Get"-up (?), n. General composition or structure; manner in which the
parts of a thing are combined; make-up; style of dress, etc. [Colloq.]
H. Kingsley.
Gew"gaw (?), n. [OE. gigawe, gugawe, gewgaude, prob. the same word as
OE. givegove gewgaw, apparently a reduplicated form fr. AS. gifan to
give; cf. also F. joujou plaything, and E. gaud, n. See Give, and cf.
Giffgaff.] A showy trifle; a toy; a splendid plaything; a pretty but
worthless bauble.
A heavy gewgaw called a crown.
Dryden.
Gew"gaw, a. Showy; unreal; pretentious.
Seeing his gewgaw castle shine.
Tennyson.
Gey"ser (?), n. [Icel. geysir, fr. geysa to rush furiously, fr. gjsa to
gush. Cf. Gush.] A boiling spring which throws forth at frequent
intervals jets of water, mud, etc., driven up by the expansive power of
steam.
Geysers were first known in Iceland, and later in New Zealand. In the
Yellowstone region in the United States they are numerous, and some of
them very powerful, throwing jets of boiling water and steam to a
height of 200 feet. They are grouped in several areas called geyser
basins. The mineral matter, or geyserite, with which geyser water is
charged, forms geyser cones about the orifice, often of great size and
beauty.
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Gey"ser*ite (?), n. [From Geyser.] (Min.) A loose hydrated form of
silica, a variety of opal, deposited in concretionary cauliflowerlike
masses, around some hot springs and geysers.
||Ghar"ry (?), n. [Hind. g&?;i.] Any wheeled cart or carriage. [India]
Ghast (?), v. t. [OE. gasten. See Ghastly, a.] To strike aghast; to
affright. [Obs.]
Ghasted by the noise I made. Full suddenly he fled.
Shak.
Ghast"ful (?), a. [See Ghastly, a.] Fit to make one aghast; dismal.
[Obs.] -- Ghast"ful*ly, adv.
Ghast"li*ness (?), n. The state of being ghastly; a deathlike look.
Ghast"ly (?), a. [Compar. Ghastlier (?); superl. Ghastliest.] [OE.
gastlich, gastli, fearful, causing fear, fr. gasten to terrify, AS.
gÊstan. Cf. Aghast, Gast, Gaze, Ghostly.] 1. Like a ghost in
appearance; deathlike; pale; pallid; dismal.
Each turned his face with a ghastly pang.
Coleridge.
His face was so ghastly that it could scarcely be recognized.
Macaulay.