Gahn"ite (?), n. [Named after Gahn, a Swedish chemist.] (Min.) Zinc
spinel; automolite.
Ga*id"ic (?), a. [Gr. &?; earth.] (Chem.) Pertaining to hypogeic acid;
-- applied to an acid obtained from hypogeic acid.
Gai"e*ty (?), n. Same as Gayety.
Gail"er (?), n. A jailer. [Obs.] Chaucer.
||Gail`lard" (?), a. [F. See Galliard.] Gay; brisk; merry; galliard.
||Chaucer.
||Gail*liarde" (?), n. [See Galliard a dance.] A lively French and
||Italian dance.
Gai"ly (?), adv. [From Gay.] Merrily; showily. See gaily.
Gain (gn), n. [Cf. W. gan a mortise.] (Arch.) A square or beveled notch
cut out of a girder, binding joist, or other timber which supports a
floor beam, so as to receive the end of the floor beam.
Gain, a. [OE. gein, gain, good, near, quick; cf. Icel. gegn ready,
serviceable, and gegn, adv., against, opposite. Cf. Ahain.] Convenient;
suitable; direct; near; handy; dexterous; easy; profitable; cheap;
respectable. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Gain (gn), n. [OE. gain, gein, gahen, gain, advantage, Icel. gagn; akin
to Sw. gagn, Dan. gavn, cf. Goth. gageigan to gain. The word was prob.
influenced by F. gain gain, OF. gaain. Cf. Gain, v. t.] 1. That which
is gained, obtained, or acquired, as increase, profit, advantage, or
benefit; -- opposed to loss.
But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ.
Phil. iii. 7.
Godliness with contentment is great gain.