G`ARBAGE, n. [I know not the component parts of this word.] The bowels of an animal; refuse parts ...

23990

garbaged
G`ARBAGED, a. Stripped of the bowels.

23991

garbel
G`ARBEL, n. The plank next the keel of a ship. [See Garboard-streak.]

23992

garble
G`ARBLE, v.t. [L. cribro, cribello.]1. Properly, to sift or bolt; to separate the fine or ...

23993

garbled
G`ARBLED, pp. Sifted; bolted; separated; culled out.

23994

garbler
G`ARBLER, n. One who garbles, sifts or separates. A garbler of spices, is an officer of great ...

23995

garbles
G`ARBLES, n. plu. The dust, soil or filth, severed from good spices, drugs, &c.

23996

garbling
G`ARBLING, ppr. Sifting; separating; sorting; culling.

23997

garboard
G`ARBOARD, n. The garboard plank, in a ship, is the first plank fastened on the keel on the ...

23998

garboil
G`ARBOIL, n. Tumult; uproar. [Not used.]

23999

gard
GARD. [See Guard and Ward.]

24000

garden
G`ARDEN, n. [Eng. yard, an inclosed place; L. hortus.]1. A piece of ground appropriated to the ...

24001

garden-plot
G`ARDEN-PLOT, n. The plot or plantation of a garden.

24002

garden-stuff
G`ARDEN-STUFF, n. Plants growing in a garden; vegetables for the table. [A word in popular use.]

24003

garden-ware
G`ARDEN-WARE, n. The produce of gardens. [Not in use.]

24004

gardener
G`ARDENER, n. One whose occupation is to make, tend and dress a garden.

24005

gardening
G`ARDENING, ppr. Cultivating or tilling a garden.G`ARDENING, n. The act of laying out and ...

24006

gardon
G`ARDON, n. A fish of the roach kind.

24007

gare
GARE, n. Coarse wool growing on the legs of sheep.

24008

gargarism
G`ARGARISM, n. [L. gargarismus; Gr. to wash the mouth; allied probably to gorge, the throat.]A ...

24009

gargarize
G`ARGARIZE, v.t. [L. gargarizo.] To wash or rinse the mouth with any medicated liquor.

24010

garget
G`ARGET, n. [See Gorge.] A distemper in cattle, consisting in a swelling of the throat and the ...

24011

gargil
G`ARGIL, n. A distemper in geese, which stops the head and often proves fatal.

24012

gargle
G`ARGLE, v.t. [Eng. to gurgle.]1. To wash the throat and mouth with a liquid preparation, which ...

24013

garglion
G`ARGLION, n. An exsudation of nervous juice from a bruise, which indurates into a tumor.

24014

gargol
G`ARGOL, n. A distemper in swine.

24015

garish
GARISH. [See Gairish.]

24016

garland
G`ARLAND, n. [L. gyrus. It seems to denote something round or twisted, for in Spanish it is used ...

24017

garlic
G`ARLIC, n. A plant of the genus Allium, having a bulbous root, a very strong smell, and an acrid, ...

24018

garliceater
G`ARLICEATER, n. A low fellow.

24019

garlicpear-tree
G`ARLICPEAR-TREE, n. A tree in Jamaica, the Crateva, bearing a fruit which has a strong scent of ...

24020

garment
G`ARMENT, n. Any article of clothing, as a coat, a gown, &c. Garments, in the plural, denotes ...

24021

garner
G`ARNER, n. A granary; a building or place where grain is stored for preservation.G`ARNER, v.t. ...

24022

garnet
G`ARNET, n. [L. granatus, from granum, or granatum, the pomegranate.]1. A mineral usually ...

24023

garnish
G`ARNISH, v.t. 1. To adorn; to decorate with appendages; to set off. All within with flowers was ...

24024

garnished
G`ARNISHED, pp. Adorned; decorated; embellished.1. Furnished.2. Warned; notified.

24025

garnishee
GARNISHEE', n. In law, one in whose hands the property of an absconding or absent debtor is ...

24026

garnishing
G`ARNISHING, ppr. Adorning; decorating; warning.

24027

garnishment
G`ARNISHMENT, n. Ornament; embellishment.1. Warning; legal notice to the agent or attorney of an ...

24028

garniture
G`ARNITURE, n. Ornamental appendages; embellishment; furniture; dress.

24029

garous
GA'ROUS, a. [L. garum, pickle.] Resembling pickle made of fish.

24030

garran
GAR'RAN

24031

garret
GAR'RET, n. 1. That part of a house which is on the upper floor, immediately under the roof.2. ...

24032

garreted
GAR'RETED, a. Protected by turrets.

24033

garreteer
GARRETEE'R, n. An inhabitant of a garret; a poor author.

24034

garrison
GAR'RISON, n. [English, garnish; warren, and from this root we have warrant and guaranty, as well ...

24035

garron
GAR'RON, n. A small horse; a highland horse; a hack; a jade; a galloway. [Not used in America.]

24036

garrulity
GARRU'LITY, n. [L. garrulitas, from garrio, to prate.]Talkativeness; loquacity; the practice or ...

24037

garrulous
GAR'RULOUS, a. Talkative; prating; as garrulous old age.

24038

garter
G`ARTER, n.1. A string or band used to tie a stocking to the leg.2. The badge of an order of ...

24039

garterfish
G`ARTERFISH, n. A fish having a long depressed body, like the blade of a sword; the Lepidopus.

24040

garth
GARTH, n.1. A dam or wear for catching fish.2. A close; a little backside; a yard; a croft; a ...

24041

gas
GAS, n.In chimistry, a permanently elastic aeriform fluid, or a substance reduced to the state of ...

24042

gascon
GAS'CON, n. A native of Gascony in France.

24043

gasconade
GAS'CONADE, n. A boast or boasting; a vaunt; a bravado; a bragging.

24044

gaseous
GAS'EOUS, a. In the form of gas or an aeriform fluid.

24045

gash
GASH, n. [I know not through what channel we have received this word. It may be allied to ...

24046

gashed
GASH'ED, pp. Cut with a long, deep incision.

24047

gashful
GASH'FUL, a. Full of gashes; hideous.

24048

gashing
GASH'ING, ppr. Cutting long, deep incision.

24049

gasification
GASIFICA'TION, n. [See Gasify.] The act or process of converting into gas.

24050

gasified
GAS'IFIED, pp. Converted into an aeriform fluid.

24051

gasify
GAS'IFY, v.t. [gas and L. facio, to make.] To convert into gas or an aeriform fluid by ...

24052

gasifying
GAS'IFYING, ppr. Converting into gas.

24053

gasket
GAS'KET, n. A plaited cord fastened to the sail-yard of a ship,and used to furl or tie the sail to ...

24054

gaskins
GAS'KINS, n. plu. Galligaskins; wide open hose. [See Galligaskins.]

24055

gaslight
GAS'LIGHT, n. Light produced by the combustion of carbureted hydrogen gas. Gaslights are now ...

24056

gasometer
GASOM'ETER, n. [gas] In chimistry, an instrument or apparatus, intended to measure, collect, ...

24057

gasometry
GASOM'ETRY, n. The science, art or practice of measuring gases. It teaches also the nature and ...

24058

gasp
G`ASP, v.i.1. To open the mouth wide in catching the breath or in laborious respiration; ...

24059

gasping
G`ASPING, ppr. Opening the mouth to catch the breath.

24060

gast
G`AST

24061

gaster
G`ASTER, v.t. To make aghast; to frighten. [Not used.]

24062

gastness
G`ASTNESS, n. Amazement; fright. [Not used.]

24063

gastric
GAS'TRIC, a. [from Gr. the belly or stomach.]Belonging to the belly, or rather to the stomach. ...

24064

gastriloquist
GASTRIL'OQUIST, n. [Gr. belly, and L. loquor, to speak.]Literally, one who speaks from his belly ...

24065

gastrocele
GAS'TROCELE, [Gr. the stomach, and a tumor.] A rupture of the stomach.

24066

gastromancy
GAS'TROMANCY, n. [Gr. belly, and divination.]A kind of divination among the ancients by means of ...

24067

gastroraphy
GASTROR'APHY, n. [Gr. belly, and a sewing or suture.]The operation of sewing of wounds of the ...

24068

gastrotomy
GASTROT'OMY, n. [Gr. belly, and to cut.]The operation of cutting into or opening the abdomen.

24069

gat
GAT, pret. of get.

24070

gat-toothed
GAT-TOOTHED, a. Goat-toothed; having a lickerish tooth.

24071

gate
GATE, n.1. A large door which gives entrance into a walled city, a castle, a temple, palace or ...

24072

gated
GA'TED, a. Having gates.

24073

gatevein
GA'TEVEIN, n. The vena portae, a large vein which conveys the blood from the abdominal viscera into ...

24074

gateway
GA'TEWAY, n. A way through the gate of some inclosure.1. A building to be passed at the entrance ...

24075

gather
GATH'ER, v.t. 1. To bring together; to collect a number of separate things into one place or into ...

24076

gatherable
GATH'ERABLE, a. That may be collected; that may be deduced. [Unusual.]

24077

gathered
GATH'ERED, pp. Collected; assembled; contracted; plaited; drawn by inference.

24078

gatherer
GATH'ERER, n. One who gathers or collects; one who gets in a crop.

24079

gathering
GATH'ERING, ppr. Collecting; assembling; drawing together; plaiting; wrinkling.GATH'ERING, n. The ...

24080

gathers
GATH'ERS, n. Plaits; folds; puckers; wrinkles in cloth.

24081

gattertree
GAT'TERTREE, n. A species of Cornus or Cornelian cherry.

24082

gaud
GAUD, v.i. [L. gaudeo, to rejoice.] To exult; to rejoice.GAUD, n. [L. gaudium.] An ornament; ...

24083

gauded
GAUD'ED, a. Adorned with trinkets; colored.

24084

gaudery
GAUD'ERY, n. Finery; fine things; ornaments.

24085

gaudily
GAUD'ILY, adv. Showily; with ostentation of fine dress.

24086

gaudiness
GAUD'INESS, n. Showiness; tinsel appearance; ostentatious finery.

24087

gaudy
GAUD'Y, a. Showy; splendid; gay. A goldfinch there I saw, with gaudy pride Of painted plumes--1. ...

24088

gauge
GAUGE, v.t. gage.1. To measure or to ascertain the contents of a cask or vessel, as a pipe, ...

24089

gauged
GA'UGED, pp. Measured.

24090

gauger
GA'UGER, n. One who gauges; an officer whose business is to ascertain the contents of casks.

24091

gauging
GA'UGING, ppr. Measuring a cask; ascertaining dimensions or proportions of quantity.GA'UGING, n. ...

24092

gauging-rod
GA'UGING-ROD, n. An instrument to be used in measuring the contents of casks or vessels.

24093

gaul
GAUL, n. [L. Gallia.] A name of ancient France; also, an inhabitant of Gaul.

24094

gaulish
GAUL'ISH, a. Pertaining to ancient France or Gaul.

24095

gaunt
GAUNT

24096

gauntlet
GAUNT'LET, n. A large iron glove with fingers covered with small plates, formerly worn by ...

24097

gauntly
GAUNT'LY, adv. gant'ly. Leanly; meagerly.

24098

gauze
GAUZE, n. [L. gausape, or gossipium.]A very thin, slight, transparent stuff, of silk or linen.

24099

gauzeloom
GAUZELOOM, n. A loom in which gauze is wove.

24100

gauzy
GAUZ'Y, a. Like gauze; thin as gauze.

24101

gave
GAVE, pret. of give.

24102

gavel
GAV'EL, n. In law, tribute; toll; custom. [See Gable.]GAV'EL, n.1. A small parcel of wheat, rye ...

24103

gavelet
GAV'ELET, n. An ancient and special cessavit in Kent, in England, where the custom of gavelkind ...

24104

gavelkind
GAV'ELKIND, n. A tenure in England, by which land descended from the father to all his sons in ...

24105

gavelock
GAV'ELOCK, n. An iron crow.

24106

gavilan
GAV'ILAN, n. A species of hawk in the Philippine isles; the back and wings yellow; the belly ...

24107

gavot
GAV'OT, n. A kind of dance,the air of which has two brisk and lively strains in common time, each ...

24108

gawby
GAW'BY, n. A dunce. [Not in use.]

24109

gawk
GAWK, n. 1. A cuckoo.2. A fool; a simpleton. [In both senses, it is retained in Scotland.]

24110

gawky
GAWK'Y, a. Foolish; awkward; clumsy; clownish. [In this sense it is retained in vulgar use in ...

24111

gay
GAY, a. 1. Merry; airy; jovial; sportive; frolicksome. It denotes more life and animation than ...

24112

gayety
GA'YETY, n.1. Merriment; mirth; airiness; as a company full of gayety.2. Act of juvenile pleasure; ...

24113

gayly
GA'YLY, adv. Merrily; with mirth and frolick.1. Finely; splendidly; pompously; as ladies gayly ...

24114

gayness
GA'YNESS, n. Gayety; finery.

24115

gaysome
GA'YSOME, a. Full of gayety. [Little used.]

24116

gaze
GAZE, v.i. [Gr. to be astonished, and Heb. to see or look, that is, to fix the eye or to reach ...

24117

gazeful
GA'ZEFUL, a. Looking with a gaze; looking intently.

24118

gazehound
GA'ZEHOUND, n. A hound that pursues by the sight rather than by the scent.

24119

gazel
GAZ'EL, n. An animal of Africa and India, of the genus Antilope. It partakes of the nature of the ...

24120

gazement
GA'ZEMENT, n. View. [Not in use.]

24121

gazer
GA'ZER, n. One who gazes; one who looks steadily and intently, from delight, admiration or study.

24122

gazette
GAZETTE, n. gazet'. A newspaper; a sheet or half sheet of paper containing an account of ...

24123

gazetted
GAZETT'ED, pp. Published in a gazette.

24124

gazetteer
GAZETTEE'R, n. A writer of news, or an officer appointed to publish news by authority.1. The ...

24125

gazing
GA'ZING, ppr. [See Gaze] Looking with fixed attention.

24126

gazingstock
GA'ZINGSTOCK, n. A person gazed at with scorn or abhorrence; an object of curiosity or contempt.

24127

gazon
GAZON, n. In fortification, pieces of turf used to line parapets and the traverses of galleries.

24128

gead
YEAD, GEAD, v.i. To go.

24129

geal
GEAL, v.i. [L. gelo.] To congeal.

24130

gear
GEAR, n.1. Apparatus; whatever is prepared; hence, habit; dress; ornaments. Array thyself in her ...

24131

geared
GE'ARED, pp. Dressed; harnessed.

24132

gearing
GE'ARING, ppr. Dressing; harnessing.

24133

geason
GE'ASON, n. s as z. Rare; uncommon; wonderful.

24134

geat
GEAT, n. The hole through which metal runs into a mold in castings.

24135

geck
GECK, n. A dupe.GECK, v.t. To cheat, trick or gull.

24136

gee
GEE

24137

geese
GEESE, n. plu. of goose.

24138

geest
GEEST, n. Alluvial matter on the surface of land,not of recent origin.

24139

gehenna
GEHEN'NA,n. [Heb. ge-hinom, the valley of Hinom, in which was Tophet, where the Israelites ...

24140

gehlenite
GEHLENITE, n. [from Gehlen, the chimist.]A mineral recently discovered, in the description of ...

24141

gelable
GEL'ABLE, a. [from L. gelu, frost, or gelo, to congeal.]That may or can be congealed; capable of ...

24142

gelatin
GEL'ATIN, n. [L. gelo,to congeal, to freeze.]A concrete animal substance, transparent, and soluble ...

24143

gelatinate
GELAT'INATE, v.i. To be converted into gelatin or into a substance like jelly. Lapis lazuli, if ...

24144

gelatination
GELATINA'TION, n. The act or process of converting or being turned into gelatin, or into a ...

24145

gelatinize
GEL'ATINIZE, v.i. The same as gelatinate.

24146

gelatinous
GELAT'INOUS, a. Of the nature and consistence of gelatin; resembling jelly; viscous; moderately ...

24147

geld
GELD, n. Money; tribute; compensation. This word is obsolete in English,but it occurs in old laws ...

24148

gelded
GELD'ED

24149

gelder
GELD'ER, n. One who castrates.

24150

gelder-rose
GELD'ER-ROSE. A plant, a species of Viburnum; also, a species of Spiraea.

24151

gelding
GELD'ING, ppr. Castrating.GELD'ING, n. A castrated animal,but chiefly a horse.

24152

gelid
GEL'ID, a. [L. gelidus, from gelo, to freeze.] Cold; very cold.

24153

gelidness
GEL'IDNESS, n. Coldness.

24154

gelly
GEL'LY, n. [L. gelo, gelatus. It is now more generally written jelly.]1. The inspissated juice ...

24155

gelt
GELT, pp. Castrated; emasculated.

24156

gem
GEM, n. [L. gemma.]1. A bud. In botany, the bud or compendium of a plant, covered with scales to ...

24157

gemara
GEMAR'A, n. The second part of the Talmud or commentary on the Jewish laws.

24158

gemaric
GEMAR'IC, a. Pertaining to the Gemara.

24159

gemel
GEM'EL, n. [L. gemellus.] A pair; a term inheraldry.

24160

gemelliparous
GEMELLIP'AROUS, a. [L. gemellus and pario.] Producing twins.

24161

geminate
GEM'INATE, v.t. [L. gemino.] To double. [Little used.]

24162

gemination
GEMINA'TION, n. A doubling; duplication; repetition.

24163

gemini
GEM'INI, n. plu. [L.] Twins. In astronomy, a constellation or sign of the zodiac, representing ...

24164

geminous
GEM'INOUS, a. [L. geminus.] Double; in pairs.

24165

geminy
GEM'INY, n. [supra.] Twins; a pair; a couple.

24166

gemmary
GEM'MARY, a. [from gem.] Pertaining to gems or jewels.

24167

gemmation
GEMMA'TION, n. [L. gemmatio, from gemma.]In botany, budding; the state, form or construction of ...

24168

gemmeous
GEM'MEOUS, a. [L. gemmeus.] Pertaining to gems; of the nature of gems; resembling gems.

24169

gemmiparous
GEMMIP'AROUS, a. [L. gemma, a bud, and pario, to bear.]Producing buds or gems.

24170

gemmule
GEM'MULE, n. A little gem or bud.

24171

gemmy
GEM'MY, a. Bright; glittering; full of gems.1. Neat; spruce; smart.

24172

gemote
GEMO'TE, n. A meeting. [See Meet.]

24173

gemsbok
GEMS'BOK, n. The name given to a variety of the antelope.

24174

gendarm
GEND`ARM, n. In France, gens d`armes is the denomination given to a select body of troops, ...

24175

gendarmery
GEND`ARMERY, n. [supra.] The body of gendarms.

24176

gender
GEN'DER, n. [L. genus, from geno, gigno; Gr.to beget, or to be born; Eng. kind. Gr. a woman, a ...

24177

genealogical
GENEALOG'ICAL, a. [from genealogy.]1. Pertaining to the descent of persons or families; ...

24178

genealogist
GENEAL'OGIST, n. He who traces descents of persons or families.

24179

genealogize
GENEAL'OGIZE, v.i. To relate the history of descents.

24180

genealogy
GENEAL'OGY, n. [L. genealogia; Gr. race, and discourse; Eng. kind.]1. An account or history of ...

24181

generable
GEN'ERABLE, a. That may be engendered, begotten or produced.

24182

general
GEN'ERAL, a. [L. generalis, from genus, a kind.]1. Properly, relating to a whole genus or kind; ...

24183

generalissimo
GENERALIS'SIMO, n. The chief commander of an army or military force.1. The supreme commander; ...

24184

generality
GENERAL'ITY, n.1. The state of being general; the quality of including species or particulars.2. ...

24185

generalization
GENERALIZA'TION, n. The act of extending from particulars to generals; the act of making general.

24186

generalize
GEN'ERALIZE, v.t. To extend from particulars or species to genera, or to whole kinds or classes; ...

24187

generally
GEN'ERALLY, adv. In general; commonly; extensively, though not universally; most frequently, but ...

24188

generalness
GEN'ERALNESS, n. Wide extent, though short of universality; frequency; commonness.

24189

generalship
GEN'ERALSHIP, n. The skill and conduct of a general officer; military skill in a commander, ...

24190

generalty
GEN'ERALTY, n. The whole; the totality. [Little used.]

24191

generant
GEN'ERANT, n. [L. generans.] The power that generates; the power or principle that produces.

24192

generate
GEN'ERATE, v.t. [L. genero. See Gender.]1. To beget; to procreate; to propagate; to produce a ...

24193

generated
GEN'ERATED, pp. Begotten; engendered; procreated; produced; formed.

24194

generating
GEN'ERATING, ppr. Begetting; procreating; producing; forming.

24195

generation
GENERA'TION, n. The act of begetting; procreation, as of animals.1. Production; formation; as the ...

24196

generative
GEN'ERATIVE, a. Having the power of generating or propagating its own species.1. Having the power ...

24197

generator
GEN'ERATOR, n. He or that which begets, causes or produces.1. In music, the principal sound or ...

24198

generic
GENER'IC

24199

generical
GENER'ICAL, a. [L. genus.] Pertaining to a genus or kind; comprehending the genus, as distinct ...

24200

generically
GENER'ICALLY, adv. With regard to genus; as an animal generically distinct from another, or two ...

24201

generosity
GENEROS'ITY, n. [L. generositas, from genus, race, kind, with reference to birth, blood, ...

24202

generous
GEN'EROUS, a. [L. generosus. See Gender.]1. Primarily, being of honorable birth or origin; ...

24203

generously
GEN'EROUSLY, adv. Honorable; not meanly.1. Nobly; magnanimously.2. Liberally; munificently.

24204

generousness
GEN'EROUSNESS, n. The quality of being generous; magnanimity; nobleness of mind.1. Liberality; ...

24205

genesis
GEN'ESIS, n. [See Gender.]1. The first book of the sacred scriptures of the Old Testament, ...

24206

genet
GEN'ET, n. A small-sized, well-proportioned Spanish horse.1. An animal of the weasel kind, less ...

24207

genethliac
GENETH'LIAC , a. [Gr. to be born.]Pertaining to nativities as calculated by astrologers; showing ...

24208

genethliacal
GENETHLI'ACAL

24209

genethliacs
GENETH'LIACS, n. The science of calculating nativities or predicting the future events of life ...

24210

genethliatic
GENETHLIAT'IC, n. He who calculates nativities. [Little used.]

24211

geneva
GENE'VA, n. A spirit distilled from grain or malt, with the addition of juniper berries. But ...

24212

genevanism
GENE'VANISM, n. [from Geneva, where Calvin resided.] Calvinism.

24213

genevois
GENEVOIS, n. plu. jeneva'y. People of Geneva.

24214

genial
GE'NIAL, a. [L. genialis, from geno, gigno,]1. Contributing to propagation or production; that ...

24215

genially
GE'NIALLY, adv. By genius or nature; naturally. [Little used.]1. Gayly; cheerfully.

24216

geniculated
GENIC'ULATED, a. [L. geniculatus, from geniculum, a knot or joint, from the root of genu, the ...

24217

geniculation
GENICULA'TION, n. Knottiness; the state of having knots or joints like a knee.

24218

genii
GE'NII, n. [L. plu.] A sort of imaginary intermediate beings between men and angels; some good ...

24219

genio
GE'NIO, n. [L. genius.] A man of a particular turn of mind.

24220

genital
GEN'ITAL, a. [L. genitalis, from the root of gigno; Gr. to beget.]Pertaining to generation or the ...

24221

genitals
GEN'ITALS, n. plu. The parts of an animal which are the immediate instruments of generation.

24222

geniting
GEN'ITING, n. A species of apple that ripens very early.

24223

genitive
GEN'ITIVE, a. [L. genitivus, from the root of gender.]In grammar, an epithet given to a case in ...

24224

genitor
GEN'ITOR, n. One who procreates; a sire; a father.

24225

geniture
GEN'ITURE, n. Generation; procreation; birth.

24226

genius
GE'NIUS, n. [L. from the root of gigno; Gr. to beget.]1. Among the ancients, a good or evil ...

24227

gent
GENT, a. Elegant; pretty; gentle. [Not in use.]

24228

genteel
GENTEE'L, a. [L. gentilis, from gens, race, stock, family, and with the sense of noble or at least ...

24229

genteelly
GENTEE'LLY, adv. Politely; gracefully; elegantly; in the manner of well bred people.

24230

genteelness
GENTEE'LNESS, a. Gracefulness of manners or person; elegance; politeness. We speak of the ...

24231

gentian
GEN'TIAN, n. [L. gentiana.] A genus of plants, of many species. The common gentian is a native ...

24232

gentil
GEN'TIL, n. A species of falcon or hawk.

24233

gentile
GEN'TILE, n. [L. gentilis; from L. gens, nation, race; applied to pagans.]In the scriptures, a ...

24234

gentilesse
GENTILESSE, n. Complaisance. [Not in use.]

24235

gentilish
GEN'TILISH, a. Heathenish; pagan.

24236

gentilism
GEN'TILISM, n. Heathenism; paganism; the worship of false gods.

24237

gentilitious
GENTILI'TIOUS, a. [L. gentilitius, from gens.]1. Peculiar to a people or nation; national.2. ...

24238

gentility
GENTIL'ITY, n.1. Politeness of manners; easy, graceful behavior; the manners of well bred people; ...

24239

gentilize
GEN'TILIZE, v.i. To live like a heathen.

24240

gentle
GEN'TLE, a. [See Genteel.] Well born; of a good family or respectable birth, though not noble; as ...

24241

gentlefolk
GEN'TLEFOLK, n. [gentle and folk.] Persons of good breeding and family. It is now used only in ...

24242

gentleman
GEN'TLEMAN, a. [gentle, that is, genteel, and man. See Genteel.]1. In its most extensive sense, ...

24243

gentlemanlike
GEN'TLEMANLIKE

24244

gentlemanliness
GEN'TLEMANLINESS, n. Behavior of a well bred man.

24245

gentlemanly
GEN'TLEMANLY , a. Pertaining to or becoming a gentleman, or a man of good family and breeding; ...

24246

gentleness
GEN'TLENESS, n. [See Gentle.] Dignity of birth. [Little used.]1. Genteel behavior.2. Softness ...

24247

gentleship
GEN'TLESHIP, n. The deportment of a gentleman.

24248

gentlewoman
GEN'TLEWOMAN, n. [gentle and woman.] A woman of good family or of good breeding; a woman above ...

24249

gently
GEN'TLY, adv. Softly; meekly; mildly; with tenderness. My mistress gently chides the fault I ...

24250

gentoo
GENTOO', n. A native of India or Hindoostan; one who follows the religion of the Bramins.

24251

gentry
GEN'TRY, n. Birth; condition; rank by birth.1. People of education and good breeding. In Great ...

24252

genuflection
GENUFLEC'TION, n. [L. genu,the knee, and flectio, a bending.]The act of bending the knee, ...

24253

genuine
GEN'UINE, a. [L. genuinus, from enus, or its root. See Gender.]Native; belonging to the original ...

24254

genuinely
GEN'UINELY, adv. Without adulteration or foreign admixture; naturally.

24255

genuineness
GEN'UINENESS, n. The state of being native, or of the true original; hence, freedom from ...

24256

genus
GE'NUS, n. plu. genuses or genera. [L. genus. See Gender.]1. In logic, that which has several ...

24257

geocentric
GEOCEN'TRIC, a. [Gr. earth, and center.] Having the earth for its center, or the same center with ...

24258

geode
GE'ODE,n. [Gr. earth.] In mineralogy, a round or roundish lump of agate or other mineral, or a ...

24259

geodesy
GE'ODESY, n. [Gr. the earth, and to divide.] That part of geometry which respects the doctrine of ...

24260

geodetic
GEODET'IC

24261

geodetical
GEODET'ICAL, a. Pertaining to the art of measuring surfaces.

24262

geodiferous
GEODIFEROUS, a. [L.] Producing geodes.

24263

geognost
GE'OGNOST, n. [See Geognosy.] One versed in geognosy; a geologist.

24264

geognostic
GEOGNOS'TIC, a. Pertaining to a knowledge of the structure of the earth; geological.

24265

geognosy
GE'OGNOSY, n. [Gr. the earth, and knowledge.] That part of natural history which treats of the ...

24266

geogonic
GEOGONIC, a. Pertaining to geogony, or the formation of the earth.

24267

geogony
GEOG'ONY, n. [Gr. the earth, and generation.] The doctrine of the formation of the earth.

24268

geographer
GEOG'RAPHER, n. [See Geography.] One who describes that part of this globe or earth, which is ...

24269

geographic
GEOGRAPH'IC

24270

geographical
GEOGRAPH'ICAL, a. Relating to or containing a description of the terraqueous globe; pertaining to ...

24271

geographically
GEOGRAPH'ICALLY, adv. In a geographical manner; according to the usual practice of describing the ...

24272

geography
GEOG'RAPHY, n. [Gr. the earth, and to write, to describe.]1. Properly, a description of the earth ...

24273

geological
GEOLOG'ICAL, a. [See Geology.] Pertaining to geology; relating to the science of the earth or ...

24274

geologist
GEOL'OGIST, n. One versed in the science of geology.

24275

geology
GEOL'OGY, n. [Gr. the earth, and discourse.]The doctrine or science of the structure of the earth ...

24276

geomancer
GE'OMANCER, n. [See Geomancy.] One who foretells or divines, by means of lines, figures or points ...

24277

geomancy
GE'OMANCY, n. [Gr. the earth, and divination.] A kind of divination by means of figures or lines, ...

24278

geomantic
GEOMAN'TIC, a. Pertaining to geomancy.

24279

geometer
GEOM'ETER, n. [See Geometry.] One skilled in geometry. [See Geometrician, which is generally ...

24280

geometral
GEOM'ETRAL, a. Pertaining to geometry.

24281

geometric
GEOMET'RIC

24282

geometrical
GEOMET'RICAL, a. [Gr.] Pertaining to geometry.1. According to the rules or principles of ...

24283

geometrically
GEOMET'RICALLY, adv. According to the rules or laws of geometry.

24284

geometrician
GEOMETRI'CIAN, n. One skilled in geometry; a geometer.

24285

geometrize
GEOM'ETRIZE, v.t. To act according to the laws of geometry; to perform geometrically.

24286

geometry
GEOM'ETRY, n. [Gr. the earth, and measure.] Originally and properly, the art of measuring the ...

24287

geoponic
GEOPON'IC, a. [Gr. the earth, and labor.] Pertaining to tillage of the earth, or agriculture. ...

24288

geoponics
GEOPON'ICS, n. The art or science of cultivating the earth.

24289

georama
GE'ORAMA, n. [Gr. the earth, and view.] An instrument or machine which exhibits a very complete ...

24290

george
GEORGE, n. A figure of St. George on horseback,worn by knights of the garter.1. A brown loaf.

24291

george-noble
GEORGE-NOBLE, n. A gold coin in the time of Henry VIII of the value of 6s.8d. sterling.

24292

georgic
GEOR'GIC, n. [Gr. rustic; and labor.] A rural poem; a poetical composition on the subject of ...

24293

geoscopy
GEOS'COPY, n. [Gr.] Knowledge of the earth, ground or soil, obtained by inspection.

24294

geranium
GERA'NIUM, n. [L. from Gr. a crane.] Crane's-bill, a genus of plants, of numerous species, some ...

24295

gerent
GE'RENT, a. [L. gerens.] Bearing; used in Vicegerent.

24296

gerfalcon
GERFALCON. [See Gyrfalcon.]

24297

germ
GERM, n. [L. germen.] In botany, the ovary or seed-bud of a plant, the rudiment of fruit yet in ...

24298

german
GER'MAN, a. [L. germanus, a brother.]1. Cousins german, are the sons or daughters of brothers or ...

24299

germander
GERMAN'DER, n. A plant, or rather the name of several plants, as the rock germander, of the genus ...

24300

germanic
GERMAN'IC, a. Pertaining to Germany; as the Germanic body or confederacy.

24301

germanism
GER'MANISM, n. An idiom of the German language.

24302

germen
GERM'EN, n. plu. germens. Now contracted to germ, which see.

24303

germinal
GERM'INAL, a. [from germen. See Germ.] Pertaining to a germ or seed-bud.

24304

germinant
GERM'INANT, a. Sprouting.

24305

germinate
GERM'INATE, v.i. [L. germino, from germen.] To sprout; to bud; to shoot; to begin to vegetate, as ...

24306

germination
GERMINA'TION, n. The act of sprouting; the first beginning of vegetation in a seed or plant.1. ...

24307

gerocomical
GEROCOM'ICAL, a. Pertaining to gerocomy. [Little used.]

24308

gerocomy
GEROC'OMY, n. [Gr.] That part of medicine which treats of the proper regimen for old people.

24309

gerund
GER'UND, n. [L. gerundium, from gero, to bear.] In the Latin grammar, a kind of verbal noun, ...

24310

gesling
GESLING, for gosling. [Not in use.]

24311

gest
GEST, n. [L. gestum, from gero, to carry, to do.]1. A deed, action or achievement.2. Show; ...

24312

gestation
GESTA'TION,n. [L. gestatio, from gero, to carry.]1. The act of carrying young in the womb from ...

24313

gestatory
GES'TATORY, a. That may be carried or worn.

24314

gestic
GES'TIC, a. Pertaining to deeds; legendary.

24315

gesticulate
GESTIC'ULATE, v.i. [L. gesticulor, from gestum, gero, to bear or carry, or gestio.]To make ...

24316

gesticulation
GESTICULA'TION, n. [L. gesticulatio.]1. The act of making gestures, to express passion or enforce ...

24317

gesticulator
GESTIC'ULATOR, n. One that shows postures, or makes gestures.

24318

gesticulatory
GESTIC'ULATORY, a. Representing in gestures.

24319

gesture
GES'TURE, n. [L. gestus, from gero, to bear, to do.]1. A motion of the body or limbs, expressive ...

24320

get
GET, v.t. pret. got. [gat, obs.] pp. got, gotten.1. To procure; to obtain; to gain possession of, ...

24321

getter
GET'TER, n. One who gets, gains, obtains or acquires.1. One who begets or procreates.

24322

getting
GET'TING, ppr. Obtaining; procuring; gaining; winning; begetting.GET'TING, n. The act of ...

24323

gewgaw
GEW'GAW, n. A showy trifle; a pretty thing of little worth; a toy; a bauble; a splendid plaything. ...

24324

ghastful
GH`ASTFUL, a. [See Ghastly.] Dreary; dismal; fit for walking ghosts.

24325

ghastfully
GH`ASTFULLY, adv. Frightfully.

24326

ghastliness
GH`ASTLINESS, n. [from ghastly.] Horror of countenance; a deathlike look; resemblance of a ghost; ...

24327

ghastly
GH`ASTLY, a. [Eng. gush, gust.] 1. Like a ghost in appearance; deathlike; pale; dismal; as a ...

24328

ghastness
GH`ASTNESS, n. Ghastliness. [Not used.]

24329

gherkin
GHER'KIN, n. A small pickled cucumber.

24330

ghess
GHESS, for guess. [Not used.]

24331

ghost
GHOST, n. [See Ghastly.]1. Spirit; the soul of man. In this sense seldom used. But hence,2. The ...

24332

ghostlike
GHOSTLIKE, a. Withered; having sunken eyes; ghastly.

24333

ghostliness
GHOSTLINESS, n. Spiritual tendency. [Little used.]

24334

ghostly
GHOSTLY, a. Spiritual; relating to the soul; not carnal or secular. Save and defend us from our ...

24335

giallolino
GIALLOLINO, n. [Eng. yellow.] A fine yellow pigment much used under the name of Naples Yellow.

24336

giambeaux
GIAM'BEAUX, n. Greaves; armor for the legs.

24337

giant
GI'ANT, n. [L. gigas; Gr. probably from the earth. The word originally signified earth-born, ...

24338

giant-killing
GI'ANT-KILLING, a. Killing or destroying giants.

24339

giantess
GI'ANTESS, n. A female giant; a female of extraordinary size and stature.

24340

giantize
GI'ANTIZE, v.i. To play the giant.

24341

giantlike
GI'ANTLIKE

24342

giantly
GI'ANTLY , a. Of unusual size; resembling a giant in bulk or stature; gigantic; huge.[Giantly is ...

24343

giantry
GI'ANTRY, n. The race of giants. [Little used.]

24344

giantship
GI'ANTSHIP, n. The state, quality or character of a giant. His giantship is gone somewhat ...

24345

gib
GIB, n. A cat. [Not in use.]GIB, v.i. To act like a cat. [Not in use.]

24346

gibbe
GIBBE, n. An old worn-out animal. [Not used.]

24347

gibber
GIB'BER, v.i. [See Gabble. It is probably allied to gabble, and to jabber.] To speak rapidly and ...

24348

gibberish
GIB'BERISH, n. [from gibber.] Rapid and inarticulate talk; unintelligible language; unmeaning ...

24349

gibbet
GIB'BET, n. A gallows; a post or machine in form of a gallows, on which notorious malefactors are ...

24350

gibbeted
GIB'BETED, pp. Hanged and exposed on a gibbet.

24351

gibbeting
GIB'BETING, ppr. Hanging and exposing on a gibbet.

24352

gibbier
GIB'BIER, n. Wild fowl; game. [Not used.]

24353

gibbosity
GIBBOS'ITY, n. [L. gibbosus. See Gibbous.]Protuberance; a round or swelling prominence; ...

24354

gibbous
GIB'BOUS, a. [L. gibbus; Gr. to bend.]1. Swelling; protuberant; convex. The moon is gibbous ...

24355

gibbously
GIB'BOUSLY, adv. In a gibbous or protuberant form.

24356

gibbousness
GIB'BOUSNESS, n. Protuberance; a round prominence; convexity. [This word is preferable to ...

24357

gibbsite
GIBBS'ITE, n. A mineral found at Richmond, in Massachusetts, and named in honor of George Gibbs, ...

24358

gibcat
GIB'CAT, n. A he-cat, or an old worn-out cat.

24359

gibe
GIBE, v.i. To cast reproaches and sneering expressions; to rail at; to utter taunting, sarcastic ...

24360

gibeline
GIB'ELINE, n. The Gibelines were a faction in Italy, that opposed another faction called Guelfs, ...

24361

giber
GI'BER, n. One who utters reproachful, censorious and contemptuous expressions, or who casts ...

24362

gibing
GI'BING, ppr. Uttering reproachful, contemptuous and censorious words; scoffing.

24363

gibingly
GI'BINGLY, adv. With censorious, sarcastic and contemptuous expressions; scornfully.

24364

giblets
GIB'LETS, n. The entrails of a goose or other fowl, as the heart, liver, gizzard, &c.; a ...

24365

gibstaff
GIB'STAFF, n. A staff to gauge water or to push a boat; formerly, a staff used in fighting beasts ...

24366

giddily
GID'DILY, adv. [See Giddy.] With the head seeming to turn or reel.1. Inconstantly; unsteadily; ...

24367

giddiness
GID'DINESS, n. The state of being giddy or vertiginous; vertigo; a sensation of reeling or ...

24368

giddy
GID'DY, a. Vertiginous; reeling; whirling; having in the head a sensation of a circular motion or ...

24369

giddy-brained
GID'DY-BRAINED, a. Careless; thoughtless; unsteady.

24370

giddy-head
GID'DY-HEAD, n. A person without thought or judgment.

24371

giddy-headed
GID'DY-HEADED, a. Heedless; unsteady; volatile; incautious.

24372

giddy-paced
GID'DY-PACED, a. Moving irregularly.

24373

gie
GIE, a contraction of guide. [Not in use.]

24374

gier-eagle
GIE'R-EAGLE, n. A fowl of the eagle kind, mentioned in Leviticus 2.

24375

gieseckite
GIE'SECKITE, n. A mineral of a rhomboidal form and compact texture, of a gray or brown color, and ...

24376

gif
GIF, v.t. The old but true spelling of if.

24377

gift
GIFT, n. [from give.] A present; any thing given or bestowed; any thing, the property of which is ...

24378

gifted
GIFT'ED, pp. or a. Endowed by nature with any power or faculty; furnished with any particular ...

24379

giftedness
GIFT'EDNESS, n. The state of being gifted.

24380

gifting
GIFT'ING, ppr. Endowing with any power or faculty.

24381

gig
GIG, v.t. [L. gigno.] To engender. [Not in use.]1. To fish with a gig or fishgig.GIG, n.1. Any ...

24382

gigantean
GIGANTE'AN, a. [L. giganteus. See Giant.] Like a giant; mighty.

24383

gigantic
GIGAN'TIC, a. [L. giganticus.] Of extraordinary size; very large; huge; like a giant. A man of ...

24384

gigantology
GIGANTOL'OGY, n. [Gr. a giant, and discourse.] An account or description of giants.

24385

giggle
GIG'GLE, n. A kind of laugh, with short catches of the voice or breath.GIG'GLE, v.i. To laugh ...

24386

giggler
GIG'GLER, n. One that giggles or titters.

24387

giglet
GIG'LET

24388

giglot
GIG'LOT, n. A wanton; a lascivious girl.GIG'LOT, a. Giddy; light; inconstant; wanton.

24389

gigot
GIG'OT, n. The hip-joint; also, a slice. [Not English.]

24390

gilbertine
GIL'BERTINE, n. One of a religious order, so named from Gilbert, lord of Sempringham, in ...

24391

gild
GILD, v.t. pret. and pp. gilded or gilt.1. To overlay with gold, either in leaf or powder, or in ...

24392

gilded
GILD'ED, pp. Overlaid with gold leaf or liquid; illuminated.

24393

gilder
GILD'ER, n. One who gilds; one whose occupation is to overlay things with gold.1. A Dutch coin of ...

24394

gilding
GILD'ING, ppr. Overlaying with gold; giving a fair external appearance.GILD'ING, n. The art or ...

24395

gill
GILL, n. 1. The organ of respiration in fishes, consisting of a cartilaginous or bony arch, ...

24396

gill-flap
GILL-FLAP, n. A membrane attached to the posterior edge of the gill-lid, immediately closing the ...

24397

gill-lid
GILL-LID, n. The covering of the gills.

24398

gill-opening
GILL-OPENING, n. The aperture of a fish or other animal, by which water is admitted to the gills.

24399

gillhouse
GILLHOUSE, n. A place where gill is sold.

24400

gillian
GIL'LIAN, n. A wanton girl.

24401

gillyflower
GIL'LYFLOWER, n. [supposed to be a corruption of July-flower.]The name of certain plants. The ...

24402

gilse
GILSE, n. A young salmon.

24403

gilt
GILT, pp. of gild. Overlaid with gold leaf, or washed with gold; illuminated; adorned.GILT, n. ...

24404

gilthead
GILT'HEAD, n. [gilt and head.] In ichthyology, a fish or a genus of fishes, the Sparus, of many ...

24405

gilttail
GILTTAIL, n. A worm so called from its yellow tail.

24406

gim
GIM, a. [contracted from gemmy.] Neat; spruce; well dressed.

24407

gimbal
GIM'BAL, n. A brass ring by which a sea compass is suspended in its box, by means of which the ...

24408

gimblet
GIMB'LET, n. A borer; small instrument with a pointed screw at the end, for boring holes in wood ...

24409

gimcrack
GIM'CRACK, n. A trivial mechanism; a device; a toy; a pretty thing.

24410

gimmal
GIM'MAL, n. Some device or machinery.GIM'MAL, a. Consisting of links.

24411

gimmer
GIM'MER, n. Movement or machinery.

24412

gimp
GIMP, n. [ Eng. to whip.] A kind of silk twist or edging.GIMP, a. Smart; spruce; trim; nice. [Not ...

24413

gin
GIN, n. A contraction of Geneva, a distilled spirit. [See Geneva.]GIN, n. [A contraction of ...

24414

ginger
GIN'GER, n. [L. zinziber.] A plant, or the root of a species of Amomum, a native of the East and ...

24415

gingerbreaad
GIN'GERBREAAD, n. [ginger and bread.] A kind or cake, composed of flour with an admixture of ...

24416

gingerly
GIN'GERLY, adv. Nicely; cautiously. [Not used.]

24417

gingerness
GIN'GERNESS, n. Niceness; tenderness. [Not used.]

24418

gingham
GING'HAM, n. A kind or striped cotton cloth.

24419

ginging
GIN'GING, n. In mining, the lining of a mine-shaft with stones or bricks for its support, called ...

24420

gingival
GIN'GIVAL, a. [L. gingiva, the gum.] Pertaining to the gums.

24421

gingle
GIN'GLE

24422

ginglymoid
GIN'GLYMOID, a. [Gr. a hinge, and form.] Pertaining to or resembling a ginglymus.

24423

ginglymus
GIN'GLYMUS, n. [Gr.] In anatomy, a species of articulation resembling a hinge. That species of ...

24424

ginnet
GIN'NET, n. A nag. [See Jennet.]

24425

ginseng
GIN'SENG, n. [This word is probably Chinese, and it is said by Grosier, to signify the resemblance ...

24426

gip
GIP, v.t. To take out the entrails of herrings.

24427

gipsey
GIP'SEY, n. The Gipseys are a race of vagabonds which infest Europe, Africa and Asia, strolling ...

24428

gipseyism
GIP'SEYISM, n. The arts and practices of gipseys; deception; cheating; flattery.1. The state of a ...

24429

giraff
GIRAFF', n. The camelopard, a quadruped. [See Camelopard.]

24430

girandole
GIR'ANDOLE, n. A chandelier; a large kind of branched candlestick.

24431

girasol
GIR'ASOL, n. [L. gyrus, a turn; L. sol, the sun.]1. The turnsole, a plant of the genus ...

24432

gird
GIRD, n. gurd. [Eng. a yard.]1. A twitch or pang; a sudden spasm, which resembles the stroke of a ...

24433

girded
GIRD'ED, pp. Bound; surrounded; invested; put on.

24434

girder
GIRD'ER, n. In architecture, the principal piece of timber in a floor. Its end is usually ...

24435

girding
GIRD'ING, ppr. Binding; surrounding; investing.GIRD'ING, n. A covering. Is.3.

24436

girdle
GIRD'LE, n. 1. A band or belt; something drawn round the waist of a person, and tied or buckled; ...

24437

girdle-belt
GIRD'LE-BELT, n. A belt that encircles the waist.

24438

girdle-stead
GIRD'LE-STEAD, n. The part of the body where the girdle is worn.

24439

girdler
GIRD'LER, n. One who girdles; a maker of girdles.

24440

gire
GIRE, n. [L. gyrus.] A circle, or circular motion. [See Gyre.]

24441

girl
GIRL, n. gerl. [Low L. gerula, a young woman employed in tending children and carrying them about, ...

24442

girlhood
GIRL'HOOD, n. The state of a girl. [Little used.]

24443

girlish
GIRL'ISH, a. Like a young woman or child; befitting a girl.1. Pertaining to the youth of a ...

24444

girlishly
GIRL'ISHLY, adv. In the manner of a girl.

24445

girrock
GIR'ROCK, n. A species of gar-fish,the lacertus.

24446

girt
GIRT, pret. and pp. of gird.GIRT, v.t. To gird; to surround.[This verb, if derived from the noun, ...

24447

girth
GIRTH, n. The band or strap by which a saddle or any burden on a horse's back is made fast, by ...

24448

gise
GISE, v.t. To feed or pasture. [See Agist.]

24449

gisle
GIS'LE, n. A pledge. [Not in use.]

24450

gist
GIST, n. In law,the main point of a question; the point on which an action rests.

24451

gith
GITH, n. Guinea pepper.

24452

gittern
GIT'TERN, n. [L. cithara.] A guitar. [See Guitar.]GIT'TERN, v.i. To play on a gittern.

24453

give
GIVE, v.t. pret. gave; pp. given. [Heb. to give. The sense of give is generally to pass, or to ...

24454

given
GIV'EN, pp. giv'n. Bestowed; granted; conferred; imparted; admitted or supposed.

24455

giver
GIV'ER, n. One who gives a donor; a bestower; a grantor; one who imparts or distributes. It is the ...

24456

gives
GIVES, n. plu. Fetters or shackles for the feet. [See Gyves.]

24457

giving
GIV'ING, ppr. Bestowing; conferring; imparting; granting; delivering.GIV'ING,n. The act of ...

24458

gizzard
GIZ'ZARD, n. The strong musculus stomach of a fowl.To fret the gizzard, to harass; to vex one's ...

24459

glabriate
GLA'BRIATE, v.t. [L. glabro.] To make smooth. [Not used.]

24460

glabrity
GLA'BRITY, n. Smoothness. [Not used.]

24461

glabrous
GLA'BROUS, a. [L. glaber, allied to Eng. glib.Smooth; having an even surface.

24462

glacial
GLA'CIAL, a. [L. glacialis, from glacies,ice.]Icy; consisting of ice; frozen.

24463

glaciate
GLA'CIATE, v.i. To turn to ice.

24464

glaciation
GLACIA'TION, n. [supra.] The act of freezing; ice formed.

24465

glacier
GLA'CIER, n. A field or immense mass of ice, formed in deep but elevated valleys, or on the sides ...

24466

glacious
GLA'CIOUS, a. Like ice; icy.

24467

glacis
GLA'CIS, n. In building, or gardening, an easy, insensible slope.1. In fortification, a sloping ...

24468

glad
GLAD, a. [L. loetus, without a prefix.]1. Pleased; affected with pleasure or moderate joy; ...

24469

gladden
GLAD'DEN, v.t. glad'n. To make glad; to cheer; to please; to exhilarate. The news of peace ...

24470

gladder
GLAD'DER, n. One that makes glad, or gives joy.

24471

gladding
GLAD'DING, ppr. Making glad; cheering; giving joy.

24472

glade
GLADE, n. An opening or passage made through a wood by lopping off the branches of the trees. ...

24473

gladen
GLA'DEN

24474

glader
GLA'DER, n. [L. glaldius, a sword.] Swordgrass; the general name of plants that rise with a broad ...

24475

gladful
GLAD'FUL, a. Full of gladness.

24476

gladfulness
GLAD'FULNESS, n. Joy; gladness.

24477

gladiate
GLA'DIATE, a. [L. gladius, a sword.] Sword-shaped; resembling the form of a sword; as the legume ...

24478

gladiator
GLADIA'TOR, n. [L. from gladius, a sword.]A sword-player; a prize-fighter. The gladiators, in ...

24479

gladiatorial
GLADIATO'RIAL, a. Pertaining to gladiators, or to combats for the entertainment of the Roman ...

24480

gladiatory
GLA'DIATORY, a. Relating to gladiators.

24481

gladiature
GLA'DIATURE, n. Sword-play; fencing. [Not in use.]

24482

gladiole
GLAD'IOLE, n. [L. gladiolus, a dagger.] A plant, the sword-lily, of the genus Gladiolus. The ...

24483

gladly
GLAD'LY, adv. [See Glad.] With pleasure; joyfully; cheerfully. The common people heard him ...

24484

gladness
GLAD'NESS, n. [See Glad.] Joy, or a moderate degree of joy and exhilaration; pleasure of mind; ...

24485

gladsome
GLAD'SOME, a. Pleased; joyful; cheerful.1. Causing joy, pleasure or cheerfulness; having the ...

24486

gladsomely
GLAD'SOMELY, adv. With joy; with pleasure of mind.

24487

gladsomeness
GLAD'SOMENESS, n. Joy, or moderate joy; pleasure of mind.1. Showiness.

24488

gladwin
GLAD'WIN, n. A plant of the genus Iris.

24489

glair
GLAIR, n. [Eng. clear, L. clarus, and with Eng. glare, and L. gloria; perhaps with L. glarea, ...

24490

glairy
GLA'IRY, a. Like glair, or partaking of its qualities.

24491

glance
GL`ANCE, n. [The primary sense is to shoot, to throw, to dart.]1. A sudden shoot of light or ...

24492

glance-coal
GL`ANCE-COAL, n. Anthracite; a mineral composed chiefly of carbon. [See Anthracite.]

24493

glancing
GL`ANCING, pp. Shooting; darting; casting suddenly; flying off obliquely.

24494

glancingly
GL`ANCINGLY, adv. By glancing; in a glancing manner; transiently.

24495

gland
GLAND, n. [L. glans, a nut; glandula, a gland.]1. In anatomy, a distinct soft body, formed by the ...

24496

glandered
GLAND'ERED, a. Affected with glanders.

24497

glanders
GLAND'ERS, n. [from gland.] In farriery, the running of corrupt slimy matter from the nose of a ...

24498

glandiferous
GLANDIF'EROUS, a. [L. glandifer; glans,an acorn, and fero, to bear.]Bearing acorns or other nuts; ...

24499

glandiform
GLAND'IFORM, a. [L. glans and forma, form.]In the shape of a gland or nut; resembling a gland.

24500

glandular
GLAND'ULAR, a. Containing glands; consisting of glands; pertaining to glands.

24501

glandulation
GLANDULA'TION, n. In botany, the situation and structure of the secretory vessels in plants. ...

24502

glandule
GLAND'ULE, n. [L. glandula.] A small gland or secreting vessel.

24503

glanduliferous
GLANDULIF'EROUS, a. [L. glandula and fero, to bear.]Bearing glands.

24504

glandulosity
GLANDULOS'ITY, n. A collection of glands. [Little used.]

24505

glandulous
GLAND'ULOUS, a. [L. glandulosus.] Containing glands; consisting of glands; pertaining to glands; ...

24506

glare
GLARE, n. 1. A bright dazzling light; clear, brilliant luster or splendor, that dazzles the eyes. ...

24507

glareous
GLA'REOUS, a. Resembling the white of an egg; viscous and transparent or white.

24508

glaring
GLA'RING, ppr. Emitting a clear and brilliant light; shining with dazzling luster.1. Clear; ...

24509

glaringly
GLA'RINGLY, adv. Openly; clearly; notoriously.

24510

glass
GL`ASS, n. [L. glastum; glesid, blueness. Greenness is usually named from vegetation or growing, ...

24511

glass-gazing
GL`ASS-GAZING, a. Addicted to viewing one's self in a glass or mirror; finical.

24512

glassblower
GL`ASSBLOWER, n. One whose business is to blow and fashion glass.

24513

glassfull
GL`ASSFULL, n. As much as a glass holds.

24514

glassfurnace
GL`ASSFURNACE, n. A furnace in which the materials of glass are melted.

24515

glassgrinder
GL`ASSGRINDER, n. One whose occupation is to grind and polish glass.

24516

glasshouse
GL`ASSHOUSE, n. A house where glass is made.

24517

glassiness
GL`ASSINESS, n. The quality of being glassy or smooth; a vitreous appearance.

24518

glasslike
GL`ASSLIKE, a. Resembling glass.

24519

glassman
GL`ASSMAN, n. One who sells glass.

24520

glassmetal
GL`ASSMETAL, n. Glass in fusion.

24521

glasspot
GL`ASSPOT, n. A vessel used for melting glass in manufactories.

24522

glasswork
GL`ASSWORK, n. Manufacture of glass.

24523

glassworks
GL`ASSWORKS, n. plu. The place or buildings where glass is made.

24524

glasswort
GL`ASSWORT, n. A plant, the Salsola, of several species, all which may be used in the manufacture ...

24525

glassy
GL`ASSY, a. Made of glass; vitreous; as a glassy substance.1. Resembling glass in its properties, ...

24526

glauber-salt
GLAUB'ER-SALT, n. Sulphate of soda, a well known cathartic.

24527

glauberite
GLAUB'ERITE, n. A mineral of a grayish white or yellowish color, consisting of dry sulphate of ...

24528

glaucoma
GLAUCO'MA, n. [Gr.] A fault in the eye, in which the crystalline humor becomes gray, but without ...

24529

glaucous
GLAUC'OUS, a. [L. glaucus.] Of a sea green color; of a light green.

24530

glave
GLAVE, n. A broadsword; a falchion. [Not used.]

24531

glaver
GLAV'ER, v.i. [L. glaber, lavis, or lubricus; Eng. glib.]To flatter; to wheedle. [Little used and ...

24532

glaverer
GLAV'ERER, n. A flatterer. [supra.]

24533

glaze
GLAZE, v.t. [from glass.] To furnish with windows of glass; as, to glaze a house.1. To incrust ...

24534

glazed
GLA'ZED, pp. Furnished with glass windows; incrusted with a substance resembling glass; rendered ...

24535

glazier
GLA'ZIER, n. gla'zhur. [from glaze or glass.]One whose business is to set window glass, or to fix ...

24536

glazing
GLA'ZING, ppr. Furnishing with window glass.1. Crusting with a vitreous substance, as potter's ...

24537

gleam
GLEAM, n. [L. flamma.] The radical sense is to throw, to shoot or dart, and it may be of the same ...

24538

gleaming
GLE'AMING, ppr. Shooting as rays of light; shining.GLE'AMING, n. A shoot or shooting of light.

24539

gleamy
GLE'AMY, a. Darting beams of light; casting light in rays. In brazen arms, that cast a gleamy ray, ...

24540

glean
GLEAN, v.t.1. To gather the stalks and ears of grain which reapers leave behind them. Let me now ...

24541

gleaned
GLE'ANED, pp. Gathered after reapers; collected from small detached parcels; as grain gleaned from ...

24542

gleaner
GLE'ANER, n. One who gathers after reapers.1. One who collects detached parts or numbers,or who ...

24543

gleaning
GLE'ANING, ppr. Gathering what reapers leave; collecting in small detached parcels.GLE'ANING, n. ...

24544

glebe
GLEBE, n. [L. gleba, a clod or clump of earth.]1. Turf; soil; ground. Till the glad summons of a ...

24545

glebous
GLE'BOUS, a. Gleby; turfy.

24546

gleby
GLE'BY, a. Turfy; cloddy.

24547

glede
GLEDE, n. A fowl of the rapacious kind, the kite, a species of Falco. The word is used in ...

24548

glee
GLEE, n.1. Joy; merriment; mirth; gayety; particularly, the mirth enjoyed at a feast.2. A sort of ...

24549

gleed
GLEED, n. A glowing coal.

24550

gleeful
GLEE'FUL, a. Merry; gay; joyous.

24551

gleek
GLEEK, n. [See Glee.] Music, or a musician.1. A scoff; a game at cards.GLEEK, v.i. To make ...

24552

gleeman
GLEE'MAN, n. A musician.

24553

gleen
GLEEN, v.i. To shine; to glisten. [Not used.]

24554

gleesome
GLEE'SOME, a. Merry; joyous.

24555

gleet
GLEET, n. The flux of a thin humor from the urethra; a thin ichor running from a sore.GLEET, v.i. ...

24556

gleety
GLEET'Y, a. Ichorous; thin; limpid.

24557

glen
GLEN, n. A valley; a dale; a depression or space between hills.

24558

glene
GLENE, n. [Gr.] In anatomy, the cavity or socket of the eye, and the pupil; any slight depression ...

24559

glew
GLEW. [See Glue.]

24560

gliadine
GLI'ADINE, n. [Gr. glue.] One of the constituents of gluten, a slightly transparent, brittle ...

24561

glib
GLIB, a. [L. glaber, smooth; labor, to slide. This word contains the elements of slip. Qu. L. ...

24562

glibly
GLIB'LY, adv. Smoothly; volubly; as, to slide glibly; to speak glibly.

24563

glibness
GLIB'NESS, n. Smoothness; slipperiness; as a polished ice-like glibness.1. Volubility of the ...

24564

glide
GLIDE, v.i. 1. To flow gently; to move without noise or violence; as a river. By east, among the ...

24565

glider
GLI'DER, n. He or that which glides.

24566

gliding
GLI'DING, ppr. Passing along gently and smoothly; moving rapidly, or with ease.

24567

glimmer
GLIM'MER, v.i.1. To shoot feeble or scattered rays of light; as the glimmering dawn; a glimmering ...

24568

glimmering
GLIM'MERING, ppr. Shining faintly; shooting feeble scattered rays of light.GLIM'MERING, n. A ...

24569

glimpse
GLIMPSE, n. glims.1. A weak faint light. Such vast room in Nature, Only to shine, yet scarce to ...

24570

glissa
GLIS'SA, n. A fish of the tunny kind, without scales.

24571

glist
GLIST, n. [from glisten.] Glimmer; mica. [See Glimmer.]

24572

glisten
GLIS'TEN, v.i. glis'n. [Heb. to shine; L. glisco; Eng. gloss.]To shine; to sparkle with light; as ...

24573

glistening
GLIS'TENING, ppr. Shining; sparkling; emitting rays of light.

24574

glister
GLIS'TER, v.i. [See Glisten.] To shine; to be bright; to sparkle; to be brilliant. All that ...

24575

glistering
GLIS'TERING, ppr. Shining; sparkling with light.

24576

glisteringly
GLIS'TERINGLY, adv. With shining luster.

24577

glitter
GLIT'TER, v.i.1. To shine; to sparkle with light; to gleam; to be splendid; as a glittering sword. ...

24578

glitterand
GLIT'TERAND, ppr. or a. Sparkling. [Not in use.]

24579

glittering
GLIT'TERING, ppr. Shining; splendid; brilliant.

24580

glitteringly
GLIT'TERINGLY, adv. With sparkling luster.

24581

gloam
GLOAM, v.i. To be sullen. [See Glum.]

24582

gloar
GLOAR, v.i. To squint; to stare.

24583

gloat
GLOAT, v.i. To cast side glances; to stare with eagerness or admiration.

24584

globate
GLO'BATE

24585

globated
GLO'BATED, a. [L. globatus.] Having the form of a globe; spherical; spheroidal.

24586

globe
GLOBE, n. [L. globus; Eng. clew. See Clew.]1. A round or spherical solid body; a ball; a sphere; ...

24587

globe-amaranth
GLOBE-AMARANTH, n. A plant of the genus Gomphrena. [See Amaranth.]

24588

globe-animal
GLOBE-ANIMAL, n. A species of animalcule of a globular form.

24589

globe-daisy
GLOBE-DAISY, n. A plant or flower of the genus Globularia.

24590

globe-fish
GLO'BE-FISH, n. A fish of a globular shape, the Ostracion.

24591

globe-flower
GLO'BE-FLOWER, n. A plant or flower of the genus Sphaeranthus.

24592

globe-ranunculus
GLOBE-RANUN'CULUS, n. A plant, the Trollius europaeus.

24593

globe-thistle
GLO'BE-THISTLE, n. A plant of the genus Echinops.

24594

globose
GLOBO'SE, a. [L. globosus, from globe.] Round; spherical; globular.

24595

globosity
GLOBOS'ITY, n. The quality of being round; sphericity.

24596

globous
GLO'BOUS, a. [L. globosus.] Round; spherical.

24597

globular
GLOB'ULAR, a. [from globe.] Round; spherical; having the form of a small ball or sphere; as ...

24598

globularia
GLOBULA'RIA, n. A flosculous flower.

24599

globule
GLOB'ULE, n. [L. globulus, dim. of globus.]A little globe; a small particle of matter of a ...

24600

globulous
GLOB'ULOUS, a. Round; globular; having the form of a small sphere.

24601

globy
GLO'BY, a. Round; orbicular.

24602

glode
GLODE, old pret. of glide.

24603

glome
GLOME, n. [L. glomus; Heb. to wind, convolve, or collect into a mass.] In botany, a roundish head ...

24604

glomerate
GLOM'ERATE, v.t. [L. glomero, from glomus, supra.]To gather or wind into a ball; to collect into a ...

24605

glomerated
GLOM'ERATED, pp. Gathered into a ball or round mass.

24606

glomerating
GLOM'ERATING, ppr. Collecting or winding into a ball or round mass.

24607

glomeration
GLOMERA'TION, n. [L. glomertio.] The act of gathering, winding or forming into a ball or ...

24608

glomerous
GLOM'EROUS, a. [L. glomerosus.] Gathered or formed into a ball or round mass.

24609

gloom
GLOOM, n. 1. Obscurity; partial or total darkness; thick shade; as the gloom of a forest, or the ...

24610

gloomily
GLOOM'ILY, adv. [from gloomy.] Obscurely; dimly; darkly; dismally.1. With melancholy aspect; ...

24611

gloominess
GLOOM'INESS, n. Want of light; obscurity; darkness; dismalness.1. Want of cheerfulness; ...

24612

gloomy
GLOOM'Y, a. [from gloom.] Obscure; imperfectly illuminated; or dark; dismal; as the gloomy cells ...

24613

gloriation
GLORIA'TION, n. [L. gloriatio.] Boast; a triumphing. [Not used.]

24614

gloried
GLO'RIED, a. [See Glory.] Illustrious; honorable. [Not used.]

24615

glorification
GLORIFICA'TION, n. [See Glorify.] The act of giving glory or of ascribing honors to.1. ...

24616

glorified
GLO'RIFIED, pp. Honored; dignified; exalted to glory.

24617

glorify
GLO'RIFY, v.t. [L. gloria and facio, to make.]1. To praise; to magnify and honor in worship; to ...

24618

glorifying
GLO'RIFYING, ppr. Praising; honoring in worship; exalting to glory; honoring; extolling.

24619

glorious
GLO'RIOUS, a. [L. gloriosus. See Glory.]1. Illustrious; of exalted excellence and splendor; ...

24620

gloriously
GLO'RIOUSLY, adv. Splendidly; illustriously; with great renown or dignity. Sing ye to the Lord, ...

24621

glory
GLO'RY, n. [L. gloria; planus; hence, bright, shining. Glory, then, is brightness, splendor. The ...

24622

glorying
GLO'RYING, ppr. Exulting with joy; boasting.GLO'RYING, n. The act of exulting; exultation; ...

24623

glose
GLOSE, GLOSER. [See Gloze.]

24624

gloser
GLOSE, GLOSER. [See Gloze.]

24625

gloss
GLOSS, n. [Gr. the tongue, and a strap. L. has glossa, a tongue, and interpretation. In Heb. ...

24626

glossarial
GLOSSA'RIAL, a. Containing explanation.

24627

glossarist
GLOSS'ARIST, n. A writer of glosses or comments.

24628

glossary
GLOSS'ARY, n. [Low L. glossarium.]A dictionary_webster1828 or vocabulary, explaining obscure or ...

24629

glossator
GLOSSA'TOR, n. A writer of comments; a commentator. [Not used.

24630

glossed
GLOSS'ED, pp. Made smooth and shining; explained.

24631

glosser
GLOSS'ER, n. A writer of glosses; a scholiast; a commentator.1. A polisher; one who gives a ...

24632

glossiness
GLOSS'INESS,n. [from glossy.] The luster or brightness of a smooth surface.

24633

glossing
GLOSS'ING, ppr. Giving luster to; polishing; explaining by comments; giving a specious appearance.

24634

glossist
GLOSS'IST, n. A writer of comments. [Not in use.]

24635

glossographer
GLOSSOG'RAPHER, n. [gloss and Gr. to write.]A writer of glosses; a commentator; a scholiast.

24636

glossography
GLOSSOG'RAPHY, n. The writing of comments for illustrating an author.

24637

glossologist
GLOSSOL'OGIST, n. [gloss.] One who writes glosses; a commentator.

24638

glossology
GLOSSOL'OGY, n. [gloss and Gr. discourse.]Glosses or commentaries; explanatory notes for ...

24639

glossy
GLOSS'Y, a. Smooth and shining; reflecting luster from a smooth surface; highly polished; as ...

24640

glottis
GLOT'TIS, n. [Gr. the tongue.] The narrow opening at the upper part of the aspera arteria or ...

24641

glout
GLOUT, v.i. To pout; to look sullen. [Not used.]GLOUT, v.t. To view attentively. [Not in use.]

24642

glove
GLOVE, n. A cover for the hand, or for the hand and arm, with a separate sheath for each finger. ...

24643

glover
GLOVER, n. One whose occupation is to make and sell gloves.

24644

glow
GLOW, v.i.1. To shine with intense heat; or perhaps more correctly, to shine with a white heat; to ...

24645

glowing
GLOWING, ppr. Shining with intense heat; white with heat.1. Burning with vehement heat.2. ...

24646

glowingly
GLOWINGLY, adv. With great brightness; with ardent heat or passion.

24647

glowworm
GLOWWORM, n. The female of the Lampyris noctiluca, an insect of the order of Coleopters. It is ...

24648

gloze
GLOZE, v.i. To flatter; to wheedle; to fawn; that is, to smooth, or to talk smoothly. So glozed ...

24649

glozer
GLO'ZER, n. A flatterer.

24650

glozing
GLO'ZING, ppr. Flattering; wheedling.GLO'ZING, n. Specious representation.

24651

glucin
GLU'CIN, n. [Gr.] A soft white earth or powder obtained from the beryl and emerald; so named from ...

24652

glue
GLUE, n. glu. [L. gluten.]Inspissated animal gluten; a tenacious, viscid matter, which serves as a ...

24653

glueboiler
GLU'EBOILER, n. [glue and boil.] One whose occupation is to make glue.

24654

glued
GLU'ED, pp. United or cemented with glue.

24655

gluer
GLU'ER, n. One who cements with glue.

24656

gluey
GLU'EY, a. Viscous; glutinous.

24657

glueyness
GLU'EYNESS, n. The quality of being gluey.

24658

gluing
GLU'ING, ppr. Cementing with glue.

24659

gluish
GLU'ISH, a. Having the nature of glue.

24660

glum
GLUM, a. Frowning; sullen. [Little used.]GLUM, n. Sullenness; and, as a verb, to look sullen. ...

24661

glumaceous
GLUMA'CEOUS, a. Having glumes; consisting of glumes.

24662

glume
GLUME, n. [L. gluma, from glubo, to bark or peel.]In botany, the calyx or corol of corn and ...

24663

glummy
GLUM'MY, a. Dark; gloomy; dismal.

24664

glumous
GLU'MOUS, a. A glumous flower is a kind of aggregate flower,having a filiform receptacle, with a ...

24665

glut
GLUT, v.i. [L. glutio, Low L. gluto, a glutton.]1. To swallow, or to swallow greedily; to ...

24666

gluteal
GLU'TEAL, a. [Gr. nates.] The gluteal artery,is a branch of the hypogastric or internal iliac ...

24667

gluten
GLUTEN, n. [L. See Glue.] A tough elastic substance, of a grayish color, which becomes brown and ...

24668

glutinate
GLU'TINATE, v.t. To unite with glue; to cement.

24669

glutination
GLUTINA'TION, n. The act of uniting with glue.

24670

glutinative
GLU'TINATIVE, a. Having the quality of cementing; tenacious.

24671

glutinosity
GLUTINOS'ITY, n. The quality of being glutinous; viscousness.

24672

glutinous
GLU'TINOUS, n. [L. glutinosus.] Viscous; viscid; tenacious; having the quality of glue; ...

24673

glutinousness
GLU'TINOUSNESS, n. Viscosity; viscidity; the quality of glue, tenacity.

24674

glutton
GLUT'TON, n. glut'n. [Low L. gluto.] One who indulges to excess in eating.1. One eager of any ...

24675

gluttonize
GLUT'TONIZE, v.i. To eat to excess; to eat voraciously; to indulge the appetite to excess; to be ...

24676

gluttonous
GLUT'TONOUS, a. Given to excessive eating; indulging the appetite for food to excess; as a ...

24677

gluttonously
GLUT'TONOUSLY, adv. With the voracity of a glutton; with excessive eating.

24678

gluttony
GLUT'TONY, n. Excess in eating; extravagant indulgence of the appetite for food.1. Luxury of the ...

24679

glyconian
GLYCO'NIAN

24680

glyconic
GLYCON'IC, a. [Low L. glyconium.] Denoting a kind of verse in Greek and Latin poetry, consisting ...

24681

glyn
GLYN. [See Glen.]

24682

glyph
GLYPH, n. [Gr. to carve.] In sculpture and architecture, a canal, channel or cavity intended as ...

24683

glyphic
GLYPH'IC, n. A picture or figure by which a word is implied. [See Hieroglyphic.]

24684

glyptic
GLYP'TIC, n. [supra.] The art of engraving figures on precious stones.

24685

glyptographic
GLYPTOGRAPH'IC, a. [Gr.] Describing the methods of engraving on precious stones.

24686

glyptograpny
GLYPTOG'RAPNY, n. [supra.] A description of the art of engraving on precious stones.

24687

gnar
GN`AR

24688

gnarl
GN`ARL, v.i. n`ar and n`arl. To growl; to murmur; to snarl. And wolves are gnarling which shall ...

24689

gnarled
GN`ARLED, a. n`arled. Knotty; full of knots; as the gnarled oak.

24690

gnash
GNASH, v.t. nash. To strike the teeth together, as in anger or pain; as, to gnash the teeth in ...

24691

gnashing
GNASH'ING, ppr. nash'ing. Striking the teeth together, as in anger, rage or pain.GNASH'ING, n. ...

24692

gnat
GNAT, n. nat. A small insect, or rather a genus of insects, the Culex, whose long cylindric body ...

24693

gnatflower
GNAT'FLOWER, n. A flower, called also bee-flower.

24694

gnatsnapper
GNAT'SNAPPER, n. A bird that catches gnats.

24695

gnatworm
GNAT'WORM, n. A small water insect produced by a gnat, and which after its several changes is ...

24696

gnaw
GNAW, v.t. naw. [ Gr. to scrape.]1. To bite off by little and little; to bite or scrape off with ...

24697

gnawed
GNAW'ED, pp. naw'ed. Bit; corroded.

24698

gnawer
GNAW'ER, n. naw'er. He or that which gnaws or corrodes.

24699

gnawing
GNAW'ING, ppr. naw'ing. Biting off by little and little; corroding; eating by slow degrees.

24700

gneiss
GNE'ISS, n. ne'is. In mineralogy, a species of aggregated rock, composed of quartz, feldspar and ...

24701

gnoff
GNOFF, n. nof. A miser. [Not in use.]

24702

gnome
GNOME, n. nome. An imaginary being, supposed by the cabalists, to inhabit the inner parts of the ...

24703

gnomical
GNO'MICAL, a. nomical. Sententious; containing maxims. [Little used.]

24704

gnomiometrical
GNOMIOMET'RICAL, a. [Gr. an index, and to measure.]The gnomiometrical telescope and microscope is ...

24705

gnomologic
GNOMOLOG'IC

24706

gnomological
GNOMOLOG'ICAL, a. Pertaining to gnomology.

24707

gnomology
GNOMOL'OGY, n. [Gr. a maxim or sentence, and discourse.]A collection of maxims, grave sentences or ...

24708

gnomon
GNO'MON, n. no'mon. [Gr. an index, to know.]1. In dialling, the style or pin, which by its ...

24709

gnomonic
GNOMON'IC

24710

gnomonical
GNOMON'ICAL, a. Pertaining to the art of dialling.

24711

gnomonics
GNOMON'ICS, n. The art or science of dialling, or of constructing the dials to show the hour of ...

24712

gnostic
GNOS'TIC, n. nostic. [L. gnosticus; Gr. to know.]The Gnostics were a sect of philosophers that ...

24713

gnosticism
GNOS'TICISM, n. nos'ticism. The doctrines, principles or systems of philosophy taught by the ...

24714

gnu
GNU, n. A species of Antelope, in Southern Africa, whose form partakes of that of the horse, the ...

24715

go
GO, v.i. pret. went; pp. gone.1. In a general sense, to move; to pass; to proceed from one place, ...

24716

goad
GOAD,n. A pointed instrument used to stimulate a beast to move faster.GOAD, v.t. To prick; to ...

24717

goaded
GOADED, pp. Pricked; pushed on by a goad; instigated.

24718

goading
GOADING, ppr. Pricking; driving with a goad; inciting; urging on; rousing.

24719

goal
GOAL, n.1. The point set to bound a race, and to which they run; the mark. Part curb their fiery ...

24720

goar
GOAR, n. More usually gore, which see.

24721

goarish
GOARISH, a. Patched; mean.

24722

goat
GOAT, n. An animal or quadruped of the genus Capra. The horns are hollow, turned upwards, erect ...

24723

goat-chaffer
GOAT-CHAFFER, n. An insect, a kind of beetle.

24724

goat-milker
GOAT-MILKER, n. A kind or owl, so called from sucking goats.

24725

goat-sucker
GOAT-SUCKER, n. In ornithology, a fowl of the genus Caprimulgus, so called from the opinion that ...

24726

goatfish
GOATFISH, n. A fish of the Mediterranean.

24727

goatherd
GOATHERD, n. One whose occupation is to tend goats.

24728

goatish
GOATISH, a. Resembling a goat in any quality; of a rank smell.1. Lustful.

24729

goats-beard
GOAT'S-BEARD, n. In botany, a plant of the genus Tragopogon.

24730

goats-rue
GOAT'S-RUE, n. A plant of the genus Galega.

24731

goats-stones
GOAT'S-STONES, n. The greater goat's stones is the Satyrium; the lesser,the Orchis.

24732

goats-thorn
GOAT'S-THORN, n. A plant of the genus Astragalus.

24733

goatskin
GOATSKIN, n. The skin of a goat.

24734

gob
GOB, n. [Heb. a hill, a boss.] A little mass or collection; a mouthful. [A low word.]

24735

gobbet
GOB'BET, n. A mouthful; a lump.GOB'BET, v.t. To swallow in large masses or mouthfuls. [A low ...

24736

gobble
GOB'BLE, v.t. To swallow in large pieces; to swallow hastily.GOB'BLE, v.i. To make a noise in the ...

24737

gobbler
GOB'BLER, n. One who swallows in haste; a greedy eater; a gormandizer.1. A name sometimes given ...

24738

goblet
GOB'LET, n. A kind of cup or drinking vessel without a handle. We love not loaded boards, and ...

24739

goblin
GOB'LIN, n. 1. An evil spirit; a walking spirit; a frightful phantom. To whom the goblin, full of ...

24740

god
GOD, n. 1. The Supreme Being; Jehovah; the eternal and infinite spirit, the creator,and the ...

24741

godchild
GOD'CHILD, n. [god and child.] One for whom a person becomes sponsor at baptism, and promises to ...

24742

goddaughter
GOD'DAUGHTER, n. [god and daughter.] A female for whom one becomes sponsor at baptism. [See ...

24743

goddess
GOD'DESS, n. A female deity; a heathen deity of the female sex. When the daughter of Jupiter ...

24744

goddesslike
GOD'DESSLIKE, a. Resembling a goddess.

24745

godfather
GOD'F`ATHER, n. The man who is sponsor for a child at baptism, who promises to answer for his ...

24746

godhead
GOD'HEAD, n. god'hed. 1. Godship; deity; divinity; divine nature or essence; applied to the true ...

24747

godless
GOD'LESS, a. Having no reverence for God; impious; ungodly; irreligious; wicked.1. Atheistical; ...

24748

godlessness
GOD'LESSNESS, n. The state of being impious or irreligious.

24749

godlike
GOD'LIKE, a. Resembling God; divine.1. Resembling a deity,or heathen divinity.2. Of superior ...

24750

godlily
GOD'LILY, adv. Piously; righteously.

24751

godliness
GOD'LINESS, n. [from godly.] Piety; belief in God, and reverence for his character and laws.1. A ...

24752

godling
GOD'LING, n. A little deity; a diminutive god; as a puny godling.

24753

godly
GOD'LY, a. [god-like] Pious; reverencing God, and his character and laws.1. Living in obedience ...

24754

godlyhead
GOD'LYHEAD, n. Goodness.

24755

godmother
GOD'MOTHER, n. [god and mother.] A woman who becomes sponsor for a child in baptism.

24756

gods-penny
GOD'S-PENNY, n. An earnest-penny.

24757

godship
GOD'SHIP, n. Deity; divinity; the rank or character of a god. O'er hills and dales their godships ...

24758

godsmith
GOD'SMITH, n. A maker of idols.

24759

godson
GOD'SON, n. One for whom another has been sponsor at the font.

24760

godward
GOD'WARD. Toward God. [An ill-formed word.]

24761

godwit
GOD'WIT, n. A fowl of the grallic order and genus Scolopax. It has a bill four inches long; the ...

24762

godyeld
GOD'YELD

24763

godyield
GOD'YIELD, adv. [Supposed to be contracted from good or god, and shield.] A term of thanks.

24764

goel
GO'EL, a. Yellow.

24765

goer
GO'ER, n. [from go.] One that goes; a runner or walker; one that has a gait good or bad.1. One ...

24766

goety
GO'ETY, n. Invocation of evil spirits. [Not in use.]

24767

goff
GOFF, n. A foolish clown; also, a game. [See Golf.]

24768

goffish
GOFF'ISH, a. Foolish; stupid.

24769

gog
GOG, n. Haste; ardent desire to go.

24770

goggle
GOG'GLE, v.i. [L. celo; or from gog.]To strain or roll the eyes. And wink and goggle like an ...

24771

goggle-eye
GOG'GLE-EYE, n. A rolling or staring eye.

24772

goggle-eyed
GOG'GLE-EYED, a. Having prominent, distorted or rolling eyes.

24773

goggled
GOG'GLED, a. Prominent; staring, as the eye.

24774

goggles
GOG'GLES, n. plu.1. In surgery, instruments used to cure squinting, or the distortion of the eyes ...

24775

going
GO'ING, ppr. [from go.] Moving; walking; traveling; turning; rolling; flying; sailing, &c.GO'ING, ...

24776

goiter
GOIT'ER, n. The bronchocele; a large tumor that forms gradually on the human throat between the ...

24777

goitrous
GOIT'ROUS, a. Pertaining to the goiter; partaking of the nature of bronchocele.1. Affected with ...

24778

gola
GO'LA, n. In architecture, the same as cymatium.

24779

gold
GOLD, n. 1. A precious metal of a bright yellow color, and the most ductile and malleable of all ...

24780

gold-finder
GOLD-FINDER, n. One who finds gold; one who empties jakes. [Not much used.]

24781

gold-hammer
GOLD-HAMMER, n. A kind of bird.

24782

gold-hilted
GOLD-HILTED, a. Having a golden hilt.

24783

gold-pleasure
GOLD-PLEASURE, for gold of pleasure, a plant of the genus Myagrum.

24784

gold-proof
GOLD-PROOF, a. Proof against bribery or temptation by money.

24785

gold-size
GOLD-SIZE, n. A size or glue for burnishing gilding.

24786

goldbeaten
GOLDBEATEN, a. Gilded. [Little used.]

24787

goldbeater
GOLDBEATER, n. One whose occupation is to beat or foliate gold for gilding.Goldbeater's skin, the ...

24788

goldbound
GOLDBOUND, a. Encompassed with gold.

24789

golden
GOLDEN, a. goldn. Made of gold; consisting of gold.1. Bright; shining; splendid; as the golden ...

24790

golden-cups
GOLDEN-CUPS, n. A plant, the Ranunculus.

24791

golden-lungwort
GOLDEN-LUNGWORT, n. A plant of the genus Hieracium.

24792

golden-mouseear
GOLDEN-MOUSEEAR, n. A plant of the genus Hieracium.

24793

golden-samphire
GOLDEN-SAM'PHIRE, n. A plant, the Inula crithmifolia.

24794

golden-saxifrage
GOLDEN-SAX'IFRAGE, n. A plant, the Chrysosplenium.

24795

golden-thistle
GOLDEN-THISTLE, n. A plant of the genus Scolymus.

24796

goldenfish
GOLDENFISH, n. A fish of the genus Cyprinus, of the size of a pilchard, so named from its bright ...

24797

goldenly
GOLDENLY, adv. Splendidly; delightfully. [Not used.]

24798

goldenmaidenhair
GOLDEN'MAIDENHAIR, n. A plant of the genus Polytrichum.

24799

goldenrod
GOLDENROD, n. A plant, the Solidago.

24800

goldenrod-tree
GOLDENROD-TREE, n. A plant, the Bosea.

24801

goldfinch
GOLDFINCH, n. The Fringilla carduelis, a bird so named from the color of its wings.

24802

goldfish
GOLDFISH

24803

golding
GOLDING, n. A sort of apple.

24804

goldlace
GOLDLACE, n. A lace wrought with gold.

24805

goldlaced
GOLDLACED, a. Trimmed with gold lace.

24806

goldleaf
GOLDLEAF, n. Gold foliated or beaten into a thin leaf.

24807

goldney
GOLDNEY, n. A fish, the gilthead.

24808

goldsmith
GOLDSMITH, n. An artisan who manufactures vessels and ornaments of gold and silver.1. A banker; ...

24809

goldthread
GOLDTHREAD, n. A thread formed of flatted gold laid over a thread of silk, by twisting it with a ...

24810

goldwire
GOLDWIRE, n. An ingot of silver, superficially covered with gold and drawn through small round ...

24811

goldylocks
GOLDYLOCKS, n. A name given to certain plants of the genera Chrysocoma and Gnaphalium.

24812

golf
GOLF, n. A game with ball and bat,in which he who drives the ball into a hole with the fewest ...

24813

goll
GOLL, n. [Gr. a cavity, and the hollow of the hand.]Hands; paws; claws. [Not in use or local.]

24814

goloe-shoe
GOLO'E-SHOE, n. An over-shoe; a shoe worn over another to keep the foot dry.

24815

gom
GOM, n. A man.

24816

gondola
GON'DOLA, n. A flat-bottomed boat, very long and narrow, used at Venice in Italy on the canals. A ...

24817

gondolier
GONDOLIE'R, n. A man who rows a gondola.

24818

gone
GONE, pp. of go; pronounced nearly gawn.1. Departed. It was told Solomon that Shimei had gone from ...

24819

gonfalon
GON'FALON

24820

gonfalonier
GONFALONIE'R, n. A chief standard bearer.

24821

gonfanon
GON'FANON, n. [L. pannus, cloth.] An ensign or standard; colors.

24822

gong
GONG, n. A privy or jakes.1. An instrument made of brass, of a circular form, which the Asiatics ...

24823

goniometer
GONIOM'ETER, n. [Gr. angle, and measure.] An instrument for measuring solid angles, or the ...

24824

goniometrical
GONIOMET'RICAL, a. Pertaining to a goniometer. Goniometrical lines are used for measuring the ...

24825

gonorrhea
GONORRHE'A, n. [Gr. semen, and to flow.] A morbid discharge in venereal complaints.

24826

good
GOOD, a. 1. Valid; legally firm; not weak or defective; having strength adequate to its support; ...

24827

good-breeding
GOOD-BREE'DING, n. Polite manners, formed by a good education; a polite education.

24828

good-by
GOOD-BY. [See By.]

24829

good-conditioned
GOOD-CONDI'TIONED, a. Being in a good state; having good qualities or favorable symptoms.

24830

good-fellow
GOOD-FEL'LOW, n. A jolly companion. [This is hardly to be admitted as a compound ...

24831

good-fellowship
GOOD-FEL'LOWSHIP, n. Merry society.

24832

good-friday
GOOD-FRI'DAY, n. A fast of the christian church, in memory of our Savior's sufferings,kept in ...

24833

good-humor
GOOD-HU'MOR, n. A cheerful temper or state of mind.

24834

good-humored
GOOD-HU'MORED, a. Being of a cheerful temper.

24835

good-humoredly
GOOD-HU'MOREDLY, adv. With a cheerful temper; in a cheerful way.

24836

good-manners
GOOD-MAN'NERS, n. Propriety of behavior; politeness; decorum.

24837

good-nature
GOOD-NA'TURE, n. Natural mildness and kindness of disposition.

24838

good-natured
GOOD-NA'TURED, a. Naturally mild in temper; not easily provoked.

24839

good-naturedly
GOOD-NA'TUREDLY, adv. With mildness of temper.

24840

good-now
GOOD-NOW. An exclamation of wonder or surprise.1. An exclamation of entreaty. [Not used.]

24841

good-speed
GOOD-SPEED, n. Good success; an old form of wishing success. [See Speed.]

24842

good-wife
GOOD-WIFE, n. The mistress of a family.

24843

good-will
GOOD-WILL, n. Benevolence.

24844

good-woman
GOOD-WOMAN, n. The mistress of a family.

24845

goodings
GOOD'INGS, n. In seamen's language, clamps of iron bolted on the stern-post of a ship, whereon to ...

24846

goodless
GOOD'LESS, a. Having no goods.

24847

goodliness
GOOD'LINESS, n. [from goodly.] Beauty of form; grace; elegance. Her goodliness was full of ...

24848

goodly
GOOD'LY, adv. Excellently.GOOD'LY, a. Being of a handsome form; beautiful; graceful; as a goodly ...

24849

goodlyhead
GOOD'LYHEAD,n. Goodness, grace. [Not in use.]

24850

goodman
GOOD'MAN, n. A familiar appellation of civility; sometimes used ironically. With you, goodman boy, ...

24851

goodness
GOOD'NESS, n. The state of being good; the physical qualities which constitute value, excellence ...

24852

goods
GOODS, n. plu. Movables; household furniture.1. Personal or movable estate; as horses, cattle, ...

24853

goodship
GOOD'SHIP, n. Favor; grace. [Not in use.]

24854

goody
GOOD'Y, n. A low term of civility; as goody Dobson.

24855

goodyship
GOOD'YSHIP, n. The state or quality of a goody. [Ludicrous.]

24856

googings
GOOG'INGS

24857

goom
GOOM, n. A man recently married, or who is attending his proposed spouse for the purpose of ...

24858

goosander
GOOS'ANDER, n. A migratory fowl of the genus Mergus, the diver or plunger; called also merganser.

24859

goose
GOOSE, n. goos. plu. geese.1. A well known aquatic fowl of the genus Anas; but the domestic goose ...

24860

gooseberry
GOOSEBERRY, n. goos'berry. [L. grossula. The English word is undoubtedly corrupted from ...

24861

goosecap
GOOSECAP, n. goos'cap. A silly person.

24862

goosefoot
GOOSEFOOT, n. goos'foot. A plant, the Chenopodium.

24863

goosegrass
GOOSEGR`ASS, n. goos'grass. A plant of the genus Galium. Also, the name of certain plants of the ...

24864

gooseneck
GOOSENECK, n. goos'neck. In a ship, a piece of iron fixed on one end of the tiller, to which the ...

24865

goosequill
GOOSEQUILL, n. goos'quill. The large feather or quill of a goose; or a pen made with it.

24866

goosetongue
GOOSETONGUE, n. goos'tung. A plant of the genus Achillea.

24867

goosewing
GOOSEWING, n. goos'wing. In seamen's language, a sail set on a boom on the lee side of a ship; ...

24868

goppish
GOP'PISH, a. Proud; pettish. [Not in use.]

24869

gor-cock
GOR'-COCK, n. The moor-cock, red-grouse, or red-game; a fowl of the gallinaceous kind.

24870

gord
GORD, n. An instrument of gaming.

24871

gordian
GORD'IAN, a. Intricate. [See the next word.]Gordian knot, in antiquity, a knot in the leather or ...

24872

gore
GORE, n. [Gr. from issuing.]1. Blood; but generally, thick or clotted blood; blood that after ...

24873

gored
GO'RED, pp. Stabbed; pierced with a pointed instrument.

24874

gorge
GORGE, n. gorj. [L. gurges.]1. The throat; the gullet; the canal of the neck by which food ...

24875

gorged
GORG'ED, pp. Swallowed; glutted.GORG'ED, a. Having a gorge or throat.1. In heraldry, bearing a ...

24876

gorgeous
GOR'GEOUS, a. Showy; fine; splendid; glittering with gay colors. With gorgeous wings, the marks of ...

24877

gorgeously
GOR'GEOUSLY, adv. With showy magnificence; splendidly; finely. The prince was gorgeously arrayed.

24878

gorgeousness
GOR'GEOUSNESS, n. Show of dress or ornament; splendor of raiment.

24879

gorget
GORG'ET, n. A piece of armor for defending the throat or neck; a kind of breast-plate like a ...

24880

gorging
GORG'ING, ppr. Swallowing; eating greedily; glutting.

24881

gorgon
GORG'ON, n. [Gr.] A fabled monster of terrific aspect, the sight of which turned the beholder to ...

24882

gorgonean
GORGO'NEAN

24883

gorgonian
GORGO'NIAN, a. Like a gorgon; pertaining to gorgons.Gorgonia nobilis, in natural history, red ...

24884

goring
GO'RING, ppr. [from gore.] Stabbing; piercing.GO'RING, n. A pricking; puncture.

24885

gormand
GOR'MAND

24886

gormander
GOR'MANDER, n. A greedy or ravenous eater; a glutton.

24887

gormandize
GOR'MANDIZE, v.i. To eat greedily; to swallow voraciously.

24888

gormandizer
GOR'MANDIZER, n. A greedy voracious eater.

24889

gormandizing
GOR'MANDIZING, ppr. Eating greedily and voraciously.

24890

gorse
GORSE

24891

gorss
GORSS, n. gors. [L. crassus.] Furz, or whin, a thick prickly shrub, of the genus Ulex, bearing ...

24892

gory
GO'RY, a. [from gore.] Covered with congealed or clotted blood; as gory locks.1. Bloody; ...

24893

goshawk
GOS'HAWK, n. A voracious fowl of the genus Falco, or hawk kind, larger than the common buzzard, ...

24894

gosling
GOS'LING, n. A young goose; a goose not full grown.1. A catkin on nut trees and pines.

24895

gospel
GOS'PEL, n. [L. evangelium, a good or joyful message.]The history of the birth, life, actions, ...

24896

gospel-gossip
GOS'PEL-GOSSIP, n. One who is over zealous in running about among his neighbors to lecture on ...

24897

gospelize
GOS'PELIZE, v.t. To form according to the gospel.1. To instruct in the gospel; to evangelize; as, ...

24898

gospelized
GOS'PELIZED, pp. Instructed in the christian religion.

24899

gospelizing
GOS'PELIZING, ppr. Evangelizing; instructing in the christian religion.

24900

gospeller
GOS'PELLER, n. An evangelist; also, a follower of Wickliffe, the first Englishman who attempted a ...

24901

goss
GOSS, n. A kind of low furz or gorse.

24902

gossamer
GOS'SAMER, n. [L. gossipium, cotton.] A fine filmy substance, like cobwebs, floating in the air, ...

24903

gossamery
GOS'SAMERY, a. Like gossamer; flimsy; unsubstantial.

24904

gossip
GOS'SIP, n.1. A sponsor; one who answers for a child in baptism; a godfather.2. A tippling ...

24905

gossiping
GOS'SIPING, ppr. Prating; chatting; running from place to place and tattling.GOS'SIPING, n. A ...

24906

gossipred
GOS'SIPRED, n. Compaternity; spiritual affinity, for which a juror might be challenged. [Not ...

24907

gossoon
GOSSOON', n. A boy; a servant. [Not in use.]

24908

gosting
GOS'TING, n. An herb.

24909

got
GOT, pret of get. The old preterit gat, pronounced got, is nearly obsolete.

24910

goth
GOTH, n. One of an ancient and distinguished tribe or nation, which inhabited Scandinavia, now ...

24911

gothamist
GO'THAMIST, n. A person deficient in wisdom, so called from Gotham in Nottinghamshire, noted for ...

24912

gothic
GOTH'IC, a. Pertaining to the Goths; as Gothic customs; Gothic architecture; Gothic barbarity.1. ...

24913

gothicism
GOTH'ICISM, n. Rudeness of manners; barbarousness.1. A Gothic idiom.2. Conformity to the Gothic ...

24914

gothicize
GOTH'ICIZE, v.t. To make Gothic; to bring back to barbarism.

24915

gotten
GOT AND GOTTEN, pp. of get.

24916

goud
GOUD, n. Woad. [Not used.]

24917

gouge
GOUGE, n. gouj. A round hollow chisel, used to cut holes, channels or grooves in wood or ...

24918

gouland
GOUL'AND, n. A plant or flower.Goulard's Extract, so called from the inventor, a saturated ...

24919

gourd
GOURD, n. A plant and its fruit, of the genus Cucurbita. There are several species, as the ...

24920

gourd-tree
GOURD-TREE, n. A tree, the Crescentia, found in the W. Indies.

24921

gourdiness
GOURDINESS, n. A swelling on a horse's leg after a journey.

24922

gourdy
GOURDY, a. Swelled in the legs.

24923

gourmand
GOURMAND. [See Gormand.]

24924

gout
GOUT, n. [L. gutta.]1. The arthritis, a painful disease of the small joints, but sometimes ...

24925

goutiness
GOUT'INESS, n. The state of being subject to the gout; gouty affections.

24926

goutswelled
GOUT'SWELLED, a. Swelled with the gout.

24927

goutwort
GOUT'WORT, n. A plant, the Aegopodium.

24928

gouty
GOUT'Y, a. Diseased with the gout, or subject to the gout; as a gouty person; a gouty joint; a ...

24929

govern
GOV'ERN, v.t. [L. guberno. The L. guberno seems to be a compound.]1. To direct and control, as ...

24930

governable
GOV'ERNABLE, a. That may be governerned, or subjected to authority; controllable; manageable; ...

24931

governance
GOV'ERNANCE,n. Government; exercise of authority; direction; control; management, either of a ...

24932

governant
GOV'ERNANT, n. A lady who has the care and management of young females; a governess. [The latter ...

24933

governed
GOV'ERNED, pp. Directed; regulated by authority; controlled; managed; influenced; restrained.

24934

governess
GOV'ERNESS, n. A female invested with authority to control and direct; a tutoress; an ...

24935

governing
GOV'ERNING, pr. Directing; controlling; regulating by laws or edicts; managing; influencing; ...

24936

government
GOV'ERNMENT, n. Direction; regulation. These precepts will serve for the government of our ...

24937

governmental
GOVERNMENT'AL, a. Pertaining to government; made by government.

24938

governor
GOV'ERNOR, n. He that governs, rules or directs; one invested with supreme authority. The Creator ...

24939

governorship
GOV'ERNORSHIP, n. The office of a governor.

24940

gowan
GOW'AN, n. A plant, a species of Bellis or daisy.

24941

gowk
GOWK, n. [See Gawk.]

24942

gown
GOWN, n. 1. A woman;s upper garment.2. A long loose upper garment or robe, worn by professional ...

24943

gowned
GOWN'ED, a. Dressed in a gown.

24944

gownman
GOWN'MAN, n. One whose professional habit is a gown. The gownman learn'ed.1. One devoted to the ...

24945

grab
GRAB, n. A vessel used on the Malabar coast,having two or three masts.GRAB, v.t. To seize; to ...

24946

grabble
GRAB'BLE, v.i. [Eng. scrabble; allied to rub, or L. rapio, or to both.]1. To grope; to feel with ...

24947

grabbling
GRAB'BLING, ppr. Groping; feeling along; sprawling.

24948

grace
GRACE, n. [L. gratia, which is formed on the Celtic; Eng. agree, congruous, and ready. The ...

24949

grace-cup
GRA'CE-CUP, n. The cup or health drank after grace.

24950

graced
GRA'CED, pp. Adorned; embellished; exalted; dignifies; honored.1. Beautiful; graceful. [Not in ...

24951

graceful
GRA'CEFUL, a. Beautiful with dignity; elegant; agreeable in appearance,with an expression of ...

24952

gracefully
GRA'CEFULLY, adv. With a pleasing dignity; elegantly; with a natural ease and propriety; as, to ...

24953

gracefulness
GRA'CEFULNESS, n. Elegance of manner or deportment; beauty with dignity in manner, motion or ...

24954

graceless
GRA'CELESS, a. Void of grace; corrupt; depraved; unregenerate; unsanctified.

24955

gracelessly
GRA'CELESSLY, adv. Without grace.

24956

graces
GRA'CES,n. Good graces, favor; friendship.

24957

gracile
GRAC'ILE, a. [L. gracilis.] Slender. [Not in use.]

24958

gracility
GRACIL'ITY, n. Slenderness. [Not in use.]

24959

gracious
GRA'CIOUS, a. [L. gratiosus.]1. Favorable; kind; friendly; as,the envoy met with a gracious ...

24960

graciously
GRA'CIOUSLY, adv. Kindly; favorably; in a friendly manner; with kind condescension. His testimony ...

24961

graciousness
GRA'CIOUSNESS, n. Kind condescension.1. Possession of graces or good qualities.2. Pleasing ...

24962

gradation
GRADA'TION, n. [L. gradatio.]1. A series of ascending steps or degrees, or a proceeding step by ...

24963

gradatory
GRAD'ATORY, a. Proceeding step by step.GRAD'ATORY, n. Steps from the cloisters into the church.

24964

gradaul
GRAD'AUL, n. An order of steps.1. A grail; an ancient book of hymns and prayers.

24965

grade
GRADE, n. [L. gradus, a step. gradior, to step to go, rota. We observe further that the Latin ...

24966

gradient
GRA'DIENT, a. [L. gradiens, gradior.] Moving by steps; walking; as gradient automata.

24967

gradual
GRAD'UAL,a. Proceeding by steps or degrees; advancing step by step; passing from one step to ...

24968

gradually
GRAD'UALLY, adv. By degrees; step by step; regularly; slowly. At evening the light vanishes ...

24969

graduate
GRAD'UATE, v.t. [L. gradus, a degree.]1. To honor with a degree or diploma, in a college or ...

24970

graduated
GRAD'UATED, pp. Honored with a degree or diploma from some learned society or college.1. Marked ...

24971

graduateship
GRAD'UATESHIP, n. The state of a graduate.

24972

graduating
GRAD'UATING, ppr. Honoring with a degree; marking with degrees.

24973

graduation
GRADUA'TION, n. Regular progression by succession of degrees.1. Improvement; exaltation of ...

24974

graduator
GRAD'UATOR, n. An instrument for dividing any line, right or curve, into equal parts.

24975

graff
GRAFF, n. [See Grave.] A ditch or moat.GRAFF, for graft.

24976

graft
GR`AFT, n. [L. scribo, the sense of which is to scrape or to dig.]A small shoot or cion of a tree, ...

24977

grafted
GR`AFTED, pp. Inserted on a foreign stock.

24978

grafter
GR`AFTER, n. One who inserts cions on foreign stocks, or propagates fruit by ingrafting.

24979

grafting
GR`AFTING, ppr. Inserting cions on different stocks.Note. The true original orthography of this ...

24980

grail
GRAIL, n. [L. graduale.] A book of offices in the Romish church.GRAIL, n. Small particles of any ...

24981

grain
GRAIN, n. [L. granum.]1. Any small hard mass; as a grain of sand or gravel. Hence,2. A single ...

24982

grained
GRA'INED, a. Rough; made less smooth.1. Dyed in grain; ingrained.

24983

grainer
GRA'INER, n. A lixivium obtained by infusing pigeon's dung in water; used by tanners to give ...

24984

graining
GRA'INING, n. Indentation.1. A fish of the dace kind.

24985

grains
GRAINS, n. [in the plural.] The husks or remains of malt after brewing, or of any grain after ...

24986

grainstaff
GRA'INSTAFF, n. A quarter-staff.

24987

grainy
GRA'INY, a. Full of grains or corn; full of kernels.

24988

graith
GRAITH, v.t. To prepare. [See Greith and Ready.]

24989

grallic
GRAL'LIC, a. [L. gralloe, stilts, crutches.] Stilted; an epithet given to an order of fowls ...

24990

gram
GRAM, a. Angry.GRAM, n. [Gr. the twenty fourth part of an ounce.]In the new system of French ...

24991

gramercy
GRAMERCY, for Fr. grand-merci, is not in use. It formerly was used to express obligation.

24992

gramineal
GRAMIN'EAL

24993

gramineous
GRAMIN'EOUS, a. [L. gramineus, from gramen, grass.]Grassy; like or pertaining to grass. Gramineous ...

24994

graminivorous
GRAMINIV'OROUS, a. [L. gramen, grass, and voro, to eat.]Feeding or subsisting on grass. The ox ...

24995

grammar
GRAM'MAR, n. [L. grammatica; Gr. a letter, to write.]1. In practice, the art of speaking or ...

24996

grammar-school
GRAM'MAR-SCHOOL, n. A school in which the learned languages are taught. By learned languages, we ...

24997

grammarian
GRAMMA'RIAN, n. One versed in grammar, or the construction of languages; a philologist.1. One who ...

24998

grammatical
GRAMMAT'ICAL, a. Belonging to grammar; as a grammatical rule.1. According to the rules of ...

24999

grammatically
GRAMMAT'ICALLY, adv. According to the principles and rules of grammar; as, to write or speak ...

25000

grammaticaster
GRAMMAT'ICASTER, n. [L.] A low grammarian; a pretender to a knowledge of grammar; a pedant.

25001

grammaticize
GRAMMAT'ICIZE, v.t. To render grammatical.

25002

grammatist
GRAM'MATIST, n. A pretender to a knowledge of grammar.

25003

grammatite
GRAM'MATITE, n. [See Tremolite.]

25004

grample
GRAM'PLE, n. A crab-fish.

25005

grampus
GRAM'PUS, n. A fish of the cetaceous order, and genus Delphinus. This fish grows to the length of ...

25006

granade
GRANADE, GRANADO. [See Grenade.]

25007

granadilla
GRANADIL'LA, n. A plant; the fruit of the Passiflora quadrangulata.

25008

granado
GRANADE, GRANADO. [See Grenade.]

25009

granary
GRAN'ARY, n. [L. granarium, from granum, grain.]A store house or repository of grain after it is ...

25010

granate
GRAN'ATE, n. Usually written garnet,which see.

25011

granatite
GRAN'ATITE,n. [See Grenatite.]

25012

grancy
FRA'GRANCE,'GRANCY, n. [L. fragrantia, from fragro, to smell strong.]Sweetness of smell; that ...

25013

grand
GRAND, a. [L. grandis.]1. Great; but mostly in a figurative sense; illustrious; high in power or ...

25014

grandam
GRAN'DAM, n. [grand and dame.] Grandmother.1. An old woman.

25015

grandchild
GRAND'CHILD, n. A son's or daughter's child; a child in the second degree of descent.

25016

granddaughter
GRAND'DAUGHTER, n. The daughter of a son or daughter.

25017

grandee
GRANDEE', n. A nobleman; a man of elevated rank or station. In Spain, a nobleman of the first ...

25018

grandeeship
GRANDEE'SHIP, n. The rank or estate of a grandee.

25019

grandeur
GRAND'EUR, n. In a general sense, greatness; that quality or combination of qualities in an object, ...

25020

grandevity
GRANDEV'ITY, n. Great age. [Not used.]

25021

grandevous
GRANDE'VOUS, a. Of great age. [Not used.]

25022

grandfather
GRAND'F`ATHER, n. A father's or mother's father; the next degree above the father or mother in ...

25023

grandiloquence
GRANDIL'OQUENCE,n. Lofty speaking; lofty expressions.

25024

grandiloquous
GRANDIL'OQUOUS, a. [L. grandiloquus; grandis and loquor, to speak.] Speaking in a lofty style.

25025

grandinous
GRAND'INOUS, a. [L. grando.] Consisting of hail.

25026

grandity
GRAND'ITY, n. Greatness; magnificence. [Not used.]

25027

grandjuror
GRANDJU'ROR, n. One of a grand jury. In Connecticut, a peace-officer.

25028

grandly
GRAND'LY, adv. In a lofty manner; splendidly; sublimely.

25029

grandmother
GRAND'MOTHER, n. The mother of one's father or mother.

25030

grandness
GRAND'NESS, n. Grandeur; greatness with beauty; magnificence.

25031

grandsire
GRAND'SIRE, n. A grandfather.1. In poetry and rhetoric, any ancestor.

25032

grandson
GRAND'SON, n. The son of a son or daughter.

25033

grange
GRANGE, n. granj. A farm, with the buildings, stables, &c.

25034

granilite
GRAN'ILITE,n. [See Granit.] Indeterminate granit; granit that contains more than three ...

25035

granit
GRAN'IT

25036

granite
GRAN'ITE, n. In mineralogy, an aggregate stone or rock, composed of crystalline grains of quartz, ...

25037

granitel
GRAN'ITEL, n. [dim. of granit.] A binary aggregate of minerals; a granitic compound containing ...

25038

granitic
GRANIT'IC, a. Pertaining to granit; like granit; having the nature of granitic; as granitic ...

25039

granitin
GRAN'ITIN, n. A granitic aggregate of three species of minerals, some of which differ from the ...

25040

granivorous
GRANIV'OROUS, a. [L. granum, grain, and voro, to eat.]Eating grain; feeding or subsisting on ...

25041

grant
GR`ANT, v.t.1. To admit as true what is not proved; to allow; to yield; to concede. We take that ...

25042

grantable
GR`ANTABLE, a. That may be granted or conveyed.

25043

granted
GR`ANTED, pp. Admitted as true; conceded; yielded; bestowed; conveyed.

25044

grantee
GRANTEE', n. The person to whom a conveyance is made.

25045

granting
GR`ANTING, ppr. Admitting; conceding; bestowing; conveying.

25046

grantor
GR`ANTOR, n. The person who grants; one who conveys lands, rents, &c.

25047

granular
GRAN'ULAR, a. [from L. granum, grain.]1. Consisting of grains; as a granular substance.2. ...

25048

granulate
GRAN'ULATE, v.t. [L. granum.]1. To form into grains or small masses; as, to granulate powder or ...

25049

granulated
GRAN'ULATED, pp. Formed into grains.1. Consisting of grains; resembling grains.

25050

granulating
GRAN'ULATING, ppr. Forming into grains.

25051

granulation
GRANULA'TION, n. The act of forming into grains; as the granulation of powder and sugar. In ...

25052

granule
GRAN'ULE, n. [L. granum.] A little grain; a small particle.

25053

granulous
GRAN'ULOUS, a. Full of grains; abounding with granular substances.

25054

grape
GRAPE, n. [This word is from the root of grab, gripe,and signifies primarily a cluster or bunch.]1. ...

25055

grape-hyacinth
GRAPE-HYACINTH, n. A plant or flower, a species of Hyacinthus.

25056

grapeless
GRA'PELESS, a. Wanting the strength and flavor of the grape.

25057

grapeshot
GRA'PESHOT, n. A cluster of small shot, confined in a canvas bag, forming a kind of cylinder, ...

25058

grapestone
GRA'PESTONE, n. The stone or seed of the grape.

25059

graphic
GRAPH'IC

25060

graphical
GRAPH'ICAL, a. [L. graphicus; Gr. to write.]1. Pertaining to the art of writing or delineating.2. ...

25061

graphically
GRAPH'ICALLY, adv. With good delineation; in a picturesque manner.

25062

graphite
GRAPH'ITE, n. [Gr. to write.] Carburet of iron, a substance used for pencils, and very improperly ...

25063

grapholite
GRAPH'OLITE, n. [supra.] A species of slate proper for writing on.

25064

graphometer
GRAPHOM'ETER, n. [Gr. to describe, measure.] A mathematical instrument, called also a semicircle, ...

25065

graphometrical
GRAPHOMET'RICAL, a. Pertaining to or ascertained by a graphometer.

25066

grapling
GRAP'LING, n. 1. A small anchor fitted with four or five flukes or claws, used to hold boats or ...

25067

grapnel
GRAP'NEL

25068

grapple
GRAP'PLE, v.t.1. To seize; to lay fast hold on, either with the hands or with hooks. We say, a ...

25069

grapplement
GRAP'PLEMENT, n. A grappling; close fight or embrace.

25070

grapy
GRA'PY, a. Like grapes; full of clusters of grapes.1. Made of grapes.

25071

grasp
GR`ASP, v.t. To seize and hold by clasping or embracing with the fingers or arms. We say, to grasp ...

25072

grasped
GR`ASPED, pp. Seized with the hands or arms, embraced; held; possessed.

25073

grasper
GR`ASPER, n. One who grasps or seizes; one who catches at; one who holds.

25074

grasping
GR`ASPING, ppr. Seizing; embracing; catching; holding.

25075

grass
GR`ASS, n. 1. In common usage, herbage; the plants which constitute the food of cattle and other ...

25076

grass-green
GR`ASS-GREEN, a. Green with grass.1. Dark green, like the color of grass.

25077

grass-grown
GR`ASS-GROWN, a. Overgrown with grass.

25078

grassation
GRASSA'TION, n. [L. grassatio.] A wandering about. [Little used.]

25079

grasshopper
GR`ASSHOPPER, n. [grass and hop.] An animal that lives among grass, a species of Gryllus.

25080

grassiness
GR`ASSINESS, n. [from grassy.] The state of abounding with grass; a grassy state.

25081

grassless
GR`ASSLESS, a. Destitute of grass.

25082

grassplot
GR`ASSPLOT, n. A plat or level spot covered with grass.

25083

grasspoly
GR`ASSPOLY, n. A plant, a species of Lythrum or willow-wort.

25084

grassvetch
GR`ASSVETCH, n. A plant of the genus Lathyrus.

25085

grasswrack
GR`ASSWRACK, n. A plant, the Zostera.

25086

grassy
GR`ASSY, a. Covered with grass; abounding with grass.1. Resembling grass; green.

25087

grate
GRATE, n. [L. crates, a grate, a hurdle.]1. A work or frame, composed of parallel or cross bars, ...

25088

grated
GRA'TED, pp. Rubbed harshly; worn off by rubbing.1. Furnished with a grate; as grated windows.

25089

grateful
GRA'TEFUL, a. [from L. gratus. See Grace.]1. Having a due sense of benefits; kindly disposed ...

25090

gratefully
GRA'TEFULLY, adv. With a due sense of benefits or favors; in a manner that disposes to kindness, ...

25091

gratefulness
GRA'TEFULNESS, n. The quality of being grateful; gratitude.1. The quality of being agreeable or ...

25092

grater
GRA'TER, n. [See Grate.] An instrument or utensil with a rough indented surface, for rubbing off ...

25093

gratification
GRATIFICA'TION,n. [L. gratificatio, from gratificor; gratus and facio, to make.]1. The act of ...

25094

gratified
GRAT'IFIED, pp. Pleased; indulged according to desire.

25095

gratifier
GRAT'IFIER, n. One who gratifies or pleases.

25096

gratify
GRAT'IFY, v.t. [L. gratificor; gratus, agreeable, and facio, to make.]1. To please; to give ...

25097

gratifying
GRAT'IFYING, ppr. Pleasing; indulging to satisfaction.1. Giving pleasure; affording satisfaction.

25098

grating
GRA'TING, ppr. [See Grate.] Rubbing; wearing off in particles.1. Fretting; irritating; harsh; as ...

25099

gratingly
GRA'TINGLY, adv. Harshly; offensively; in a manner to irritate.

25100

gratings
GRA'TINGS, n. [See Grate.] A partition of bars; an open cover for the hatches of a ship, ...

25101

gratis
GRA'TIS, adv. [L.] For nothing; freely; without recompense; as, to give a thing gratis; to perform ...

25102

gratitude
GRAT'ITUDE, n. [L. gratitudo, from gratus, pleasing. See Grace.]An emotion of the heart, excited ...

25103

gratuitous
GRATU'ITOUS, a. [L. gratuitus, from gratus.]1. Free; voluntary; not required by justice; granted ...

25104

gratuitously
GRATU'ITOUSLY, adv. Freely; voluntarily; without claim or merit; without an equivalent or ...

25105

gratuity
GRATU'ITY, n.1. A free gift; a present; a donation; that which is given without a compensation or ...

25106

gratulate
GRAT'ULATE, v.t. [L. gratulor, from gratus, pleasing, grateful.]1. To express joy or pleasure to a ...

25107

gratulated
GRAT'ULATED, pp. Addressed with expressions of joy.

25108

gratulating
GRAT'ULATING, ppr. Addressing with expressions of joy, on account of some good received.

25109

gratulation
GRATULA'TION, n. [L. gratulatio.] An address or expression ofjoy to a person, on account of some ...

25110

gratulatory
GRAT'ULATORY,a. Expressing gratulation; congratulatory.

25111

grave
GRAVE, a final syllable, is a grove.GRAVE, v.t. pret. graved; pp. graven or graved. [Gr. to write; ...

25112

grave-clothes
GRA'VE-CLOTHES, n. The clothes or dress in which the dead are interred.

25113

grave-digger
GRA'VE-DIGGER, n. One whose occupation is to dig graves.

25114

grave-maker
GRA'VE-MAKER, n. A grave-digger.

25115

grave-stone
GRA'VE-STONE,n. A stone laid over a grave, or erected near it, as a monument to preserve the ...

25116

graved
GRA'VED, pp. [See the Verb.] Carved; engraved; cleaned, as a ship.

25117

gravel
GRAV'EL, n. 1. Small stones or fragments of stone, or very small pebbles, larger than the ...

25118

gravel-walk
GRAV'EL-WALK, n. A walk or alley covered with gravel, which makes a hard and dry bottom; used in ...

25119

graveled
GRAV'ELED, pp. Covered with gravel; stopped; embarrassed; injured by gravel.

25120

graveless
GRA'VELESS, a. [from grave.] Without a grave or tomb; unburied.

25121

gravelly
GRAV'ELLY, a. [from gravel.] Abounding with gravel; consisting of gravel; as a gravelly soil or ...

25122

gravely
GRA'VELY, adv. [from grave.] In a grave, solemn manner; soberly; seriously. The queen of learning ...

25123

graveness
GRA'VENESS, n. Seriousness; solemnity; sobriety of behavior; gravity of manners or discourse.

25124

graver
GRA'VER, n. [See Grave.] One who carves or engraves; one whose profession is to cut letters or ...

25125

gravid
GRAV'ID, a. [L. gravidus, from gravis, heavy.]Pregnant; being with child.

25126

gravidated
GRAV'IDATED, a. Made pregnant; big. [Not in use.]

25127

gravidation
GRAVIDA'TION, n. Pregnancy. [Not in use.]

25128

gravidity
GRAVID'ITY, n. Pregnancy. [Not in use.]

25129

graving
GRA'VING, ppr. Engraving; carving; cutting figures on stone, copper or other hard ...

25130

gravitate
GRAV'ITATE, v.i. [L. gravitas, from gravis, heavy.]To tend to the center of a body, or the central ...

25131

gravitating
GRAV'ITATING, ppr. Tending to the center of a body or system of bodies.

25132

gravitation
GRAVITA'TION, n. The act of tending to the center.1. The force by which bodies are pressed or ...

25133

gravity
GRAV'ITY, n. [L. gravitas, from gravis, heavy. See Grave.]1. Weight; heaviness.2. In philosophy, ...

25134

gravy
GRA'VY, n. The fat and other liquid matter that drips from flesh in roasting, or when roasted or ...

25135

gray
GRAY, a. [This is probably the name given to the Greeks, on account of their fair complexion ...

25136

gray-beard
GRA'Y-BEARD, n. An old man.

25137

gray-eyed
GRA'Y-EYED, a. Having gray eyes.

25138

gray-haired
GRA'Y-HAIRED, a. Having gray hair.

25139

gray-headed
GRA'Y-HEADED, a. Having a gray head or gray hair.

25140

grayfly
GRA'YFLY, n. The trumpet-fly.

25141

grayhound
GRA'YHOUND, n. A tall fleet dog, used in the chase.

25142

grayish
GRA'YISH, a. Somewhat gray; gray in a moderate degree.

25143

grayling
GRA'YLING, n. A fish of the genus Salmo,called also umber, a voracious fish, about sixteen or ...

25144

grayness
GRA'YNESS, n. The quality of being gray.

25145

graywacke
GRAYWACKE, n. A rock somewhat remarkable in its structure and geological relations; a kind of ...

25146

graze
GRAZE, v.t. [L. rado, rasi, or rodo, rosi.]1. To rub or touch lightly in passing; to brush ...

25147

grazed
GRA'ZED, pp. Touched lightly by a passing body; brushed.1. Fed by growing grass; as, cattle are ...

25148

grazer
GRA'ZER, n. One that grazes or feeds on growing herbage.

25149

grazier
GRA'ZIER, n. gra'zhur. One who feeds cattle with grass, or supplies them with pasture.

25150

grazing
GRA'ZING, ppr. Touching lightly, as a moving body.1. Feeding on growing herbage; as grazing ...

25151

grease
GREASE, n. 1. Animal fat in a soft state; oily or unctuous matter of any kind, as tallow, lard; ...

25152

greased
GRE'ASED, pp. Smeared with oily matter; bribed.

25153

greasily
GRE'ASILY, adv. With grease or an appearance of it; grossly.

25154

greasiness
GRE'ASINESS, n. The state of being greasy; oiliness; unctuousness.

25155

greasing
GRE'ASING, ppr. Smearing with fat or oily matter; bribing.

25156

greasy
GRE'ASY, a. greez'y. Oily; fat; unctuous.1. Smeared or defiled with grease.2. Like grease or ...

25157

great
GREAT, a. [L. crassus.]1. Large in bulk or dimensions; a term of comparison, denoting more ...

25158

great-bellied
GREAT-BELLIED, a. Pregnant; teeming.

25159

great-hearted
GREAT-HEARTED, a. High-spirited; undejected.

25160

greaten
GREATEN, v.t. To enlarge.

25161

greatly
GREATLY, adv. In a great degree; much. I will greatly multiply thy sorrow. Gen.3.1. Nobly; ...

25162

greatness
GREATNESS, n. Largeness of bulk, dimensions, number or quantity; as the greatness of a mountain, ...

25163

greave
GREAVE, for grove and groove. [See Grove and Groove.]

25164

greaves
GREAVES, n. plu. greevz. Armor for the legs; a sort of boots. l Sam.17.

25165

grebe
GREBE, n. A fowl of the genus Colymbus and order of ansers, of several species; as the ...

25166

grecian
GRE'CIAN, a. Pertaining to Greece.GRE'CIAN, n. A native of Greece. Also, a Jew who understood ...

25167

grecism
GRE'CISM, n. [L. groecismus.] An idiom of the Greek language.

25168

grecize
GRE'CIZE, v.t. To render Grecian.1. To translate into Greek.GRE'CIZE, v.i. To speak the Greek ...

25169

gree
GREE, n. Good will.1. Step; rank; degree. [See Degree.]GREE. v.i. To agree. [See Agree.]

25170

greece
GREECE, n. [L. gressus. It ought to be written grese, but it is entirely obsolete.] A flight of ...

25171

greed
GREED, n. Greediness.

25172

greedily
GREE'DILY, adv. [See Greedy.] With a keen appetite for food or drink; voraciously; ravenously; ...

25173

greediness
GREE'DINESS, n. Keenness of appetite for food or drink; ravenousness; voracity. Fox in stealth, ...

25174

greedy
GREE'DY, a. [L. gradior,and probably signifies reaching forward.]1. Having a keen appetite for ...

25175

greek
GREEK, a. Pertaining to Greece. [See Gray.]GREEK, n. A native of Greece.1. The language of ...

25176

greekish
GREE'KISH, a. Peculiar to Greece.

25177

greekling
GREE'KLING, n. An inferior Greek writer.

25178

greekrose
GREE'KROSE, n. The flower campion.

25179

green
GREEN, a.1. Properly, growing, flourishing, as plants; hence, of the color of herbage and plants ...

25180

green-crop
GREE'N-CROP, n. A crop of green vegetables, such as artificial grasses, turnips, &c.

25181

green-earth
GREE'N-EARTH, n. A species of earth or mineral, so called; the mountain green of artists.

25182

green-eyed
GREE'N-EYED, a. Having green eyes; as green-eyed jealousy.

25183

green-grocer
GREE'N-GROCER, n. A retailer of greens.

25184

green-house
GREE'N-HOUSE, n. A house in which tender plants are sheltered from the weather,and preserved green ...

25185

green-sickness
GREE'N-SICKNESS, n. The chlorosis, a disease of maids, so called from the color it occasions in the ...

25186

green-stall
GREE'N-STALL, n. A stall on which greens are exposed to sale.

25187

green-sward
GREE'N-SWARD, n. Turf green with grass.

25188

green-weed
GREE'N-WEED, n. Dyer's weed.

25189

greenbroom
GREE'NBROOM

25190

greencloth
GREE'NCLOTH, n. A board or court of justice held in the counting house of the British king's ...

25191

greenfinch
GREE'NFINCH, n. A bird of the genus Fringilla.

25192

greenfish
GREE'NFISH, n. A fish so called.

25193

greengage
GREE'NGAGE, n. A species of plum.

25194

greenhaired
GREE'NHAIRED, a. Having green locks or hair.

25195

greenhood
GREE'NHOOD, n. A state of greenness.

25196

greenhorn
GREE'NHORN, n. A raw youth.

25197

greenish
GREE'NISH, a. Somewhat green; having a tinge of green; as a greenish yellow.

25198

greenishness
GREE'NISHNESS, n. The quality of being greenish.

25199

greenly
GREE'NLY, adv. With a green color; newly; freshly; immaturely.

25200

greenness
GREE'NNESS, n. The quality of being green; viridity; as the greenness of grass or of a meadow.1. ...

25201

greenstone
GREE'NSTONE, n. [so called from a tinge of green in the color.]A rock of the trap formation, ...

25202

greenweed
GREE'NWEED , n. A plant of the genus Genista.

25203

greenwood
GREE'NWOOD,n. Wood when green, as in summer.GREE'NWOOD, a. Pertaining to a greenwood; as a ...

25204

greet
GREET, v.t. [L. rudo, to bray, to roar.]1. To address with expressions of kind wishes; to salute ...

25205

greeted
GREE'TED, pp. Addressed with kind wishes; complimented.

25206

greeter
GREE'TER, n. One who greets.

25207

greeting
GREE'TING, ppr. Addressing with kind wishes or expressions of joy; complimenting; congratulating; ...

25208

greeze
GREEZE, n. [L. gressus.] A step, or flight of steps. [See Greece.]

25209

greffier
GREF'FIER, n. A registrar, or recorder.

25210

gregal
GRE'GAL, a. [L. grex.] Pertaining to a flock.

25211

gregarian
GREGA'RIAN, a. [See Gregarious.] Belonging to the herd or common sort.

25212

gregarious
GREGA'RIOUS, a. [L. gregarius, from grex, a herd.]Having the habit of assembling or living in a ...

25213

gregariously
GREGA'RIOUSLY, adv. In a flock or herd; in a company.

25214

gregariousness
GREGA'RIOUSNESS, n. The state or quality of living in flocks or herds.

25215

gregorian
GREGO'RIAN, a. Denoting what belongs to Gregory. The Gregorian calendar, is one which shows the ...

25216

greit
GREIT, v.i. To lament.

25217

greith
GREITH, v.t. To make ready.GREITH, n. Goods; furniture.

25218

gremial
GRE'MIAL, a. [L. gremium.] Belonging to the lap or bosom.

25219

grenade
GRENA'DE, n. In the art of war, a hollow ball or shell of iron or other metal, about two inches ...

25220

grenadier
GRENADIE'R, n.1. A foot soldier, wearing a high cap. Grenadiers are usually tall, active soldiers, ...

25221

grenatite
GREN'ATITE, n. Staurotide or staurolite, a mineral of a dark reddish brown. It occurs imbedded in ...

25222

grew
GREW, pret. of grow.

25223

grey
GREY. [See Gray.]

25224

greyhound
GREYHOUND, n. A tall fleet dog, kept for the chase.

25225

grice
GRICE, n. A little pig.

25226

griddle
GRID'DLE, n. A pan, broad and shallow, for baking cakes.

25227

gride
GRIDE, v.t. [Eng. to cry.] To grate, or to cut with a grating sound; to cut; to penetrate or ...

25228

gridelin
GRID'ELIN, n. A color mixed of white and red, or a gray violet.

25229

gridiron
GRID'IRON, n. A grated utensil for broiling flesh and fish over coals.

25230

grief
GRIEF ,n. [L. gravis.]1. The pain of mind produced by loss, misfortune, injury or evils of any ...

25231

griefful
GRIE'FFUL, a. Full of grief or sorrow.

25232

griefshot
GRIE'FSHOT, a. Pierced with grief.

25233

grievable
GRIE'VABLE, a. Lamentable.

25234

grievance
GRIE'VANCE, n. [from grief.] That which causes grief or uneasiness; that which burdens, oppresses ...

25235

grieve
GRIEVE, v.t. [L. gravo, from gravis.]1. To give pain of mind to; to afflict; to wound the ...

25236

grieved
GRIE'VED, pp. Pained; afflicted; suffering sorrow.

25237

griever
GRIE'VER, n. He or that which grieves.

25238

grieving
GRIE'VING, ppr. Giving pain; afflicting.1. Sorrowing; exercised with grief; mourning.

25239

grievingly
GRIE'VINGLY, adv. In sorrow; sorrowfully.

25240

grievous
GRIE'VOUS, a. [from grieve, or grief.] Heavy; oppressive; burdensome; as a grievous load of ...

25241

grievously
GRIE'VOUSLY, adv. With pain; painfully; with great pain or distress; as, to be grievously ...

25242

grievousness
GRIE'VOUSNESS, n. Oppressiveness; weight that gives pain or distress; as the grievousness of a ...

25243

griffon
GRIF'FON, n. [L. gryps, gryphus.]In the natural history of the ancients, an imaginary animal said ...

25244

griffon-like
GRIF'FON-LIKE, a. Resembling a griffon.

25245

grig
GRIG, n. A small eel; the sand ell.1. A merry creature.2. Health.

25246

grill
GRILL, v.t. To broil. [Not in use.]GRILL, a. Shaking with cold.

25247

grilly
GRIL'LY, v.t. To harass. [Not in use.]

25248

grim
GRIM, a. [L. fremo; Eng. grumble, rumble.]1. Fierce; ferocious; impressing terror; frightful; ...

25249

grim-faced
GRIM'-FACED, a. Having a stern countenance.

25250

grim-grinning
GRIM-GRINNING, a. Grinning with a fierce countenance.

25251

grim-visaged
GRIM-VISAGED, a. Grim-faced.

25252

grimace
GRIMA'CE, n.1. A distortion of the countenance, from habit, affectation or insolence.2. An air of ...

25253

grimaced
GRIMA'CED, a. Distorted;having a crabbed look.

25254

grimalkin
GRIMAL'KIN, n. The name of an old cat.

25255

grime
GRIME, n. Foul matter; dirt; sullying blackness, deeply insinuated.GRIME, v.t. To sully or soil ...

25256

grimly
GRIM'LY, a. Having a hideous or stern look.GRIM'LY, adv. Fiercely; ferociously; with a look of ...

25257

grimness
GRIM'NESS,n. Fierceness of look; sternness; crabbedness.

25258

grimy
GRI'MY, a. Full of grime; foul.

25259

grin
GRIN, v.i.1. To set the teeth together and open the lips, or to open the mouth and withdraw the ...

25260

grind
GRIND, v.t. pret. and pp. ground. [This word, if n is radical, may be allied to rend; if not, it ...

25261

grinder
GRINDER, n. One that grinds, or moves a mill.1. The instrument of grinding.2. A tooth that grinds ...

25262

grinding
GRINDING, ppr. Reducing to powder by friction; triturating; levitating; chewing.1. Making sharp; ...

25263

grindstone
GRIND'STONE, n. A sandstone used for grinding or sharpening tools.Stone, used by old writers, is ...

25264

grinner
GRIN'NER, n. [See Grin.] One that grins.

25265

grinning
GRIN'NING, ppr. Closing the teeth and showing them, as in laughter; a showing of the teeth.

25266

grinningly
GRIN'NINGLY, adv. With a grinning laugh.

25267

grip
GRIP, n. The griffon. [Not in use.]GRIP, n. A grasp; a holding fast.GRIP, n. A small ditch or ...

25268

gripe
GRIPE, v.t. [L.rapio.]1. To seize; to grasp; to catch with the hand, and to clasp closely with ...

25269

griper
GRIPER, n. One who gripes; an oppressor; an extortioner.

25270

griping
GRIPING, ppr. Grasping; seizing; holding fast; pinching; oppressing; distressing the ...

25271

gripingly
GRIPINGLY, adv. With a pain in the bowels.

25272

gripple
GRIP'PLE, a. [from gripe.] Griping; greedy; covetous; unfeeling.1. Grasping fast; tenacious.

25273

grippleness
GRIP'PLENESS, n. Covetousness.

25274

gris
GRIS, n. A kind of fur.

25275

grisamber
GRISAMBER, used by Milton for ambergris.

25276

grise
GRISE, n. [L. gressus.] A step, or scale of steps. 1. A swine.

25277

grisette
GRISETTE, n. griset'. A tradesman's wife or daughter. [Not used.]

25278

griskin
GRIS'KIN,n. [See Grise.] The spine of a hog. [Not in use.]

25279

grisly
GRIS'LY, a. s as z. Frightful; horrible; terrible; as grisly locks; a grisly countenance; a ...

25280

grisons
GRIS'ONS, n. Inhabitants of the eastern Swiss alps.

25281

grist
GRIST, n. 1. Properly, that which is ground; hence, corn ground; but in common usage, it ...

25282

gristle
GRIS'TLE, n. gris'l. [L. cartil, in cartilago; cartil for cratil; Gr. strong.] A cartilage; a ...

25283

gristly
GRIST'LY, a. Consisting of gristle; like gristle; cartilaginous; as the gristly rays of fins ...

25284

gristmill
GRIST'MILL, n. A mill for grinding grain.

25285

grit
GRIT, n.1. The coarse part of meal.2. Oats hulled, or coarsely ground; written also groats.3. ...

25286

grith
GRITH, n. Agreement. [Not in use.]

25287

gritstone
GRIT'STONE,n. [See Grit.]

25288

grittiness
GRIT'TINESS, n. The quality of containing grit or consisting of grit,sand or small hard, rough ...

25289

gritty
GRIT'TY, a. Containing sand or grit; consisting of grit; full of hard particles; sandy.

25290

grizelin
GRIZ'ELIN. [See Gridelin.]

25291

grizzle
GRIZ'ZLE, n. Gray; a gray color; a mixture of white and black.

25292

grizzled
GRIZ'ZLED, a. Gray; of a mixed color. Gen.31.

25293

grizzly
GRIZ'ZLY, a. Somewhat gray.

25294

groan
GROAN, v.i. [L. grunnio; Heb. to cry out, to groan; L. rana, a frog.]1. To breathe with a deep ...

25295

groanful
GROANFUL, a. Sad; inducing groans.

25296

groaning
GROANING, ppr. Uttering a low mournful sound.GROANING, n. The act of groaning; lamentation; ...

25297

groat
GROAT, n. grawt.1. An English money of account, equal to four pence.2. A proverbial name for a ...

25298

groats
GROATS, n. [See Grit.] Oats that have the hulls taken off.

25299

groats-worth
GROATS-WORTH, n. The value of a groat.

25300

grocer
GRO'CER, n. A trader who deals in tea, sugar, spices, coffee, liquors, fruits, &c.

25301

grocery
GRO'CERY, n. A grocer's store.1. The commodities sold by grocers; usually in the plural.

25302

grog
GROG, n. A mixture of spirit and water not sweetened.

25303

grogdrinker
GROG'DRINKER, n. One addicted to drinking grog.

25304

groggy
GROG'GY, a. A groggy horse is one that bears wholly on his heels in trotting.1. In vulgar ...

25305

grogram
GROG'RAM

25306

grogran
GROG'RAN, n. A kind of stuff made of silk and mohair.

25307

groin
GROIN, n.1. The depressed part of the human body between the belly and the thigh.2. Among ...

25308

gromet
GROM'ET

25309

gromil
GROM'IL , n. A plant of the genus Lithospermum. The German gromwell is the Stellera.

25310

grommet
GROM'MET, n. Among seamen, a ring formed of a strand of rope laid in three times round; used to ...

25311

gromwell
GROM'WELL

25312

groom
GROOM, n.1. A boy or young man; a waiter; a servant.2. A man or boy who has the charge of horses; ...

25313

groop
GROOP, n. 1. A cluster, crowd or throng; an assemblage,either of persons or things; a number ...

25314

grooped
GROOP'ED, pp. Formed or placed in a crowd.

25315

grooping
GROOP'ING, ppr. Bringing together in a cluster or assemblage.

25316

groove
GROOVE, n. groov.1. A furrow, channel, or long hollow cut by a tool. Among joiners, a channel in ...

25317

groover
GROOV'ER, n. A miner.

25318

grooving
GROOV'ING, ppr. Cutting in channels.

25319

grope
GROPE, v.i.1. To feel along; to search or attempt to find in the dark, or as a blind person, by ...

25320

groper
GRO'PER, n. One who gropes; one who feels his way in the dark, or searches by feeling.

25321

groping
GRO'PING, ppr. Feeling for something in darkness; searching by feeling.

25322

gross
GROSS, a. [L. crassus.]1. Thick; bulky; particularly applied to animals; fat; corpulent; as a ...

25323

gross-headed
GROSS-HEADED, a. Having a thick skull; stupid.

25324

grossbeak
GROSSBEAK, n. A fowl of the genus Loxia, of several species. The bill is convex above and very ...

25325

grossly
GROSSLY, adv. In bulky or large parts; coarsely. This matter is grossly pulverized.1. Greatly; ...

25326

grossness
GROSSNESS, n. Thickness; bulkiness; corpulence; fatness; applied to animal bodies.1. Thickness; ...

25327

grossular
GROSS'ULAR, a. Pertaining to or resembling a gooseberry; as grossular garnet.GROSS'ULAR, n. A ...

25328

grot
GROT

25329

grotesk
GROTESK' , a. Wildly formed; whimsical; extravagant; of irregular forms and proportions; ...

25330

groteskly
GROTESK'LY , a. In a fantastical manner.

25331

grotesque
GROTESQUE

25332

grotesquely
GROTESQUELY

25333

grotto
GROT'TO, n.1. A large cave or den; a subterraneous cavern, and primarily a natural cave or rent in ...

25334

ground
GROUND, n.1. The surface of land or upper part of the earth, without reference to the materials ...

25335

ground-ivy
GROUND'-IVY, n. A well known plant, the Glechoma hederacea; called also alehoof and gill.

25336

ground-plot
GROUND'-PLOT, n. The ground on which a building is placed.1. The ichnography of a building.

25337

ground-tackle
GROUND'-TACKLE, n. In ships, the ropes and furniture belonging to anchors.

25338

groundage
GROUND'AGE, n. A tax paid by a ship for standing in port.

25339

groundless
GROUND'LESS, a. Wanting ground or foundation; wanting cause or reason for support; as groundless ...

25340

groundlessly
GROUND'LESSLY, a. Without reason or cause; without authority for support.

25341

groundlessness
GROUND'LESSNESS, n. Want of just cause, reason or authority for support.

25342

groundling
GROUND'LING, n. A fish that keeps at the bottom of the water; hence, a low vulgar person.

25343

groundly
GROUND'LY, adv. Upon principles; solidly. [A bad word and not used.]

25344

groundsel
GROUND'SEL, n. A plant of the genus Senecio, of several species.GROUND'SEL

25345

groundwork
GROUND'WORK, n. The work which forms the foundation or support of any thing; the basis; the ...

25346

group
GROUP

25347

grouped
GROUP'ED

25348

grouping
GROUP'ING

25349

grouse
GROUSE, n. grous. A heath-cock or cock of the wood, a fowl of the genus Tetrao. The name is given ...

25350

grout
GROUT, n. Coarse meal; pollard.1. A kind of wild apple.2. A thin coarse mortar.3. That which ...

25351

grove
GROVE, n.1. In gardening, a small wood or cluster of trees with a shaded avenue, or a wood ...

25352

grovel
GROV'EL, v.i. grov'l.1. To creep on the earth, or with the face to the ground; to lie prone, or ...

25353

groveler
GROV'ELER, n. One who grovels; an abject wretch.

25354

groveling
GROV'ELING, ppr. Creeping; moving on the ground.1. Mean; without dignity or elevation.

25355

grovy
GRO'VY, a. Pertaining to a grove; frequenting groves.

25356

grow
GROW, v.i. pret. grew; pp. grown. [L. cresco.]1. To enlarge in bulk or stature, by a natural, ...

25357

grower
GROWER, n. One who grows; that which increases.1. In English use, one who raises or produces.

25358

growing
GROWING, ppr. Increasing; advancing in size or extent; becoming; accruing; swelling; thriving.

25359

growl
GROWL, v.i. [Gr. a grunting.] To murmur or snarl, as a dog; to utter an angry, grumbling ...

25360

growler
GROWL'ER, n. A snarling cur; a grumbler.

25361

growling
GROWL'ING, ppr. Grumbling; snarling.

25362

grown
GROWN, pp. of grow. Advanced; increased in growth.1. Having arrived at full size or stature; as a ...

25363

growse
GROWSE, v.i. To shiver; to have chills. [Not used.]

25364

growth
GROWTH, n. The gradual increase of animal and vegetable bodies; the process of springing from a ...

25365

growthead
GROWT'HEAD

25366

growtnol
GROWT'NOL n.1. A kind of fish.2. A lazy person; a lubber.

25367

grub
GRUB, v.i. To dig; to be occupied in digging.GRUB, v.t. To dig; mostly followed by up. To grub ...

25368

grubber
GRUB'BER, n. One who grubs up shrubs, &c.

25369

grubbing-hoe
GRUB'BING-HOE, n. An instrument for digging up trees, shrubs, &c. by the roots; a mattoc; called ...

25370

grubble
GRUB'BLE, v.i. To feel in the dark; to grovel. [Not much used.]

25371

grubstreet
GRUB'STREET, n. Originally, the name of a street near Moorfields, in London, much inhabited by ...

25372

grudge
GRUDGE', v.t. [L. rugio.]1. To be discontented at another's enjoyments or advantages; to envy one ...

25373

grudgeons
GRUDG'EONS, n. plu. Coarse meal. [Not in use.]

25374

grudger
GRUDG'ER, n. One that grudges; a murmurer.

25375

grudging
GRUDG'ING, pp. Envying; being uneasy at another's possession of something which we have a desire ...

25376

grudgingly
GRUDG'INGLY, adv. Unwillingly; with reluctance or discontent; as, to give grudgingly.

25377

gruel
GRU'EL, n. A kind of light food made by boiling meal in water. It is usually made of the meal of ...

25378

gruff
GRUFF, a. Of a rough or stern countenance; sour; surly; severe; rugged; harsh.

25379

gruffly
GRUFF'LY, adv. Roughly; sternly; ruggedly; harshly. --And gruffly looked the god.

25380

gruffness
GRUFF'NESS, n. Roughness of countenance; sternness.

25381

grum
GRUM, a.1. Morose; severe of countenance; sour; surly.2. Low; deep in the throat; guttural; ...

25382

grumble
GRUM'BLE, v.i. [Heb. to roar, murmur, thunder.]1. To murmur with discontent; to utter a low voice ...

25383

grumbler
GRUM'BLER, n. One who grumbles or murmurs; one who complains; a discontented man.

25384

grumbling
GRUM'BLING, ppr. Murmuring through discontent; rumbling; growling.GRUM'BLING, n. A murmuring ...

25385

grumblingly
GRUM'BLINGLY, adv. With grumbling or complaint.

25386

grume
GRUME, n. [L. grumus.] A thick viscid consistence of a fluid; a clot, as of blood, &c.

25387

grumly
GRUM'LY, adv. Morosely; with a sullen countenance.

25388

grumous
GRU'MOUS, a. Thick; concreted; clotted; as grumous blood.

25389

grumousness
GRU'MOUSNESS, n. A state of being clotted or concreted.

25390

grundsel
GRUND'SEL, n. [See Groundsel.]

25391

grunt
GRUNT, v.i. [L. grunnio; Heb. to cry out, to murmur.]To murmur like a hog; to utter a short groan ...

25392

grunter
GRUNT'ER, n. One that grunts.1. A fish of the gurnard king.

25393

grunting
GRUNT'ING, ppr. Uttering the murmuring or guttural sound of swine or other animals.GRUNT'ING, n. ...

25394

gruntle
GRUNT'LE, v.i. To grunt. [Not much used.]

25395

gruntling
GRUNT'LING, n. A young hog.

25396

grutch
GRUTCH, for grudge, is now vulgar, and not to be used.

25397

gry
GRY, n. A measure containing one tenth of a line.1. Any thing very small or of little value. ...

25398

gryphite
GRYPH'ITE, n. [L. gryphites; Gr. hooked.]Crowstone, an oblong fossil shell, narrow at the head, ...

25399

guaiacum
GUAIACUM, n. gua'cum. Lignum vitae, or pock wood; a tree produced in the warm climates of ...

25400

guana
GU`ANA, n. A species of lizard, found in the warmer parts of America.

25401

guanaco
GUANACO, n. The lama, or camel of South America, in a wild state.

25402

guano
GU`ANO, n. A substance found on many isles in the Pacific, which are frequented by fowls; used as ...

25403

guara
GU`ARA, n. A bird of Brazil, the Tantalus ruber, about the size of a spoonbill. When first ...

25404

guarantee
GUARANTEE', n. A warrantor. [See Guaranty,the noun.]

25405

guarantied
GUAR'ANTIED, pp. gar'antied. Warranted. [See the Verb.]

25406

guarantor
GUAR'ANTOR, n. gar'antor. A warrantor; one who engages to see that the stipulations of another ...

25407

guaranty
GUAR'ANTY, v.t. gar'anty. [Eng. to ward; allied to warren, &c. See Warrant.]1. To warrant; to ...

25408

guard
GUARD, v.t. gard. [L. verus; wahren, to keep, to last, to hold out; bewahren, to keep or preserve; ...

25409

guard-room
GUARD'-ROOM, n. A room for the accommodation of guards.

25410

guardable
GUARD'ABLE, a. That may be protected.

25411

guardage
GUARD'AGE, n. Wardship.

25412

guardant
GUARD'ANT, a. Acting as guardian.1. In heraldry, having the face turned toward the spectator.

25413

guarded
GUARD'ED, pp. Defended; protected; accompanied by a guard; provided with means of defense.1. ...

25414

guardedly
GUARD'EDLY, adv. With circumspection.

25415

guardedness
GUARD'EDNESS, n. Caution; circumspection.

25416

guarder
GUARD'ER, n. One that guards.

25417

guardful
GUARD'FUL, a. Wary; cautious.

25418

guardian
GUARD'IAN, n.1. A warden; one who guards, preserves or secures; one to whom any thing is committed ...

25419

guardianess
GUARD'IANESS, n. A female guardian. [Not in use.]

25420

guardianship
GUARD'IANSHIP, n. The office of a guardian; protection; care; watch.

25421

guarding
GUARD'ING, ppr. Defending; protecting; securing; attending for protection.

25422

guardless
GUARD'LESS, a. Without a guard or defense.

25423

guardship
GUARD'SHIP, n. Care; protection. [Little used.]

25424

guarish
GUA'RISH, v.t. To heal.

25425

guava
GU`AVA, n. An American tree,and its fruit, of the genus Psidium. It is of two species,or rather ...

25426

gubernate
GU'BERNATE, v.t. [L. guberno.] To govern. [Not used.]

25427

gubernation
GUBERNA'TION, n. [L. gubernatio. See Govern.]Government; rule; direction. [Little used.]

25428

gubernative
GU'BERNATIVE, a. Governing.

25429

gubernatorial
GUBERNATO'RIAL, a. [L. gubernator.] Pertaining to government, or to a governor.

25430

gudgeon
GUD'GEON, n. gud'jin. A small fish of the genus Cyprinus, a fish easily caught, and hence,1. A ...

25431

guelf
GUELF

25432

guelph
GUELPH, n. The Guelfs, so called from the name of a family, composed a faction formerly in Italy, ...

25433

guerdon
GUER'DON, n. ger'don. A reward; requital; recompense; in a good or bad sense.GUER'DON, v.t. To ...

25434

guerdonless
GUER'DONLESS, a. Unrecompensed.

25435

guess
GUESS, v.t. ges. [L. conjicio; Eng. to gush.]1. To conjecture; to form an opinion without certain ...

25436

guessed
GUESS'ED, pp. Conjectured; divined.

25437

guesser
GUESS'ER, n. One who guesses; a conjecturer; one who judges or gives an opinion without certain ...

25438

guessing
GUESS'ING, ppr. Conjecturing; judging without certain evidence, or grounds of opinion.

25439

guessingly
GUESS'INGLY, adv. By way of conjecture.

25440

guest
GUEST, n. gest. [L. visito; Eng. visit.]1. A stranger; one who comes from a distance, and takes ...

25441

guestwise
GUEST'WISE, adv. In the manner of a guest.

25442

guggle
GUGGLE. [See Gurgle.]

25443

guhr
GUHR, n. A loose, earthy deposit from water, found in the cavities or clefts of rocks, mostly ...

25444

guidable
GUIDABLE, a. That may be guided or governed by counsel.

25445

guidage
GUIDAGE, n. [See Guide.] The reward given to a guide for services. [Little used.]

25446

guidance
GUIDANCE, n. [See Guide.] The act of guiding; direction; government; a leading. Submit to the ...

25447

guide
GUIDE, v.t. gide.1. To lead or direct in a way; to conduct in a course or path; as, to guide an ...

25448

guided
GUIDED, pp. Led; conducted; directed in the way; instructed and directed.

25449

guideless
GUIDELESS, a. Destitute of a guide; wanting a director.

25450

guidepost
GUIDEPOST, n. A post at the forks of a road, for directing travelers the way.

25451

guider
GUIDER, n. A guide; one who guides or directs.

25452

guiding
GUIDING, ppr. Leading; conducting; directing; superintending.

25453

guidon
GUIDON,n. The flag or standard of a troop of cavalry; or the standard-bearer.

25454

guild
GUILD, n. gild. In England, a society, fraternity or company, associated for some purpose, ...

25455

guilder
GUILDER, n. [See Gilder.]

25456

guildless
GUILDLESS, a. Free from guile or deceit; artless; frank; sincere; honest.

25457

guile
GUILE, n. gile. Craft; cunning; artifice; duplicity; deceit; usually in a bad sense. We may, with ...

25458

guileful
GUILEFUL, a. Cunning; drafty; artful; wily; deceitful; insidious; as a guileful person.1. ...

25459

guilefully
GUILEFULLY, adv. Artfully; insidiously; treacherously.

25460

guilefulness
GUILEFULNESS, n. Deceit, secret treachery.

25461

guilelessness
GUILELESSNESS,n. Simplicity; freedom from guile.

25462

guiler
GUILER,n. One who betrays into danger by insidious arts. [Not used.]

25463

guillemot
GUIL'LEMOT, n. A water fowl of the genus Colymbus, and order of ansers. It is found in the ...

25464

guillotin
GUIL'LOTIN, n. An engine or machine for beheading persons at a stroke.GUIL'LOTIN, v.t. To behead ...

25465

guills
GUILLS, n. A plant, the corn marigold.

25466

guilt
GUILT, n. gilt.1. Criminality; that state of a moral agent which results from his actual ...

25467

guiltily
GUILT'ILY, adv. In a manner to incur guilt, not innocently.

25468

guiltiness
GUILT'INESS, n. The state of being guilty; wickedness; criminality; guilt.

25469

guiltless
GUILT'LESS, a. Free from guilt, crime or offense; innocent. The Lord will not hold him guiltless, ...

25470

guiltlessly
GUILT'LESSLY, adv. Without guilt; innocently.

25471

guiltlessness
GUILT'LESSNESS, n. Innocence; freedom from guilt or crime.

25472

guilty
GUILT'Y, a. gilt'y. Criminal; having knowingly committed a crime or offense, or having violated a ...

25473

guinea
GUIN'EA, n. gin'ny. Formerly, a gold coin in Great Britain of the value of twenty one shillings ...

25474

guinea-dropper
GUIN'EA-DROPPER, n. One who cheats by dropping guineas.

25475

guinea-hen
GUIN'EA-HEN, n. The Numida meleagris, a fowl of the gallinaceous order, a native of Africa. It is ...

25476

guinea-pepper
GUIN'EA-PEP'PER, n. A plant, the Capsicum. The pods of some species are used for pickles.

25477

guinea-pig
GUIN'EA-PIG, n. In zoology, a quadruped of the genus Cavia or cavy, found in Brazil. It is about ...

25478

guiniad
GUIN'IAD

25479

guise
GUISE, n. gize. 1. External appearance; dress; garb. He appeared in the guise of a shepherd. The ...

25480

guiser
GUISER, n. gi'zer. A person in disguise; a mummer who goes about at Christmas.

25481

guitar
GUIT`AR, n. git`ar. [L. cithara.] A stringed instrument of music; in England and the United ...

25482

gula
GU'LA

25483

gulaund
GU'LAUND, n. An aquatic fowl of a size between a duck and a goose; the breast and belly white; the ...

25484

gulch
GULCH, n. A glutton; a swallowing or devouring. [Not used.]GULCH, v.t. To swallow greedily. ...

25485

gules
GULES,n. In heraldry, a term denoting red, intended perhaps to represent courage, animation or ...

25486

gulf
GULF, n.1. A recess in the ocean from the general line of the shore into the land, or a tract of ...

25487

gulf-indented
GULF-INDENT'ED, a. Indented with gulfs or bays.

25488

gulfy
GULF'Y, a. Full of whirlpools or gulfs; as a gulfy sea.

25489

gull
GULL, v.t. To deceive; to cheat; to mislead by deception; to trick; to defraud. The vulgar, gull'd ...

25490

gullcatcher
GULL'CATCHER, n. A cheat; a man who cheats or entraps silly people.

25491

gulled
GULL'ED, pp. Cheated; deceived; defrauded.

25492

guller
GULL'ER, n. A cheat; an imposter.

25493

gullery
GULL'ERY, n. Cheat. [Not used.]

25494

gullet
GUL'LET, n. [L. gula.] The passage in the neck of an animal by which food and liquor are taken ...

25495

gullied
GUL'LIED, pp. Having a hollow worn by water.

25496

gullish
GULL'ISH, n. Foolish; stupid. [Not in use.]

25497

gullishness
GULL'ISHNESS, n. Foolishness; stupidity. [Not in use.]

25498

gully
GUL'LY, n. A channel or hollow worn in the earth by a current of water.GUL'LY, v.t. To wear a ...

25499

gullyhole
GUL'LYHOLE, n. An opening where gutters empty their contents into the subterraneous sewer.

25500

gulosity
GULOS'ITY, n. [L. gulosus, from gula, the gullet.]Greediness; voracity; excessive appetite for ...

25501

gulp
GULP, v.t. To swallow eagerly, or in large draughts.To gulp up, to throw up from the throat or ...

25502

gulph
GULPH. [See Gulf.]

25503

gum
GUM, n. The hard fleshy substance of the jaws which invests the teeth.GUM, n. [L. gummi.] The ...

25504

gum-arabic
GUM-AR'ABIC, n. A gum which flows from the acacia, in Arabia, Egypt, &c.

25505

gum-resin
GUM-RESIN, n. [See Resin.] A mixed juice of plants, consisting of resin and an extractive matter, ...

25506

gum-senegal
GUM-SEN'EGAL, n. A gum resembling gum-arabic, brought from the country of the river Senegal in ...

25507

gum-tragacanth
GUM-TRAG'ACANTH, n. The gum of a thorny shrub of that name, in Crete, Asia and Greece.

25508

gumlac
GUM'LAC, n. The produce of an insect which deposits its eggs on the branches of a tree called ...

25509

gumminess
GUM'MINESS, n. The state or quality of being gummy; viscousness.1. Accumulation of gum.

25510

gummosity
GUMMOS'ITY, n. The nature of gum; gumminess; a viscous or adhesive quality.

25511

gummous
GUM'MOUS, a. Of the nature or quality of gum; viscous; adhesive.

25512

gummy
GUM'MY, a. Consisting of gum; of the nature of gum; viscous; adhesive.1. Productive of gum.2. ...

25513

gump
GUMP,n. A foolish person; a dolt. [Vulgar.]

25514

gumption
GUMP'TION, n. Care; skill; understanding. [Vulgar.]

25515

gun
GUN, n. An instrument consisting of a barrel or tube of iron or other metal fixed in a stock, from ...

25516

gun-carriage
GUN'-CARRIAGE, n. A wheel carriage for bearing and moving cannon.

25517

gunboat
GUN'BOAT, n. A boat or small vessel fitted to carry a gun or two at the bow.

25518

gunnel
GUN'NEL. [See Gunwale.]

25519

gunner
GUN'NER, n. One skilled in the use of guns; a cannoneer; an officer appointed to manage artillery. ...

25520

gunnery
GUN'NERY, n. The act of charging, directing and firing guns, as cannon, mortars and the like. ...

25521

gunning
GUN'NING, n. The act of hunting or shooting game with a gun.

25522

gunpowder
GUN'POWDER, n. A composition of saltpeter, sulphur and charcoal, mixed and reduced to a fine ...

25523

gunroom
GUN'ROOM, n. In ships, an apartment on the after end of the lower gun-deck, occupied by the ...

25524

gunshot
GUN'SHOT, n. The distance of the point blank range of a cannon-shot.GUN'SHOT, a. Made by the shot ...

25525

gunsmith
GUN'SMITH, n. A maker of small arms; one whose occupation is to make or repair small fire-arms.

25526

gunsmithery
GUN'SMITHERY, n. The business of a gunsmith; the art of making small firearms.

25527

gunstick
GUN'STICK, n. A rammer, or ramrod; a stick or rod to ram down the charge of a musket, &c.

25528

gunstock
GUN'STOCK, n. The stock or wood in which the barrel of a gun is fixed.

25529

gunstone
GUN'STONE, n. A stone used for the shot of cannon. Before the invention of iron balls, stones ...

25530

guntackle
GUN'TACKLE, n. The tackle used on board of ships to run the guns out of the ports, and to secure ...

25531

gunwale
GUN'WALE

25532

gurge
GURGE, n. [L. gurges.] A whirlpool. [Little used.]GURGE, v.t. To swallow. [Not in use.]

25533

gurgion
GUR'GION, n. The coarser part of meal separated from the bran. [Not used.]

25534

gurgle
GUR'GLE, v.i. [L. gurges. See Gargle, which seems to be of the same family, or the same word ...

25535

gurgling
GURG'LING, ppr. Running or flowing with a purling sound.

25536

gurhofite
GUR'HOFITE, n. A subvariety of magnesian carbonate of lime, found near Gurhof, in Lower Austria. ...

25537

gurnard
GUR'NARD, n. A fish of several species of the genus Trigla. The head is loricated with rough ...

25538

gurrah
GUR'RAH, n. A kind of plain, coarse India muslin.

25539

gush
GUSH, v.i.1. To issue with violence and rapidity, as a fluid; to rush forth as a fluid from ...

25540

gushing
GUSH'ING, ppr. Rushing forth with violence, as a fluid; flowing copiously; as gushing waters.1. ...

25541

gusset
GUS'SET, n. A small piece of cloth inserted in a garment, for the purpose of strengthening or ...

25542

gust
GUST, n. [L. gustus, gusto; Gr. a contracted word, for it has taste.]1. Taste; tasting, or the ...

25543

gustable
GUST'ABLE, a. That may be tasted; tastable.1. Pleasant to the taste. [Little used.]

25544

gustation
GUSTA'TION,n. The act of tasting. [Little used.]

25545

gustful
GUST'FUL, a. Tasteful; well-tasted; that relishes.

25546

gustfulness
GUST'FULNESS, n. Relish; pleasantness to the taste.

25547

gustless
GUST'LESS, a. Tasteless.

25548

gusto
GUST'O, n. Relish; that which excites pleasant sensations in the palate or tongue.1. Intellectual ...

25549

gusty
GUST'Y, a. Subject to sudden blasts of wind; stormy; tempestuous. Once upon a raw and gusty day, ...

25550

gut
GUT, n. The intestinal canal of an animal; a pipe or tube extending, with many circumvolutions, ...

25551

gutted
GUT'TED, pp. Deprived of the bowels; eviscerated; deprived of contents.

25552

gutter
GUT'TER, n. [L. gutta, a drop.]1. A channel for water; a hollow piece of timber, or a pipe, for ...

25553

guttle
GUT'TLE, v.t. To swallow. [Not used.]GUT'TLE, v.i. To swallow greedily. [Not used.]

25554

guttulous
GUT'TULOUS, a. [from L. guttula, a little drop.]In the form of a small drop, or of small drops. ...

25555

guttural
GUT'TURAL, a. [L. guttur, the throat.] Pertaining to the throat; formed in the throat; as a ...

25556

gutturally
GUT'TURALLY, adv. In a guttural manner; in the throat.

25557

gutturalness
GUT'TURALNESS, n. The quality of being guttural.

25558

gutturine
GUT'TURINE, a. Pertaining to the throat. [Not in use.]

25559

gutty
GUT'TY, a. [from L. gutta, a drop.] In heraldry, charged or sprinkled with drops.

25560

gutwort
GUT'WORT, n. A plant.

25561

guy
GUY, n. gi. In marine affairs, a rope used to keep a heavy body steady while hoisting or lowering; ...

25562

guzzle
GUZ'ZLE, v.i. To swallow liquor greedily; to drink much; to drink frequently. Well seasoned bowls ...

25563

guzzler
GUZ'ZLER, n. One who guzzles; an immoderate drinker.

25564

gwiniad
GWIN'IAD, n. The whiting, a fish of the salmon or trout kind, found in many lakes in Europe and in ...

25565

gybe
GYBE, n. A sneer. [See Gibe.]GYBE, v.t. In seamen's language, to shift a boom-sail from one side ...

25566

gybing
GY'BING, ppr. Shifting a boom-sail from one side of a vessel to the other.

25567

gye
GYE, v.t. To guide.

25568

gymnasium
GYMNASIUM, n. [Gr. from naked.]In Greece, a place where athletic exercises were performed. Hence, ...

25569

gymnastic
GYMNASTIC, a. [L. gymnasticus; Gr. to exercise, from naked; the ancients being naked in their ...

25570

gymnastically
GYMNASTICALLY, adv. In a gymnastic manner; athletically.

25571

gymnastics
GYMNASTICS, n. The gymnastic art; the art of performing athletic exercises.

25572

gymnic
GYM'NIC, a. [L. gymnicus.]1. Pertaining to athletic exercises of the body.2. Performing athletic ...

25573

gymnosophist
GYM'NOSOPHIST, n. [Gr. naked, and a philosopher.]A philosopher of India, so called from his going ...

25574

gymnosophy
GYM'NOSOPHY, n. The doctrines of the Gymnosophists.

25575

gymnosperm
GYMNOSPERM, n. [Gr. naked, and seed.] In botany, a plant that bears naked seeds.

25576

gymnospermous
GYMNOSPERM'OUS, a. Having naked seeds, or seeds not inclosed in a capsule or other vessel.

25577

gyn
GYN, v.t. To begin.

25578

gynander
GYNAN'DER, n. [Gr. a female, and a male.] In botany, a plant whose stamens are inserted in the ...

25579

gynandrian
GYNAN'DRIAN, a. Having stamens inserted in the pistil.

25580

gynarchy
GYN'ARCHY, n. [Gr. a woman, and rule.] Government by a female.

25581

gypseous
GYP'SEOUS, a. [See Gypsum.] Of the nature of gypsum; partaking of the qualities of gypsum.

25582

gypsey
GYP'SEY

25583

gypsum
GYP'SUM, n. Plaster stone; sulphate of lime; a mineral not infrequently found in crystals, often ...

25584

gypsy
GYP'SY, n. [See Gipsey.]

25585

gyral
GY'RAL, a. [See Gyre.] Whirling; moving in a circular form.

25586

gyration
GYRA'TION, n. [L. gyratio. See Gyre.] A turning or whirling round; a circular motion.GYRE, n. ...

25587

gyred
GY'RED, a. Falling in rings.

25588

gyrfalcon
GYR'FALCON, n. [L. hierofalco, from Gr. sacred, and falco, and so named from the veneration of the ...

25589

gyromancy
GYR'OMANCY, n. [Gr. a circuit, and divination.] A kind of divination performed by walking round ...

25590

gyve
GYVE, n. Gyves are fetters or shackles for the legs. Gyves and the mill had tamed thee.GYVE, v.t. ...

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