Gan"try (?), n. See Gauntree.
Gan"za (?), n. [Sp. gansa, ganso, goose; of Gothic origin. See Gannet,
Goose.] A kind of wild goose, by a flock of which a virtuoso was fabled
to be carried to the lunar world. [Also gansa.] Johnson.
Gaol (?), n. [See Jail.] A place of confinement, especially for minor
offenses or provisional imprisonment; a jail. [Preferably, and in the
United States usually, written jail.]
Commission of general gaol delivery, an authority conferred upon judges
and others included in it, for trying and delivering every prisoner in
jail when the judges, upon their circuit, arrive at the place for
holding court, and for discharging any whom the grand jury fail to
indict. [Eng.] -- Gaol delivery. (Law) See Jail delivery, under Jail.
Gaol"er (?), n. The keeper of a jail. See Jailer.
Gap (?), n. [OE. gap; cf. Icel. gap an empty space, Sw. gap mouth,
breach, abyss, Dan. gab mouth, opening, AS. geap expanse; as adj.,
wide, spacious. See Gape.] An opening in anything made by breaking or
parting; as, a gap in a fence; an opening for a passage or entrance; an
opening which implies a breach or defect; a vacant space or time; a
hiatus; a mountain pass.
Miseries ensued by the opening of that gap.
Knolles.
It would make a great gap in your own honor.
Shak.
Gap lathe (Mach.), a turning lathe with a deep notch in the bed to
admit of turning a short object of large diameter. -- To stand in the
gap, to expose one's self for the protection of something; to make
defense against any assailing danger; to take the place of a fallen
defender or supporter. -- To stop a gap, to secure a weak point; to
repair a defect.
Gap, v. t. 1. To notch, as a sword or knife.